The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1902, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1902. UNITED STATES SENATOR PERKINS TAKES THE STUMP AND CALLS FOR UNITED SUP —. — EPUBLICANS OF SAN MATEOQ NAME TICKET H. W. Brown Receives the Nomination for the Assembly. Convention Gives Senator George C. Perkins Its Indorsement. Speclal Dispatch to The Call EDWOOD CITY, Oct. 1L—The San Mateo County Republi- can Convention met here to- day and nominated a ticket. The platform indorses the present Nationzl and State administrations, the Republi- States Senator Perkins upon all matters concerning the Interests of this coast, and pa rly of California. Congress- man Loud and Attorney General Webb were present and were invited to take| | on the platform. No addresses were em, as it was late when the journed. g nom'nations were made: ge, George C. Ross; Clerk, Schaberg: Recorder, J. F. John- Hayward; District Attorney, ock: Burveyor, W. B. Gilbert P. P. Chamberlain; Superin Schools, Etta M. Tilton; Coro- ar Public dministrator, James Crowe eriff, R. T. Chatham: Auditor, | Henry Underhiil; member of the Assem- | b H. W. Brown. ere were contests for the nominations heriff, Assemblyman and Auditor, the being t closest of all. Underhill George Barker by one vote. Barke believed to be invincible, having held for more than twenty years. w the office OPPOSES THE MONOPOLIES. CLARION, Towa, Oct. 1L—Judge J. P. ell, In accepting the Republican ination for Congress in the Third dis- succeed Speaker Henderson, in r of acceptance, s of the tariff and monopolies: rty of Jowa does not pro- icies of pritectio. i production and that table of to meet y arise in the in- ntry. of combinations ices ex- They t of the of the greed and sel- sts exist in countries free as well as in of protection Great Brita! combinations with millions of cap- witness in n existence. But monopolies wherever nd are & common enemy of sil. The Re- party of Iowa believes in the great- the greatest number and will not olicy of protection to become & rice of man, n the form of trusts, in- or corporate existence, nor h designing corporations he peopie of this coun: b men or corporations | 1 of the production of le products so that the gulated by the moOnOpoly jon the lowa Repub. uch monopoly by reciprocity and by s s to force such combina- with the world's mar- ever reyision or readjustment may the Republican party it wil ot prot n to Amer greed and a INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. T of S8an Francisco Deputies of ndent Order of Foresters held ting in the hall of Court Di- h of September, when a re- e B ar that the board was in exist . 1t showed that by energetic work the & ucceeded in assisting the entertzining the supreme offi- n of their visit to this entertainments realized to meet expenses that the Past Chief Rangers’ The board goes out of exist- . the time for which the mem- s were appointed will expire in a few DEMOCRACY 0 1 State platform and actions of United | made public to- | ed and governed by | where | esented of the work done dur- | i e o O ABER., PHOTO -« Tor Georat C-PERKIND || THREE LOYAL SUPPORTERS OF GEORGE C. PARDEE WHO ADDRESSED AN IMMENSE THRONG LAST NIGHT. — | or tittie of its faith in i | VER in Oakland’s Seventn Ward, where George C. Pardee first appeared as a leader in Republican politics, there was | a grand outpouring last night | of his old friends and neigh- | bors of twenty vears’ standing. Brimful of enthusiasm was the throng of East Oaklanders that jammed Washington | Hall and sounded with loud acclaim their | loyalty to the comra of old and the whole Republican ticke Of peculiar interest was this demonstra- tion last night, because it marked the formal inauguration of the speech-thak- ing campaign of United States Senator George C. Perkins, Senator Perkins was the honored guest last evening of the Republican County Central Committee, under whose direction this meeting was held. He had witn greart | pleasure accepted its invitation to address the Republicans of the Seventh Ward, the home for many rs of the Republi- e can nominee for Governor, of Superior | Judge Henry A. Melvin and of “Jack” | Cook, the Republican candidate for | County Clerk, who, with many of the | other Republican nominees, were ac- | | corded a splendid reception at this jolli- | fication. { The Seventh Ward fully sustained its | reputation for political loyalty and en- thasiasm. -From all portions of that large | district east of Lake Merritt came hun- dreds of supporters of Republicanism to give evidence by their presence of the | strong fealty of the ““Old Seventh,” which