Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-22
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE CLUBS
Large Attendance at Annual Meeting Held
insLincoln Auditorium.
HON. John |. WEBSTER MAKES ADDRESS
Presents n succInct Statement of
what the Parry Has Done for the
Country anu what May BE
Expected In Epsure.
CFrom a .stan Correspondent.

800 people Tonight, owing TO the intense
heat and the Interest in ante-convention
matters. The speakers .were~G. w. Wat,
ties, !presideutg John L. Webster, Governor
Mickey and II. II. Wilson.
The following officers were elected: @. w.
Wattles OF Omaha, president; w. II. Hay
ward of Nebraska City, vice president;
George w. Neal. of York. secretary; Bert
c. Minor of Omaha, treasurer The resolu-
-tions committee met Tonight. and will meet
again tosugprrdw to consider some additions
to the platform reported by The committee.
Several amendments we're offered tonight,
hutsthe committee did nothing s.C.
The principal address was delivered by
John L. Webster. who spoke in part as fol-
lows; =
MIR Chairman and Republicans of Ne
braska: The, republican party is the great
est est and best political 1rgSSnlzation the
country the busiest country under the sun
improvements everywhere, prosperity
The republican party found the United
states a country; IL made IT Il nation When
the Spanish Ear came on the old-time
rulers of Europe began to take notice of
America The Beloved and lamented Nc
Kinley and the courageous. and daring
Roosevelt have made the United States one
when the United States speaks the rest Of
the world listens. When the United States
acts the rest q the world aeeepts the sit
uation and yields to our request. e.
1t was this inherent power of the United
States government uneer republican rule
that caused the civilized world to recog
nze our right to build and control the
isthmian canal, the most stupendous work
of engineering skill and of commercial i'm
this inherent power of the United States
under republican rule, that caused the al
lied armies of Germany and. France and
Italy and Japan and Russia to retire from
the plains of China when the RnXpr
ment was quelled and peace restored pre-
serving the integrity of Chinese territory
Of all nations t was this inherent poWer
OF the United States under republican rule
and the genius of Theodore Roosevelt as a
diplomatic statesman that brought about
the negotiations of peace between Russia
ana Japan and put stop to the greatest
and most bloody war in the worlds history.
The life and work of the republican party
Is record of great deeds, the accomplish
ment OF great results, the producer and
protector pro Of agricultural. hianufacturins
ana Conlmec1al development. 1t has
crowned itself and the country with honor
and with glory
Greatness OF the Nation. ~
A few years ago, celebrated English
statesman STATE man Sir Charles Dixie said Of Eng
1t possessed an area of territory larger than
ana any g cove excepting Russia, and
naS seePSs caR SnS at tf les ony
rival Il. In commercial trade was the United
Today the United, states, under the rule
Of the tspTbIl6an; PAftys Gan make a wiser
i RsiI.,I Sir G SHsFlsg PiRs maSs Of Great
not Ealf 60 great . as that, ruled over +
BY The British ,dsTpire and, with. a
population r,Isd not IssEe than s9ne7afth Of that
States has a: grea9sr export trade than has
Great Britaih The stpited States has a
son ef tSdp woT :sss any other ma
country, both Internal and external. is
w w1aSuj be EEa sm2as sse stqns f the
nS Tsesses q gSssFs8 Ii sglss ssts
sGT M IN Essat sfsSSsss g - goSiss
lions OF foreign trade Hs1df -tw ehty t~d iJif-
lions of internal commerce, the greatness
Known o A T Ssory sSfh stssttS u at
any timS,er at any piaesii ,fo'c : 80
The policies. OF the republican party have
merce aieSe It's prmtsnT s Rbd or e0i
object ~ TO look Aftefsrshe welfare and
prosperity. OF our people and, our home int
that III this year OF 1905 the people OF the
United States of America are producing
one~third OF all the .HlaRufaetured goods
aets u he world or ms repSb1sa prod
has made the United states the weaIthiest
nation nhatIohh " the World In, hberality of
dividual and collective, prosperity and in
good republican government the Republican
gether, until we have. reached the mountain
top, and all around and about US is ma
tional glory and grandeur.
Control of Corporations. -.,lc
Out OF this great prosperity there has
concentration of millions of money under
the control of a limited number Of men, men.
these These conditions have brought. us to con-
front new questions of economical science
In all the history ofsthe past, the repub-
! lican party has arisen equal 10 each efner-
| gency. In the last, few years 1t has arisen
equal to the new problems and has made
itself master OF the. most impending dan.
The most momentous, question that has
come before the American congress since
| the days OF, reconstruction of the southern
states Is me regulation Of traffic rates
die every year s22,0o0.OO0. OF American
| commerce. That Internal commerce repre-
SCENTS the product and wealth of this coun-
| try. 1t afrects every state. every locality,
blood OF our pfosperity. The -r rel d ie
| party, now In control of the government,
and speaking through the channels Of con.
| gressional legislation, has declared that the
| government mas the right to, regulate rates
vindication OF the, words and spirit. OF
| the constitution OF the United States. That
legislation was but the spoken wisdom OF
that this piece OF legislation is Imperfect.
| II may DC experimental, out IL is Qecldr-
alton OF the principle that Is firmly fixed
In great tests hike shat the people need
| their greatest statesmen in the American
| congress, men who have the wisdom to
| foresee consequences" Hnd the power OF
| speech TO express their thoughts and to
convince their colleagues and assoeiates
Not ,Intended. TO Destroy.
But this power teNregulate railroads Is
not TO be used as a power to destroy. The
! railroads have penetrated the wilderness 'Oi
| the west; they have. climbed over its nils
and tunneled- Its mountains; they arelopen-
Ing the way In a manner that the area
Pacific will In time become as populous and
powerful as the territory east Of the iAIis-
sissippi. Numerous great trunk lines being
| built from the Missouri river to the sPacf1iC
| ocean will prove to be highways Of pros
perry and wealth to the territory THROUGH
i which they go. teThey will be builders OF
| new cities; they VIII offer facilities 10 new
! manufacturing enterprises their through
I lines of traffic will be of advantage TO ths
1 commerce and TO ali the people. To cut
1 them of or to chop them on, at state lines
under the process of state ownership, a.
| suggested by a democratic statesman, By
| telegraph, from long range, from the CAPT.
tails Of European empires, would be disas
snnunication that will prove to be as OBJ,
| jeetiOnable TO the good sense OF the Amer.
lean people as was that other democrat iI
| heresy of free silver.
| The aggregation of millions OF capital In
| corporations that assume the form OF
/ trusts, or put upon the people the burdens
of monopoly, af1ect more Individual men In