The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-09-05


l knew that l can be charitable with
others for not knowing. (Applause).
My friends. am ashamed of my
moderation when think how the &C.
tual facts surpassed not only my most
emphatic statements but even my
Imagination. The investigations have
shown what? Why. they have shown
the great insurance companies took
money that belonged to widows and
orphans and secured it for the cam
paign fund-to serve the country. And
the men who did it have escaped Grim
inal prosecution on technicalities.
Now, my friends. that is only one
branch of the investigation. They
found that one corporation In the city
of New York contributed 100000 to
the Republican campaign fund in 1900
and that was more than we had in
our campaign fund that year to carry
on the fight in As states. l ask you
farmers of Minnesota, do you under
stand what we have had to fight when
we have gone out to fight your battles
without money when one corpora ion
could give 100000? Banks contribut-
ed. How do I know? Why, because
the Republican party was compelled
to pass law forbldding their leaders
from accepting contributions from ma
tional banks. And We have been try.
ing to get law providing for pub
licity. as to campaign contributions.
1t was brought up in congress, but
somehow it was difficult to get Repub
lican leaders interested, and I wnni
you Republicans of Minnesota to draw
a very distinct line between yourself
and the Republican leaders.
s People Should Rule.
"Now, my friends. we ought to have
some easier way than a way that re-
quires the Republicans to bring what
is equivalent almost to articles of i'm
parchment against their leader. We
ask thai the people shall be allowed
to rule in this country, and my
friends. the Republicans have not only
nothing in their platform on this sub
ject, but they nominated as their can
didate for vice president the man who
more than any other. in the house help
ed Mr.. Cannon to stifle the will of the
nation. Do the people believe in prop
er government? I need not ask the
question. Mr. Sherman says, Why. of
course the people rule Mr.. Taft says.
OF course they rule Why, my friends,
they couldn't say anything else. Why?
For with the Republicans in power, If
they admitted that the people did not
rule, they would sign. their own death
warrants. But the. fact that they in
sist that the people do rule is evil
dence that they dare not deny that the
people ought to rule and if the people
do not in fact rule. is it not time that
they made their ballots. speak for prop
err government in this country?' CAP.
plause).
.. THE Standard OIL company has
been fined s29.ooO,0oo, and the judg.
ment. has: been: reXersedse we don't
know whether it's going to stand. or
not, and there, is a suspicion abroad
that If It is collected we can tell by
the price of oil (Applause). But if
is not collected yet. It's suspended.
but the Standard on company is col
lecting every day from the American
people under a tariff law on oil of
about 20 per cent and the Republicans
in congress would not reduce 1t or
take it off,
"Mr. Taft says that it you dare to
vote the Democratic ticket and de-
clare yourself IN favor of tariff re.
form, that there will be panic. Well,
Mr.. Taft has been. on the bench good
while and is not familiar with poll.
tics and expected him to make some
mistakes, but didn't think he would
make that mistake. thought with
the panic of last year fresh in his
memory he would not talk about pan
les in this campaign.
Discusses Panlcs.
"My friends, he lis trying to scare
the public by threatening panic
Why. we have had only three panics
'6luCe LIlS nepuDllCdH party was UOIu
Only three they have had a chance to
bring, and it brought two of them
They say we brought the panic of '93
because we had a Democratic presi
dent when it occurred and they said
it was Democratic panic. 1T came
under a Democratic administration
and in '96 had to bear that panic on
my back. was Democrat and they
said If you put Democrat in there
you will have panic, because Demo
Gratis always bring panics. And they
warned the country. Why, they said
If Mr.. Bryan was elected you will not
only have panic, but you will have
men. out of work. you will have soup
houses, etc.-such awful things were
going to happen and I have these
proofs that l was president. last fall
for they all came true: (Applause).
There were three panics, the first
In '73. Was the Democratic party ir
mower then7 The Republican marty