The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-08-17
CANNON Discusses s.!
ISSUES OF THE Day

| ers have lifted their mortgages and
are enjoying the embarrassments of
a surplus in the savings banks; and
laborers have ceased to hunt for jobs,
and have become the hunted by the
jobs; in spite of the large immigra-
tion from other lands, there is more
work than workers in this country to-
day. Capital is cheaper than ever
before, and money can be mad at less
interest than anywhere else in the
world
The sun of prosperity is shining
on every part of our immense stretch
of territory from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf and the Rio Grande. We are
at peace with all the world, and our
influence for peace, whether it be
between two great powers in the
Orient, or among the small republics
on the American Continent, is felt
throughout tn eworld.
''The Republican party has always
followed the maxim "Plant the fac
tory by the farm that there may be
the closest possible exchange between
the two great bodies of producers
One Of the old complaints here in the
west was that the manufacturing was
principally in the east; but the con-
tinuation Of a settled policy of pro-
lection has gradually extended the
industrial development to the west
and the south, bringing agriculture
and manufacture closer together. The
new statistics of manufacturers COM
piled by the United States census
Office last year show more clearly
than any previous census the general
benefit Of the protective policy +
Mr.. Cannon then took up the great
benefit hat has accrued to the manu-
facturer and the farmer as result
|of the Dangley tariff showing that
both the demand for labor and the
wages paid for the same have great
ly increased.
Answers Gompers
Mr.. Cannon then took occasion to
answer the demand made by Samuel
Gompers, the leader of the American
Federation of Labor, upon the last
legislation for the passage of bill
that would prohibit the judiciary
from issuing injunctions between en-
ployer and employee by saying that
the right of any citizen for protection
was older than the constitution it
SELF He said further:
For thirty years have represent
ed district where nearly all the
constituency have lived and are liv-
ing, by their labor. They and those
like unto them stand for law and
order for protection of property, and
the inalienable rights of every citi-
zen. Those who labor have trod,
and are treading, no path that have
not trod, and that my descendants
will not tread. The organized labor
that Mr.. Gompers claims to repre-
sent is composed of people who have
the right to organize. They are of
all churches and of no church; they
are as intelligent and as patriotic as
any other equal number of citizens
Of the republic. In the transaction
of the business of their organization
/ have no doubt that they will CO.
Operate with those who from time
to time they place in authority, but
in their party affiliations, in choos-
ing the policies of the republic, am
ready to take my chances with them,
and this too without regard to the
demands of Mr.. Gompers when he
seeks to control their action at the
ballot box.
"In the executive departments Of
the government the record of the
party has been brilliant, courageous
and honest, and the name Of ..Roose-
welt" has become synonym for all
those qualities throughout the realms
|of civilization. He has been the presi-
dent of all the people. and he has
been tireless in his efforts to serve
the people by wise, just, and fearless
administration Of the law. He has
been particularly jealous in admins
tering the law against the trusts and
combinations OF capital which have
Ignored the old adage Of live and
let live. The beef trust, the paper
trust, the tobacco trust, the drug
trust, the coal combination and var
Iious combinations OF railroads and
shippers have felt the heavy hand OF
1.-The law and learned that it II strong
Ienough to compel them to give all q
square deal. The record OF trust
prosecutions and Investigations into
Itheir practices is too long to here
lrecite. but It Is acknowledged 70; be
most creditable, even by our political
opponents.
The congress has worked la har-
lmony with the president and EN-
lbodied into law more Of his recon-
lmendations than has fallen to the lot