The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-05

local speakers whose names Were ON Cne
list OF short takers to break loose on the
coming municipal campaign had the chance
been given to them. There were ten names
on this list but as the long talks" OF Gov.
Robert B. Glenn Of North Carolina and
Lieut.. Gov. Jared B. Sanders Of Louisiana
we're extremely long the only one OF the ten
who got an opportunity to speak was Con-
gresham Billy Sulzer. And as he took
twenty minutes out Of the three minutes
allotted to him by the chairman to talk
about his pet hobby the iniquities OF the
United States Senate. he had no time left
to rekindle the earlier enthusiasm OF the
audience
The sixty-ninth Regiment Band played
patriotic music (-Tammany' was added to
this years repertoire and was encored three
times), the Tammany Gee Club sang the
national songs its members learned at school
and then, after the feast Of oratory, came
the feast OF other things from the tables
laid In the basement.
PARK ER ON PROTECTION AND SOCIALISM,.
Before the speaking began letters Of re-
gret were read. One Of these was from
Alton B. Parker, who wrote.
Because greed left to run riot. has produced
some bad conditions In cities and n great
corporations we are advised to run headlong
lnt9 municipal Or soye1nmept ownership ownership
In spite OF the fact that. in other countries,
these anS =, experiments than our own. they have
uniformly lnterfered with development and
curbed initiative. In other words. the only
Of greed Is that Of rushing wildly into all the
perils OF over government.
The fset that this neiPens 81 social
prise. For nearly half century we have been
preaching and w sTse sbs soSs
Into an active partnership with government
IN to swell .ns Pse Py
q ssss , Sasss doss ne Of
the bod Of Of oa linn
i sons Sf the latter have reached the Pon.
much more dangerous or demorallzing than
the fiscal system, which. producing such re-
s"s sdsmsr ey zns' ssss Of this .
between, greed and politicss which finds
not To be af when We see
ts|ops Which thsD forBs s I'D
workings. Of this system. in which lobbying,
blackmail and corruption are the simplest
application. in all the successive circles
Of authority. Of the vicious practises in
he1em r. an unsss sSal system
respect for law. demand ioI its rigid exc
and pr aa wien 4. % unatersbiy the
limits OF right and wrong. We do not need
to look for new cures for the, old diseases:
we have, only to apply the old remedies in
Following the recognition of this fact
IN 1oT me hss OF sa
continued and 30 fertile In evil progeny
th ns the process OF separation Will be long
Gov. Glenn says We live too fast. Gov.
Glenn's robust oratory frequently drew
cheers from his audience. For half an
hour or more he compared the beginnings
of this country with its achievements Of
to-day, and, proceeding. to dilate upon
he said that there were. however, great
forces at work which, unless checked,
will destroy our nation and bring shame
on our wonderful people, One OF these
forces, he said, was the conflict between
lishment of courts of arbitration. The
second danger he pointed out was the
concentration Of capital in the hands of
a few; The properties of corporations
must be projected said Gov. Glenn at
monopolies are not necessarily evil, but
when they crush the feeble and weak
and seek to control or destroy then in
turn they must BIO controlled or destroyed
Then Gov. Glenn went on to say this:
4 third danger is we are. Lying too fast.
collect from customs and internal revenue
taxes so much money that our congressman
do not seem to know l., what to do with It, and
the peoples money in paving. out unfair
or heard of battle. They are also squander-
in a %R bsak n could
time to call halt and take an inventory and
see what is now causing a deficiency in our
re loo ss are has hare
keep MP appearances, we are living beyond
our means. II is making us nation OF
il ends in suicide, disgrace. shame and often
ha let Aa as sh aSo" face LEY aonessy
means and still be happy,
the great cites once de fe "s hie OF
France, and later the Hon. James Bryce Of Eng
land visited our country. and they declared
Sunday day OF rest, the people happy and
ending on" on body
mind and soul, No time for Sunday and rest
God @ not In the heavens; but in business. in
and rich. Saloons at every corner. destroying
the body. blighting the mind. blackeninR the
soul Vice stalking abroad In the day and
shame without fear walking at night. They
have told the truth. Our teemfng cities,
with their restless millions. with their rush
and crush. II controlled. rightly conducted
and governed. will be the source OF new power,
new wonders, new glory to our land, but
Y misdirected. II stepped in crime and sin,
then a source OF national shame, destruction
and death. For all of these evils there is a
great and mighty, remedy, simple but divine
II practised II will control capital and labor,
regulate the proper distribution Of wealth
and power, prevent our living beyond our
means as a nation and as individuals, and
control and govern our cities and people in
the proper way. and this great remedy Is the
message OF Christ the King: AS We would
that men should do unto you. do We also to
them likewise.
Lieut.. Gov Sanders urged upon Tammany
that as the greatest political organization
In the greatest city OF the union its respon-
sibiity was correspondingy great for the
carving out of the principles OF the Demo-
cratic party. Those principles he proceeded
to explain were to fight the aggregation
of predatory wealth" bound together @to
wiring from the pockets OF all MUST and
Ubiquitous tributes"
sULzER, LIKE cATILINE. DooMs THE SENATE
Congressman Sulzer said that the monop-
olist class would never be crushed as Ion O.