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DEMOCRATIC RECORD M
THE TRUST QUESTION.
Every Line of Legislation Now on Oar Statute Books
Was Placed There by the Republicans, and
the Democrats Voted Against a Consti
tutional Amendment to Regulate
Them Only Four Months Ago.
IIow the Democratic 5ational Chmirmam Tried to
Help the Siar Trust Tacts from the
CoBsressional Record.
Every line of legislation now on the statute books of the United State directed
against trusts and unlawful trade combinations was placed there by tie Repub
licans. That there is not more stringent law against them is the fault of the Demo
cratic parry
The last occasion on which the parties, as represented in Congress, went on
record on the trust question was on June 1. 1900.
On that day a final rote was taken on a constitutional amendment to grant
Congress power to "define, regulate, prohibit and dissolve tmsts, monopolies and
combinations, whether existing in the form of corporations or otherwise."'
It requires a two-thirds vote of Conzress to submit a eonstirntional amend
ment to the State Legislatures for rann cation.
The question to so submit it was lost by a vote of 1""4 yeas to 1T2 nays.
OF THE YEAS 149 WERE REPUBLICANS AST ONLY "5 WERE DEM
OCRATS. The five were Campbell of Montana, Naphen and Taylor of Massa
chusetts, Scudder of New York and Sibley of Pennsylvania.
OF THE 1C2 NAYS. ONLY TWO WERE REPUBLICANS. Lour and Mc
CalL Richardson. Lentz. Salzer. Ruppert. Salmon and all the other professional
"trust killers voted NAY. They declined to give Congrs the power to grap
ple with the Tmsts. The Democrats indulged in spasms of virtue for two days,
denouncing the trusts, and then voted to coutinne them.
In one of Mr. Bryan's recent speeches he gave the Republican remedy as the
Sti' one he would adopt, in case he wxs elected and all other means failed.
In other words. Mr. Bryan admits the value of the Republican idea, but
wants to try other measures first. He has not said what those measures are
to be.
Some trusts operate all over the country; other. like the New York Ice
Trust, opf-rate in a single city. The requisite power to rach each and all and
bring them within th Federal law. WAS DENTED BY" A MARGIN OF 3
VOTES. ALL DEMOCRATIC.
Denouncing is one thing. Doing is another. Mr. Bryan's trust denunciations,
in view of his party's record, promise no better than the prophecies he made four
years ago; and as a prophet Mr. Bryan has not succeeded.
Senator Jones and the Sugar Trust.
The Democrats made another brilliant pn-rrust record during the same
esion of Conares Representative Richardson of Tonne -ee. Democrat, tried to
assist the Suzar Trust by offering a joint resolution to admit Cuban and Porto
Ricon suzar fre of dnry.
The remission of that duty would have amounts! to about S2".000.000 a year,
and the Suzar Trust would have benefited To the amount of at least .$!".yl-.u00
per year. The controller of the Sugar Tra-t i Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer. Demo
crat. Mr. Richardson's proposed gift t-t hi friend Mr. Havermcyer was smoth
ered in the Ways and Means Committee of the House. This was done by the
Republican meniber of the eomniittre.
It was also proposed by Senator Jones. Demo'Tatic national chairman and
Mr. Bryan's manager, to return the duties paid on Porto Rican suzar and mo
lassf's. not to the PorTo Ricans. bnt to the persons who paid these duties.
This amounted at the timeito ?L-iST.S5a". Had th- scheme succeed-1, the
American Sugar Refining Company and A. S. Lasalles & Co a part of the
same eonrcm, would have benefited by a direct gift of SL2"0. i 4. Tlus is the
first instance on record where a direct gift wa intended tn be made to a trust,
and the Democratic manager. Senator James K. Jones. wihed to, make it. This
was also prevented by the Republicans.
Tht money was not to be returned to tht? Porto Ricans. as the duties paid
now are. but to the Sugar Trust.
AH the facts are printed in the Congressional Record and are a part of Amer
ican history.