has never failed to round up a handsome | majority for the Republican ticket. Cred- | it reflects upon Georgeé S. Plerce, secre- | | tars of the Republican County Central { Committee and a Seventh Warder, for | the excellent arrangements for the dem- | onstration. | OUTLOOK INSPIRING. With fireworke, bonfires, bursting bombs and patriotic music the outlook at East Twelfth street and Sixth avenue was an inspiring one. Within Washington Hall the mass of bright colors that draped the F NEW YORK PU platform and auditorium gave a cheery aspect to the scene, and enlivened with songs and short crisp epeeches the meet- ing went with vim and dash. During the evening, before the meeting was called to order, the young men’s drill corps of the Republican League, Captain J. F. Kick, paraded in their natty uni- forms behind a brass band. In the hall the league entertained the audience with the refrain made famous at the Sacramento Convention by Harry Melvin and opening with the desperate declaration that ‘He was a bold, bad man,” etc., etc. And concluding with a warwhoop for “Pardee.” After the audience had been regaled with several selections by the band, the piatform was occupied by Hon. Clinton G. Dodge, president of -the evening; Sen- ator Perkins, State Senator G. Russell Lukens, Secretary Picrce of the County Ccemmittee, and many of the county can- didates on the Republican ticket. Actuated by courtesy. Senator Perkins gave way to the county nominees in the speech-madking, telling Chairman Dodge that he thought they should have the right of the road. Therefore a time limit of a minute each was placed on their ad- dresses, which were merely of an intro- ductory character. President R. H. Espy of the Young Men’s Republican League, and a member of the County Central Committee, called the meeting to order and presented Cini- ton F. G. Dodge as chairman. Chairman Dodge said: LOYALTY TO PARDEE. Although he is not present to-night, it is eminently fitting that where for so many years we fought with George C. Pardee in this hall where he first received a nomination, we should have so splendid a demonstration to again man- ifest our davotion and loyalty to him. And we have alsp with us that sterling Republi- can, United States Senator George C, Perkins, and that tireless worker, Senator G. R, iu- kens, I am a Republican. That purty is good enough for me. 1t is the party that time after time has demonstrated its ability to care for the workingman and there is nothing in fits TS . i L e e COLER AT THE HEAD OF TICKET AND T record that can be construed nny other way. It is the proudest boast of the Republican party that it has gone Into the ranks of labor for ite presidents. Abruham Lincoln was a rail splitter, Grant was a taaner, €arfleld was a canal boat towman, and Theodore Roosevelt went into the Brotherhood of Locomgtive Fire- men and became a member of that great or- ganization. The record of the Republican par- ty of California, of its present Governor, of George C. Pardee in the dark days of Cleve- Jand’s administration stand as a refutation of | the slander and calumny that the Republican party Is not the friend of the laboring man Make no mistake, Governor; make George C. Perkins = United States Benator, and make Victor H. Metcalf Congressman and continue Californfa in the ranks of that party which is the party of a future, A glee club entertained" the audience with some campaign songs and -was fol- lowed by the county candidates in rapid order. « Superior Judges Henry'A. Meélvin, Wil- liam E. Greene and Samuel P. Hall opened: the way. John Mitchell, the Republican: nominee for Assessor; Robert Greig, can- didate for Recorder; Arthur W.. Feidlér. candidate, for County Treasurer; John P. Coolk for County Clerk eorge Gray, for Public Administrator; Hdrry Lynch; for Superintendent of Schools; John J.. Allen, for District Attorney; E. C. Prather, for County Surveyor; James ‘B. Barber, for Tax Collector; - Oscar. L. Rogers, - for Sheriff; J. Cal Ewing for County Audito! 'William Geary, for Justice of the Peace; Dr. N. K. Foster, nominee for Assembly- man from the Tifty-first District; Judge Mortimer Smith, for Police Judge, and Justice ‘of the Peace John W.- Stetson made short addresses. PERKINS INTRODUCED. United States Senator George C. Per- kins was introduced amid much enthu- slasm, as one who had done great ser- vice for California and for the Republican party. He said: There can be no doubt In the face of this splendid meeting as to the success of the Re- publican ticket. Perhaps we have not been as soclable as we ought to have been, but it is a 8ood thing for us to get together and inter- change ideas. 