The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-28
MARSHALL TALES TO
MAINE DEMOCRATS

AUGUSTA. Me.Aug. ,s.-Gov-rnor
Marshall. of Indiana, the Democratic
nominse Tor the vice presidency. DE-
iNered an address In this city to-
night. speaking In part as follows:
All my public u~tterances are in
tended to lie without vernon. want
TO attack systems. and 10 men. Pro-
fanity Is wrong, yet many good men
swear. Because they are good they
ought not To expect me "a stand for
their profanity. Although they know
q rehuke Is merited. sometimes they
get mad. A good man IL as likely to
70 To sleep at a place OF danger as a
bad man. Because he Is good shall
not awaken him. although 1 must
Jolt him TO do 1T
Il know no protected manufactured
who Is not "a pillar o. society. lie goes
TO congress and says he must have
help to run his business. Suppose To-
awaken him from his well-fed and
contented condition should say to
MIN You're "A bsggar.' Would I get
out Of town alive7 But can this man
who Insists that he must nave pro-
lection tell me how he differ from
the man who goes to the overseer Of
the poor and says he must have helm
10 liver Perhaps he has never thought
OF II In that light. And when he gets
over his arRer his pride will assert
Itself and he will say. I can and will
get along without help lie ought
not TO get mad at me. Some men
would say he IL not "a beggar. but a
strong armed nan That would be
worse.
IL n nan honestly believes In this
theory of taxation and his Judgment
an conscience approve. 10 IL easy for
MIN 10 take the next step towards
monopoly. II the government can
r~lEht"ousiy give a man the right to
tax the people. what ~ wrong in /.
close GENERALIZATION OF tax gatherersf
lie thinks nothing. And So We have
the trust. The Democratic platform
ehys n private monopoly IL indefensi-
BILE. The regular Republicans are GO
ing on by tho legislation Of the SUI
preme court To dissolve trusts. When
we see tho effect Of all these dlsolu-
lions On their stocks and bonds II
sens OF Frotitude suggests that on
h first moonlight night OF the DC
tober term the trust quastotte sere-
made The cur with:
'Hallelujnh. him the glory. Halle
lujah' Amen:
HalleluJ,h. thine the glory. Dissolve
us oraiu.'
Tho pre- EIessives say let mt the
people DO d.sinayed. We have the
man who can make the trusts como
up and eng out Of his hand Andhthey
surely have. II h.1 record Is any in
uex Of results. We may be- assured that
tho proverG.I Will lee not oPly god
but nutritious. a." Will suspend the
operation o. ~. criminal laws at any
time rather than endanger the liberty
Of "A campaign contributor who wants
to make money ~uriawfully. He diI
this FOR the harvester AMI steel trusts.
When ~ began his career ~ n trust
buster th't" We're only l49 trusts with
four billions 81 capital. \. 'Ac end
Of his career there were more than ten
thousand with more than t%hlrty-ors
billions os capital.
How reach the question: Forfeit
the character ~ every corporation
which marrits another or by gentle
mans agreement lives In open and
notorious aCultery with another. can
this b. doEe7 Why mott 4 corpora
tion Is only n creature of the state
organized To- DE- definite things. II -
not a natural person with inaneuahlc
rights. II - only Artificial with On
ferred powers. Construe these pow
crs strictly. WITH limited liability a
COZ poration's powers are also limlt,0
90 those expressly conferred hy its
charter. "hr states can revoke these
charter. y few r~evoca;ions and a
fcN shaved beads will take the swell
Ing out ot some fortunes and warn
othcrs not g. SWELL