The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-05
AGAINST HIGH TARIFF.
}. w. Moore Opens His Fourth District
Campaign at Canton.


Canton, Kan. July 81 w Moore,
the nominee of the Democrats Of the
Fourtn congressional district made his
nrsE campaign speech here yesterday
IN his district Moore IS a Republican
and was named on a tariff revision.
antitrust platform to defeat J. NJ Mil
Ter. In part a.. Moore said:
The people of our nation are more
completely united now than ever before.
Never has there been such absence of
sectional feeling. The north, the south,
the east and the west stand as soldiers
of one army, shoulder TO shoulder, arm
to arm, knee to knee for the nainten-
aIice Of. our country's honor and integ-
rity. Peace and. prosperity prevail.
THE battle is on now for the enact
fnent and enforcement of laws to regu-
late corporations whose malicious greed
knows no bounds Laws to protect the
people as against the trusts The peo-
pie are on one side, the trusts on the
other. On which side are you as an in-
dividual I propose to answer Here
when the peoples roll is called, viii
your ] shall not care about the cap
tains name, but must know that he is
loyal to the people. I must know that
he is absolutely above suspicion. That
his conduct and associations and rela-
tons have been such that no charge
can be made that he consorts with our
enemy. the trusts
Senator Tillman from South Caro-
lslina is a Democrat. In some respects
ne is to me an offensive kind of a
Democrat. Senator Foraker is q Re
publican from Ohio. So am I. But l
am with Ti9lman because he is with
me. ] am against Foraker because he
is against me and against the interests
of the people. President Roosevelt
said, Vote against the man you deem
corrupt or unfit, even though he be
regularly nominated on your ticket.
Secretary Taft said. If / were in Gin
cinnati / would vote the Democrats
ticket Senator Harris said, Il stand.
with my party whenever I can. but
owe my first devotion to my country.
On last Memorial day at Wellington
Ex-Governor Stanley said It is not
party nor creed that men should work
for, but the man and the principle.
You who have votes to cast throw
aside the malicious party loyalty and
vote for the men and the principle
that you can see are right. Senator
Bailey of Texas said. We will stand by
the president until We win this fight
and talk our politics afterwards.
1.-The railroads of Kansas have been
grossly unfair in their regulations and
exorbitant in their charges, but It Is
not that to which We SO strenuously
object. 1t is that they uSurp our
rights. they control our state: they
take from US our sovereignty They
seek to conquer the people, control the
legislature and courts and compel such
conditions that they can continue to
! violate the law and go unpunlsneu
| They buy delegates. pack the conVen-
/ ton, write our platform, nominate
ticket. then crack the party whip over
us and command US to vote it straight.
But a new day is dawning.
The railroads with their free pass
bribes will no longer boss the people.
IF we speak IN opposition to rail-
road control of our state we are called
/ demagogues. If we speak against the
free pass bribe and for a two-cen1
fare and equitable freight rates We are
called demagog ues. # I'VE speak for
revision of the tariff. that our govern
n1ant may no longer assist a thousand
and one trusts to outrage US, we are
called demag0gues and ordered out of
our party. Then demagogue am; but
III question and test the authority or
any man who may order me out of my
Eparty. / may be a demagogue, but 1
will carry my sovereignty under my
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