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Show TRUST RECORD OF DEMOCRATS HOW THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN TRIED TO HELP THE SUGAR TRUST Every Line cf Legislation as Placed There by the Republicans and the Democrats Voted Against a Constitutional Amende ment to Regulate Them Only Four Months Ago, .rry lice cf legislation now on the statute book of the I 11, toil Stat. n ill- j W scalnat trust ami unlawful ; tmle (Miiihinatlon wa plai e.l there I fc ttt Iteptilii teans. Iliat there Is 110; more utrinirent law ' aaJiiKt ttieta Is the fault ut ttie lH-mo-flmtic party. 'lti last oeranion on wliii h the par-aa par-aa r-pri ini.ti .1 in t .'oiiu'i ei. went on retnl on tiie trust giiostioD was on June 1. l:i. , Cm that (lay a final Tote was taken f.n a l oti-titutioaal am.-mlm. nt to grant Congress power to "ileiiiie. re-ii-: lau, proiiiint iiinl ilissolve trusts, mo- : fiopolioa ami eomloiiat ions, whether it-Istioif it-Istioif Iu tiie (orm of eorporatioLis or othiTWaM"." j It renu.res a twa th'.r.ls Tote of Con- i ttro.sa to Mil.mit a -otist!tii:ioiial atnon.l-11. atnon.l-11. out to the mate li-jjislal ur.-s lor rat-llntition. rat-llntition. '1 he rpieetion tn auhmit It was lost , by a Tote of l.M yeas to nas. Of ttie yens 1 iu were Kepuliiii tins and only five w ere I 'eniiM-iats. "J'he fle wer ''ampie-ll of Moiitatia. Na-' phen ami 'laylor of Miosi. lnisetts. S uihler of .Sew York, ami i-.t.iey of reniipylrsioa. f tiie J. .'J nays. niT two were Ke-lo.hl.i Ke-lo.hl.i ans, I.ou. nn.l .M.Call. liuhanlsoii, i-intz. Milzer, Kitppert. Salmon atol ull the otio-r prof r-sioii.tl truKt k.iiers' Toteil nay. '1 hey ei.tn-d ta p.e Congress the power 10 Itnipple Willi the trusts. 1 he In-mo-i crata lndiiignl 111 spasms of virtue tor two days, ileiiouming the trusts, and thsn Toted to continue H., in. In one of Mr. Hi 1.1I1 r.'i out spi-eohe be cave the lb pul.in 1111 remedy as the final one lie would ii h.pt. in case he was elected at.d nil oiler means tailed. In other winds Mr llryan annuls the Ti.lue of the bcpiibli. ull Idea. but I wants to try other measures lirst. lie lias iiPl. :..'...! '.ii'' lUoc u.ca.-J.ii uic to Is-. Some trusts operate all over the : ooiuitry; iithi rs, l.ke the New York Ice Trust, oHiate in a single city. The! reiptiMte imwer to reach eaeh and nil and bru.g Ho in within the federal law was di nasi by a margin of thirty six j Toii, all l'euiiH rune. I 'enouncing is one thing, lining Is nn-other. nn-other. Mr. i'.rjaus trust denunciations. denuncia-tions. In view of his party's record, proiiiiise mi U Iter than the prophecies he la-do four years ago; and as a prophet Mr. ilrian has not succeeded. |