The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-13

neither has the people of the United
States. And what did they represent?
First and foremost, the government had
hardly been announced to the world un-
til Thomas Jefferson took the position
that this was not nation; that it was
together only 80 long as they saw fit to
unite for mutual defense, protection or
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Well, Is there an Amer
lean today that would desire to reaffirm
! that principle? Do you suppose that in
this audience, or in this state, there
would be single vote cast in favor of
! that principle? 1 doubt it. That prin-
ciple was the cardinal one of Thomas
Jefferson. 1t was the Democracy of
that age, in antagonism to that other
principle represented by the grandfather
of the Republican party, the old FEEDER
alist party, that held at all times that
this was nation; that the constitution
of the United States and it's ratification
by the states constituted not a confed.
eracy, but a nation, one indissoiuble
union OF states that could not be torn
asunder except by the destruction of all
of them. That was the Federalist par
ty, that was antagonized by these prin-
ciples that are reaffirmed by the Demo
cratic party of Idaho. What Is there to
recommend that kind of political an
nouncement to you, as a guide for your
action at the coming election?
The Democratic party of that day
stood for slavery as an institution.
need not spend any time on that ques-
ton. There would not be a vote cast
in favor Of human slavery in the state
of Idaho, unless IL was cast by some
idiot
Andrew Jackson.
What other principles did those men
stand for? Andrew Jackson--a brave
soldier, wise jurist. an honest man
stood for the doctrine Of states rights
stood against the national bank sys-
tenn now existing In the United States;
stood against the financial policy that
today represents the wealth and the pros
perity and the guarantee of the United
States. He stood for the Union. and in
that he differed from the party to which
ne belonged. But did he leave such a
mark of wisdom and executive ability
upon the laws of the land that you could
today point to them and say, There is
written the principles Of Andrew Jack
SOM" No.
Bryan.
But they have--on the end of it they
have tackled another name; they say
that they reafirm -tAs principles OF JEFF
ferson. jackson and Bryan. They re-
affirm his principles. Let's see what he
stands for. He said the other day in
New York that he stands for govern
ment ownership of railroads. Well, that
question is more important to you than
it may perhaps seem at first glance.
The Republican party is not in favor of
the government ownership of railroads
am not. as speaking for the Republi-
can party, in favor of it, and you will
not be in favor Of 1t when you come to
cast responsible vote on that oues-
ton.
government Ownership.
The government ownership of railroads
necessarily implies that the government
shall acquire the railroads. How? BY
confiscation? No honest man would for
that. BY purchase? Have you an idea
of what it would cost to purchase, at the
original cast price or at the lowest as
sessed price. the railroads of the United
States? Why. you would multiply the
debt that was created by the civil war
The right to operate business enterprises
by the government. Who would pay
for these railroads? The government of
the United States. What is the govern
ment OF the United States? 1t is you
and I; we constitute it. 1t is govern
unit of equal measure, so far as exer-
cising the rights of citizenship are con-
cerned. You and and our neighbors
are to buy these railroads
They inveigh against and denounce
the accumulation of wealth in the hands
they term them. To whom would this
money be paid-these thousands of mil
lions of dollars that you and 1 are to
pay for these railroads? To whom does
it go? 1t goes to these very people that
they arc continually announcing as plu-
tocrats. You take the property and
they take the money. And then who
holds the upper hand in this great strug-
gle for an equal division of the wealth
of the world? Have you thought of it
in that light? That money can be in
vested in this country or in another; it
can be deposited in this country or an
other: 1t can be taxed or not, as 1t is
able to be hid from the assessor: it can
be sent abroad when the assessor is
coming around; it can be brought out
when the great pageants of wealth are
being paraded before the people.
Come little closer home with this
question. We will say that you have
bought these railroads with the thou