Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07
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OI Amerlca more or the c0nyenlenceS, comforts and luxuries of life. Against the evils of special privilege we urge the benefits of equal opportunity in order that there may be more land owners, more homes and more happi- ness among the masses.
 Not Enemy of Corporations. The Democratic party Is not an enc my of all corporations. It recognizes their great value in the industrial world. Through the agency of incor- poration scattered wealth Is brought together and given a driving force that 1t would not otherwise possess. Great enterprises are thereby under taken and the undeveloped resources 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. It is the abuse only of corporate power that we seek to eliminate.
 Viewed in the light of great moral institution, the control of corporations should remain question of common concern rather than political one, but the shameful and common practice of the Republican party in permitting its forces to be controlled and oper- ated by the most offending corpora tions of tho country throws the prob lem into the political arena and con- pels the public to choose between the Democratic party, that will, and the Republican party, that will not, place some restrictions on incorporated greed.
 The Chicago Platform. We are confronted with the inquiry, What assurance has the Republican party given that it will use the forces at it's command to restore the people to their rights? In its Chicago plat form it did not make even a decent pretense of championng the peoples cause, and the proceedings of that con- yention are glaringly insincere. It was noted that two elements were present in that gathering, one with sufficient votes to adopt a platform and name it's candidate for president the other powerful enough to unwrite that platform and tie the hands of the nominee. The distinguishing feature of the Chicago platform is its oft re- peated promise to do a lot of things that the Republican party has hereto fore failed to do. That party went to Chicago fresh from the halls of con- gress, where an overwhelming Repub- lican majority in both branches en- | abled 1t to propose and to adopt any | legislation that it chose. Does the | Republican party believe that it can be absolved from its dereliction of | duty by an empty promise to do in the future what it has willfully failed to do in the past?
 Republican Confession of Guilt.
 Some one suggested that this con- vention should publish an indictment | against the Republican party. We can | probably expedite the proceedings by | entering the plea of guilty that is con. tained in the Chicago platform, simply changing the words we will" to the words i've did not" to conform to the | admitted facts. We then have the fol | lowing Republican 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 monopo- | lies"
 We did not add single line to the | interstate commerce law, giving the | federal government supervision over | the issues of stocks and bonds by in- terstate carriers"
 We did not enact currency meas. | ure that would mitigate the evils of a financial panic such as has recently | prostrated the country under a Re i publican administration"
 "We did not limit the opportunities for abusing the writ of injunction"
 We did not establish postal savings | banks"
 "we did not establish a bureau of mines and mining"
 We did not admit into the Union tie territories of New Mexico and Arizona as separate states"
 The last congress was in session dur ing a financial crisis when innumerable banking instItutions, preferring a hoii. day to a funeral. closed their doors and filled the minds of millions of de positors with anxiety and fear. The sentiment in favor of postal savings banks which had been steadily grow ing in this country became almost uni yersal during the recent panic. So fin. sistent became the voice of the people that the president sent special mes sage to congress urging the establish ment of postal savings banks where the earnings of our people might be safely deposited under the direct con. trol and responsibility of the federal government and where no peculatin2 bank cashier or any member of the board of directors could eat up the sav- ings of years. The United States senate showed its hearty sympathy with this popular de- mand and Its profound respect for the president by adjourning the senate while the message was being read, while over in the house of representa- tiyes they refused to suspend the roll -N sk. .