The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-19

it against the opposition of the Demo-
cratic party. Since we got those islands
we have given the people a good gov
eminent, honestly administered We
| sent over school teachers, thousands of
them; we taught them English, and
now one can hear thousands of chill
dren daily ~reciting their lessons in our
language.
1--WE have turned over the govern
ment of the islands as soon as we could
do so, until at the present time, the
natives are in partial, control of the
central government there and are in
full control of the provincial and NUM-
cipal governments.
"That was all pioneer work, and the
executive had no assistance during the
time the questions came up. They were
problems that could not be solved in
the platform of parties.
zone thing for every voter to con-
| slider Is the efficiency of the party with
which he votes. The Republican party
has the sense of governmental respon-
sibility. In it individuals surrender
their personal views to what the body
considers the best thing to do.
"The Democratic party has no power
of cohesion, except in opposition to the
Republican party, and when 1t Is IN
power it has no sense of responsibility
that is sufficient to enable it to carry on
the work of government.
1--WE took up tho Panama canal. a
Nquestion that had been discussed since
the time of Charles V. When we
wanted to build it the Colombian gov
eminent tried to squeeze a few more
millions from us than was j~ustifiable,
and when the work was INSTRUCTED, the
Panamanians took up the subject fol
themselves. They rebelled against the
Colombian government and established
their W republic.
Canal in Six Years.
"Then we recognized that n
and made a treaty by which we &C
quired the canal zone Since that was
done there has been at work an organ
izatioh of brain n machine and hand
so efficient that in five or six years we
will see carried through the
canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic
81 have mentioned these things to
show that the Republican party does
things, and the party that does things
makes prosperity.
But in the prosperity tha t-has over-
whelmed us, some abuses have
and mismanagement has crept into oul
corporations. A demand has been mad
that these things be remedied, and thu
Republican administration, through
Theodore Roosevelt, has complied will
those demands. Mr.. Bryan would leat
you to believe that nothing has beer
done, but, when the immensely of TIL
question is considered. what has beef
accomplished is something wonderful.
I'm the corruption that was de-
veloped was the payment of rebate
which enabled certain corporations tt
become m~onopolies. but the passage o
the rate law has abolished this abuse
, The railroads themselves were glad t.
get out of paying rebates, and tht
abolition of the rebates has taken away
what was the chief instrument In thu
, erection of monopolies.
Free Trade Would Destroy Trusts.
1.-THE fact that the capital of SOM
corporations is great is no reason TO
! condemning them unless the thing
|. l.they do is unlawful. When undu'
means are taken, by thcgB to stihe com
+, petition they ought to be punished
"Mr. Roosevelt would prosecute .thos
responsible for the evil; Mr.. Brya
! would destroy their entire business Fl
, proposes to abolish the tariff on trust
. made articles. If the tariff Is take
off you will undoubtedly destroy tn
, trusts, but in addition to that you wi
| throw out of employment the thousand
of workingmen engaged in the bus
ness, and you will, moreover, destro
i not onfy the trusts but the independer
competitors of the trusts. 1t Is lik