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thingsf Who handed our economic laws
over to them for legislative and con-
tractural alterauon7 We have In these
disclosures stili another view OF the tar
IN, still another proof that. not the pep
pie OF the United States but only a very
small number OF them have been part
ners In that legislation.
Those few have learned how 70 con-
tro! tariff legislation. and as they have
perfected their control they have con-
solidated their interests. Men Of the
same interest have drawn together.
have united their enterprises and hav,
formed trusts; and trusts can control
prices. Up TO a certain point land only
up to q certain poinO great combina-
tons effect great economies in admins
tration. and increase efficiency by sim
piifyins and perfectinE organization:
but. whether they effect economics or
not. they can very easily deterrnins
prices by intimate agreement, 30 soon
as they como to control q sufiicient per-
centage OF the product in any great line
of business: and we now know that
they do.
II am not drawing up an Indictment
against anybody. This Is the natural
history OF such tariffs as are now con-
trived. as II Is the natural history Of
all other governmental favors and OF all
licenses to use the government to help
certain groups of individuals along In
life. Nobody in particular. I suppose.
II to blame. and ! am not interested
just now IN blaming anybody: I am
simply trying to point out what the
situation 10. In order to suggest what
there 10 for US to do II we would serve
the country ~ . whole
The fact Il that the trusts have been
al h,,k AZ "a
control Of the larger enterprises OF the
, country. have fixed prices and hxed
them high 30 that prohts might be
rolled up that were thoroughly worth
while. and that the tariff. with Its arti-
| ncial projections and stimuiations. gave
| them the opportunity to do these things.
and has safeguarded them In that OPP
portunity.
, WHY THE GREAT rRUsTs HAVE
BEEN FORMED.
The trusts do not belong to the
period OF infant industries. They are
not the products OF the time, that old,
laborious time. when the great conti-
nent we live on was undeveloped. the
young nation struggling to find itself
and get upon It's feet amidst older and
more experienced competitors. They be-
long to a very recent and very sophisti-
Gated age. when men knew what they
wanted and knew how to get II by the
favor OF the government. II IL another
chapter IN the natural history OF power
and OF governing classes.
The next chapter will set US free
again. There will be no flavor Of
tragedy In It. It will be q chapter oil
readJustment. not OF pain and roug.
disturbance. II will witness a turnins
back from what Is abnormal TO what
is normal II will see a restoration OF
the laws of trade. which are the law.
OF competition and unhampered oppor
tunity. under which men Of every sor
are set free and encouraged to enrich
the Nation.
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Much Of the nominees speech was de-
voted to the tariff. lie declared HIM
self In favor Of downward REVISION
but said tho changes should be made
only at such q rate and in such way
as would least interfere with the nor
NAL and hsaithfui course OF commerce
and manufacture.
In discussing the trusts, he said n
would be necessary 10 supplement the
present law with such laws. both civil
and criminal, as would effectively pun
ish and prevent vicious methods.
Gov. Wilson made n strong demand
for reform In the currency system. mo
mere bankers plan will meet tho re-
iouiremonts, no matter how honestly
conceived" he said. 1T should be a
merchants and farmers plan as well,
elastic In the hands Of those who use IL
as an Indispensable part OF their daily
business"
Gov. Wilson discussed . wide range
OF subjects. demanding justice for the
Philippines, a revival of our merchant
marine and the abolition Of special priv'-
,ege and private control OF the AFFAIRS
Of the nation. Lastly. he declared him.
self independent OF bosses by saying he
could not have accepted nomination
which left him bound to any man or
group OF men.
GOV. WILSON'S SPEECH ACCEPT.
ING THE NOMINATION..
= Gov. wilson's speech was ~ fol-
lows:
speaking for the National Democratic
Convention, recently assem- ied at Baltl-
more. you have notified me Of my nom.-
ration by the Democratic party for the
high once Of President Of the United
States. Allow me to thank you very
warmly for the generous terms In which
you have. through your distinguished
Chairman. conveyed the notification. and
for the thoughtful personal courtesy
with which you have performed your In.
teresting and Important errAnd.
~ accept the nomination with deer
sense OF its unusual signincance and Of
the great honor done me. and also win
a very profound sense OF my response.
bllity to the party and to the nation
You win expect mo In accepting ths
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FaUOrs the Full Publicity
of the Canpaign Expenses

