The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-15

- - picSiuelll mat prevented the move
ucut Tor national ownership from cainin,
what might we'll have been an irresistih1
impetus. '9tio4
On vital questions uropponentstako IN,
pon,taVn tnat silence is the best way [,
convey their views. They contend th6
Inelt war partial acquiescence il
Mlat Others have accomplished entitlo,
fnanci 10 6e made the custodians of The
WIN Il ionor ana commercial interest!
mticti t'ley recently sought TO ruin. 30
lnS unable to agree whether the col,
SrnuaaEu IS q curse or a blessing, the,
aooIu me SUBJECT. Their nearest judgment
Stems 70 pc tlat It is now inCXpcdient r.
assert their convictions. and that tho gold
slahdard should not be disturbed unless
mere IS an alteration in the relative bro
d~uction of silver and gold, It is Iir6ri,jt
10 respect such an attitude Of mind.
The Gold Standard.
We believe in the gold standard as G.oa
ny NE usage and verdict of the business
world, ana in q sound monetary system as
matters OF principle. of organic noli-
cy' congress established the gold standard
record proves hat the party can be trTst-
ed to take the additional action necessary
TO- improve and strengthen our monetary
fs;SH9sStdi' ana mat our opponents cannot be
tiuSted. IT is Idle to say the monetary
standard is irrevocably fixed so long as
me party which at the last election cast
approximately 46 per cent. of the total
vote, refuses to put in its platform any
Statement that the question is settled. 4
determination to remain silent cannot he
accepted as equivalent to a recantation.
AS Tor capital and labor. Individual or
corporate all we need is to point to what
we have actually done, and to say we shall
continue to carry out the samc policy. In
my speech of acceptance I said:
We recognize organization Of raTital
ana labor as natural outcOrcS of our in
dllstrial system. Each KIND is to be fay
otho so long as it acts in regard for
otilerS. Each is to be held to obedience to
the law. Tho humblcst individual is to
have his rights safeguardod as scruDu-
lousy as those OF the strongest organi-
2at,on, for each is to receive justice, no
which we lave to deal In our modern
Industrial and social life are manifold; but
me spirit III which it is necessary re APP
proach their solution is simply the spirit
OF honesty, courage ond common sense"
The action of the acknowledgement in
enforcing the antitrust and interstate
commerce laws, and of congress in en-
larging the scope of tho Interstate law,
creating the department Of and
LABOR, have opened Il chance for the ma
lional government TO tJal intelligently
with the questions Of corporations and
the new relations caused thereby. These
are now being administered and as
nced Is shown for amendment this need
common law. as developed. affords a COM
plete legal remedy against m~onopolies."
fut thcrr Is no common la" Of the United
States. It's rules can be enforced only by
the state courts and officers. Ne federal
court or officer could take any action
Whatever under them; This fact, coupled
monopoLles, led to the Sherman antitrust
act and the interstate commerce act; and
it IS only through the powers conferred by
these acts, and by tho statutes supple
them, that the national govern
mont acquires any jurisdiction over the
subject. To say that action against mon
opolies should be limited to the common
law is equivalent to saying the national
government should take no action.
Cleveland and the Trusts.
Undoubtedly the multiplication of trusts
ana their. power has been largely due
to the failure Of officials + to take the
Necessary procedure" Such structure not
uI~3escryed as to the administration pre-
ccdinE President McKinlcy's. It is also
true that what is most needed is Officials
having both the disposition and the cour-
eye to enforce existing law" This need
has been met by action of the department
OF justice under the present adninistra-
ton.
The demand Of our opponents that ne
gotiationS be begun to secure equal treat
mont of all Americans from those gov
ernnents, which do not now accord it,
change of policy would add effectiveness
to what has been done and is doing.
This administration has on all proper oc-
lief Of the American people that dis
elimination and oppression because Of re-
hg.on, wherever practiced, are acts of
DliSIlNt bGiOTE iTDQ ana mani and in |
making evident to the world the depth
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Views on the Tariff.
Al Ninnpanois. April 4 1909. said.
.11'hn nmpetinn of tarltf revision sneak
inc broadIy stands wholly apart from the
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