'DEARBOr letters.no. a
My Dear Boyt
You say that you are tired of working
for old man Skinner, and are thinking of
going West this fall, where wage- ane
higher. You ask what I think about it
Well. I have no objection to your going
West, but T don't want you to go tfll after
the election. This is the first time in
your life thar you ever had an opportu
nity to esercise your right as an Amer
ican ciriaen in voting for a President of
the United State. I don't want you to
lose your vote for the following reaonsi
1. The only po.-sible chance of the elec
tion of Bryan comes from the over-confidence
of Republicans. It makes me sad
to hear a man say. "Ob, McKiniey is
goinr to be elected, anyhow. There is no
danger. I have arrangements made to be
in California in November, but yen won't
need my vote.
Especially do I recret to hear talk of
this kind amour some of the railroad
Bien. If any class of men ouaht to come
up unanimously to the support of Mc
Kiniey and the Republican party, that
class i composed of the railroad men of
this country. Four years am there were
thousands of cars sidetracked, no build
ing and but little repairing going on.
and gvneral stagnation in the railroad
business. Now new roads, new roadbeds,
new cars, the roads crowded with trains,
full crae and better pay bles the rail
road men of this country. And it veies
me to hear a railroad man ay, "I would
have to lay cS a day to vote, and I guess
FH not do that. There will be plenty to
elect McKiniey without me. Well, if
by any possibility McKiniey should be
defeated, just such men as that will have
themselves to blame.
i. No American voter has any riaftr to
tay away from the polls or to lose his
vote if it can possibly be avoided.
My son. you are one of the sovereigns
cf the United States, and you have no
more right to neglect the duties pertain
ing to your high calling than the Emperor
of Germany has to neglect the govern
ment of that mighty empire. To vote is
a matter of inestimable privilege, and
also a matter of earnest, conscientious
duty.
Two years ago you enlisted to fight for
your country as a soldier, but the sur
geon turned you down and would not let
you go. I sympathised with you in the
bitterness of your disappointment. I
knew that love of country led you to
enlist, and T was proud because you
wanted to go. And I think that the sur
geon was a iittie over-particular. You
would have made a good soldier. But I
want you to realize that you serve your
country as truly when you cast an honest
ballit as if you were a aldier in the
field. Perhaps you can do more good
with the ballot than you could with the
gun. Your country did not seem to need
vou as a dier. but your country does
need you in the realm of citizenship.
J. No matter how long yon may live.
you will never have an opportunity to
vore for better men than this year. Wc
have a magninc-nt ticket. MeKmy
and RooevIt! What a superb combina
tion! They are both statesmen and both
hs-e;. one- of the creat Civil War and
one of the war for the deliverance of
Cuba. McKiniey. steady. amest.
thoughtful, eahu. kind and faithful;
Roosevelt, impetuous but eSicient. brav
and dashimt. with both moral and physi
cal eouraae. Was there ever a better
ticket or one which more thoroughly com
mands the respect, the confidemn and the
a5ecrion of the American people?
If you don't stay and vote you will be
-rry for it twenty years from now. Make
some sacrifice for your country's sake.
Oh, my boy. you must not zo until the
election i over. And when in November
rhff ballot- fall
A snowdakes fall npou the sod.
And ex-nte the freeman will.
As lirhtninr do.s the will of God.
Cast your vote and then -leep sweetly
that nighr. with a -ense of duty faithfully
don.-. YOUR FATHER.
The Foolish Calf.
When Senator Hanna spoke at Youngs
town. Ohio, recently, he told a story of
a calf that Wt its mother to run after
a su?er. Secretary Heath has taken up
this idea and developed it into a cam
pairs po-ter which very artistically de
picts Senator Hanna's idea. The calf is
-een eaasimr the teer in the distance;
the cow Is in tlie faresround sauntering
quietly home, while the boy stands with
uplifted fist shaking it it the calf, say
inr. "Yon little fooL you little fool, yon
d d fooL you'll be sorry when supper
time come.
The picture is -ntitled "The Foolish
Calf, or a Lesson to Labor." and stand
ing by a fence in front of a cottage are
a farmer and a woman, the man with a
full dinner paQ in his hand. This poster
is sure to catch on and is likely to be a
good vote setter.
When Senator Hanna arrived in Chi
cago tlus week it was shown to fr'ny and
surprised him. He had no Idea that Mr.
Heath had been developing his story.
