The daily sentinel., 1908-07-07
GREAT SPEECH THAT
OPENED CONVENTION
Brilliant Logical and Clear Manner Gov Bell Temporary Chairman Tells Of Dem.
oadc Beliefs and Dud Points the Needs Of the Country and Shows
Whein the Republican Party Has Failed Care for These Needs

more of the convenienceS, comforts
and luxuries of life. Against the
evils of special privileges we urge the
benefits of equal opportunity, in or
der that there may be more land
owners, more homes, and more hap
piness among the masses.
The Democratic party is not an
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 driving
force that it would not otherwise
possess. Great enterprises are there
| by undertaken and the undeveloped
resources of the country added to
the wealth of the world.
mo 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 business has no founda-
tion in fact. 1t is the abuse only, of
corporate power that we seek to
eliminate.
"Viewed in the light of a great
moral question the control of cor
porations should remain question
of common concern rather than a
political one, but the shameful and
: complement of the Republican
party in permitting its forces to be
controlled and operated by the most
offending corporations of the coun-
try throws the problem into political
aren't and compels the public 10 chose
between the Democratic party that
will, and the Republican party that
will not. place some restrictions on
( incorporated greed. We are confront
ed 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 platform it did not
make even a decent pretense of
championing the peoples cause and
the proceedings of that convention
are glaringly insincere. 1t was notsd
that the elements were present in
that gathering, one with sufficient
votes to adopt a platform and nomi-
nate its candidate for president, the
other powerful enough to unwrite
that platform and tie the hands of
the nominee. The distinguishing fea-
ture 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 overwhelming 6
Republican ajority in both branches
enabled it to propose and to adopt
any legislation that it chose. Does
the Republican party believe that it
I can he absolved from its derelicition
of duty by an empty promise to do in
the future what it has wilfully failed
to do in the past?
Some one has suggested that this
convention should publish an indict-
. | a hn
We can probably expedite the pro-
ceedings by entering the plea of
guilty that is contained in the Chi
caso platform, simply changing the
words I'VE Will to the words I'VE
did not to conform to the admitted
facts. We then have the following
Republican confession of guilt:
We did not revise the tariff
We did not amend the anti-in-
trust laws to secure greater effect
iveness in the prosecution of GRIM
inal 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 currency
measure that would mitigate the evils
of a financial panic, such as has re-
Gently prostrated the country under
il Republican administration
We did not limit the opportuni-
ties for abusing the writ of injunc-
ton
We did not establish postal saw
ings banks
1--WE did not establish bureau
of mines and mining
1--WE 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. prefer
ring a holiday to a funeral, closed
their doors and filled the minds of
millions of depositors with anxiety
and fear. The sentiment in favor of
postal savings banks which had been
steadily growing in this country, be-
came almost universal during the re-
cent panic. So insistent became the
voice of the people that the president
sent special message to congress
urging the establishment of postal
savings banks where the earnings of
our people might be safely deposited
under the direct control and respon-
i sibility of the federal government.
and where no peculating bank cashier
or gambling board of directors could
eat up the savings of years. The
United States senate showed its
hearty sympathy with this popular
demand and its profound respect for
the president by adjourning the SEN
ate while the message was being
read while over in the house of rep
resentatives they refused to suspend
| the roll call long enough to receive
the communication that had been
sent there from the White House.
THE Chicago platform points with
pride to the passage of a child labor