I'VE have been anxious that all cam
paisn contributions and expenditures
should be disclosed to the public In
fullest detail. because we regarded the
influences which govern campaigns TO be
as much a part OF the peoples business
as anything else connected with their
government. We arc working towards
very definite object. the universal
partnership In public AFFAIRS upon which
the purity OF politics and Its aim and
spirit depend.
I'VE must revive our merchant
marine, too, and MI the seas again
with our own fleets. We must ada
TO our present poss-oncs service .
parcels post - complete ~ that Of
any other nation. We must loot to
the health Of our people upon every
hama, - we'll % hsartsn them With
Justice and opportunity. This 10 the
Constructive work Of government.
This 70 the policy that has . vision
ana . hope ana that looks 70 serve
manftnd.
The question OF a merchant marine
turns back to the tariff again. to which
all roads seem to lead. and to our reg
istry laws. which. II coupled with the
tariff. might almost be supposed to
have been intended to take the Amer
lean flag of the seas. Bounties are not
necessary. II you will but undo some
OF the things that have been done.
without q great merchant marine we
cannot take our rlghtful place In the
commerce Of the world.
THE very fact that we have at la st
taken the Panama Canal seriously In
hand and are vigorously pushing 1t
toward completion Ia eloquent OF our
re-awakened interest in international
trade.
I'VE ere not building the canal ana
pouring ont million upon million Of
money upon its construction merely
TO establish . water connection be-
tween the two coasts Of the CONT
nsnt, important ana desirable -
tbat may be, particularly from the
point Of view Of naval defense. Il
10 meant 70 be q great international
highway. It would be Q little
ridiculous II We should build Il and
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NO mere bankers plan will meet
the requirements, no matter nov
honestly conceived. Il should Do
merchants ana farmers' plan -
well. elastic In the hands Of those
VINO use IL - An indispensable part
Of their daily businsss.
II do not know enough about TINS
subject to be dogmatic about 1t, l know
only enough to be sure what the part
nerships In II should be, and that the
control exercised over any system we
may set up should be, as far as pos
sible. a control emanating. not from
single special class. but from the gen
eral body and authority OF the Nation
itself.
PLEA FOR JUSTICE IN THE PHIL.
IPPiNsS.
In dealing with the Philippines, We
should not allow ourselves to stand
upon any mere point Of pride. as H. IN
or.,r to keep our countenance In the
families OF nations. II were necessary
for us to make the same blunders oi
selhshness that other nations have
mace. We arc not the owners OF the
Philippine Islands. We hold them In
trust for tho people who live In them.
They are theirs. for the uses Of their
life. We are not even their partners.
II Is our duty. as trustees, to make
whatever arrangement of government,
will be most serviceable to their free
dom and development Here, again. we
are to set up the rule OF Justice and OF
right.
THE rule Of the people IL no Idle
phrase; those who believe In II, as
who does not that has caught the real
spirit OF American believe that there can
be no rule OF right without Il. that
right In politics Is made UP OF the in
terests OF everybody. and everybody
should take part In the action that Is
to determine II. We have been keen
for Presidential primaries and the d.
rect election Of United States Senators.
because we wanted the action OF the
Government to be determined by persons
whom the people had actually desig-
mated as men whom they were ready
to trust and follow.
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.ES NOT FIXED ~ MARkE1
COMPETITION.

