The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-08
SPEECH OF THEODORE BELL
 AT DENVER CONVENTION

ter them from casting their influence on the side of wholesome reforms. The ery of confscation Is the historic de- take warning. sH" Whenever s' tSs Sss wronss RsSg of today become the vested rights Of tomorrow. the nation is in deadly peril.
 Is AgaInst Asgression.
 The pemocratic party Is not the trary 1t has always stood and will continue to stand firmly. against every species of aggression that would de- stroy or weaken the right of any man tience, his skill, his industry and his economic, enroll him.
 "our party approves that feeling posssssion @ nfA of purity. aTss and t sommsnds an individual ownership in the soii that will bring to the homes of Ameri- ca more of the convenience, comIorss of special privileges we urge the bene.. fits of equal opportunity, ih order that there may be more land owners. more homes. and more happiness among the
 saThe pemocratic party Is not an enemy of all corporations. n recog nizes their srcst vaine n sne s, incuss ss incorporation scattered wealth is brought together and given driving force that It would not otherwise pos undertaken and the undeveloped re- sources of the country added to the wealth of the world.
 tiorl on a large scale, but 1t is unalter- ably opposed to monopoly In produc- ton. It Is easier to prevent monopoly than 1t Is to control 1t after being es- abolished. An ounce of prevention is drawal of special privileges will take away the meat on which the trusts are fed. If this be followed by criminal prosecution and an imprisonment of the directors and officers of the guilty corporations. monopoly will be shorn of many of It's terrors
 HNo rational man can be opposed to eorporations as such and the assertion an indiscriminate war against this convenient form of transactiag busi- T ness has no fcundstion in fact; @ If is
 Viewed in the light of great moral institution, the control of cor sshSsra snSsa rsnsp s.T ssGn GusstSI So G cal one but the shameful and common place of the Republican party in per- hitting its forces to be controlled and ations of the country, throws the problem into the political arena and compeis the public to choose between Republican party. that viii not place greed.
 Tnsfncere Republicans.
 we are confronted with the inquiry, what assurance has the Republican, party given that it will use the forces at it's command to restore the people to their rights? Tn it's Chicago plat form 1t did not make even decent pre- tense of championing the peoples cause and the proceedings of that convention are glaringly insincere. It was noted that the elements were present in that gathering, one with sufficient votes to adopt a platform and name it's candi- date for President. the other powerful enough to unwrite that platform and tie the hands of the nominee.
 'The distinguishing feature of the Chicago platform ] Is its oft-repeated promise to do 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 overwh elming Republican majority in both branches enabled 1t to propose and adopt any legislation that it chose. Does the Republican party believe that it can be absolved from It's dereliction of duty by an empty promise to do In the future what 1t has wilfully fail- ed to do in the past.
 "some one suggested that this con.