TIiy the Democrats are
denouncing. Trusts. -
' Many-' people must r have
wondered at the tremendous
hullaballoo made by demo-
pers over the trusts bi indus
trial combinations. It is per-
fectly well known to the pub-
;iic mat many men wno are
prominent in the leadership
,.. xne promotion ana manage
ment of just such enterprises
as are so unsparingly denoun
ced by its mouth -pieces. The
Ice Trust of NewiNorjk Cir
is merely one of many
illus-
t rations easily given
ably one of the worst
(prob
) Such
ah incongruity of position
between the party and a num
t'ber of its .leadersj tends to
throw suspicion upon the
sincerity of the outcry.
The course of the eaders
in Congress and o it con
firms that suspicion, The
question of how to dejil with
industrial and . commercial
combinations, to ascertain
which vre innocuous and
which are injurious to the
public weal and therefore
proper subjects for restraint,
and what remedies to apply,
is admittedly a compl ex and
difficult one. It could fairly
be demanded of a par :y that
was constantly denouncing
all planner of combi iations
thatrit should present an effi
cient remedy; that, ndeed,
its diagnosis, and proposed
treatment should be so clear
and complete as to command
easy comprehension ,
general assent.
if not
About the only remedy
proposed by the democrats
has been to repeal the Tariff
laws applicable to the: goods
of all trusts or combinations.
Beyond that simple panacea
the physicians of that school
aire dumb. It has been re
m peatedly shown to them that
similar trusts or cc mbina
tions flourish and mal e high
er prices in England, where
they have no Protective Tar
iff at all, than here, but out
democratic friends stick to
their one proprietary medi
cine with dogged insistence.
xn congress recently . tne
republicans, pursuing
structive policy I as
a con
! usual,
prepared a bill for the regu-
lation of industrial cdmbina-
; tions. This bill was not of
posed the exercise of indis-
putable powers, and, if en-
www . v vv.i irM.t i 4. w
: acted into law, would be
pretty sure to impose an ef-
fectiye check upon the arbi
trary smothering of compe-
uuua anu me nnaue en
hancement of prices. Prob-
ably the bill represented the
extent of the Federal power,
but it did not j tinker the
Tariff, and lo! the six demo-
cratic members of the com-
mittee having; -the
hand voted solidly.
After that and
! bill .' in
i .
against
l similar
performances, op. what use
re pfotestationa of
hostility
i' V:--'.'-. :
to trusts? Apparently the
position of the 1 opposition
party is merely one of .opposition.-
i If its leaders; would
. - 1 ...... .. i "a : . 'i .:. . " v'1
but make a candid confes-
....,. ......
sion of "aim ,and purpose it
might read about like this:
; "We are knee deep in
trust stocks gas ht electrici
ty, traction, steel, ice, etc.
but we have got to have a
party cry . We must cuss
something. The Philippine
war is over; the Porto Rico
incident didn't pan out much
for us; the imperialism bug
aboo has pollided with past
history of democratic policy
and with the obvious pur
pose of McKinley to do the
right thing by pur new half
brothers; Tariff reform and
free silver are has-beens.
What can we do but make
the most of popular discon
tent with the trusts? We
must make the people think
that the republicans and
their Tariff are responsible
for the trusts. Of course;
weMon't mean "to harm our
own folks, and so, when the
republicans in Congress pro
posed some practical anti
trust legislation, something
real and definite, we looked
the other way. In fact, we
are a good deal like the
Irishman who was looking
for work and praying to
heaven that he wouldn't
find it." American Econo
mist. Anti-Imperialism Run
JVIad.
The open declaration of
the anti-imperialist .Free
Traders and mug-wumps
that they are fully prepared
to support Mjv Bryan if it
comes to a choice between
the popocrat and republican
national tickets moves the
New York Times, itself a
Free Trade and mugwump
journal, to raise its voice in
earnest protest against a
course so destructive to the
country's best interest. In
the opinion of the Times there
is nothing in the existing sit
uation that can justify or
palliate this extraordinary
attitude on the part of Mes
srs. Schurz, Atkinson and
their brethren of the Anti-
Imperialist League. Should
these men, who four years
ago were among the most
active foes to the populistic
nronajyanda. succeed this in
i i r -" ; j -r-
throwing to Mr. Bryan the
votes necessary to make him
the next President of the
United States; theirs will be
a neavy : responsiDiiity. m
such an event , says the Times
' they will be r everywhere
detested as- the authors, in
part , of the ruin and afflic-
tion that will follow swiftly
uppn the appalling disaster
of that. election day . '
This is strong language to
come from a newspaper i no-
i - . - . -.- . .. . . .....
ted fpr its vigorous antagon
ism toward republican doc-
trines and policies for ; the
past quarter, of a century.