Germany's Xeed of ExpaasioB.
The vital need of Germany the ex
tension of its market. Bismarck saw
that the surest way of accomplishing
this was throuzh "expansion," Hence
Germany's aggressive "colonial policy,
which has already given, it New Guinea,
several -liees of Africa, part of. Samoa,
the Solomon group. Kiao Chan in China t
made it easer to get the Philippines, if
it could: and caused It to pay Spain a
big- price for the Caroline Liands. which
zhr- United States left to that conntry by
the treaty of Paris.
'1 laoK t rl -HiSiTml2iSiRH
1 In I MO V''--IMpK JK "JP?7
In IOOO :" &&iffiJafcf&f
-K Sort ' LMks as
PERKINS.
CAUFQftlHA SERATOR
Astowatfis Growth of theTnMS
Padfk Trtsk.
Way tks Paciftc Coast Will
Cast Its Ekctaral Vates far
MdOaaey aa Ssasevdt.
(By George C. Perkins. United States
Senator from California.)
No portion of the country Is more im
mediately concerned in. sustaining the ex
pansion policy of President McKiniey
than the Stares of the Pacific coast.
While the- South produces the cotton
which is beinr shipped In such enormous
quantities to the orient, while other sec
tions are sending manufacture-" of every
description, the coast is sending across
the Pacinc Irs own dour, fruits and man
ufactures. Besides this- we are handling
the ships in which the exporting Is done.
Our own manufactures have ranaed from
mining and other machinery to a com
pleted five thousand ton steel man-of-war
for the Japanese government. Every
line of industry has benefited and we ex
pct by the establishment of closer com
mercial relations to increase both our
population and prosperity.
The Pacific coast has long been on the
edge of tile country. To-day it is the
center of the American transpacific trade.
We have reached out beyond for busi
ness. We can control the trade of the
Pacific That is why we are all expan
sionists. The growth of the transpacific trade
is a matter of very recent years. Not
more than ten years ap the Canadian
Pacific Ccmpany established Its first line
of transpacific steamships. Prior to that
there were six steamers plying from San
Francisco in the Japan and China line.
They brought from the orient tea. mat
ting. nk. rice and the endless line of
articles that are imported from Japaa
and China. They carried back silver ia
the form of Mexican, dollars and bullion,
ome provisions, and flour which was tak
en along for ballast as well as to fill up
the cargoes. The establishment of The
Canadian line primarily for military
purposes and secondarily for trafflc.
threw a zood many San Franciscans in
to moumins. To them, they thought, the
end had come. San Francisco was to
lose its Asiatic business. Then followed
in rapid succession the establishment of
new Hues from Portland, the Puget
sound ports and Saa Diego.
Our merchants awoke. Instead of six
steamers plying from San Francisco the
nnmber has been added to. The demand
now Is far larger boats and better boats,
and the trade from the Pacific slope is
many times wnat it once was.
The incoming cargoes are much what
they formerly were, bur the exports in
clude every conceivable article of Ameri
can produce and manufacture cotton
goods, electrical goods, bicycles, cotton
literally by the trait: load, alcohol by the
trainload for ue In tht manufacture of
smokeless powder in Japan, agricultural
implements, canned fruits, canned vege
tables, canned meats., almost everything
that the mind ran conceive. And the de
mand on the steamship companies is al
ways for room and then for more room.
What Ls true of the Asiatic trade Is
equally true of the Australian. The
Oceanic Steamship Company is about to-
add three b.GOO-ton vessels to its fleet
and to begin: steamer connection with
Tahiti. I am assured that the available
freight carrying facilities of the Austra
lian steamers are enzaged for months
ahead.
These are the material evidences of
trade expansion. The sentiment of rh'g
Pacific coast is overwhelmingly in favor
of closer business relations- with the ori
ent. We do not favor giving up the Ha
waiian Islands, which have been devel
oped by California capitals we do not
favor ilr. Bryan's policy of surrendering
the Philippines.
GEORGE C. PERKINS.
San Francisco. CaL
Poll oa tbe I3iaois CeatraL
On an Illinois Central train a few days
ago a poll of voters was raV. before the
train reached Chicago, with, the follow
ing result
For McKiniey 21Z
Far Bryan . ..... 20
Total voters on the train.....
