The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-10
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worthy men TOT puDiic of1ces and they must convince the voters that they are not merely an office-seeking party but are laboring to furnish a safe refuge Tor the democratic voter "who has be- come tired of the. incompefency and control for many decades of one poiiti-
 6hase for Federal once.
 ns ns hs hsepseSss party rgs if Worth n caro federal ofices were filled by Demo crats "As long," he added. "as the States shall ,.tis ths save seuthsrn fn tional chase for federal offices in which the business men and men of substance in the community have no which they have no interest, we may expect the present political conds- tions of the South to continue"
 Turning to the issues involved in the out that in November 1904 the Repuh- lican party was continued In power. Theodore Roosevelt. he said had For mors than th. three hss and half years dis Ing that period Mir. Roosevelt" he ad- ded, had again been by word and by act made manifest to the people his just and impartial course by which the rich and poor should enjoy the equal protection and suffer the equal and just enforcement of she. laws. He rec Republican party. He incurred the hostility of Independent financial in- terests by his action in directing the prosecution to successful Issue of so-cafied northern securities suit which prevented q merger for the purpose of suppressing competition of two great lines of railway in violation of the so-called antitrust law"
 The. secretary then said the Repubii- can platform and Mir. Roosevelt pledg- cd the further enforcement of the anti- trust law and the interstate commerce pressive criminal monopoly continu- ing, he said that only a. year and four months have elapsed since Mir. Roose- election in 1904. And yet in the short part of his term of office, the Re- iublican party in Congress inspired by Mr. Rooseveit's recommendations had greatly increased the power. of the interstate commerce commission and which taken together with previous hs ssd,lon ,. ,n eesths,niy VII the violations. unjust discriminations
 Standard OH Monopoly.
 The investigations by the Depart. ment of Commerce and Labor" said Mir. Taft, have shown the method by which the Standard oil Company has maintained It's monopoly of the oil bus mess and prosecutions have been or- dered in many of the Federal Courts of the country in order not only to vindi- cate the law for past violations but to bring about a condition of things in which the managers of prosperous and successful corporations of the country shall pay heed to injunctions of the statutes and not allow temptations of immense profits to blind them to the necessity for obedience to law"
 The Secretary ssid that the organi- zation of capital has reduced the cost of production and has therefore con the world and that tbe organization Of labor has undoubtedly bettered the condition and raised the wages of Ia. able to suppose that in the power which organization has placed in the hands of individuals there would be nc but when these are yielded to by .ahc few as compared with the many. IL r. no reason for hysteria or the destruc- tion of the whole social order.
 system of private property or forbid ding the formation of corporations or preventing the organization of trades unions. It Is no ground for advocacy of
 ''We must next take up the abusss in the good old Anglo Saxon way. ad- just every statutory remedy to the fit- the public servants who show them selves alive to public needs and cour- ageous and energetic enough to prose cute the offenders to conviction"
 '"The people," he said. "are in favor of protecting the rights of the corpo. rations or labor organizations as rep resenting only number of people uni ted together for common and lawfu object exactly as they would protecr the rights of an individual and are in favor of protecting the individual
 aTba RenuhIicsn marty ana Roose veIt,' declared MT. Taft, "are in favor of the just and equitable operation Of the law whether 1t be by civil suit by the process of injunction in equity or by indictment at the bar of the crilli nal court, against the man who vio- lates another's right, whether he tc aica Sr poSr TRey ass eea6st @ munity fom prosecution for violation of the law either on the gound that 8 man has money or industrial or pollti- cal power or on the ground that he has neither"
 Record of His Party.
 He said the record of the Republican, party shows that the only substantial steps which have really been taken tc stop the abuses and oppression attempt ed by the Irresponsible holders of gr wealth and corporate power have stood by the Republican party and there is no more brilliant or successful exp n ent of this policy than Theodore Roose- welt His declarations made before tLe election are being enforced and being put Into practice sater aats tb the election leaders are now indignant that the Pc publican party in carrying out the promises of its platform Is putting ln to practice the principles which th " with superb complacency claim arc eSa'ds ent' He aH declared nat he DemocrSaiic against corporations but have institu- ted no legislative steps in all this time to restrain the abuses. He said
 T ask you to compare Demoeratlr ances. Incidentally ponder how me1h would have been done if MT. Parker had beer elected and acted on his ti'A- ory that the common law supplied Hll of trusts and the abolition of rebates It may be noted also that while Mir Bryan has been most emphatic and eloquent in his de ,laration and de- nunciation of trusts and abuses of co. porate organization and wealth and hic suggested remedies for their prompt less. indeed, his proposal that the gov ernnent buy or condemn all interstat railways with their immense mile..gs and mainaain and operate them Is Ia be regarded as an immediate remeds practical and feasible. In vie of this lt is not matter for any surprise tiai the great combinations and organizI. tions that have increased their profit and nower by evil and oppressive methoIs should fear and dislike MT. RooseveIa and. his acts in the present much more than they should Mir. Bryan and tn, indefinite cangers with which Inc threatens them in the future"
 He expressed the hope that the Phil. ippines tariff Dill now pending in the senate would be passed at the next se,- sion, Mir. Taft after explaining the ln- creases in appropriations declared thar In spite of the increase there would be A surplus of $40 900 In the treasury after all the expenditures have been