Arizona republican., 1908-07-08
THE KEYNOTE SOUNDED.
The Address of Temporary Chirman
 Bell.

Denver, July l.-TheOdOre A. Bell, of California, temporary presiding of ficer of the convention sounded the keynote of the campaign on taking the chair. The earlier part of his speech consisted of an arraignment of the republican party for the things it had neglected to do or had done badly. Chairman Bell deplored the abuse of corporate power. disclaiming that the democratic party was an enemy of all corporations.
 On the subject of the anti-injunctiOn plank he said
 ''The charge that the courts are be- ing assailed is simply made for the purpose of diVerting attention from the real issue. Heretofore it has not been considered treason or an unwar- rantable attack upon the honor of the courts to define their jurisdiction, prescribe their procedure. restrict their processes and generally to fix the bounds within which judicial func- tions shall be exercised.
 Tt makes no difference whether the courts are acting in excess of their Jurisdiction or strictly within their delegated powers In either case the people have a right to throw addi- tiOnal safeguards around human lib- erty. There can be no reflection upon the honesty of the courts in the pass age of a measure that will eonfine the equity powers of the federal jurisdic- tiOn within such bounds as the peo- pie of the United States and around the legislative branches of their gov ernment may determine This demo- cratic convention must frankly and unequivOcally pledge itself to such legislation as will prevent the writ of injunction from being converted into an instrument of oppression
 In conclusion Mir Bell said:
 With the power and opportunity to carry out democratic principles we will be called upon to revise our tariff laws in the interests of the whole peo- pie. This issue cannot be disposed of by the assertion that the republican party also stands for tariff reform Republican revision and democratic revision are two different things
 The democratic idea is that where the tariff enables the trusts to main tain a system of extortion the duty should be removed from all tfust- made goods, so that competition from abroad may compel reasonable prices to our own people. There is a vast difference between the protection of American industries and the protec- tiOn of criminal mOnOpolies
 "The expenses of our government even when most economically admin istered will always require substantial tariff rates, for the customs duties will always be our chief source of revenue The amount and distribution of these rates must always be determined along equitable lines. keeping in view the greatest happiness to the greater num- Der and particularly. withholding the shelter of the tariff from those who use it. not for legitimate self-protee- tion, bout for the criminal purpose of eXtorting the last dollar from the American consumer.
 Use of Campaign Funds.
 "The currupt use of large sums of money in political campaigns is large ly responsible for the subversion of the peoples will at the polls. The masses are awakening to the realiza- tiOn of the great power of gold in con- tests that ought to be determined ac- cording to the character of nominees and the soundness and morality of po- litical issues: and there is a general demand for publicity in the collection and use of campaign funds so our cit izens may know whether a political party has purchased it's way into of flee or has won it's victories by honest means.
 Tn the Chicago convention a minor ity report of the committee on reso- lutions, containing a declaration in favor of campaign publicity. was over whelmingly defeated upon rollcall of the convention and the republican party placed itself squarely upon rec ord in favor of concealing the names of the contributors and the amounts of their subscription, by a vote of fifty to one, in the committee, and by vote of more than ten to one in the con- vention they confessed their guilt.
 ''They thus admitted the charge so frequently made by our party that re- publican success in the past has large ly depended upon the vast sums of money collected from the great mo- nopolies of the country and cOrruptly used in the conduct of it's campaings.
 Let the voters of this country se- riously consider whether the refusal of the republican party to disclose the sources and amounts of it's election finances is not confession of the de-
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