East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-30
LARGE AUDIENCE
HEARS Cyclone"
OUTLINES PRINCIPLES
Democratic Orator Says Liberty Is
Essential for American People
Trusts Today Control NatiOn-Dis-
sension Among Republicans Favor
able to Democrats.

Before an audience that taxed the
seating capacity of the assembly room
in the city hall and among whom
was a liberal sprinkling of women,
! Cyclone" Davis of Texas, democratic
campaigner. unleashed his oratorical
whirlwinds last night and kept his
hearers deeply interested for upwards
of two hours. There were no per-
sonalities against the candidates op-
posed to Mr.. Wilson in this presi-
dental race, which Davis INDUCED in.
He laid his remarks more along the
line of historical progress and show
ed through reference to past events
that what man desires more than
anything else in the world is liberty.
He said he agreed with Thomas
jefferson and Abraham Lincoln that
the people are the best conservators
of public liberty. He declared he
had an abiding faith in the people
for they have no interest in being
wrong"
jefferson, said the speaker, declar-
ed that nations as we'll as individuals
must suffer for their sins. 1t then be-
nOONeS the people " hhoN Nh't Noh
stitutes the right.
For 25 years" said Davis, Il have
appealed to the people. Further
more | have no strife against any
man who does not agree with me.
may have contempt for his political
principles, but l can have no con-
tempt for him as a man. l believe
a republican can be as honest as any
body; and that democrat can be
honest also. There are two kinds OF
'crats'-the democratic, which from
its Greek root means rule of the peo-
ple,' and the plutocrat which means
rule of the devil
The speaker then gave vivid
word picture of the signing OF the
declaration of independence ana what
this document means to the people
of the United States. The fundl-
mentals of government, he said, were
the rights to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. Taxation without
representation is tyranny.
The trust problems weretaken up.
Davis said that while it took several
years to win freedom from hlhs
George and while men then opposed
taxation without representation, To-
day there are about 1000 men VINO
control the industries and who could
have bought the whole eXchequer Oh
King George and the rest OF the
kingdom without having materialN
distressed their finances. Men TO-
dav he said were apparently opposed
to voting for freedom, not to mention
| fighting for it.
The corporation today dominates
| the business world, he said. Inc
trust is partnership of the corpor-
alton and led alone by greed and Gu
pidity, has plundered the people uh-
til now it has created few trus'
masters who control all the business
| The corporations control the lndus'
trial productions of the nation. IheI
get the product of the machine aho
of the man.
Government, said the speaker, mas
been instituted to restrain the strons
and vicious and to protect the weak
This should be the objects of govern
ment, But the trusts, he said, nave
contaminated public life. He ue'
clared the so-called dissolution of the
oil trust, following an order by Pres
ident Taft, has resulted in increased
dividends since this dissolution tooH
place and that the trust magnates are
now singing. dissolve us, dissolve us
again, President Taft
The dissension in the ranks of tht
| ronuhi;cops ba said foretellS a cleal
victory for the democrats.