Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-20

disposed. y charity for him. do
not believe that he realizes the conse- t
quences that would result from that |
which he advocates, and, in Justice
to all the citizenship of the republic,
in justice to every man who lives in
the sweat OF his face by honest en-
deavor, | am now, and will be at all
times opposed to this legislation
which he demands.
For thirty years | have represented
district where nearly all the con-
stituency have lived. and are living,
by their labor. They and those like
unto them stand for law and order,
for protection of property, and the in
alienable rights of every citizen.
Those who labor have trod and are
treading, no path that have not trod
and that my descendants will not
tread. The organized labor that Mr..
Gompers claims to represent is COM
posed of people who have the right
to organize. They are of all churches
and of no church; they are skilled
and unskilled; they belong to. ali the
different parties; they are as intelli-
gent and as patriotic as any other
equal number of citizens of the re-
public. In the transaction of the bus
mess of their organization | have no
doubt but they will cooperate with
those who from time to time they
affiliations, in choosing the policies
of the republic, l am ready to take
my chances with them, and this, too,
without regard to the demands of Mr..
Gompers when he seeks to control
their action at the ballot box.
The President and Congress.
In the executive department of the
government the record of the party
| has been brilliant, courageous, and
| honest, and the name of Roosevelt
| has become a synonym for all those
| qualities throughout the realms OF
| civilization. He has been the presi-
| dent of all the people, and he has
been tireless in his efforts to serve
the people by wise, just and fearless
| administration of the law. He has
been particularly jealous in admins
| tering the law against the trusts and
combinations of capital which have
ignored the old adage of live and let
| live. The beef trust, the paper trust
the tobacco trust, the drug trust, the
| coal combination, and various rail
roads and shippers have left the heavy
hand of the law and learned that it is
strong enough to compel them to give
all square deal. The record of
trust prosecutions and Investigations
into their practices is too long to
here recite. but it is acknowledged to
be most creditable even by our politi
cal opponents.
The congress has worked in har.
mony with the president and embod-
led into law more of his recommend
atoms than has fallen to the lots OF
! most chief executives. | believe the
record of the seth congress made in
i its first session will go into history
1 as one of the best records of legisla-
ton for the benefit of all the people
| that has ever been made. The rail
road rate law, the pure food law, the
meat inspection amendment to the
| agricultural appropriation act, the
free alcohol law, the consular reform
| legislation, the employers liability
| law, all enacted at one session of con
gress, make record of legislation
which has not been paralleled in
many years.
The amendment to the Interstate
commerce law known as the Elkins
| law of 1902 and the rate legislation
| just enacted, coupled with many de-
cisions by the supreme court of the
United States, render it reasonably
F.! certain that practices which had
grown up by large shippers of COM
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from common carriers exceptional
rates for transportation not enjoyed
by others is prohibited by law and
| penalized both as to the railway or
| other common carrier and the ship
per; so that it is safe to say that each
citizen in the United States will be
treated the same as every other citi-
zen. With equal privileges to all,
there is no reason to doubt that by
enterprise. industry and competition
under equal conditions monopoly is
decreasing and will finally cease and
square deal afforded to every com
peting citizen.
We are willing to stand by the rec
ord and trust to the intelligence of
the people as to whether they will
continue this record of prosperity and
wise regulation of abuses or accept
the preachings and promises of the
demagogue.
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