Show BORAH ASSAILS I HARMONY MEET Pleads for or Rejuvenation n Republican Party Along Genuinely Progressive Lines Linea of Work i COLUMBUS 0 Feb 2 ir elega from nil all sections of Ohio arrived d dhere here this morning to attend tho the R lican state If harmony meeting which was held this afternoon with a aview aview aview view view to solidifying the tho Republican Bc and and Progressive ran ranks in th the coming cam cam- camE cam United States Senator W. W E E. Borah BorA of Idaho was as the principal speaker speak r rat rat at a 11 dollar dinner Advocates Open War on Monopoly Op Open war on monopoly was advocated by Senator Borah Th The Tho time h had bid d for I remedies C come com not riot palliatives in dealing with i industrial monopolies and be he urged a vigorous policy on th the tho part of the Republican party in this regard At the tle same samo time timo he ha assailed the attitude on this issue of such leaders lead ers en of tho the Progressive sio party as former Senator Bo vend ge e of Indiana and George W. W Perkins of New Now York who he said maintained that monopolies s r were I tho the proper thin thing thine and nd all thoy they need is a little regulation lation Pleading for all aIl men who ho 1 believe elie e in fn inthe inthe the principles of the tho h Republican p party to aid in its rejuvenation as a genuine geanine ly Jy progressive party Senator Borah Borah- declared de dc- dared that even if even the tho Republican party part was was' at an ap end I could never join the third party so long Ions as it stan s as it now stands if I correctly understand its oly ely leaders H on this question of mon p. p Monopoly Worse Than Slavery Monopoly said S Senator Borah Bomb r is I is ten thousand times worst wont than thin black it sla slavery it is the father of class domin domination tio the molder of of ch chains ns bot both for the body and antI for the tho soult ind nd can not exist iJ in any lY form t the e people m a H ri hero man Ulan Upon this issue SUC T l' w to disagree with that Oven even ve lr agreed gre with thorn them upon all others II Mr Mr says that trusta nd mon monopolies p lies are aro ro tho richest ripest fruits of civilization He s says ys in in print that tho thi be beef t m monopoly n lJJ ly the tho steel l monopoly the Stand Standard rd Oil monopoly and all monopolies aro are tho the result of 01 the combination of genius and eri energy and of f great benefit to the people These 4 industrial industria organizations he be says have havO 8 steadied d the whole holc commer commercial commercial commer commer- cial world and have nave en extended ended the period pe nOd of f prosperity ri by the steadiness dines they have ae given gisen I en to the commercial and financial world Moro Mora than that he ha says they have hae actually the organization of labor on modern lines I rr q do not know just what Tic no has reference t to toby by I modern lines J but J 1 presume he refers to the tho fact that an investigation In two to years jears ago disclosed cl tb that t the steel trust worked men twelve ho hours hour a day and seven lIeven days in the tha W wee weeK The president of one of these great trusts trusts' or monopolies ave avs according according ac nc- ac- ac cording cordin to his interviews now tint that he would liko like to be managed and regulated regulated regu regu- a a l little but not dismembered in any way Mr Perkins the tho most persistent persistent per per- and powerful voice in tho the United States now of ot the tho third party sn says 8 that it is the thin thing to do that these mon monopolies aro arc tho the proper thing and all they need is a a little regulating Jibe at P Perkins and Beveridge I I I cannot imagine a p. more moro harmonious ous Otis affair than my friend Beveridge Be as as' as attorney general and anti Mr r. r Perkins as the head of a board c engaged a d in in the Continued on page 7 I BORAH ASSAILS i i. Continued from p page 1 C 1 emulation J of monopolies But Bu I T jay to Ir the tz tribute but bu of consistency lo Lc refuses es to turn his back on the tho b bv bc- which ho ma made e his croat groat he thinks it a good oo system rho harvester trust with t which farm farm- TB n arc quite q itc familiar is tho the ideal way ray wa rayo 0 o his mind ind J of doing business and the deal wa Tar o of being mana managed Gd VA A A republic is strong enough to do- do trO troy but never could be strong enough o Q re regulate monopoly Some of these thee lays all political parties because the will wm rise de in their ir might will m make ake up thus this proposition of monopoly md ml declarA declare in un terms i hat bit a republic and a a. monopoly p cannot nat under cr tho tim same annie flag will flag-will will delare delare delare de- de lare that we e put the nina man in itt jail who el a. a a. a and aud practices 33 as quickly as s a man luau who or- or a 3 combination of thieves and nd akes kes our pur ur property in another way Do tot misunderstand mo inc to oppose regu regu- tion and aud in un certain lines Jines but and nd control should always 10 in ill ill aid of an and for the tho purpose of ot l monopoly i I know people are aro afraid wo we will business business' and that is the hat that has kept us from a action tiou until is is no longer lon er free No nate 11 ate business need fear on the ther hand band if we wo were were were- to fo release the coplo to a real n new freed freedom on wo we would an n nera era of prosperity such as asye known ve ye never have ha Senator Borah Borab reviewed the history J if r tho party and its denied that hat it was ivas 18 re re- an and a assorted that a party part v which was wac the party of progress from 1856 to June Junc 22 at S 0 o'clock dock p p. p in 1912 did di l. l not undergo a complete Cn nOtwithstanding thet the tho I act ct t i i in is conceded that a vast amount if virtue then departed |