Show 4 4 1 1 REMINISCENCES REPUBLICAN g OF PARTY THE 1 r By 17 an Old Time Republican of Park City 4 4 se a. a The Republicans again took full control of the Washington government govern govern- went ment and ond almost Immediately began I the tho framing of a protective tariff bill This bill was WI known as the Dingley tariff taking its name from front the man who took the chief role tole In framing it ft This bill was so judiciously judici drafted that It fitted the exIsting existing existing ex ex- ex- ex conditions which then obtained obtain obtain- ed and afforded protection sufficient ent to safeguard our industries while giving general satisfaction to the country as a whole and there was no demand made for Its revision for many years although the Democratic tie tic platform of 1900 denounced I It demanding an enlargement of the free list aSia asa a means moans of combating the trusts But the old slogan tariff for r only was missing from that platform The Republican platform of 1896 declared for the maintenance of ot the gold standard opposing tho th carriage of silver unless some international agreement with the principal nations of tho the world could be ho brought about whereby the ratio of silver with gold could be maintained i The money was largely between be be- twe tween the people of oC the east and those of ot the west Nearly all easterners easterners easterners east east- erners no matter of what party were gold Old bugs while nearly all aU of the western people were for the free and unlimited coinage of at the ratio of 16 to 1 All AU the interests of east feared or affected to f tear fear ar that ware were we ve to have the free coinage of silver our country would be flooded with silver to the exclusion of any other money While we of the west felt and feared that were we to have havethe havethe havethe the geld standard silver would be beof beof beof of little value and In consequence we would be wronged and made poor by the putting Into law of the gold standard In Jn the light of events that have since transpired Itis It ItIs itIs Is safe to say that both the people of ea eat t and of the west were wrong In March 1900 the Republicans passed the gold standard act nal Ing gold the sole lIole monetary sta standard d rd While this tb-is practically ended the fight tight 1 for a money standard the Democrats Inserted the free and unlimited I coinage of ot silver at 16 to 1 In their I 1900 platform but not with any hope of writing that plank Into law i During the la late e nineties Big Business Business' isser- isser began to be so so self Live and powerful that it became became necessary to find some m means m-eans ans of curbIng curbIng curb curb- Ing and overcoming their dominance domin domin- ance aiice tit It vas as felt b by all people that the trusts as ns they were then beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning to be called were determined ed Jd d to destroy all competition In Jn business bustness business busi bust ness and carry on all such business as us they should feel disposed to control control con con- In such auch manner and at t such prot pro- pro lUd tl t as the they might will viii So offensive were these combinations that a IL widespread widespread widespread wide wide- spread demand was made that their power of effecting combinations and and restraining trade and anllo competition j i be curbed or destroyed I Ibe I This resulted In the enactment of the Sherman Trust Anti-Trust act forbidding forbidding forbidding forbid forbid- ding the making of contracts In re restraint restraint restraint re- re of trade This act was at first limited in Its fIs scope because it was held by the Supreme Court in In 1895 1896 not to be applicable to manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- concerns but only to Interstate Interstate interstate Inter Inter- state commerce During President Roosevelt's velt's administration an effort effort effort ef ef- fort was made to have that act more liberally construed To that end the government brought suit against the Northern Securities Company I company had been formed for the purchase of two railroads which under under under un un- der this law could not be purchased one by the other but a third company company com com- cornI comI I i I pany purchased both accomplishing their ownership by the sarn same salI parties as If one had purchased the other The case was hotly contested by le legal legal le- le Ie-I Ie I gal talent of a high order by the company and vigorously prose prosecuted I by the government and the government government govern I I j ment moot won a sweeping victory I i 1 I In the campaign of 1904 the Democrats Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- undertook to convict the Republican Republican Re Re- publican party of complicity with trusts and nOd monopolies and made mad demands de 10 I mands In lii their platform that laws la I de-I be enacted und and enforced to prevent such combinations of capital front from Interfering Inter inter- fering with trade The he Republicans count countered rd In I ther platform by showing that a Republican government had enacted such an effective law that the Democratic Demo Dem cratic administration had halt failed tailed to efficiently enforce It That th the Republican Re Re- publican administration had bad succeeded site suc edell