Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-16

cause it places US as a party whore we
belong, the champion of the peo-
pies rights in the nation, in the state
and in the municipality. It was joy
fully received because 1t files the ban
ner of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none. That platform Is
my platform and the platform Of every
man on our ticket 1t is broad enough.
its foundations are bedded in prin-
ciples deep and strong enough to sus-
tain all who have the welfare Of the
people and his state at heart. If
elected l shall use every proper effort
to carry its pledges into effect.
What Republican Party Stands For
While here and there individual
members of the Republican party, APP
preciating the trend OF events, have
cried out bravely for some of these
Democratic principles. yet the party as
an organization is anC for long years
has been the party Of class legislation,
the party of special privileges, and it
is responsible for present conditions.
The Republican party was brought
into being to give freedom to an en-
shaved and downtrodden race. It's mis-
sion accomplished, unconsciously it has
forged the letters for new surfdo1n.
In this situation it has become the
conservative party. AS President Bas-
com recently said: The Republican
party is fast becoming the bondsmen
of plutocracy. It's motto is stand
pat careless alike of criticism or vim
dication."
The Situation Today
We as a state and nation have not
escaped the ancient and ever con-
tinuing conflict Of the names and the
special classes.
In this great country of ours nature,
lv1rit 1ot rish no CIV hay~ fro
ures in the field, the forest and in the
mine. We have become great with
giant strides. We have grown so fast
that we have not stopped to think of
the manner or course Of our develop
ment. We have been too busy in get
ting and spending to heed the current
that has borne US on. AS we stop to
take our bearings we find that in the
field of commerce and industry, in the
forest and in the mine. in the tele-
phone, the gas and electric worlds, We
have bred brood Of giant monopolies,
combinations and trusts. They have
become powerful and rich beyond
Monte CristOs fondest dream.
The Republican party, through it's
tariff legislation, through it's failure to
curb and regulate the railways and
transportation lines through It's spe-
cial legislation in many different forms
has built up the pools and the trIsts
like the steel trust, the copper trnst
the salt trust the smelter trusts, the
sugar trusts, the lumber trusts, beef
trusts, the Standard Oil trust, and
many Of their kind. The stocks and
bonds of the steel trust alone were re-
Gently quoted at $1,370, 600, 600. The for
tunes of some of the individual meal-
bers are quoted at $3.50, 600.
1t has built and builded the trusts
and privileged classes so strong that
how of frN1 or 1nfX a
the executive departments and more
often the legislative halls.
Ceased to Be a Peoples Government
1t has built and builded them 50
strong that this has largely ceased to
be as Lincoln said, "A government Of
the people, for the people and by the
people," and it has largely become a
government of the corporations, for the
corporations and by the corporations. !"
These combinations, trusts and privi-
legged classes have become so powerful,
so naughty, so proud and insulting that
they often challenge the source of all
governmental authority. 't tbs well to
have a giant strength but It's tyranous
to use 1t as a giant
This situation could not result from
the natural order. No man and no
corporation could win such power and
wealth as many of these possess. But
it still remains true that the govern
ment derives it's just power from the
consent of the governed. That under
God the people are the source Of all
governmental power and authority.
The people may still control the tariff
/ schedules, the people may still regu-
late the rates of transportation COM
panies, determine classification of
freight and put an end to rebates and
determinations. The people may still
control and regulate and subject the
public service corporations.
Gradually the hight is breaking. The
eastern hills are rosy with the promise
of a brighter day. The people are
awakening to the true situation end to
realization of their rights and powei
! They realize that through laws which
they did not enact; through their neg
lect of duty, through their ignorance,
through bribery, trickery and intimi-
dation, the peoples rights and powers
! in cities state and nation have been
lost. The people without regard to
party are demanding that private mo-
nopolias shall cease. They insist on
the basic principle of the Democratic
party, Equal rights TO all and special
privileges to none" They insist that
their rights. lost strayed or stolen,
shall be returned to them. They in
j.sist that under the constitution they
are the masters. Nor shall their de-
mand cease until they are restored to
power. and the usurpers reduced, some
TO service and others to exile.
ne Remedies PROPOSED
First tn subject. regulate AMI con-
troll the railways and other transnor-
tation corFnanies- to prevent excessive
/ charges rehatas and discrimira1io-
so that as our platform says, They
J shall be operated for the benefit OF the
neoDIe for whom thew were intended :"
Second 70 revise fbe tariff and re
/ duce, n to q revanue basis To fbs end
~Cst II sbon not shelter or foster trnsts
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