The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-08

special privilege We urge The benefits
Of equal opportunity, in order that
there may be more owners, more
bones, and more happiness amCng
| the masses.
The democratic party is not an
enemy of all corporations. 1t recog-
nizes their great value in the indus
trial world Through the agency OF
incorporation scattered wealth is
brought together and given a driv-
| ing force that it would not otherwise
| possess. Great enterprises are there
! by undertaken and the undevelOped
resources of the country added to the
wealth of the world.
No rational man can be opposed to
| corporations as such and the asSer-
ton that the democratic party is wag-
| ing an indiscriminate war against
this convenient form OF transacting
business has no foundation in fact.
/ IL is the abuse only, of corporate pow
| eF that We seek to eliminate.
! Corporation Question of Comon
Concern.
Viewed in the light of great moral
institution the control of corpora
lions should remain q question o.
common concern rather than pOliti-
cal, one, but the shameful and com
mon placence of the republican. par
ty IN permitting its forces to be con-
trolled and operated by the most Of
Tending corporations of the country
throws the problem into the political
arena and compeIs the public TO
choose between the democratic par
; ty, that will and the republican par
ty that viii not, place some TestTic-
tons on corporeted greed
We are confronted with the inquiry,
what assurance has the republican
party given that it will use the
forces at its command to restore the
people to their rights? In its Cnica-
go platform it did not make even
decent pretense of cbfmpioning the
peoples cause and the proceedings of
that convention are glaTingly inSin-
cere. 1t was noted that the elements
were present in that gathering, one
with sufficient votes to adopt a plat
form and name its candidate for pres
ident, the other powerful enough to
unwrite that platform and tie the
hands o. the nominee. The diStin-
guished feature of the Chicago plat
form is its oft-Tepeated promise to do
a lot of things that the republican
party has heretofore failed to do.
That party went to Chicago fresh
from the halls of Congress where an
overwhelming republican majority in
both branches enabled il to propose
to and adopt any legislation that 1t
choose. Does the republican party
believe that it can be abSolved from
its jereliction of duty by an empty
promise to do ii in Une future what it
| ha~ wiifuHy called to dc in the DaStZ
Republicans: I'VE did not"
Some one suggested that this con-
Vention should publish an Indictment
against the republican party. We
can probably expedite the proceed
ings by entering the plea of guilty
that is contained in the Chicago plat
form. simply changing the words we
/ Will to the words We Did Not
TO conform to the admitted facts. We
| then have the following republican
| confession o. guilt:
1--WE did not revise the tariff
I'VE did not amend the antitrust
laws to secure greater effectiveness
in the prosecution OF criminal mono
poles"
I'VE did not add single line TO
| the Interstate commerce law, giving
the federal government supervision
over the issues of stocks and bonds
by interstate Carriers.
We did not exact a currency meas
ure that would mitigate the evils of
a financial panic such as has recent
ly FRUSTRATED the country under a
republican administration.
| We did not limit the opportunities
for abusing the writ Of injunction"
we did not establish postal saw
ings banks"
/ I'VE dill not establish a bureau o.
mines and mining"
I'VE did not admit into the union
the territories OF New Mexico ana
Arizona as separate states"
| The last congress was in session
during d financial crisis when innu-
merGble banking institutions. prefer
ing holiday to a funeral. closed
/ their doors and filed the minds OF
the millions of deDositoTs with a'I-
xiety and fear. The sentiment in
favor Of postal savings banks which
| had been steadily growing in this
country, became almost universal our