ct-edell In Its Us very effective enforce enforce- ment fluent The Democrats nominated Alton AltonB B II n. Parker of New York for lor President President President dent and Henry a G. G Davis of West Vest Virginia for vice president The Tho Republicans nominated Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore lore Roosevelt who was then servIng serving serving ing the unfinished term of President McKInley for President and for Vice President Chas W. W Fairbanks of ot Indiana The usual minor parties put tickets tickets tic tic- In the field but did not draw away from rein tho the two major parties enough votes to make their campaign attractive The campaign was won on onby by the Republicans whose candidates received electoral and anU ot of the popular votes The Democratic Democratic Dem Deni- candidates received only electoral and of the p popular pular pu- pu lar mr votes With this very expressIon expression sion aba of confidence by the people tho Republican administration backed by strong majorities in both houses of ot Congress proceeded with prosecutions prosecutions prosecutions of the tho large and powerful corporations corporations cor cor- which were charged with violations of the Sherman act In Itt selecting their corporation the Roosevelt administration did not select weaklings as as the following list shows Among these were the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey aey tho the Du Pont d do Nemours Powder Powder Powder Pow Pow- der Company of New Jersey the American Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey and the American Tobacco Company of New Jersey Jorsey When the d department p of ot justice started to prosecute these giant companied com coat panle panie the opinion amongst those who knew the financial power and the combative tendencies of these concerns was that the government would fail faI but l the government won KB every point and brought home to Jo o. o th these se mighty corporations ti the pate patent t fact that they must live within the law quite as carefully as the humblest humblest humblest est Individual If t they were to continue contin ue ue to exist While the Department of Justice did not seek the destruction destruction tion of those powerful all concerns the result of its us actions against th them m plainly showed that were wars they to cOn cott their offences It would not be impossible to dissolve them through the action of the United States courts This was another victory for COI the and it H pointed out clearly the equality of rights r and nd the equality of responsibilities w were we're re neither abridged nor extended be- be for the tho law law- to those whose whoso financial standing made them world wa famous and all powerful In this and other countries and further they would get a square deal if it they kept within with with- in the law that they must suffer the consequences I I they defied it Governmental supervision o of public public public pub pub- lic carriers such as railroads steamship steamship steamship steam steam- ship companies now be became me such that all public corporations were compelled to adjust and change their regulations that their service would would- be both impartial and efficient to all patrons The special rates and large rebates which had been a feature Tot bribe for business to the bu business of the large shippers was discontinued so that the smaller I shipper wn placed ed on an equal l footing with I his hU mammoth competitor 1 r i iThe The building of the panama Canai Canal Can Can- lal al ai the conservation of our forests and the utilization of tour our ur water water powers for Ind purposes the tile 4 building up of our navy to a a. power commensurate with the defensive re requirements requirements ye- ye of our coasts were some Iome of the tho achievements of the Roosevelt loose Roose velt veit administration atlon With such a a. a record the cans were justified In declaring in In their platform of ot 1908 that the Roosevelt administration was an epoch in history In no other period per per- iod od since national sovereignty was won under Washington and pre pro preserved served under Lincoln has tl there ere been such mighty progress Jn In those Ideals of government which make for or justice equality and fair dealings among m men n. n The highest a aspirations of the tite American people have Continued on Page Two aaa I t REMINISCENCES OF i REPUBLICAN PARTY i 1 l I Continued From Pago One found round a voice In addition to the tho great achieve achieve- menu menta of ot the administration the tho Republicans were able to point to an Impressive array of at legislation legislation legis legis- lation carried through by can congress This Included an emergency currency bill provision for tor a national monetary commission measures measure for tor greater efficiency of ot the army an and navy an child anti-child labor law greater safely law for tor engineers and firemen on railroads widows pension law and a promise of ot revision revl- revl sion afon of at the tho tariff law and a general continuance of at tho the progress of the Roosevelt administration Upon this platform the party nominated nom nom- mated William II II 11 Tart Taft of Ohio for tor President and James L I. L. L Sherman of New York for vice president While the Democratic platform railed and fumed and denounced