Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
SEES VICTORY
FOR NEBRASkAN
FORMER NOMINEE LAUDS W. J..
BRYAN
Urges PARTY ON TO RENEWED
EFFORTS
Remarkable Demonstration Accorded
New Yorker Who Carried the
Standard Four Years
Ago
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"As satisfying laws are passed tor
the big companies the smaller ones
chin in. and they, too, are taken under
the protecting wing. Only recently we
read of a federal official who said that
no promise was given to any Oh the
contributing corporations. None was
needed. Oaughter)
"The party has a record, unoroKeh
for years, OF having passed the nat
and of harons dropping their thousands
therein as campaign funds.
.sIn season and out and at all sea
sons the contributing goes on, ana tue
tariff wall grows higher. That was tile
reward. - ,o,,a
"You and I in recent years nave
heard much of how big fortunes WeIe
made of how, through trusts, these
+hinos were made possible. Did the
Republicah party check this monopo.
lizing of wealth by reducing the tarln
Thev have not torn down the Nail,
and. in my judgment, they never viii.
"It was urged by Democrats seventy
years ago that the tariff would result
eventually in building up trusts; II
was said in answer-and 1t has peen
nroved untrue-that competition would
enable the consumers in the united
states TO buy more cheaply than those
across the water. Isn't 1t 1allacy
Judge Parker here discussed the
limited States steel trust, the largest
aggregation of capital in the Worlos
with assets of 81, 400. OOO,0OO he sala
II was built up on the tariH, Whlch
enabled it to dispose of its products
and to exact tribute at home prlncely
In its proportions.
steel Trust Cauterized
"The history of this gigantic organi,
cation has been that 1t has pluckeo
every dollar 1t could from the people
and expanded its influence SO that no
harm could come to 1t legislatively,
said the speaker.
"In 1896 the workings of the cam
paign contributions were perhaps never
better shown. In the ncrth the Demo-
cratic governors. senators ana con-
gressmen were practically wiped out
THE campaign contributions had ST.
fenced opposition.
1T was in the power of the Repub-
Ican party, in the state and tederal
courts, to have prevented the expan-
sion and growth of trusts, said Judge
Parker solemnly. DID they 90 II!
an attorney general making any eHort
to enforce the laws?
I'VE know the methods employed.
Some attorney general receives a Tor
NAL complaint from a citizen. Inc
corporation is served with notice tnat
the law will be enforced. The chair-
mar of the state committee hurrles
TO see the official and explains that
The accused corporation has contrib
uted thousands TO the campaign fund
and friends must not be hurt. Ihe
case dies.
Il had the honor in 1904 of making
some discoveries in campaigning. l
NJ neODle
who collected regularly what we may
call political dividends. (Lauehter.)
IN some towns l learned that as
many as 40 per cent of the voters got
some Of these pickings. The workers
would not hand out $40 in bills. No,
indeed The farmer would be told
that his team was needed, and, as
that was valuable work, he would re-
ceive pay for his team. That was all.
And with the teams hired the farmer
could abandon the pressure of farm
work for d day, at least. around eIec-
tion time.
s'These things were freely brought
home to me, and learned how cleo
tions were underwritten, much as syn
dicates underwrite bonds to build a
railroad"
Judge Parker closed with an enthu-
siastic reference to the standard
bearers of 1908.
this rottenness, to cut out the core,
he said.
"The issues have been decided, and
there is but one party which will wipe
out the tariff incubus and break the
alliance between the trusts and the
government.
1--WE have at the head of the ticket
a man who has pronounced views
against campaign contributions by
corporations Our leader is known as
the man who for years has fought
the unholy combination to thwart the
peoples will.
make the fight this year on the issues
raised and beside him stands man
who if ever the emergency should
come-God forbid that it may not
is competent to pick up the reins or
government and carry them along"
Judge Trask introduced 1.-The Hon.
Delaney Nicoll, who in his business
and profession has been able and de-
sirous to help on the good work of
his country as a worker in the ranks
of the Democratic party. Mr.. Nlcoll
began to speak at 9:25 O'Clock, and
said:
Mr.. Chairman and fellow Demo-
Gratis and Republicans Qaughter), and
ladies and gentlemen: l consider my
self exceptionally fortunate in having
the privilege of addressing so distin-
guished and intelligent an audience
as there is before me. Judge Parker
and myself have travelled a long dis
tance to get to your country. TO eat
your fruit, to taste your wine. to
breathe deep of your pure air and to
disport ourselves in this beautiful
country. I may also say that the last
thought that entered the head of either
the Judge or myself was that OF being
called upon to address the Democrats
Of this city. But you and l and such
as can speak for Democracy will re-
spond whether compelled to or not,
and draw the battle sword.
"Since coming to your city a local
journal has imposed upon me the title
of colonel. l do not wish to pose un-
der false colors, so will say that
am not q colonel. / am not a cap
tain and I never made up a squadron,
and no epaulets have ever been pre-
sented to me by any governor. Such
battles as l have won have been
through humble peace. l met one Of
your loyal local Democrats the other
day and asked him why he called me
colonel, and he said: Why this is
south Of the Mason and Dixon line.