Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-01
JUDGE H. N. 1ONNER
70 The CONVENTION
Control of Trusts the Keynote
Of Temporary Chair
mans Address
REPUBLICANS AND PROSPERITY
Points With Pride to the Record of the
Party and Contrasts 1t With the
lnaotion ., the Democratic Party
4 When 1t Was in Power-ls standpat
i IN the Tariff Question.
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has been in public life for a much less
time, and he has had less opportunity.
But at least he has done something.
He has rendered real and valuable as
sistance to the government in the
prosecution of the sugar trust, and the
New York Central Railway. Mr.. Bry-
an has done nothing but talk. No
wonder the eminent counsel and
mouth-piece of the Standard Oil Com
pany makes the candid observation and
public announcement that he will
support Mr.. Bryan. that he considers
him real conservative beside the
present occupant of the White House
But l am satisfied that, notwithstand-
ing this emphatic endorsement of Mr..
Bryan by the Standard Oil trust. that
so long as the American people admire
courage, consistency. high ideals, AMI
practical common sense; as long as
they continue to admire a man for
what he is. and for what he does. rath-
er than for what he says. they will
hardly turn from Roosevelt to Bryan.
sThe position of the republican party
and of it's president is that the power
OF government over corporations
trusts and combinations is absolute;
that as they are creatures of the state
they must be subject to it's control:
that as they derive all their powers
from government, they can exercise no
powers not conferred upon them; that
either in the exercise of national or
state power will be found ample au-
thority to cure every evil and correct
every abuse.s
And this applies not only to rail-
ways but to all other corporate abuses
Recent disclosures have shown the
necessity of more strict supervision
and control of the insurance company,
the coal trust combines, the meat
packers, and other important interests,
The meat inspection laws and pure
food laws have been passed to cure
some of these evils. There has been
much opposition to these disclosures
and to these laws on the ground that
it was hurting business
SIT does not hurt. it helps business
to be conducted honestly Business is
not entitled to that name which is
based on fraud and deception, on corr
ruption and dishonesty, or on 1nd1f-
ference to the lives and health of the
people.
.sBut Mr.. Bryan ard the controlling
wing of the democratic party say that
all these efforts to control and restrain
these trusts are futile and vain.
THE railroads and the trusts cannot
be restrained. There is some talk of
controlling trusts says Mr.. Bryan;
sytn1 might as well talk of control
ling Burglary and his brother radicals
are preparing for campaign of gov
ernrnent absorption and ownership.
The Bryans. the Tom Johnsons and
the Hearsts believe that on that issue
they can win, and SO we are likely to
have the next national campaign
w.aged upon an issue Of radicalism.
with Bryan as the candidate and gov
Sernment ownership as the battle cry.
.The republican party is the only an
tsgonist of, and safeguard against, So
cialism in America today. AS the
democratic party was absorbed by
populisrn, SO is it on it's way to social
ism, and the way is not long nor far.
Representative government as the
Guardian of civilization has no other
champion but the republican party in
America today. 1t should be remem-
bered that every step taken by the
president and congress has been in
beaten paths, under the old forms, IN
exact conformity with the Constitu-
ton as the fathers made it and as Mar
shall interpreted it nearly century
ago. Whatever may ba the view Of
others, republicans are not ready to
I abandon the Constitutions; they do not
believe that republican institutions
have been tried and found wanting and
they do not believe that representative
government ought to be overthrown,
either beneath the aggressions of the
trusts or by any socialistic schemes to
overthrow them.
The Tariff.
1.-THE great struggle between protec-
tion and free trade which has now
lasted for more than century, still
continues. In the worlds forum the
cause of protection has won signal
victory.
.4The grounds upon which the democ-
racy attacked the present protective
system are so various and shifting that
1t is hard to drive them to an issue.
AS fast as their petitions of grievances
are demurred out of court, new ones
are filed, and the cause has to be re-
argued before the forum of the people.
Just now, and during the last session.
OF congress, their favorite ground of
attack seems to be the old charge that
the protective tariff shelters trusts.
favors monopolies, is the fortress of
special interests and the 'citadef of
privilege.
1T is true the protective tariff policy
has favored special Interests, as it has
favored the general interest. That 1t
has assisted some men to get rich, and
enabled rich men to acquire greater
riches, it is useless to deny; that is
inevitable under any general policy
that makes for the common good. The
adoption of the gold standard helped
the banker and the millionaire; but it
helped the laborer and the poor man as
we'll 1t helped burglary also, for it
made more money TO steal. But how
foolish il would be to attempt to dis
courage burglary by making money
worthless, and how foolish to attempt
to punish trust evils by abolishing that
beneficent influence which it is true
aids them, but also aids all, like the
sunshine which blesses weed and bios
som alike.
.tOur democratic friends are fond of
calling the tariff wall. Let US apply !