The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-10-06

What antitrust law has it enforced?
What trust magnate Is now in jail? Be-
fore the nationalists covet powers |
which do not belong to them, in the
name OF the people let them exercise |
in their behalf powers which they |
clearly possess. If there are any mon
opolies in this country ready to prey
upon the western states, by whose con- |
| nivance are they here? Why does not |
the national government destroy them ?
| Will it destroy them when it has more
| power, when it refuses to exercise the
| powers it has? We think the real
| safety against corporate control and
monopoly in this country rests at last
with the common people. (Applause)
| The time has come when we must
take up in all seriousness the distri-
button of the burdens of government
| between wealth and consumption.
1t is no longer permissible to place
all the expenses of government upon
what we eat and what we wear, upon
the backs and apetites of men, and
nothing upon the great incomes Of this
! country. The plain rules of justice
/ demand that the ever-increasing bur-
/ dens OF government be distributed
more equally between the humble and
tuC luOuCidLCly WCIl-lO-uO 0Ilu IUC FCly
wealthy. / would not relieve any man
| of his proportionate share of the bur-
i dens of taxation, be he ever so hum
BILE. But would insist upon such dis
tribution as would equalize this bur-
den, something in accordance with the
principle that taxes should be levied
in accordance with the ability to pay.
| should like to see our party commit
Ut 4 n fha,o on, nf,l 81 e,
law providing for an income tax. An
amendment to the constitution is now
pending, giving it power to levy an in
come tax. did not think and | do not
think such amendment was necessary
1t Is nevertheless our duty to adopt it
as that course has been taken.
Mr. Chairman, the old order
changeth 1t is farthest from my
thoughts to seek to cloud the glory of
the past. | know and / believe l fully
appreciate the worth and inspiration
of the marvellous record of the fifty
years of Republicanism which lies
back of us. 1t is aside from my
thoughts also to indulge in personal
criticism of those veteran leaders of
our party who cling with peculiar ten
: acity to the things as they were
have learned that it is often a danger
GUS thing and sometimes cruel thing
to challenge the motives of men. But
it is a proper thing and sometimes a
thing to attack the measures of men.
, But the fact is we are dealing with
! new conditions. The old system does
! not and cannot meet the requirements
of the hour
Hence this breaking lose and break
ing up. This is why politics has left
its haunts and sought the OPEN This
is why men have broken from the stiff
! ling atmosphere of the caucus and are
!. looking for direction and support in
! ! the form of public discussion. They
: want a party roomy enough within
which to breath, they want the widest
: latitude for discussion, they want the
utmost freedom of debate, they want
the independence of thought and per-
sonal responsibility which character
: ICES earnest men, They want public
;, ity in politics as well as in business
They want g party whose unity and
! harmony arise out of and flow from a
? common belief in and common fight
! for accepted principles of government
!, the only kind of harmony we can
= ever hope to have again. They want
4 the harmony which arises from convic-
ton rather than that Of machine dicta-
ton.
, In closing he devoted a few. minutes
: to state issues. On the liquor question
: he said the Democrats, protested tt
:. favor county option; while the Repub.
y licans pTQInise to enforce the present
:, county option law and submit the en-
!. tire question back to the people by
= means of a constitutional amendment
: In closing he advised the voters tt
. return Senator Sweeley to the state
!, senate.