1 remember twenty-three years ago, when we were given a’'magnificent recep- tion_in old Badgers Park, and that vear the people of California gave me a majority of make George C. Pardes | ot 22,000 for Governor, and I belleve that Dr. Pardee will get at least 5000 more. I would rather have the good wishes of my fellow-citizens and remain at home than to have the greatest office in the land and lose their respect. We are bound together to get the best government in the world. A political party must be judged by its ac- ticns, just as individuals must be judged. The same' rule applies to rolitical parties as to the citizen. 1 have had an opportunity to know and to judge what the Democratic party would do and_what the Republican party would do. When President Harrison turned over the reins of government to the Democratic party there was a splendid prosperity in the natlon. The people at that time thought they wanted a change. So President Cleveland, with _the Democrats in full power in the House and Sen- ate, convened the Congress in' extra session. Professor Wilson, a member of Congress, wrote a tarift bill. Président Cleveland said _that measure of McKinley's was all wrong. Well, what was the result? We had not been in session sixty days before distrust and want of cenfidence burst upon the nation. It increassd and Coxey's army marched to Washington. Mills were closed and factories were shut. Go ernment 4 per cents could not be sold- until 2, 3 and 4 per cent premium was added by Se retary Carlisle. Contrast that with the pre: ent 2 per cent bonds seling at G per cent pre mium. INCREASE IN EXPORTS. ‘We want on until the people wearied of this sort of thing and they elected McKinley and Hobart and again McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. What was the resukt? Look at our condition. Look at the mills to-day, look at the wage roll of tho factories, look at the homes and look at the shops. Is this not enough to tell the story? And during that five years we fought a war with Spain and raised an army In a way that startled all of Europe and gave them a tre- mendous insight into the wonderfully developed resources of our nation under a beneficent Re- publican administration. All through the war and until the treaty of peace was sicned our Democratic friends were with _us, but suddenly they discovered that the Republican party was getting too much glory. No glory attaches to the Republica: party but to the people. And, by the way, o the 20th of last May the Republican party did that which our Democratic friends sald we would not do—we gave Cuba her freedom abso- lutely and our noble President gave her our benediction and said no nation shall ever in- terfere so long as you stand right. And fu the Philippines on the Fourth of July we introduced a civil government. Contrast this with the three hundred years of Spanish “nisrule. This only shows you the influence uf the American people wherever they go. Peace has Leen restored in the Philippines with the Sl exception of one island where the Mohamme- dans rule, and that is only a temporary In- surrection, We have sent one thousand school teachers fnto the islands to instruct these peo- Fple and to lignten their way along the path that leads to liberty and self-government. I fay now that the time is not far distant when the Filipinos will bless the day that Uncle Sam came to the islands to found and to maintain forever a government of civil and religious freedom, where the state doés not in- terfere with religion and religion does not in- terfere with tae state. And all of this has been done by the Re- publican party. Yet a Republican Congress raised all of the money that was necessary to catry out the great work of the past four years and this same Republican party has wiped out a war revenue tax of $70,000,000. When President Roosevelt signed the bill that stopped the r tax there was more money in the Treasury than ever before, the nation had a better credit than ever in its history amd the flag was more honored and respected at home and abroad. Contrast this wich the record of Democratic administration—no money, no cred- it, .mo confidence, Money at this time was never so cheap as before. Labor is the source of all wealth. Whether it be labor by the brain or by the hand, the mian is not living who does not work at something. When it is sald that the Republican party is no friend of labor the statement is not' spoken from the record. I will venture to say for myself that I have done more days of hard work, of manual labor, than any man that has been nominated on