Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-05-13
ALBERT 3. cUMMlNS
United States Senator From Iowa.

they have with unexampled rapidity or
canned forces OF money, property and
genius unknown to any other land or age.
Ihrongh all these experiences and all these
agencies We have passed into a period
when that mighty form Of modern associ:,-
ton. me corporation, has the. power to
We restrict il. regulate 1t, control it SO that
Il VIII take no more than is fair, lust and
.easonable and thus give to every man his
,itions and insure to him all the fruits of
ais own honest toll?
The solution of this problem falls
largely upon the congress of the United
:enance OF the spirit among the people
which alone will make the solution pos.
sible must be confident in great measure to
representatives are powerless unless they
EEL the steadying and inspiring support
IF the people at home. 80, + =
Reason for Action.
with these preliminary suggestions
answer the next question which ! know
s uppermost in your minds. A great
noil and agitation within the ranks of the
republican party? Why does 1t make any
Inference In the fortunes of the country
lean primary! The answer to the question
must disclose tie differences which exist
3lmong republicans.
Slowly, but surely. the leaders Of the
republican party IN congress have drifted
INTO dangerous alliances with these ire
nendo6s associations of wealth and power
which. as | have said must be regulated,
controlled and restricted, unless we are
willing that they shall work their way and
their will upon the defenseless multitude.
4 do not accuse them OF corrupt or even
OF commercial Industrial and financial
slavery upon the American people, but do
accuse them of breathing so constantly the
- che rir,r On 1Jxy fhn rooip, hos
Qualities that wealth alone can command
hat they have come TO look upon these
corporations and these Observation-Disclosures
as the best philanthropies that can be es-
sablished. They have come to believe that
The people will be better off If they take
what these associated powers are willing
for their own rights. They listen first
asst and longest TO the appeals, the ar
suniSnts and the demands of wealth.
fhey have fallen insensibly into the be-
lief that the possession Of vast sums of
money is the best evidence Of high intelli-
gence and exalted patriotism. Most. of
them have been brought up with these
when a law is proposed that restricts or
reduces corporate power, their first in
JURY Is not, will this measure bring help
the The Captains Of industry, the masters Of
nigh finance. the directors of mighty bust
ness affairs. the managers of our unpara-
ieIed railway system system. As have Just sng,
themselves SO busy hearing what these
princes Of the earth haye to say about pro-
posed legislation that they have scant time
Of the great mass of humanity. made up of
millions whose voices are usually faint and
distant, but who now and then are heard
in tones that shake the whole structure Of
organized society.
Corporations in Congress.
II have no hesitancy in naming the pres
emit leaders Of the republican party In the
congress OF the United states In the
senate one man stands solitary and alone.
aud hitherto his word has been law to
that august tribunal. Senator Aldrlch is
one Of the men Of whom have been
speaking In the house. Mr. Cannon, the
speaker. has exercised a dominating con-
4 troll and after him come Payne Ualzeli
and few others OF the same type They
look at these vital problems from the cor
porate standpoint, and they are always
fearful that any step In the further and
I TIE better regulation Of these overmaster-
4 Ing forces IN our commercial life will de-