II am not one OF those who think
that competition can be established by
law against the drift OF q worldwide
economic tendency: neither am I one
OF those who believe that business done
upon a great scale by single organi-
zation-call Il corporation, or what you
Willis necessarily dangerous to the
liberties. even the economic liberties.
OF a great people like our own. full OF
intelligence and of indomitable energy.
I am not afraid of anything that 10
normal. dare say we shall never
return to the old order Of individual
competition. and that the organization
Of business upon . great scale OF CO.
operation 10, up to . certain point,
Itself normal and inevitable
"Yowsr In the hands Of great busi-
ness men does not make me spprs-
hsusivs, unless IL springs out Of sd-
vsutaSss which they have not ore
stsa for vnsmsslvss. Dis business
n not dangerous because IL 10 big,
but because its eagnsss v an IN
wholesome 1aAatdon created ~
PRIVILEGES and exemptions which II
ought not 70 enjoy.
while competition cannot be created
py statutory enactment, II can In large
measure be revived by changing the
laws and forb!dding the practices that
killed II, and by enactlng laws that VIII
give II heart and occasion again. We
can arrest and prevent monopoly. II
ma, assumed new shapes and adopted
new processes in our time. but these
are now being disclosed and can be
dealt with.
ANTITRUST LAW SEEMS TO BE
INTELLECTUAL.
THE general terms of the present
Federal Antitrust law, forbidding
combinations In restraint OF trade.
have apparently proved Intellectual.
Trusts have grown up under its ban
very iuxuriantiy. and have pursued the
methods by which 20 many of them
have established virtual monopolies
without serious let or hindrance. II
has roared against them like any suck
ing dove. l am not assessing the re-
sponsibility. I am merely stating the
fact.
"Thsre are vast confsdsrsoass las
I may perhaps call them for the
sake OF convsnisncs) Of banks, rail-
ways, express companies, insurance
compaaiss, manufacturing corpora
tpss. niniAS corporations. pevsS
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WILSON IN RINGING SPEECH
FOR RULE Of THE PEOPLE
VI ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION
Nominee Declares Himself Free From
Bosses, for Careful Downward Re-
vision of Tariff and for Laws
to Cure Evils of Trusts.

before audience Of distinguished Gov
formally notified his nomination President
speech
on right OIL people TO rule
but satisfy the thought
scienceo Of n peoplcd deeply
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Cowardly, Says the Governor,
to ATTEMPT to Do Too Little

''PIainiy, Il 10 q new age. The tonic
OF such q time IL very celebrating
requires seif-restraint not to sttempt
too much. and yet II would be cowardly
20 attempt too little Tho path Of duty
.oberiy and bravely trod 10 the way TO
service and distinction. and many al
venturous feet seek to set out upon IT,
There never was a time when I'm
patience and suspicion were more
kesnly aroused by private power self
ishiy employed: when Jealousy OF
everything concealed or touched with
any purpose not linked with general
good, or Inconsistent with II. more
sharply or Immediately displayed itself.
"uos vas the country ever moro
.Ouoespttbls 20 uAssldsh appeals or
- |hs hAgh aygumsnto q sinosrs
justaoe. 4hsss u the moro need for
wise counsel beeauss the people
ere - ready 70 heed counsel II II b
slvea honestly ana IN thsls interest.
TT 10 IN the broad light OF this new day
that We stand face TO facs-with whAtl
Plainly. not with questions OF party, not
with . contest for once. not with
petty struggle for advantage. Democrat
against Republican. liberal against ccn-
ary, With great questions OF hight ana
OF Justice. rathsr-auestions OF national
development. OF the development OK
character and Of standards Of action no
less than OF . better business system.
more free. more equitable. moro open to
ordinary men, practicable to nvs under.
toierab.s 10 WORK under. or better Ms
cal system whose taxss shaii not coma
out OF the pockets OF the many to 90
Into the pockets Of the few. and within
whose intricacies special privilege may
not 10 easily md cover.
'1hs forces Of the nation ars a.
sorting themselves against every
form Of special privilege and private
control. ana ere seeking eiggsr
things than they have ever hereto
fore achieved.
.'They are sweeping away what In
unrighteous In order TO vindicate once
more the essential rights OF human
Nte; and. what Is very serious for us,
they are looking 10 US for guidance.
disinterested guidance. at once honest
and fearless.
THE PLATFORM EXPRESSES
THOUGHT OF THE NATION.
AT such a time. and In the presence
OF such circumstances, what In the
meaning OF our problem. and what ID
our Responsibility under r7 What are
our duty and our purpossf The plat
form 70 meant TO show that We know
what the Nation u thinking about.
what " u most concerned about. what
Il wishes corrected. and what II desires
70 sec attempted that 10 new and con-
stsuctive and intended for tt long fu-
turs. But for " II 70 . very practical
document. We are not about 70 ask the
pSople Of the United states 10 adopt our
platform: we arc about to ask them 20
entrust Va with once and power and
the guidance OF their Affairs. They win
wish 10 know what sort OF quen we are
end Of what dednits purlhssi what
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Say the Tariff Has Become
MereLH SYstem of FaUOrs

see how II makes business out OF the
tariff question. The tarir question, as
dealt with In our time at any rate, has
not been business. 1t has been politics.
"Tss1R schedules have been made
up for the purpose OF keeping -
large . number - possible OF the
rich ana influential manufacturers
OF the country In good humor WITH
the Republican party, which desired
THAR constant financial support.
The tariR has become . system OF
fsvors, which the phrassoiogy OF
the schedule was often deliberately
ooutrivsd TO conceal.
1T becomes a matter of business. OF
legitimate business, only when the part
nership and understanding Il represents
IL between the leaders of Congress and
the whole people OF the United States.
instead OF between the leaders OF Con-
gress and small groups OF manufactur-
ers demanding special recognition and
consideration, That Ii why the general
idea OF representative government be-
comes necessary part OF the tarin
question
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WHO ARE REPRESENTED u
FRAMING TARIFF BILLS?

