The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-06
SPEAKER CLARK
A FREE TRADER
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DOTt any llct vi tntoc COnDlhdtlOnS,
for the reason that new ones are
constantly forming and old ones are
constantly extending their relations
so as to cover new branches of bust.
less and invade new territories"
Their encouraging statements
which follow must be read in view of
the fact that tive days later Repub.
lican Congress, elected some months
before, was to convene. Let us re-
view their report:
Your committee further report that
owing to the present differences OF
opinion between the members of your
committee they limit this report to
submitting to the careful considera-
ton of subsequent Congresses the
facts shown by the testimony taken
before this committee"
Both the president and the com
mittee acknowledge the existence CT
harmful trusts and combinations, but
neither holds forth to the people any
ray of hope except at the hands of
those who were about to fill their
seats.
"In marked contrast with this ac-
knowledged lack of ability was the
action of the Republican. Congress
following. The very first bill intro
duced in the Senate of the Fifty-first
Congress was John Sherman's anti
trust bill-Senate file No. |. 1t pas
sed both houses and received the sig
nature Of Benjamin Harrison. The
passage OF this act was followed by
several suits for its enforcement and
several decisions by the Supreme
Court were secured, declaring II con.
sititutiohai AMI applying 1t to var
ious conditions.
"On March 4, 1898, President Cleve-
land was again inaugurated, and in
his inaugural address ne refers TO
trusts, saying:
These aggregations and comblna-
tons frequently constitute conspira-
cies against the interests of the peo.
pie, and IN all their phases they are
Speaker Clark
unnatural and opposed to our Ameri-
can sense of fairness. To the extent
that they can be reached and re-
strained by Federal power the Gen.
eral Government should relieve our
citizens from their interference and
exactions."
He suggests no notifications OF
the Sherman Act. and recommends
nothing in its place, but in harmony
with the teachings of State sovereign
ty craftsmanship, of which he "al.
ways had been. and therefore always
will be- dilligent student, he sug-
gests that it is very doubtful whether
the Federal Government has any jur-
isdiction in the premises.
That was In his inaugural ad-
dress. He does not again refer to
the subject of trusts in message or
proclamation until December, 1895,
after tie election of William McKin-
ley, when he can throw the respon.
sibility upon another. In this his last
message, he denounces combinations
of every description in language as
Incorporate and inflamatory as was
ever employed by his partys more
recent candidate for Presidency. He
says:
Their tendency is to crush out In.
dividual independence and to hinder
and prevent the free use of human ia.
culties and the full development OF
human character"
Showing that he and his Cabinet
evidently could not devise any means
by which these so-called trusts could
be reached, and they never have been
reached except under our Republican
administration, and no stone has been
left unturned by the present admins
tratlon to prosecute every trust that
they were satisfied was operating In
violation Of the Sherman Aact. Thus
showing their further Incompetence
to deal with prominent affairs affect
ing the interests of the American PED
pie.
I'VE have only to refer to the pas
sage of the Wilson bill and its opera
ton 10 demonstrate the fact that they
were incompetent to devise a tariff
which would protect the American in
dustries and at the same time fur,
nish revenue sufficient to operate the
Government.
The Cleveland administration from
1898 to 1897 proved dismal failure
They were Obliged to sell 100000,
600 bonds 10 run the Government
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