The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-21
ASK VOTERS TO
SUPPORT DEMOS
Hon. John Power and Hon. Kyle
Price Address hancockitss

Several hundred voters gathered al
the Kerredge theater Saturday evening
n listen to the addresses given by
Hon. Johp Power, the Democratic can
dldatc for Congress from this district
and by Hon. Kyle b. Price, of Wash
ington. ID. c.
The main topics OF the evenings ad-
dresses were the issues of the cam.
palgn and not personalities although
once in a while the speakers would re-
fer pointedly to their opponents. Both
of the addresses were masterful ef-
forts and called forth liberal applause.
The stage at the Keiredge was dec
Grated with American flags and pie
lures OF Woodrow Wilson. the party s
standard bearer I'm this campaign,
Thomas Marshall. the vice-presider-
tial candidate. and Woodbridge n. Fer
rs, the candidate for governor were
conspicuous.
ID. A. Holland of Hancock acted as
chairman of the evening and in in
PRODUCING Mr.. Power the first speaker,
reminded the audience of the fact that
Mr. Power was an old resident in the
copper country and was well known
here. Il introduce him az your next
congressman said Mr. Holland H.
closing his Introductory remarks
Mr.. Powers Address.
In opening his address Mr. Power
referred to mis- former residence here
and to his FREQUENT visits since that
time. Mr.. Power then plunged into tho
subject of his speech. the right OF the
people to rule and to share in the
wealth created by themselves.
Mr.. Power defined trust as a COP
poration combination or other bust
ness built up and operated with view
to monopoly. Mon6ply gave the power
10 fix prices, Mr.. Power continued and
Is therefore not a natural evolution OF
business methods. The speaker refer
red to the present distribution Of
wealth In this country and declared
that the accumulation of great wealth
in the hands of a few was unjust and
unreasonable and that such a condi-
ton would soon become intolerable.
1 agree that this is one of the
wealthiest countries in the world" de-
clared Mr. Power, "wealthiest in one
way because the wealth of the country
has been developed to a marked cx-
tent but wealth is not the sole factor
in determining the prosperity of the
country. but the reasonable Jistribu-
ton OF that wealth must be taken into
account. Wealth in the hands of
few is great peril and the greatest
curse of mankind is the wealth that
leads 10 power
The speaker then went on TO declare
that 1t was not the president nor the
senate nor the house Of represe natives
VINO were the real rulers Of the coun-
rested with the people. He then re-
viewed the administrations since the
civil war and pointed out that with the
exception OF Cleveland's two terms the
Republican party had been in absolute
control.
Trusts In Roosevelt's Term.
In searching for figures to express
inc fapldltY with which the trusts
sprang up under Theodore Roosevelts
republican administration. the speaker
paid glowing tribute to Senator Rob-
ert NJ. LaF'ollete. declaring that ne be-
lieved him TO be sincere. mir. In
Toilette spends q great deal of his
spare time in Washington searchlnr
for data In the big library there and
from Senator La Follette's findings
learn that when Mr.. Roosevelt became
president there were in this country
!i9 trusts valued at s3.734.O00,OO and
when Mr. Roosevelt went out of office
seven years later there were I'm ex-
istcnce 10.020 trusts valued at s31,-
672,000,00o The Republican party Is
responsible for the trusts and the
trusts are no fairer than hold -up
man because the latter can be arrest
ed while the trusts can escape through
refarous laws"
Neither Taft nor Roosevelt can make
the needed changes. the speaker con-
tinued, and to effect this reform the