"Who. when you come down to the
ard facts Of the matter, have been rep
resented in recent years when our tariff
schedules were being discussed and do
termincd, not on tho floor Of Congress-
for that 10 not where they have been
determined, but In the committee
rooms and confsrencesr That 10 tho heart
of the whole affair. VIII you. can you.
bring the whole people into the partner
ship or not?, No one Is discontinued
with representative government; Il fall.
under question only when It ceases to be
representative. II IL AT the bottom q
question OF good faith and morals.
How does the present tariff look In
The light Of ~ ] cay nothing fox the
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THE STORY or tn HoxIx10A-
TON or GOV. wnsoH WIZ m
POUND on PAGE !.
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Country Is NOu Suspicious
of Committees in COnqress

They have insisted very anxiously
that these committees should he made
UP only Of their "friends": until the
country In lie turn grew suspicious and
wondered how those committees were
being guided and controlled. by what In
nuences and plans Of personal advan-
tage. Government cannot be wholesomely
conducted In such an atmosphere. Its
very honesty Is in jeopardy. Favors are
never conceived In the general interest;
they are always for the beneht OF the
few, and tho few who seek and obtain
than have only themselves 10 blame IL
presently they seem to be condemned
And distrusted.
For what has the result beenf Pros
perity7 Yes, II by prosperity you mean
vast wealth no matter how distributed.
or whether distributed at all. or not;
II you mean vast enterprises built up
to be presently concentrated under the
control OF comparatively small bodies
of men, who can determine almost at
pleasure whether there shall be compe-
tiuon or not. The Nation as nation
has grown immensely rich. She Is just
ly proud of her industries and OF the
genius of her men Of affairs. They can
and we have been greatly stimulated
under their leadership and command.
Their laurels are many and very green.
We must accord them the great honors
that are their due and We must pre-
serve what they have built up for u.s.
But what OF the other side OF the
picturef It IL not as easy for US TO live
40 Il used 20 he. Our money will not
buy as much. High wages. even when
we can got them. yield us no great COM
fort. We used to be better on with less.
because q dollar could buy more. The
majority OF us have been disturbed to
fnd ourselves growing poorer. even
though our earnings were slowly In
creasing. Prices climb faster than we
can push our earnings up.
Moreover. we begin to perceive some
things about the movement OF prices
that concern us very deeply. and hx our
attention upon the tarin schedules with
a more definite determination than ever
to get to the bottom OF this matter
We have been looking into II. at trial.
held under the Sherman Act and In In
| vcstiGations In tho committee rooms Of
Con, -ress, whore men who wanted tt
know the real facts have been busy
with inquiry: and we begin to see yer,
| clearly what at least some Of the meth
DDS are by which prices are hxed.
PRICES NOT FIXED ~ MARkE
COMPETITION.
I'VE know that they are not hxsd
BY the compositions OF the market,
| or by the ancient law OF supply ana
| demand which 10 to be found stated
| in all the primers OF economics. but
BY private arrangements With ~
| rard to what the supply should b
| ana agreements among the pro-
duosrs themselves. Those VINO buy
| are not even represented By counsel
the high cost Of living II arranged
| By private understanding.
| I'VE naturally ask ourselves. how di
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OF action and of policy We
intend to give to the general terms of
the platform which tho Convention at
baltimore put forth. should we be elect !
Cd.
The platform Is not a programme. A
programme must consist OF measures.
administrative acts. and acts OF legisia-
ton. The proof OF the pudding Ia the
eating thereof. How do we intend to
make It edible and disestiblef From
this time on we shall be under interro-
CATION. How do We expect to handle
each OF the great matters that must be
taken up by the next Congress and the
next Administration?
What 10 there TO do? II Is hard TO
sum the great task up. but apparently
this Ii the sum OF the matter: There
are two great things to do. One 10 TO
set up the rule of Justice and Of right
In such matters as the tariff. the reg
ulation OF the trusts and the preven-