everything Republican It In reality adopted the very policies which the Republicans had hart adopted or were pledged to adopt The Democratic convention then nominated William Dryan Bryan of at Nebraska for tor President and Jorn W. W Kern of Indiana for tor vice president Five of ot the minor parties Including the Socialists made nominations but the general interest was to the two domInating dominating dominating dom dom- parties The Republicans won the decision with popular and of the electoral votes The Democrats had electoral and popular votes The next largest vote votO was cast by the Socialists I and seemed rather small considering the big noise made by that party President Tart Taft soon after his induction In Induction Induction In- In Into the tho Presidency called a special session of congress to revise the tariff This resulted In the Payne- Payne Aldrich tariff bill received President Tafts Taft's approval and aud while this bill undoubtedly had much merIt mer mer- It lIt did not fill the tho expectations of ot a large contingent of the party who complained that the tariff revision tended upward rather than downward downward downward down down- ward and that the revision was favorable favorable fa ta- fa- fa to the Interests This feeling feelIng feelIng feel- feel Ing extended throughout the party membership to an extent extent sufficient to w cause apathy within the party ranks I sufficient to let the congressional election go by default to o the Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- Demo I who ho are ever alert to gain all possible advantage that may be available every election election- President Taft Tat urged further tariff reform in do dothe Inthe the tall fall of 1910 in the reciprocity treaty with Canada but congress failed tailed to act on his recommendation To carry through this treaty Pre Pre- l I 1 I I Taft Tatt called A special session eulon of ot congress congress Immediately upon expire atlon atton of of ot the session Congress promptly passed the required legis legislation legIs-I legIs lation ton The matter maUer was opposed by byI bya a small number of ot Insurgent Republicans j who fought taught It because they believed it detrimental to the agri agricultural I cultural Interests of ot tho west I When the treaty treat was finally presented to the Canadian parliament It was rejected because the I party of Canada had lost I control of at the tho Ottawa parliament While Its Ita adoption by our congress s seemed emed to show proof that tb the Re lie- Republican publican party parr was preparing tomake to tomake tomake make some very decided tariff changes but unfortunately It left two wings of the tho party each of these having Independent comman commanders command command- lers l- l ers era These commanders could not get together to n co battle for tor Republican victory In 1912 While Mr Taft endeavored to act as mediator between the wings wIng he was unsuccessful The result result re re- sult stilt was that President Taft Tatt with Vice President Sherman Sherm was nomInated nominated nominated I by the conservative wing of at the party and Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W W. W Johnson of at California were wore nominated for tor President and Vice President of ot the Progressive Progressive- Republicans In most details the I platforms of the two wings of ot the party were Identical bu but the Progressives Progressives Pro Pro- the need of at a amore amore a amore more decided prosecution of the reforms re re- reforms re-I re forms torms begun under the Roosevelt administration adminIstration administration ad ad- ministration and the most emphatic declaration for tor equal suffrage alike to men and women TIll Democratic of that year was controlled by J Bryan Dryan and he forced the nomination of Woodrow Wilson of ot New Jersey and Thomas R. R Marsh Marshall ll of ot Indiana Indiana Indi ana for tor President and Vice Prost j dent The platform declared for tor fora tora a tariff for tor revenue only the abandonment abandonment aban aban- t of the Philippines and slid for tor foran foron toran an on Income tax The Tile Socialist Labor the Prohibitionist and the Socialists made nominations The campaign was vigorous throughout and while the Republicans polled a large majority majority ma ma- of the votes of the nation because because because be be- cause these thase votes were divided between between between be be- tween two candidates the Democratic tic ticket was elected Woodrow Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son received electoral votes Roosevelt 82 82 Mr Taft 8 Yet the popular vote was Wilson Roosevelt and Taft Tart The combined Republican vote being more than w wv was cast castI Ifor for the tile Democratic candidates I votes were divided between I Ithe I the other three partis of ot these thele the tM Socialists received The Democrats also secured control of Congress So that Woodrow Wilson Wilson Wil Wit son eon and his party were complete masters of the United States govern govern- I ment For the first time Ume since the I days of Grover Cleveland the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party held full sway away and that party proceeded to work Its will with the affairs s of the nation The great World war started In July 1914 President Wilson assumed assumed assumed assum assum- ed |