the la- bor party ticket in San Francisco, Oakland or any other place. Every man who is working to-day wants to get ahead. . He wants to be ir. a position where he can employ some one to help him. Every boy in the land who at- tends the little country school, no matter how humble, wants to go on to the grammar school, on to the high school and then to the people’s university at Berkeley. But all of us eannot | o' to the Legislature or to the United States Senate, but we can all deserve to go thera and to be as good if not better than the man who temporarily represents us. TRIED FRIEND OF LABOR. They say the Republican party is not the friend of labor. The Republican party killed human slavery because it was a blot, a_crime And a stain upon the esgutcheon of the nation, and secondly, because i desraded labor. The Republican party enacted the _anti-contract law which prohibits a corporation from im- porting labor by contract. The Republican party enacted the anti-pauper law which pro- hitats immigrants without a trade or some means of making o living from entering this country. And a Republican Congress and President, without thg aid of the Democrats, enacted a Chinese exclusion law that put into HRO | I ORT OF GEORGE C. PARDEE |SANTA CLARA CAMPAIGN IS WARMING UP Three-Cornered Race for the Shrievalty Excites Interest. Senator Shortridge Contin- ues His Unique Woo- ing of Votes. Special Dispatch to The Call. AN JOSE, Oct. L-—Santa Clara County politics is beginning to ‘warm up and the fight for the offices from now on to election will be & hard one. Just how the election will go is a quan- dary, as the conditions are greatly altered this year. The Mackenzie clique, which has been a factor in previous campaigns, is now on the shelf. Followers of the Harbor Commissioner will not be able to elect any candidate alone, but by throw- ing their strength to several of the can- didates they may be able to defeat those they are fighting. The biggest fight is over the Sheriff's office. A. B. Campbell {s the Republican nominee, James Thorpe the Democratic candidate and Robert J. Langford, who is at present fiiling the office, is running independently. Both Campbell and Thorpe are union labor men and will divide this vote. Langford is one of the best-known men in the county, and, drawing from both parties and with the support of the Mackenzie element, will get a big vote. In the Twenty-eighth Senatorial Dis~ trict Charles M. Shortridge is making a novel fight against overwhelming odds. Each night he makes a characteristic Shortridge speech, with the accompanl- ments of a colored quartet, and in the day he rides from house to house solicit- ing votes. W. A. Beasly, Republican, and Willlam Herman, Democrat, are his op- ponents, and they are losing no chances to galn votes. The Mackenzieites are Shortridge’s main strength and they are using every effort to return him to the Senate. The County Central Committes of the Republican party is making an extensive campaign for Pardee and the balance of the ticket and are certain to run the Republican majority up to & new high- water mark. To-morrow night Franklin K. Lane, Democratic nominee for Governor, and D. M. Delmas will gpeak in Victory Theater In this city. The Republicans will have another big rally here on October 10, when Congress- man Littlefleld will speak. @ simiviinininisiriris e @ force every law on the statute books and gave the Secretary of the Treasury more extended privileges and rights to regulate the admission of_Chinese. Tt has-been said the tariff is making all of the trouble about the trusts. What trusts b the tariff created? The greatest trust of all {8 the coal ofl trust. Coal ofl is on the free list. Another trust is the anthracite coal com- bination. Anthracite coal is on the free list. Did the American protective tariff create the monstrous combinations that flourish In Eng- land, France and Germany? The Democrats Give us a chance and we will fix the They had a chance in 1898 when President, House and Senate were Demoeratic. The only law on the books to-day against the trusts is the Sherman anti-trust law placed there by the Republican party and signed by President Harrison. That law has been sus- tained by the Supreme Court of the United States. When the rallroad combine was smashed in 1898 and when Judge Taft's de- cision against the iron pipe trust was af- firmed, United States Circult Judge Morrow in San Francisco knocked out a combination of coal dealers who tried to prevent sales to retallers. ‘When an amendment to the United States Constitution fer the regulation of the trusts was suggested all but four