ton Of monopoly. the adaptation OF
our banking and currency laws to the
varied uses TO which our people must
put them. the treatment OF those who
DO the daily hbor in our factories and
mines ana throughout oil our great In
dustrial and commercial UNDERTAKINGS
and the political life OF the people Of
the Philippines. for whom We hold gov
srnmental power In trust. for their ser
Woe not our own.
"Ths other, the additional duty, 10 the
great tAsk OF protecting our people
and our RESOURCES and Of keeping open
70 the whole people the doors Of op-
portunity through which they must.
generation by generation. pas II they
are TO make conquest of their for
tunes In health. in freedom. In peace
M 10 NA ~
ance Of this second great duty We are
face to face with questions of conserva-
ton and Of development. questions OF
forests and water powers and mines
and water ways. OF the building OF an
adequate merchant marine. and the
opening OF every highway and facility
and the setting up OF every safeguard
needed by a great industrious. expand
Ing nation.
QUESTIONS TOO OFTEN SET.
TIED IN PRIVATE.
These are all great matters upon
which everybody should be heard. We
have got into trouble in recent years
chiefly because these large things.
which ought 20 have been handled by
taking counsel with as large a number
Of persons as possible. because they
touched every interest and tho life of
every class and region. have IN fact
been too often handled In private con-
/ ference
"TAsy have Sssa ssetlsA ~ vssy
| smAn. ana oftsn dsl1bsTatsly s1-
| elusive, groups Of men who under
took 70 spsak for the whole Aak1oa.
| o., rathss, for themselves In The
terms Of the whole uat1oa-vsyy
honestly u may ~, but very
tgnesasNy scwstinsss, aaA very
shoStsiShtedly too-a poos substi-
tuts for genuine common counsel.
mo group of directors, economic OF
] political. can speak for . people They
have nsjthss the posnt ney the Nnowi.
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moment about the policy OF protection.
conceived and carried out as disin-
terested statesman might conceive II.
Our own clear conviction as Demo-
Gratis 10. that In the last analysis the
only safe and legitimate object OF tariff
duties. a. Of taxes of every other kind.
Is To raise revenue for the support OF
the Government: but that is not my
present point.
1--WE dsheuncs the Payne Aldrich tariff
act as the most conspicuous example
ever afforded the country Of the special
favors and monopolist c advantages
which the leaders OF the Republican
party have so often shown themselves
willing to extend to those to whom they
looked for campaign contributions.
"Tari6 dutiss. - they have en-
ploysd them, have not been . means
OF setting up an equitable system
OF protection. They have been, on
the contrary, Q method OF fostsrfnr
special privilege. They have made
II easy 70 establish monopoly In our
domestic markets. Trusts have
owed their origin and their secure
power to them. The economic free
dom of our people. our prosperity In
trade, our untrammeled energy in
manufacture depend upon their re-
consideration from top to bottom in
an entirely different spirit.
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SAYS DEMOCRATS SHOULD ACT
WITH CAUTION.

I'VE DO not Ignore the fact that the
business Of . country like ours Is ex-
ceedtngly sensitive 10 changes In iegis-
iation of this kind. II has been built
up. however ill-advisedly. upon tarift
schedules written In the way have In
d'catcd. ana rs foundations must not be
too radically or too suddenly disturbed.
When we act We should act with eau
ton and prudence, like men who know
what they are about, and not like those
In love with . theory. u - sbv!oas thSt
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-02-06
Mr.. James n. TurIey

Paris. Ky. Feb.-Mr. James II.
Tul1ey. one of the best known and
most highly respected farmers and
merchants in this part of Kentucky,
died at his home at Sldeview. Jan
nary 30, aged forty-five years. He
is survived by his wife, who was Miss
Chamberlain, of Clark county, and
three children, Fannie, Russell and
Robert Turley. He is also survived
by his mother, Mrs. Mary f. Turley.
IL sister, Mrs. Dora Wyatt. of Ca
MARCO, and one brother, Mr.. ]. d.
Turlsy. of Little Rock. this county
The funeral was held February l.
and the remains were taken to Mt.
Sterling for burial. Pallbearers
William Doane, Dan Nappin. William
Nappin, William Turley, z. L. Tur-
ley and David Gaitskill.