The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-11
Van SAINTS Address.


The eyes of the nation are turned
toward Kansas and the people Of Amer
lca are deeply interested in your struggle
Tor seI-preservation. am with you in
your tight with the Standard Oil com
Rockefeller.
DO you know the power Of corporate
WeaIth! DO you fully realize the vast in
IIuence 1t Yields? Have you paused to
consider how merciIessly it Furnishes those
VINO stand IN its way and oppose its will,
ana now II Vilhfies, abuses and misrepre-
sehtS every man who does not cringe be-
lore III II any one Of you is a public
oftcial and has had the temerity to do
your sworn duty, are you aware that you
and that every effort will be made to
crush you?
Money is rapidly becoming aIl-power-
IuI- The wealth of your arch-enemy is
greater than that of any man who ever
uVed IN the tide Of times
Fight Can Be Won.
You can win this fight if you are de-
termlned. You have the power in your
hands. In our country the people rule.
NO man should go to congress or sit in
the legislature who does not vote right
on questions affecting the welfare of the
state. Not only hold meetings, but at
tend the primaries Of your party. and see
that honest and efficient men are chosen
10 represent you. Afterward go to the
polls and vote. Do your utmost to elm
mate the ward heeler, the caucus manip-
uIator and the party boss; relegate to
the rear the man with a political pull and
let efficiency be the only test for public
office
Our legislatures should pass primary
election laws giving the pople an oppOr-
trnity to nominate United States senators
as well as all other officials by direct
primaries.
Affects All the People.
CAS- to the transportation question i
nd
the nation. One of the difficulties in
dealing with 1t is the uafairness of the
railroads.. 1t is not true. as they persist
emily state, that the friends of rate reg
uIauOn desire to have the interstate com
mefce commission arbitrarily fix all rates.
we stand exactly with President Roose-
VeIt and only want power given the com
mission after a rate has been CHALLENGED
and found to be unreasonable to name
one, nave 1t go into effect Immediately
and remain in force until reviewed by the
courts.
The railroads now can do as thew
please, as there IS no power to enforce
the DEGREES of the commission. All we
ask is to have the power delegated that
congress failed to grant formerly. Either
give the commission that authority or
abolish the law entirely. Give us this
Just measure, stop rebates and similar
determinations, let all private car ship
ments cease, and marked progress win
have been made in the settlement of the
V6Ned transportation.
Time to Call Halt.
am not an alarmist, but il is time TO
call halt. We are building up a class Of
individuals in our country by special
transportation privileges that menace our
free Institutions
mo one can estimate. the damage
wrought by the perniciOus system of IA
Xorltism. It and it alone enabled John
d Rockefeller to successfully crush every
competitor and establish the most gigan-
TIC monopoly on earth. 1t is enabling
every man who enjoys it to destroy his
rivals and plumber the people. This man,
with the railroad magnates, together with
the insurance scoundrels who have used
the sacred funds intrusted TO their care.
nave cornered the markets. and whether
prices nave gone up or down, have reaped
a rich harvest
In the enforcement Of the law rests
the safety Of the nation. We have rea-
son to be encouraged, indictments have
been returned against railroad officials
and shippers Take courage. Our cause
"a Just and We have a fearless leader in
theodore Roosevelt and inspiration to
every man who loves fair play and wants
a square deal. Let US do our duty, as he
IS doing his, and We will have both equal
ity before the law and equality of op-
Portunity, heritage that is due every
American citizen"