Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-07

er, commonsense of the multitudes
whose interests are at stake.
Among the great evils that afflict
the country at the present time is the
abuse of corporate power. At first the
advancing aggressions of the corpora
tions are not discernable to the COM
mon eye, for every move is carefully
covered up until sufficient political
strength Is attained to defy the pro-
tests of the people. Thus the constant
and insidious invasion of the peoples
rights finally results in a species of
arrogance and defiance so formidable
ia its appearance that the body of the
people, in fear of ever worse aggres-
sions hesitate to assert and exercise
their rightful authority over these
collosal enemies of the common
nrsa ~. Ana so w behold a subversioR
of our free institutions, voluntarily
suoordinating itself to selfish, private
ends, special privileges, resorting to
cunning, bribery and indignation to
maintain its unholy power, while the
masses timidly hope that when avar-
ice has at last reached the point of
safety, it will then benevolently per-
nit the people to resume their right
full share in the government of them
selves. Whenever the mutterings of
the people become so threatening the
peals are frantically made to the sa-
cred rights of the party. This is in
tended TO alright the ears of honest
I men in the enjoyment of the fruits Of
their industry and thrift and by thus
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to deter them from casting their in
fluence on the side of the wholesale
reforms. The cry of confiscation is
the historic defense or usurpatlon.
| Let the people take warning When
ever the wrongs of today become the
vested rights of tomorrow the nation
is in deadly peril.
The Democratic party IS not the
enemy of property; but to the con-
trary, it has always stood and will
continue to stand firmly against every
species or aggression that would de-
stroy or weaken the right of any man
to enjoy the rewards to which his
patience his skill, his industry and his
economy entitle him. Our party ap-
proves that feeling of pride which al
was accompanies the possession of
property, and it commends an individ-
ual ownership in the soil that will
bring to the homes of America more
of the conveniences, comforts and lux
uries of life. Against the evils OF
special privilege We urge the benefits
OF equal opportunity, in order that
there may be more owners, more
homes and more happiness among the
masses.
The Democratic party is not the
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 driving
force that 1t would not otherwise pos
sess. Great enterprises are thereby
undertaken and the undeveloped re-
sources Of the country added to the
wealth of the world.
No rational man can be opposed to
corporations as such and the assertion
that the Democratic party is waging
an indiscriminate war against this
convenient form of transacting busi-
ness has no foundation in fact. 1t is
the abuse only, Of corporate power
that We seek to eliminate.
Some one has suggested that this
convention should publish an indict-
ment against the Republican party.
We can probably expedite the pro-
ceedings by entering the plea of guilty
that is contained in the Chicago plat
form, simply changing the words I'VE
Will" TO the words I'VE will not" to
conform to the admitted facts. We
then have the following Republican
confession of guilt!
1--WE did not revise the tariff"
"We did not amend the antitrust
laws to secure greater effectiveness in
the prosecution Of criminal monopo-
lies"
we did not add a single line 10