Stronger still is the ipiqture
:v-.: " : ; I' r- - : " --v '.
which the New-York, Times
draws.5 of Athe consequences
certain to follow the defeat
of McKinley and the election
of Bryan as follows:
The arrest of , the coun
try's industrial and commer
cial progress, the abrupt de
struction of its prosperity;
the conditions of business
stag:nation , bankruptcy , loss
of employment,; panic and
the weary years or distress
and Joss' while the country is
waiting for the opportunity
of the election of 1904 to
correct the awful blunder,
drive out the wreckers and
install a safe government,
will all be charged to their
account. The maledictions
of ruined men will follow
them wherever they go.
Plainer truths than these
haye seldom been put into
words. Bach and every one
of the dire conditions predic
ted as the result of Bryan's
election would surely and in
evitably come to pass . Dread
as they may the horrors of
an imperialism that has no
place in the policies and in
tentions of the republican
party, and no existence save
in tneir own exaggerated
fancies, Messrs. Schurz, At
kinson and their associates
of the Anti-Imperialist
League should heed this earn-
st? remonstrance of the
Times. Hate they McKin
ley and McKinley ism" ev
er so much , they must surely
hate their country even more
if they are willing to inflict
upon it four years of 4tBry-
It M 1 lit 1
anism ana an tnat tnat im
plies. American Economist.
Mow Can Tliev Do It?
The great democratic hul
labaloo at Kansas City still
echoes through the land.
William J. Bryan, John P.
Altgeld, Richard Croker,
James K. Jones, and the les
ser orgrans of Democracy
proclaim in chorus that the
prospects of the democratic
party never were brighter.
Men who went to Kansas
City to fight to the bitter
end the silver plank, and men
who went simply to obey Mr.
Bryan's demand fpr 16 to 1
-those who got what they
wanted and those who didn't
are declaring that the very
best possible thing for the;
democratic party was done
at Kansas City and that vic
tory is sure.
Is there any warrant for
this tumult among the
prophets?
By declaring against ex
pansion th Kansas City con
vention put on the democrat
ic party the . heaviest load
that it has carried in any
campaign since the civil war .
The average American citi
zen is a j ingo. He is always
opposed to surrender or re
treat; Seward ; almost
wrecked the Lincoln admin
istration wheti he decided to
surrender Mason and Slidelii
President Cleveland united
the-coimtry behind; himvwith
hiarVenezuela iiissa(;
When the ba ttle-ship Maine
wass, destroyed; in : Havana
harbor the demand T for .war
was almost universal . - When
the American commissioners
went to Paris to draw the
peace treaty with Spain the
whole country was aflame
with the expansion spirit.
The American voter is neith
er a non-resistant nor a scut
tler. -
.On the anti-expansion ; is
sue the democrats thus defy
the spirit of the average A
merican citizen. ,.On the
free silver issue they chal
lenge the opposition of ev
ery man who has anything
to lose. What this means
requires no explanation. It
was revealed in .1896. On
the silver plank the Democ
racy cannot hope to recover,
such Eastern states as New
York, New Jersey and ; Con
necticut. On, the anti-expansion
declaration it will
lose most of the Pacific
states that voted for Bryan
four years ago.
The plat form adopted at
Kansas City is no better in
any part than was the plat
form of 1896. In many par
ticulars it is worse. It must
meet with the same opposi
tion from business men that
the Chicago platform met
with four years ago. In ad
dition it will be opposed by
the masses of the American
people who believe in the
flag and take pride in the
glory of the country.
Who then will be deceived
by the outcry from Kansas
City or by the prophecies of
success that come from Bry
an, Altgeld, Croker, and
Jones?
The American people are
against the Democratic par
ty on the paramount issue of
the day. The event of the
campaign depends not on
bragg-adocio and oratory,
but on facts and votes.
How then can the Democrats
win where they lost, unde
more advantageous condi
tions, in 1896? How can
they do it? Inter Ocean.
Another great factor that
is aiding the republicans in
the West is the prosperity
of the farmers' No class of
citizens has received so much
benefit from the return of
good times as have the , far
mers of the West ,and - they
are showing a very natural
disposition to help keep ; the
good times by their votes.
Even Utah and Colorado
voters are showing signs of
returning common sense, and
are deserting the -'Bryan
craze for the good business
principles of William Mc
Kinley. Springfield Mass.
Union. f
If it is argued that Mr.
Bryan's cheap money theo
ries are of, no consequence,
since the free silver issue is
(dead, the Philadelphia Rec
ord, Dem., wants to know
whether Mr. Bryan's adhe
sion to" a dead issue is likely
to enhance confi dence in : his
judgment as a statesman lib-
. '''iri. . . - . . i
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