The Western news., 1904-04-13

the trusts have intrenched themselves
In government. These trusts are alb
sorbing more and more the power that
should be the peoples.
Jackson found himself face to face
with the great bank reaching out for
national power. He was told that this.
bank claimed frankly the right to
certain number of representatives and
to certain number of senators in the
American congress. He answered,
with his own peculiar emphasis, that
II there existed in the country such
governing power outside the govern
ment he would destroy it.
And he did destroy it.
How puny was the power, how puny
the representation in congress of that
bank which aroused Jackson's deep
and fatal Indignation!
Any one of a dozen big trusts today
exceeds in power the boasted influence
of that bank. The sugar trust the beef
trust. the coal trust-any OF the trusts
that need to create legislation or to de-
feat legislation for the convenient rob-
men, their hired attorneys. in office.
| The bank of Jackson's day tiMidly
claimed the right to Il small share in
government, and Jackson killed it for
it's temerity.
What would he say to the swarm of
trusts today, whose individual and
combined influence, whose paid or ter
rorized servants, in or out of Office,
constitute the governing power in the
national administration?
If Jackson was needed in his day.
how much more Is he needed now,
with the fearlessness that made him
do his duty as he saw it!
Needless to say. the Democratic party
Of the United States, which includes
able and successful men in all lines of
effort, has never put itself in position
Of hostility to any legitimately acquired
wealth.
Today, as in JacksOn's day. the DEM
ocratic party is, a party open to all
American citizens Obedient to the laws
and faithful, to the constitution. no
matter how poor OF no matter how rich
they be.
No Democrat need be reminded that
the ability of those men who possess
honestly acquired riches is essential to
the nations welfare.
Those who attack indiscriminately OF
jealously the. rights of the prosperous
manufacturer, merchant, inventor
banker or other legitimately successful
men are not Democrats. They are as
blind and stupid in their way as those
Of another class who cry down and at
tack the rights of the union man wht
works, with his hands.
The Democratic party, more Willingly
than any other. recognizes that the mel
who develop the resources of the cOun
try. the men who create the wealth. thu
men who through executive, organizin.
and constructive ability provide oppor
tunity for effort, employ labor, distrib
. ute wages and confer benefits upon tn
. whole community. are those entitled t
large reward, since those who direc
; great and legitimate business under
Of the nation.
The promoters of extortionate an
;. speculative trusts do not develop til
resources Of the country, but hinde
and restrict development. They do nc
, create wealth, but appropriate tn
wealth which others have created
. They check prosperity by concentratin
wealth in the hands of the few out Q
the savings Of the many. They limi
production. they limit opportunity, the
:. limit the employment of labor and RI
: duce the l..borers wage, while they IL
crease the cost of living. They confe
no benefits on the community. TIL
wealth they possess is stolen money
and the laws Of the country shoul
y hold them as public criminals.
I Managers of get rich quick trustl
4 managers Of fraudulent trusts-tha
great tribe of public robbers-are NJ