Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-08-14

special interests. including many wei
meaning parlor reformers. will denounc,
all this as "socialism'' or "anarchy," tn,
same terms they used in the past in de
nouncing the movements to control the
railways and to control public utilities
AS a matter of fact, the propositions
make constitute neither anarchy nor So
cialism, but on the contrary, corrective
for socialism and an antidote to anarchy
Regulating the Trusts.
Regarding the trust question he said
The antitrust law should be kept on the
statute book to be invoked against every
big concern tending to monopoly or guilty
of anti-social practices. At the same time
a national Industrial commission should
be created which should have complete
power to regulate and control all the great
industrial concerns engaged In interstate
business, which practically means all of
them in this country. This commission
should exercise over these industrial con-
Germs like powers to those exercised over
the railways by the interstate commerce
commission and over the national banks
by the comptroller Of the currency and
additional powers If found necessary. The
commission should have free access to
the books of each corporation and power
to find out exactly how it treats it's en-
ployees, its rivals and the general public.
-" Any corporation voluntarily coming
under the commission should not be pros
ecuted under the antitrust law as long as
it obeys in good faith the orders Of the
able to interpret in advance to any hon.
est man asking the Interpretation what he
may do and what he may not do in carry.
ing on a legitimate business.
The Tariff.
On the tariff he said:
believe in a protective tariff, but l be-
lieve in 1t as principle approached from
q standpoint Of the interests of the whole
people and not as bundle of preferences
to be given favorite individuals.
1t is not merely the tariff that should
be revised, but the method of tariff maxi
ing and of tariff administration. The first
step should be the creation of a perma-
| nent commission of nonpartisan experts
Of ample powers to secure exact and re-
| liable information. The present tariff board
Is entirely inadequate in point Of powers
| reposed in it and scope of work under
taken.
Colonel Roosevelt was nominated for
the presidency by William A. Prender-
CAST, who began his address, MY can
didate is more than a citizen; he is a
national asset" The nomination was
seconded by Miss Jane Adams. the
| first woman ever accorded such an
honor; General Mcdowell and Henry
]. Allen Of Kansas. The ensuing dem
onstration lasted over thirty minutes.
Hiram w. Johnson Of California was
nominated for the vice presidency by
John NJ. Parker of Louisiana, and his
n in 1n1 hu Ind ro
Ben B. Lindsey of Colorado, G. S.
Wheeler of California, James r. Gar
| field of Ohio, Frederick Lands of ILL
nois, Clifford Pinchot of New York and
others. The nominations of the candi-
dates were made by acclamation; then
both Colonel Roosevelt and his running
mate appeared before the convention
and made speeches of acceptance Mr..
Roosevelt said in part:
I have been president. I have seen and
known much of life-and hold 1t by far
the greatest honor and the greatest op-
portunity that has ever come to me to be
| called by you to the leadership for the
time being Of this great movement in
the interests Of the American people, And
I wish to thank the convention for l1av-
has given.
High Praise For Governor Johnson.
In Governor johnson we have a man
| whose every word is made good by the
deeds that he has done-a man who at
the head of a great state has practically
applied in that state for the benefit of the
people of that state the principles which
we intend to apply throughout the Union
az whole We have nominated the only
type Of man who ever ought to be nom-
| mated. AS for the vice presidency, We
have nominated a man fit at the moment
| to be the president Of the United States.
And, friends, with all my heart and
soul, with every particle of high purpose
that is in me, pledge you my word to do
everything can, to put every particle of
| courage, OF common sense and Of strength
that l have at your disposal and to en-
deavor so far as strength is given me to
1--we up to the obligations you have put
upon me and to endeavor to carry out in
the interests Of our whole people the poll
cies to which you have today solemnly
dedicated yourselves to the millions of