The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-07

Is the abuse only Of corporate pow
er that we seek to eliminate.
ave are confronted with the in
quiry, what assurance has the Repub-
lican party given that it will use the
forces at its command to restore the
people to their rights? In it's Chicago
platform it did not make even decent
pretense Of championing the peoples
cause and the proceedings Of that con-
vention are glaringly insincere It
was noted that the elements were pres:
ent in that gathering, one with suf-
ficient votes to adopt a 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 loft-repeated
promise to do lot Of things that the
Republican party has heretofore failed
to do. That party sent to Chicago
fresh from the halls of congress, wher.,
an overwhelming Republican majority
in both branches enabled it to propose
to and adopt any legislation that it
chose. Does the Republican party be-
lieve that it can be absolved from its
dereliction OF duty by an empty prom.
Use to do in the future what it has
wilfully failed to do III the past?
:. "Some one suggested that this con.
vention should publish>san indictment
against the Republican party. We can
probably expedite the proceedings by
entering the plea ct guilty that is con.
tanned in the Chicago platform, simply
changing the words We will to the
words we did not to conform to the
admitted facts. We then have the fol.
lowing confession of guilt:
"'We did not revise the tariff
"'We did not amend the antitrust
laws to secure greater effectiveness in
the prosecution of criminal monopolies.
we did not add a 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
measure that would mitigate the evils
Of a financial panic such as has recent.
~ protracted the country under a Re.
publican administration
"'We did not limit the opportuni.
ties for abusing the writ of injunc.
tion.'
"'We did not establish postal say.
ings banks
"'We did not establish bureau OF
mines and mining
eve did not admit into the union
the territories of New Mexico and Ari-
zona as separate states
1.-THE last congress was in session
during finacial crisis when innumer
able banking institutions, prefering a
holiday to funeral, closed thei1
doors and filled the minds Of the
millions Of depositors with anxiety and
fear. The sentiment in favor of postal
savings banks which had been steadily
growing In this country, became al
most universal during the recent panic.
So insistent became the voice of the
people that the president sent special
message to congress urging the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks
where the earnings Of our people
might be safely deposited under the
direct control and responsibility of
the federal government, and where no
specializing bank cashier or any men,
Der Of the board Of directors could eat
up the savings of years.
"The United States senate showed
it's hearty sympath with this popular
demand and its profound respect for
the president by. adjourning the senate
while the message was being read,
while over in the house of represent
atives they refused to suspend the roll
call Of the house to receive the COM
>munication which had been sent there
from the White House.
'The Chicago platform points with
pride to the passage of a child labor
law for the District Of Colombia. Let
the Republican party go further than
the enactment Of penal laws and in
the name of humanity use it's vast
energies for the removal Of the con-
ditions that are forcing our children
into the labor market. It is the reign
Of monopoly that is emptying our
school houses and filing the sweat.
shops with child labor and this same
system Of monopoly is fast limiting
the opportunities for Independent liv-
lihood among those who are forced
into the Industrial field and thus it is
doubly blighting that hope Of youth
which in former stages Of our national
growth opened an avenue Of honor
and independence to every child upon
.nrIr soil .sa Y. 81.