The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-08
DUTIES OF CONVENTION
Continued from First Page.)

The Democratic party is not the
enemy G property; but to the con
trary. ii has always stood and VIII
continue to stand firmly against every
species of aggression that would de
stroy or weaken the right of any man
To enjoy the rewards to which his
lpatience. his skill, his industry and
his economic, enroll him. Our party
approves that feeling of pride which
accompanies the possession of purity
ship in the soil that will bring to the
homes of America more of the convea
iience. comforts and Injuries of life
Against the evils of special privilege
we urge the benefits of equal oppor
tunity, in order that there may be
more land owners, more homes. and
more happiness among the masses.
/ The Democratic party is not an en-.
envy of all corporations. 1t recognizes
their great value in the industrial
world. Through the agency of incor-
Iporation scattered wealth is brought
together and given a driving fore
that it would not otherwise possess.
Great enterprises are thereby under
taken 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-
/ tion that the Democratic party is
Iwaging an indiscriminate war against
Ethis convenient form of transacting
business has no foundation in fact
It is the abuse only, of corporate pow
or that we seek to eliminate
Viewed in the light Of a great moral
institution the control of corporations
should remain a question of common
concern rather than a political one
but the shameful and common pla.
cence OF the Republican party in per
hitting its forces to be controlled and
operated by the most offending cor
poratious of the country throws the
compels the public to choose between
the Democratic party, that will, and
the Republican party that will no.,
place some restrictions on incorpor
ated 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 Chicago pla'
form it did nto make even a decent
Ipretense OF championing the peoples
cause and the proceedings of that con
yention are glaringly insincere, IT.
was noted that the elements were pre-
sent in that gathering, one with suf-
| ficient votes TO adopt platform and
name its candidate for president, the
other powerful enough to unwrite that
platform and tie the hands of the nom
inee, The distinguishing feature OF
the Chicago platform is it's oft-repeat-
ed promise to 10 a lot of things that
the Republican party has heretofore
failed to do That party went to Chi
cage fresh from the halls of congress
where an overwhelming Republican
majority in both branches enabled it
to propose to and adopt any legisa-
ton that il chose. Does the Repub-
| lican party believe that it can be ah-
solved from it's dereliction of duty by
an empty promise to do it in the fu-
ture what it has wilfully failed to do
in the Bast?
Some one suggested that this con
yention should publish an indictmens
against the Republican party. We
can probably expedite the proceedings
| by entering the plea of greatly that
is contained in the Chicago platform
simply chaning the words we will
to the words we Did Not" to con-
form to the admitted facts. We then
have the following Republican con
iession of guilt.
We did not revise the tariff"
We did not amend the antitrust
laws to secure greater effectiveness in
the precaution of criminal monopo-
lies
We Hih NV lutI Il SlilSit iiiit W Tie
Interstate commerce law, giving the
federal government supervision over
the issues of stocks and bonds by in.
terstate carriers.
we did not exact a currency meas
IRE that would mitigate the evils OF
a financial panic such as has recently
protected the country under a Repub
lican administration
we did not limit the opportunities
for abusing the writ of Injunction
We did not establish postal saw
ings banks"
we did not establish a bureau of
mines and mining"
I'VE did not admit into the union
the territories of New Mexico and
Arizona as separate states"
The last congress was in session
during a financial crisis when innum
cradle banking institutions, profferng
a holiday to funeral, closed their
doors and filled the minds of the mil
lions of depositors with anxiety and
fear The sentiment in favor of pos
tai savings banks which had been
steadily growing in this country. be
came almost universal during the re-