Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-22

law by which honest men will hereafter
refuse either to give or receive these
favored rebates.
The republican party. acting through its
republican administration, has instituted
judicial proceedings to terminate the Beef
trust and by the passage of the pure food
law, will hereafter keep a supervision over
and regulation OF the packing house in
dustrleS and OF all other Industries that
manufacture and sell TO the public the
necessaries OF life.
The republican party, through its repub-
aggressive movement against the Standard
Oil company, and Will not quit until II
has made that giant monopoly deal fairly
Many OF the wrongs OF which make
mention have been long concealed. But the
progress in purifying the financial world.
| II has taken the lid on, and Is looking
upon what is inside 1t has cracked the
| shell and Is seeing things as they are. Ii
! is engaged In the vigorous work OF looking
| after the welfare OF the American people.
= The party that was big enough to build
UP this era of prosperity is big enough TO
The republican party is about to take one
pared TO say, and Il soon Will declare. that
all persons and corporations that are en-
| gagged in dealing In the accessories OF life
shall be subject to law and to govern
| mental control
Control OF Coal Fields.
II the time ever comes when 1t shall be
its power and majesty and see TO it that
the coal fields shall be kept in operation
| and coal delivered to our people to keep
| them warm in winter, it will not hesitate
| to do It, This government has the In
-herent power to sec to it that the, people
shall have the necessaries Of life, and that
no power-elther that of individual owner
| ship, or by combination of interests, or
trusts. or carriers or strikes-shau. inter-
1t has been said that this country is
verging upon q period Ike that which pre-
1 n "a N n
i and when competition in trade and business
| was destroyed as between individuals and
captains Of Industry. That may be so, but
| it is not a period for alarm. The intelli-
gence and patriotism Of the American peo-
pie are equal to this, as they have been to
! every other emergency. A destiny created
this country, a destiny has ruled ovet 1t
Theodore Roosevelt; that same destiny viii
| continue to rule over II ana our institu-
tions shall be preserved as an inheritance
| to our descendants through countless ages
3 as Gods richest heritage to his chosen
4 people; .,o ,o.,,. uoo.,o NAV. :, .,s
era rs to see to It, as in times Of old when
the country was confronted by great ques-
tons, that its wisest and greatest states
men shall be the spokesmeh for the indi-
vidual states in the United States senate.
| Neither the people nor the corporations
1 have anything to fear. from broad-minded
| and highly intellectual men. The weak
minded and mediocre miliionaires are the
i ones that corporations are able to control
| ana not. the statesmen VINO nave maze the
past history of the republican party glori-
Gus.
Let me express the thought by an Incl
dent: John c. Calhoun whose majestic
1 intellect stood out prominent among all
the men who had ever spoken for the
| south. lay dead within his coffin In the
| United States senate. There sat about his
bier Daniel Webster, who had been his
great political adversary, and who had
made the name of Massachusetts, almost
as glorious as that of the general govern
/ ment. There sat Thomas H. Benton, the
master mind, who spoke for the west and
Clay, the brilliant orator and defender OF
the fame of Kentucky. Every seat was
occupied, and in the galleries were. gath
cred the ladies, who represented the beauty
and the fashion of society. These three
giant intellects looked at each other In
| silence. There was the frowning brow OF
one. There was the austere manner of an
lother, as II meditating whether he might
forget. his animosities. In. that scene Of
first to rise in his place and speak, and
IN closing a most eloquent eulogium, as he
looked at the empty chair which Calhoun
had formerly occupied. said with great
solemnity, and in his mellow tones: when
i will that great vacancy ever be hlledT
F.. Such vacancies Massachusetts filled with
ttsa Sumner and Hoar, New YORK hied
with It's Seward and Conkling, Ohio filled
with its Garfield and Sherman, Indiana
ffiTed With it's Blaine, and, Illinois filled with
i ITS Logan, What galaxy of republican
/ names Let the people not forget tnelr
daty. Get -us. continue toihll the great va
cancies. in justice to ourselves and 10 our
H country. H'.'- - ~ - - -.-