Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-24

the house. So long as there was
chance for discussion there was suf-
fcient Republican opposition to con-
denim the features of the bill, but
under the influence of a few flan-
ciers, the bill was rushed through
during the closing hours with all Of
the bad features restored and FL of
the good one eliminated. @S
..The plank demanding a perman-
emit change in the currency system
is general enough to permit the Re
publican orators to advocate in each
section Of the country the system
most popular there, and sufficiently
indifinite to enable congress 70 do
whatever it pleases, or nothing with
out violating any pleoge.
..The trust plank must prove a
disappointment to every Republican
who has come to understand the in
equity Of the trusts. There is no
demand for rigid enforcement Of the
law. There is no suggestion. that
the clause which has not yet brought
a trust malefactor within the walls
of a penitentiary, should be called
into use. The platform says thai the
law can be strengthened by amend
ments which will enlarge the saper-.
vision Of the general government,
but these amendments are not men,
toned ad there is othing in this
plank Of the platform that can be
appealed to to secure any real inn
provement in the law. II the resi-
dent, with all Of his strenuousity,
has not been able to enforce the
criminal law against a single trust,
no progress will be made within such
an tnti-trust plank as that inserted
in the Republican platform. n
There is plank in the platform
| in favor of such legislation and sup
ervision as will prevent the future
overissue Of stock and bonds by in
! terstate carriers. n
| s4This is good, but /. is coupled
with the advocacy Of pooling ar
rangements which makes a large
| concession to the railroads without
| exacting any security to the public,
for the convention voted down, an
amendment proposed by Senator La
/ Fo1lette's followers authorizing the
enlargement Of the powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
4 The Negro comes in for his quad
rennial quota of taffy. He Is re-
minded that the Republican party
| gave him freedom and citizenship
and in this there is. implied q warn.
| ing that he must not use his citizen
ship against the. party that gave II
to him. It boasts that he is indeb-
!! ted to that party for his political
rights and for his progress in In
telligence, industry, etc. The Repub-
lican party has made political CAPT
tai out Of the negri for more than
q third of century. Why Is it that
the Republican leaders are only so.
fictitious about the colored men when
voting time comes? The Republican
platform says: we condemn all
devices which have for their rea.
act his (negro) reimbursement fol
reasons Of color alone as unfair, un.
American and repugnant to the SUI
preme law of the lad How car
these things be repugnant to the. SUI.
dfpreme law Of the land when the Re
publican supreme court is supposed
to stand guard over the supreme Law
Of the land? 81.
Tt IS an insult to the negro's in.
telligence as well as to his patriotism
to suggest, as the Republican lead
ers constantly do, that he thinks OF
no questions except those that arise
between the races"