Democrats voted against it, and all but two Republicans voted for it. Even to-day President Roosevelt has called the coal kings, the mine owners and the rallroad presidents and declared they must settle things or he will, if necessary, com-ene a Republican Congress fo show them that they shall not oppress the people. The interests of California can be best sub- served by retaining the Republican party in power, by electing Pardee for Governor and by keeping your legislative representatives in of- fice. The Republican party comes to you con- fident that you know it has kept every prom- ise it ever made. Senator G. R. Lukens followed in a briet address urging loyalty to the whole Re- publican ticket. With “The Star Spangled Banner” the meeting closed. Contiuned From Page 1, Column 3. majority, and T am entitled . unless the Dcamocrtic party d os saying that an e is of no value and that majority means nothing. t Goodwin recelved the ticket. Sheehan’s part lowest and he does the rear of ‘the hail started down the the convention hall Even the band was drowned out delegates and friends on their chairs and cheered and d hats and handkerchiefs. ic's seated, he's seated,” ning short time Dever, ute < e In a n in an upro; elled the «rowd, but Devery raised his hand and led t “Not yet, not yet.” en arose the cry from one side of the matter with Dev- roar came the the in geliery, “What's <ry?" and back swer, “He's all right.” : DEVERY’S VAIN APPEAL. thereafter the announcement Shortly Licd the convention hall that the com- | on credentials would not seat Devery or Goodwin. In deciding Deve contest a number of heated ceches were made, and when it was ex- ned that it was Senator Hill's desire 2 er Devery nor Goodwin be rec- oznized, a motion to that effect was car- with but few dissenting votes. Vhen Senator Hill entered the conven- hall there was a great outburst of uze. When the report of the committee on dentials was called for, Chairman Mc- iahon said: In presenting the report I move ths evious question.” s was to prevent debate. 1en the secretary read “In the Ninth York neither delegation is entitied in the convention because of the ew zeat olesz hisses went up, and as it continued e was seen making his way to the 1. Vainly the chalrman - rapped 7or order, vainly a band played. When lLie reached the platform steps Devery platfor raised his hands in an effort to stop theY pandemonium that reigned. A sergeant- at-arms, with his hand on the big ex- chief's shoulder, tried to force him back to & seat, but he shook him off &nd t 1 want to call atten- | le corruption,” a roar of cheers | | started to speak. He said amid cheers: “Democrats of this convention, Samuel Tilden was deprived of his right of the people of the | United States. We do not want that to occur Lere to-day. It was through the | work of a clique of this convention that the people of the Ninth Disirict are about to be deprived of a similar right. Mr. | Hill, as leader of the State of New York, | we ask justice from you as leader of the | Democratic party. We do not come here as honest Democrats to be deprived of | our rights. As Devery left the platform not a dele- | gate was in his seat, and_the gallery was in a wild state of excitenfert. A Devery delegate got to the platform and at- tempted 1o speak. The chair told him that he could not address the convention. Amidst tremendous uproar he started to speak, but a sergeant-at-arms hustled kim down the steps. For fuliy ten minutes the and spectators roared, applauded and hissed, and then as the noise subsided Temporary Chairman Stanchfield said: “For the sake of the delegates to this Democratic convention and those present |1 desire to say that the party does not propose to have its voice put down or al- { low its convention to be run by thugs and ruftians and— Here the Devery adherents broke out again and drowned Stanchfield’s voice by cheers for Devery. For several min- utes it went on, and then the chair said: “I want to say to the gallery, every- body will get fair play. If (he gallery J. | franchise, as werc convention does not cease the galleries will be cleared.” Cries of “Try it—let's see you,” fol- iowed, Finally, some semblance of order was obtained, and then Devery presented a minority report. CONVENTION CONCLUDES. The majority report was sustained, the | | counties voting in whole or in part in favor of the seating of the Devery dele- gates being: Queens, 7 for, 2 against; Suffolk, 4 for, 2 against; Wyoming, 3 for; Yates, 8 for. All of the other counties voted for the majotity report, declaring the seats of the delegates from the Ninth vacant. ‘When