The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-06
REPUBLICANS HAVE
DONE II ALL
SAYS SHAW
SECRETARY OF TREASURY SAYS
HIS PARTY III THE ORIGINAL
ANTITRUST ONE.
THELAMPOF EXPERIENCE
Have Never Pushed Laws to
:, Curb Corporations-Ta
Whack at Bryan.


Hamilton Ohio Ocl. 5.-Secretary
Shaw addressed large audience here
tonight. This afternoon be spent two
hours at the Butler county fair where
he spoke briefly.
In his speech tonight Shaw said:
Mr.. Bryan insists thar the people
have no hope Of relief from the domi-
nation Of trusts except in, through and
by the Democratic party Patrick
Henry aid, Il have but one lamp by
which my feet are guided and that is
The lamp Of experience" Turning the
lamp Of experience on the rec ord Of
the Democratic party and we observe
that Grover Cleveland in his inaUgu".
al address of March 1, 1885, made
specific reference to combination,
commonly called trusts" and stated
that the people can hardly hope for
any consideration in the operation Of
these selfish schemes" He recon-
mended no legislation on the subiec.
however, either then or thereafter;
neither did congress pass any Two
days before the expiration of his term
OF office. a committee of the Demo
cratic House appointed TO investigate
the subject of trCsts, reported
That owing to present differences
of opinion between the members oil
your committee. they limit this re
por; to submitting to the careful con.
sdcration Of subsequent congresses,
he facts shown by the testimony raE-
IN before you'd committee"
This is the aggregate Of relief which
The people obtained from the first
Democratic administration
Following this came The admins,
tration of Benjamin Harrison, and the
first bill introduced in tnc senate after
his Inauguration was John Sherman's |
antitrust bill, which passed both I
houses and received Tie signature of
the president.
Grover Cleveland was again inau-
gurated March 4, 1899, and in his in
augural address he again referred 10
trusts, and said:
These aggregatons frequently con-
stitute conapiracies against The inter
ests of the people, and in all their
phases they are unnatural and oppcs-
ed to our American sense OF fairness"
But he did not recommend any re.
medal legislation then or thereafter,
and the Democratic congress passed
no bill affording new and original re.
lief. vse
In his final message, after he cleo
ton of William Mckinley. Mr. Cleye-
land for the third and last time REFER
ed to the subject of trusts and dispar.
ingly advised congress that all Fed
eral legislation on the subject may
fall short of its purpose because Of
The complex character of our gov
system, which. while max
ing the Federal authority supreme in
rs sphere. has carefully limited that
sphere by metes and bounds that can
Tot be transgressed. He thus refers
he people for relief to legislation by
several states, failing to secure which
le leaves them to their fate
Shortly before the campaign az 1900 .
md immeiitely preceding a vote in /,
he house on a joint resolution to
mend the constitution so as to give
congress authority to deal with all
corporations whether en-
aged in interstate commerce of not
1r. Richardson. of Tennessee. the Dem p
cralic leader of the House made n
peech and employed this language, a
IF we pass this constitutional Ia
mendment the effect OF q viii be 10 81
Intimate the trust question from the 81
ampaign this year Now are we going u
. help to do il? hope noj." If
AT the crack of the party whip all
ut six Democrats fell into line and y
oted against the measure Looking
n. an issue on which Mr. Bryan might .
Q elected president in 1900. his party
eemed it good politics to protect IL \
aIf al the expense of the people. v
Whether it was good craftsmanship
Jncerned neither the leader in the
ouse nor the head of the ticket r.
Compare this with the record of the
epublcan party The first national
aform promising relief from trusts
as written and read by that Repub-