.. 235
if VA Have ts
BLUM.
FDR GOLD STMDUD.
Is the Pinaooit Issme of the
Preseat Cimpaija.
Bryaa's Bsxes, Iaipcfiafiai aad Mffi-
Cat No Rrare with tae
Geroua-Bora Vsters.
(An Interview with August Blum.)
Air. August Blum, cashier of the First
National Bank of Chicago, intends to
vote for the re-election of President ilc
Kinlev. Mr. Blum is one of the best representa
tives in Chicago of the type of Germans
who have gained, in this country, the re
spect of fellow American citizens, for in
tegrity. Industry and ability. He was
cashier of the Union National Bank; but
after the recent absorption of that insti
tation by the First National, he was
made cashier of the First National. He
Ls zeneraliy recoznlzed throuzhout the
West as a leading banking authority, one
who-e judgment in connection with the
various complex questions that come be
fore every banker is almost infallibly cor
rect. In politics he is a Democrat, and was
always a prominent supporter of Grover
Cleveland.
The following are questions put to Mr.
Blum, and the replies he gaver
Q. Would the election of Bryan benefit
the business interests of Chicago, of the
whole United States, and the German
American citizens particularly?
A. The election of Mr. Bryan would.
in my opinion, be a great misfortune to
this country, aad therefore to Chicago.
and therefore to German-Americans and
to every other kind of Americans. Amer
ican citizens of German birth are not a
class by themselves.
Q. What, in your opinion, is the para
mount Issue of this campaign?
A. The paramount issue is that which
is in the people's minds, not in the party
platform nor in the speeches of leaders
necessarily. There is one thing in which
we are all vitally concerned, and that is
the inviolability of the country's standard
of value. For a quarter of a century we
have battled for it. At the last moment
to surrender to the enemy would be the
height of folly. I know of no other is
sue comparable to this one in importance.
Talk of Imperialism is disingenuous.
Mnch as we may differ about the desira
bility of the Philippines as a colony, we
occupy them now and largely through the
help of Mr. Bryan- The thing is done.
Q. What do yon think of Bryan's
statement about the recent German loan?
A. It is very difficult to follow the tor
tuous road of Mr. Bryan's utteran'res.
Four years azo I tried persistently to un
derstand Ms ntterances about the stand
ard of value, bnt I gave it up at last in
despair. To construe our ability to ab
sorb a foreign loan, as .evidence of bad
times. Is decidedly Bryanesque. We
could not loan money to foreign govern
ments if we were not in a prosperous con
dition. When Mr. Bryan undertakes to
prove the contrary it may give him pleas
ure, but it will not convince any one.
Q. Do you think that this country has
prospered durinz the last four years as a
result of Republican policies?
A. Yes; the country has prospered dur
ing the last four years. Thebest. in my
opinion, that can be legitimately said of
the policy of any party is that it does
not stand In the way of normal business
development which would mean prosper
ity. That can be said of the Republican
I party. Dunne the last four years free
play has been given to industry, frugality
and to the natural productiveness of the
country. There has been no attempt at
interf erence by tampering witn the stand
ard of valne. which would have meant
destruction of prosperity.
Q. Do you think Bryan Is a safe, solid,
wise enough man to be President?
A. I answer this with a most emphatic
NO.
Q. How do you think German-Americans,
as a class, will vote In the presi
dential election this fall?
A. They will vote according to the dic
tates of their conscience. I have too much
confidence in the good sense of my coun
trymen to be .doubtful as to the outcome.
REMEMBER !
Tbe Party (Oeaiocraxtc)
wbere It did ta 1880 ..a tbe Jtaa j
T. J. Brjaa, Zaacsrille.
I HOW SHALL I VOTE THIS FALL?
Aat I a ffey Micmiu :
"Let aac reasea witb a-yair j
flapp e Car a maeat li
Ffre years age 1 faraed ISO acres
waeac Dreamt
iiy i ceats. it
tefcaywoedercaaL
aaa rreora am
tae reac bat aMa't set eaaaca a pay the atarekeeaer what 1
! ceaM get aaaora
aaacaiaerr- Taaaa:
exteailea the time
nii tae Uvea afi
Xaat was aader Clerelaars .
