Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

the annexation OF Alaska the Hawaiian
Islands. Porto Rico, the Philippines
and the freedom Of Cuba, the great
irrigation law which means so much
70 Utah and the whole west and for
which full credit is due Theodore
Roosevelt, and last but not least IL the
great Panama canal, These. my friends.
are few Of the deeds for which the
Republican party Is Justly proud. To
Offset this the Democratic party can
point TO the fact that It's party when
last In power sold over 500, 900 900 worth
OF bonds In order Co pay the running
expenses OF the country and this In
times Of peace. More bonds were sold
during Cleveland's last administration
than during the fun period OF the Span
ish war The Democrats can also point
Ia the fact that this republic, under the
Democratic rule, pulled down the Stars
and Stripes az Honolulu and attempted
to put a half savage queen upon the
throne TO rule oyer free people,
That Is the record Of the half CEN
fury OF Republican and Democratic
rule. Every Republican act has the ap.
proval of the great bulk or the Amerl.
can people, while the Democratic acts
are pointed to with the finger Of scorn
and disapproval.
DEMOCRATS CRITICIZED.
For some reason, our Democratic
friends have taken great dislike ia
the greatest living American OF today
the next president Of the United
States. Theodore Roosevelt. In 1900 the
Democrats charged that the Repubil-
cans would not build the Panama canal.
They said the railroads did not want
the canal built and that the railroads
owned the Republican party; they said
that President Roosevelt was too slow
IN his action on the Panama canal bust
ness and when President Roosevelt rec.
ognized the new Panama republic, made
n treaty 20 build the canal and con-
tracted To buy the French interests IN
the canal and aid all this within q few
days, the Democrats shouted IN thun-
der tones that TEDDY" vas too fest.
AT FIRST, he was too slow and then he
was too fast. What Kind r a gait do
these Democrats Sant our president 10
travel?
President Roosevelt tdvels the get
there" gait, At first he Ia slow-when
caution requires II, he goes faster as
he warns up--lke all thoroughbred
stock. do not blame the Democrats
for objecting to Teddys fast gait for II
he keeps It w the Democrats VIII be
distanced at the poll long before cleo
ton day.
The Democrats have been bowling
about the trusts. At first they charged
that the president did not dare to pro-
coed against the trusts; they charged
that trusts owned the president and
when the president ordered the suit
filed against the Northern Securities
company, that greatest combination OF
railroads, headed by those multi-mil-
lIonalrcs, Rockefeller PIerpont Nor
gan, j. j. Hill and i. II. Hartman. the
Democrats said the suit never would be
filed; they said IL was all bluff When
the suit was actually filed. they SAID II
would never be tried. When the suit
was tried, they said the supreme court
would not render decision until after
election and then throw the case out OF
court, but last month the supreme court
actually rendered its decision, declar-
ing the great Northern Securities COM
pany a trust and an unlawful one at
that and directing II to be dissolved,
and the most remarkable part Of II all
is that every member Of the supreme
court in favor Of this decision were Re.
publIcans and every Democrat on the
supreme court was against this decis-
ion, declaring this great trust to be un d.
lawful Think OF IT, The Democrats
bowling about the destruction Of trusts
and all three OF their representatives on
the supreme bench fighting in favor Of
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