The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-07-02

demand for rigid enforcement OF
the law; there Is no suggestion that
the criminal clause-w which has not
yet been brought forth to place the
trust malefactoI within the walls of a
penttentiary-should pe called into
use. The platform says that the Law
can be strengthened by amendments
which will enlarge the supervision Of
the general government, but these
amendments are not mentioned aud
there is nothing.in this plank Of the
platform that can be appealed tn to
secure any real improvement In the
law. II the president, with all OF his
strenuousity, has not been able to
enforce the criminal law against a
single trust, what progress viii be
made with such antitrust plank as
that inserted in the republican plat
form?
There is plank in the platform In
favor OF such legislation and super
vision ''as will prevent the future
over-issue OF stocks and bonds by In
terstate carriers" This is good. but
1t is coupled with the advocacy of a
pooling arrangement which makes q
large concession TO the railroads
without exacting any security to the
public, for the convention voted down
an amendment proposed by Senator
La Follette's followers authorizing az
enlargement OF the powers of the 10.
terstate commerce commission
The negro comes in for his quad.
rennial quota Of taffy. He Is re-
minded that the republican part,
gave him freedom aud citizenshiI
and in this there is the implied
warning that he must not use hi.
citizenship against that party that
gave it to him. 1t boasts that he Il
indebted to that party for his DO
litical rights and for his progress ane
intelligence, industry, etc. The re
publican party has made poiitica
capital out OF the negro for thirt
of century. In many of the clos
states it has won its elections by TIM
negro vote and In the states where i
has power IL has never treated th,
| negro any better than be has beer
treated by the democrats in othei
words, in the Northern states tb'
democrats, without receiving supper
| from the negro vote, have been a
| friendly TO him as the republicans
In the South the democrats hav
furnished a large part OF the none.
to provide that education Of wbicl
the republican platform boasts. An
yet i'm each recurring campaign tb
republican leaders have attempted I
appeal to the prejudices Of the negr
by parading before him the restric
ticns placed upon Suffrage In som
i OF the Southern states. They has
been In control of the government
with the exception OF few year
for nearly ialf century, and the
have controlled the courts as well q
the other branches of the govern
ment- Why is 1. that the repubiica
, leaders are only solieitous about tt
| colored man when voting time comes
I The republican platform says: Nv
condemn all devices which have Il
, their real aim 1.-THE negrol disfral
: chisement, for reasons OF color alon'
: as unfair, un-American ard repui
: nant TO the supreme las OF II
: land when the republican supreu
5 court Is supposed to stand guard ov'
z the supreme law OF tie landg The
: is scarcely republican platform tbl
: does not approach the negro vith.t
assumption that his only interest
n Ia the suffrage laws Of the South.
0 republican speaker discusses econom
, questions before a colored aadieu
e and yet the negro Is interested
e every ecouomic question that afiec
d the white man.
J. With most Of the negroes raisil
" cotton and scarcely any enjoyed
II factories. a high tariff wOaId be ha
l. to justify before a nogro aadieace.
Il IL Is an insult TO bis intelligence
q ~sll rs to bis patriotism to suegs
Il a. the republican leaders constant
E do, that be thinks Of no question {
ID cept those that arise between {
10 races.