The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-02-24
MARTINS ANNOUNCEMENT
Present Congressman Opposed L
Cannon's Reelection, to Ship
Subsidy and to Central Bank.

Subsidy and to Central Bank.
= Congressman Martin says: .
Mr.. Cannon ought not to be q :
: candidate for reelection to the :
speakership. There :
: should be a man in that position :
who represents in a positive way .
the forward policies of the adj :
: ministration." .
LAS to any influence or dicta- I"
~ tation of the interests Cannon '
= ism is not in the same class with =
= Aldrichism.' {"
Il have for years insisted up :
" on federal control of large inter- =
. state corporation as the most prac =
: tical means of enforcing obed- :
: fence to our antitrust laws, and :
= am urging legislation of this =
y character upon the attention of =
= congress and the country" .
II am against ship subsidy" =
ohA OppO0OA w LAO 0SakAo
= Bank propaganda set forth by +
y Senator Aldrich." =
y = . . = = = = =
Washington, Feb. 22.-Special:
Congressman Eben w. Martin today
announced his candidacy for re-elec-
ton in the following statement of
his attitude toward public ques-
tions:
Answering a recent communica-
ton from Republican friends in the
Black Hills Counties, l have already
stated my purpose, when the nomin-
ating petitions shall have been pre-
sented. to be a candidate for renom-
ination as a Member of Congress
from the state of South Dakota. My
candidacy will be made as a repub-
lican, standing upon the fundament-
al principles of the republican party,
as developed and applied to present
national conditions; and will be SUBJ
ject to the approval of the repub-
lican voters at the primary election
to be held on the first Tuesday in
June, 1910.
Great and important national ques
lions are engaging the public mind,
and it is proper that announcement
should be made Of my position upon
them.
Roosevelt and Taft.
THE administration of Theodore
Roosevelt was a moral and political
awakening. 1t will mark an epoch
in American progress. It was a force
full assertion Of the rights of the
many as against the aggressions of
the few. First principles of a square
deal to all men were restated, and
policies were formed for the applica-
ton of these principles to business
and government. Some of these poll
cies ripened into law, but much was
left to his successor. President Taft
assumed his office with tirmness and
courage. His administration was
| plunged at once into a revision of the
tariff, the most perilous task that an
administration or political party has
to perform. That accomplished, the
president has begun the really great
| work of his administration-the
| forming of the Roosevelt-Taft poll
| cies into concrete law, and the en-
! forcement of the law against all op-
position.
The presidents message in support
of charging the powers of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and for
the federal control Of interstate cor-
porations is W a step In advance
Of the positions OF President Roose-
Welt upon these subjects. He deserves
the vigorous support and co-opera-
ton of the people and of congress.
Regulation of Corporations.
lne country nas been threatened
with monopolistic control of the me-
oessaries Of life. The danger is not yet
passed. Corporations large and small
are necessary to modern business. A
combination of corporation for the
purpose of controlling prices, is both
unnecessary and unlawful. This is
| the modern trust.
81 believe in a thorough system of
Federal regulation of corporations
in interstate commerce that will pre-
vent and suppress unlawful monopo-
lies. Free competition is the only
safety for the people against the
greed of monopoly. This is the prin-
! ciple of the onerman Antitrust Law.
New legislation should not modify
this Act, but should aid in its en-
forcement. A Federal license plan is
the best. Federal voluntary incorpor-
alton is helpful 80 far as 1t goes, If
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