Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-30

Years ago the republicans passed
the safety appliance law for railroads,
requiring them to have safety appll-
ances placed on their cars, thus redu-
cling the danger of injury to the en-
ployees. He at this time cited an Incl
dent that had come to his knowledge
wherein Pres. Roosevelt had shown his
, inclination to see that the laboring
man got square deal. The case was
that of railroad engineer who had
| been injured in the discharge of his
duty. He had sued the road for DAM
ages because they had not complied
with the law relative to protection to
! the employees. The case was decided
against him in the lower courts and he
was about to give up in dispair when
his friends took the matter up with
President Roosevelt, who ordered the
attorney general to Investigate the
case. This was done with the result
i that the case was taken into the U. s.
court and the engineer received what
damages that was coming to him.
Tn republicans were also respon-
sible for the passage of the ash pan
law. which required the railroads to
place on their engines patent ash pans
which did away with the employees
; having to go under the ash pans and
clean out the cinders at risk of per-
sonal injury.
The speaker then took up the matter
OF trusts, and referred to the Sher-
man antitrust law, and other laws
that have been passed by the republi-
cans for the prosecution of the illegal
trusts. Under the laws now in force
the trusts can be prosecuted in four
ways, either by criminal prosecution,
Injunction, confiscation and for dam
ages, in which latter case the dam
ages are to be three times the amount
of the actual damage. The difficulty
so far in the prosecution of the trusts
has been the getting of evidence with
which to convict them.
} President Roosevelt, unlike Grover
Cleveland, has not allowed the laws
to lay dormant. He has prosecuted
many OF these trusts, among which
are the paper trust, the meat trust, the
sugar trust, and he is now working
on the Standard oil trust.
The speaker read an amendment
that was introduced in congress which
would have materially assisted In the
prosecution of the trusts and showed
how the respective parties stood on the
passage of the measure. The republi
cans cast 14S votes for it and against
it. The democrats cast 120 votes
against it and for it. AS a two
thirds majority was required to. pass
, the amendment, it was defeated BY
the democrats. The democratic trus1
remedy is to put all trust-made goods
on the free list. The action OF this
would be not only to put the trusts
out of business but along with i
would also go the small legitimate
manufacturers Of the same articles
Bryan says Let the People Rule
The people have been ruling for FIJI
past eleven years under the leader
ship of Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Roose
welt. What Bryan means Is that
few people should rule and be rulet
by Bryan. = Il
Compare these two candidates. MI
Taft is a great constructive statesman
a man Of action. What of Bryan
He is fine orator, and If you Woul,
live on great speeches and fine mag
azine articles he would be all O. X
but otherwise he won't work.: II wa
free silver In 1906, Imperialism il
1900, two years ago he went to Eu
rope and when he came back it wa
the government ownership of all TIL
railroads. Now it is .Let the peopI
rule" trying to make the laborin;
men think that they have more friend
in the democratic, party than ia tl1
republican. We trust when you cor
slider these things ON election day yol
will consider what has been done ID
the republicans. In all the history .
our great nation there has never bee,
so large body Of constructive legis
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