Fasar years ago McaTtaley was
fbrtketUlaraaTi
; saoal arieca.
aaaay aaaea
laUvMaay crops
sturekeeper. scCTIes"
ty tae aaortxace oa t!ae
year aaa- tarse
4a mnwvna
tae Isard tiates "Before " illiaaa
!
tae grsatcst Keaabiic ta tae
I bare a aiaao ta t-ie baa e. abac two
lece.. taat asy wife aad daasbtera ara
aaaa aiaaaelfis taktax Ure aaibty asy.
Frasaertty aaa iaereasea tae atxa at
1 aaa jat goad eaeacb Keaablteaa ta
McKialay.
WHAT SAX TOU?
SHOUP.
MOiMTUH STATES
turh to wmn.
Proaycritj the
Wdcone
Caise oi the
Na Oae Fears "kaperialisaC Wafie AI!
Are Praed f tke fccaras Made
by tte Amy aad Nary.
(By George L. Shoup. United States Sen
ator from Idaho.)
There are many reasons which impel
the voters of the mountain States to sup
port the nominees and the policy of the
Republican Party this falL One word
more than any other explains the position
of our people In this support and thar
word is confidence.
The record of the Republican party is
a record of fulfilled promises.
The first act of the party after its re
turn to power was the enactment of the
Dingiey tarux law. which again placed ns
on ajirotection basis.
Take for example the benefits whicli
have ' accrued to my own State. Idaho.
Among our principal industries are min
ing, cattle and sheep growing and farm
ing. The great lead mines of the State are
working every man possible at wages of
$G".")0 'per day of eight honrs. During
the three years of President McKinIeys
administration the value of the lead pro
duced in the State was $14,114.00". while
during the last three years of President
Cleveland's administration the total value
was only $7Js30.1Jl.
Our sheep have advanced in price from
$1.15 to $2-j0 per head, a gain to the
people of the State of over three million
j dollars in the valne of the sheep alone.
In the year lS9ti the wool clip of Idaho
was valued at 442.Sn. while for the
year 1S00 it is estimated that it wfll bring
to the wool growers of the State ?2,
32G.0OO. A very conservative estimate of the
number of cattle ia the State Ls 500,000.
They have increased in valne on an aver
age of $15 per head, making the cattle
men at least seven and one-half million
dollars richer than they were three years
azo. The increase in the price of horse
of $10 per head has also added between
one and two million dollars to the wealth
of the State.
The voters of this State and of the
other mountain States are nit blind to
these facts, and on election iiay they wfll
zive earnest evidence of their confidence
in the party whose policy has so enriched
1 and prospered them.
We of the West are proud of the
achievements of onr army and navy in
the war with Spain. The patriotic posi-j
tion of the Republican party in declaring
for the retention of the territory so gal
lantly wen from Spam appeals to our
people.
They do not fear "imperialism. for we
have never met an American who was
an imperialist. I am in receipt of let
ters from many men who have never vot
ed anything but a Democratic ticket, but
who will vote for 3IcKinIey and Roose
velt on this issue alone.
You can count on the electoral vote of
Washinzton. Oregon. Idaho. Utah. Wyo
minz and perhaps Montana and Colorado
for McKiniey and prosperity.
GEO. L. SHOUP.
Boise, Idaho. Sept. IT. 1)00.
PACIFIC COAST PROSPERITY
The Pacific coast has had a full meas
ure of prosperity in the past four years
and the calamity cry raised by the Bry
anites only excites ridicule.
The leading Bryan paper of the coast
Is the San Francisco Examiner, which Ls
under the same control as the New York
Journal and the CTiirfuni AmsriMn T-
""Want columns show that the wage j
earners there have plenty of call for
their services. On Sept. 1. the Exam
iners ""Help Wanted" colnmns had ad
vertisements for the following
HELP WANTED.
