The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

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- way 70 unks or eoantry niaexeo
|of tie nAciac Ocean and IT, Onrsi.
bean -. Ie reooGnissd - 0laytln.
Balwer treaty asd n1ede Wtth shs
i;sle rsuablic Of HAaane . tesat1 ~
which 10 aes eaablel, 20 eoasGsuoe -
isehntan caaAl which whea it - ouaia-,
pletsd viii realise the bet9ht dse@-
Of fosr centuries asd peoaets t4e
prosperity OF she West and she Soash.
Ies pcsssat diplomacy Il cAallsagiag
the adniratioa ,of tie wxld, end II
reooed for brilliant schleveoeats ~
ready accomplished, TOO long 10 rseite.
viii make tho most brilliant mage In
oar ooantEy's history. The grses
barning qusdtioa Of the Aoar II Ao1
20 properly deal With thnos giant
monopolies called trasts. / consider
that no trust II . trust in tho ssnse u
which we now use the tern unless It
b . monopoly. So far - tho demo.
cratic party IL concerned. It has shows
ito sbsnlute .i1capahiiiey OF deaiinG
with them. lt bas declared against
them In every national c0nvaatioo:
its osasors have deolaimed a4siass
them On the rostrumI In every camps.
IGN. But Ito senators and represeats-
tives have prouossd NO msasurss for
tho relief Of the people. They havs
claimed heretofore aud perhaps viii
claim in the coming campaign that
these trusts are due TO . protective
tariff and shat their remedy would -
to repeal tho present tariff law :and
supplaut.it with FREQ trade neaspts.
and thus destroy The trusts. Why
gentlemen, IL such . policy were to
be adopted In this country IL woa6 b
like killing. tho Roose that laid the
golden egg: it would b. . remedy
worse than tho disease. For no man
Who 10 . student of history can oon-
scientifically declare that tho trust 10
. product Of . protective tariff country.
Free trade countries are likewibe
struggling with the problem Of con.
trolling thess industries which are in
No manner affected BY ths tariff,
That tariff law which Woald b %
framed - to destroy . trust that 10
affected BY the tariff would sweep
away the last vestige OF honest oon.
petition that IL now struegling againsl
them. You cannot reaoh . truss and
properly deal with IL BY striking down
tho protective tariff policy Of this
government which has made 10 tho
greatest nation ON earth. That pol
icy 10 pointed to with admisation By
every statesman ON this glob.. and Is
10 being adopted BY every other Ooun-
try In the world today. Esen FREQ
trade England 10 torn from end te
end By disssnsion id IN astsmpt 70 esl
tablish in that oouutry the great pol.
icy of arprotective tariff. I have NJ
apology to make for any trust. ! b.
Heve that their objects are greed.
avarioe. aud self agRrandizsment. and
their aim il TO destroy legitimate
competition. c1atrol tho output, saise
tho price 20 to consumer. and create
enormous dividsnda Bot am satis-l
fied with the record Of the rspablioan.
party On this question. Il 10 the.
only party that has given % any legis-I
lation aeainst the trusts. or attempted
70 enforce It. IL 1880 tho Sherman
anti-trus Law was passed and made
still more effective By subsequsnt
amendments. In 1893 Grover Oleve.
land declared this law b be unuon-
ssitutiooal and instructed his Attor-
aey General not to attempt its On
6oroement. And - Indicating tho
trend Of demooratic thought, no later
than . few days ago when tho merger
case. involving the fate of the North.
ern Securities Company, reached the
court OF last resort In this nation and
tho Sherman antitrust Law was pat
to tho severest test and WAS upheld,
IL IL . noteworthy fact that every
dem0cratic supreme 1odRe voted
against tho enforcement 1T that meas.
ure. feel that I have weariell you
too long. There are . number Of %
here who want to 20 from this oonvei i.
tion to take the train for Linooln
whore We viii nominate stats ticket
which hope and believe viii sweep
this state like . mighty tidal wave.
A party with such . record of brillt-
ant deeds already accomplished. possess.
ing within its ranks statesmen Who
are the peers Of any In The world |
: party which in the management Of its
affairs at homo and abroad has
successfully led the way through tho
mystic maze Of the worlds diplomacy: |
. party which In the past he's never
failed 10 take the people into its cnn-
6denca, TO declare In favor OF good
policies. to ensct these policies into
laws which were rigidly enforced.
ON have no fears Of tho national pol.
itioal contest next November. The
party demands its reward. and when
tho national republican oonv entjoa
shall assemble. in Chicago they win
unt0 the voice OF the people
and will n0mo - their standard bearer
our nroaent proGidant. Thoodoeo Rooaa.