Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-01

bills in equity under Presican: Me k!n!ey's Should not Me. MaKia:ey bp censUrcd oxen moFe rhan Nr ICleFeland. 6cea0st the antitrust {ia- l !ations ot Ia" had surely beeA pro eressing and ought not h. as Re ipub'ican representative, held to i more strict account
 The true way to dGtermilc ~bat&- Iet tile Republican party should cen. ltinue in power seems to me 10 ne to IstQd> conditions which have deYei- Ioped during theii. control and u.hat ] is likely therefore. to happcu t t ,eoHtiuue> l do hot think that auy students of events Tor the past few years "ill elaia> tl,at eonqersati;,a lis one eI jts ehaH4e.cgistics. dis I'.Aetly recall ta@ eoa3lteat,d cpn- ldi'ion Of affairs ~ae9 Ml G!-gc- land ca01e into ot1lcs and 1f. yert difficult task og eNtH.ealiou which [ thoHsf deso!yed npoH him and his Epart, The question Chen is. N4cth- CT Ne may not fairly hold NJ booso= welt and his part4 ac>ouAtab'e .5r many Of the moral social aud politi- Ical conditions existing amona us ls moi. tc. instance. the vast aoace:l- itgation of weaIlh in the n ads of .. 1t" men, while tlis. Fiepatican pa1iI ihas been ill control, the result oi t tari1f which is a pet ot the party tand which has been maintained uns der the euise Q, fostering iIfanz industriesa9 II would ba alsu ia sl.- testing to enquire whether with |out this tariff the moaet coQ1,s have boen commanded that has been used for. railroad consolidation resulting in monopolies whose me,ll- ods have led to federal interference Anothcy remarkable feature of the times is, in the first Instance tae ccnccntration of husiuess ia the hands of | few. and the agreements among people in the same line o' business which has destroyed com petition and advanced prices so Jha3 buyers and consumers are compafa- lively helpless. At mita, 0ra ole moral influence iii this connection
 is tha- the standard of wealth has been raised so that there is 8 desp per ate scramble for fortunes which have n0t in the past even been desired, because supposed lc be unatt,tila0it. There is surely an increasing ten dency to natern;tlism which limit : State rights and increases federal Jurisdiction during the two terms oi President Roosevelt. The people c;ea no afford to ht, blind to the fact that flor a long time wc have heard on every hand the assertion tha. Hu Were enjoying nueXampied prosper fly, and have had ali sorts Of sta tistics to prove il. What caused. such S sudden halt. and the denfes- !son which has been so eytrcn.y .,Hd Of such long duration. Had the Dem ocratic party been in power durin.. this time, would mol Republican, have insisted that it was thon rp sponsibjlity" How are We to ioon upon the srowius dissatisfaction among working men. and the iii
 croasing demands Of labor unjon!eH :. Is this condition mdependent Of t,le' principles, methods and legislation of the governing party*
  think the time has also come L. seriously consider the policy which , has lately prevailed to increase oGl' army and navy, and which has added very largely to the taxes. Is nor the idea that We can peacefully enjoy ou. possessions and secure justice from brother nations only br this ,diSplay of physical force absurd and an inheritance Of a Barbaric age Should We not be wiser than some of the nations around Us. and nof initiate policy begun long ago, and which imposes a great burden upon the nation? After all, is training meG to kill their fellow man a right use of lutII ll'eS. .AHu "!iO Cau uOuDt tfidt if the United States announced to th,. world it's desire to reduce instead oi increase these preparations for wa. and invite co-1operation, there voulJ be welcome response throughout the world. Mir. Roosevelt appears 10 be a man who loves to destroy life. During the Cuban War he enlisted to kill his fellow men. and nov i
 finds diversion in hunting for ani- mals. Why should the world cul- tivate his taste, and follow his eH ample?
 } We certainly should not oveliooE the prevailing extravaganza in eA- rao1;,nro- ani oo ;oaraaca or iaF.t