Male 254
Female ................... 251
Total 205
On Sept. 21 the same paper had adver
tisements calling for the followingr
3rale help 2.01
Female help ... ........ 3"lJ
Total 2.427
Prosperity has visited the coast in earnest.
mt Taad.
i
oaly - ft ceataa tmshelaataje
was i ai aa i ta bam a cara te a
liyrrj aaaa.a a Tub I Tin aiial aaJ
cftait. lawed. ablcaataMtaa
baaiaaatae acaaCat tb.
an iaatc J fai rusiilaai It'
HEWITT.
EX-MY0R SUURELY
FDR REPWUCUS.
Straae Cmrt WtfjM Nttiify
Aiy iBperiafistk Ideas.
Erery Trae Dexacrat Caa Tate to
Otaer Caarse Except ta Vale tke
KraaMfcaa Ticket.
(By Abram S. Hewitt of New York, for
nierly Mayor and Member of Congress.
The- political situation at this time is.
of a very different character from, that
which presented itself four years ago. At
that time it seemed possible to maintain
a distinct Denincratle organlaationy baeI
upon the fundamental principles enun
ciated by JefTerson, and whiim had con
tinued to govern the party In all previous
presidential elections. The recent con
vention held at Kansas City has, how
ever rendered all such expectations hope
less. The party which, calls itself Demo
cratic is In reality FopuIIstic. and based
upon doctrines which, if carried into ef
fect, would produce political anarchy.
You ask whether I believe In the coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
You might as well ask me whether I be
lieved that an ounce should be made to
pass for a pound in the ordinary transac
tions of commerce. The ratio Is a false
ratio. The value of silver measured by
gold is. xs every one knows, not 16 to 1,
but 32 to 1. The proposition of the plat
form therefore w to declare that fifty
cents shall by law be made equal to one
dollar.
You ask me whether the present admin
istration is likely to establish an imperial
istic form of government over this coon
try or in its new possessions.
I answer that the Constitntlon of the
United States Is too strongly intrenched
in the affections of the people to permit
its possible violation by the administra
tion, and that if such an attempt wen?
made, the Supreme Court of the United
States will .surely interpret the Constitu
tion in the spirit of Its founders and for
the preservation of the constitutlcna gov
ernment, to which we owe oar stability
and our prosperity.
You ask whether a Democrat, by voting1
for 3rcKInIey and Roosevelt, could be
considered false to the interests of Dem
ocracy. T answer that I do not see how
a Democrat who is true to the Interests
of Democracy can in the present exlzency
take
any otaer course tnan to- vote for
the Republican ticket. I propose myself
so to vote, and I do this because I am a
Democrat who feeis that Bryanism and"
all that it stands for Ls diametrically op
posed to the principles of the Democratic
party, as they were enunciated by Jeffer
son and as they have been construed by
all the great men who have led the- Dem
ocratic party np to the time of the hoW
ing of the unhappy convention of ISfHj.
when the old organization was broken up.
It is certainly a lesser evil to continue
the government In the hands of the Re
publican party for the next fonr year
than to encounter the perfls which would
confront us in case Bryan and his follow
ers should have the opportunity of pnt
tinr in practice the Insane policy ta
which they are committeiL
AERAM S. HEWITT.
EUROPE FOR BRYAN.
Asaericaaa will be pleased to Tears
that tbe Freacb jm" followetl
tbe lead of luradoa Trata. al ia
salkl for Eryaa. Henri Rccbelovt,
editor of LJatranieaar. declared
editorially n September S8tb tnas
if Xr-Bryaa be elected tB exaaa-
sion policy of Mr. XcKialey will ae
strack from Asaericaa politics tee
years ta cosae. Libre Parole aea
farther, sayiac
"Tae resalts ia tbe election ia tbe
Uaitefl States oa the 0th of Noreaa
ber laterest oar f atare dastiay. Is
v tor aa that Bryaa is Surkiac
Ma-la a crisaiaal by iaip-riaJissK.
Ail trae Aawrtcaa shoald
that Bryaa ia warfciac Jar the iater-
!
wwn pv rwsscr saaasnayft
aoaaeatasl aad eaaaBMw Hmm
ara yaars aata mmm r. aaasi t a T"
act. aaat laamaftaaaa aaraactea
McaUaOey caaae ta a PresMeataT i
wars, artaxlivave aac lararactaa taat
ayaaawe biaaateted gareal X
ests aT Eawuae aet af the Fa
States.
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