the vote had been announced Devery left the hall followed by his dele- gates and friends. There was not much trouble or cheering. ‘The committee on permanent organiza- tion made its report, naming Martin W. Littleton of Brooklyn for permanent chairman. In assuming the chair Little- ton made a speech criticising the acts and policles of the national! administra- tion. 3 Coler was nomirnated for Governor on the first ballot, receiving 444 votes against three for Jacob A. Canter, president of Manhattan borough. The Canter votes came from Kings County delegates. In an undelivered speech, furnished to the press, Nathan Strauss declared that if Coler was nominated he would do all in his power to defeat him at the polls, Strauss referred to his work in distrib- uting practically free of charge milk to the poor children of the tenements of New York City, and declared that Coler had tried to stop it, although he had pledged himself to help it along. It was for this reason that he opposed Coler’s nomination. The ticket was rapidly com- pleted, all the nominations, beginning with that of Lieutenant Governor, being made by acclamation. The convention adjourned at 3:35 o’clock p. m. When William 8. Devery and his friends left their seats they hurried up the aisle, and, turning at the door, the ex-chief shouted: “We're compelled to abide by the will of the convention, but scme of you here will have cause to regret your action.” When he reached the street he was soon surrounded by a large and constant- ly increasing crowd and gave orders that his band strike up and a parade was started through the principal streets in the village. After marcking about half an hour the party returned to the United States Hotel. Devery was pushed through the crowd gathered there to the steps, and then shouts of “speech, speech,” caused him to turn and face the street. He was plainly laboring under a great stress of excitement. “I am not able to talk to you,” he said. “I am a Democrat, but some one will regret to-day’s work. There can be no Democracy where a clique of a few men can meet in a suite of three rooms and dictate who can be seated and who can- not.” ARRAIGNS REPUBLICAN PARTY SARATOGA, N. Y., Oct. 1.—The plat- form adopted by the Democratic State convention to-day calls for steadfast fidel- ity to American principles for the lack of which it arraigns the Republican party; demands the return to the principles of Thomae Jefferson to stop demoralization of the country; opposes trusts that in- Juriously affect’ consumer ahd employer and drive out small: manufacturers and especially condemns the - so-called beef antl coal trusts for ‘*‘unreasonably de- priving ‘the people of necessities of 1ifd.” Restriction of the amassing of wealth is, advocated, and the amendment of the tariff law by placing the necessities of life on. the free list is demanded.. The Dingley tariff law is condemned as a whole. The President -is criticised for dilatory conduct and- is accused of not wanting to cffend the trusts. The platform asserts that the proposi- tion to amend ‘the United States Consti- tution to enable the Federal Government to proceed against the trusts is -a mere subterfuge to get delay;-condemns the neglect of the natignal and Stdte admin-' istrations to enfofice the Sherman law and the Donnelly law; favors expansion and objécts to this country'*aping Eng- land in trying to establish a. colonial Government;” condemns ‘the actlon of the Government in its treatment of the Philippines; demands justice for Cuba in the matter of trade by reducing the tariff to.a strictly revenue basis; demands pub- lic ownership of the anthracite coal mines by the right of eminent domain and the payment of full damages to owners, so as to insure peace in the mining regions and relleve the consumers; arraigns the State administration for extravagance in the administration of State affairs; de- clares in favor of a 1000-ton barge canal; denounces the nresent State excise laws and demands the return of all moneys recelved to the county where collectes sympathizes with the Jews in Roumania; favors the election of United States Sen- ators by direct vote; condemns the na- tional administration for ‘trading judi- cial positions for State aid.” The declaration regarding - national ownershin of anthracite mines is as fol: lows: We advocate the nacicnai ownership and op- cration of the anthracite coal mines by the exercite of the right «f eminent domain” with Just compensation to uwners. Ninety per cent of “the anthracite coal deposits of the world Leing in the State ol Pennsvlvavia, national cwnership can but be in the inte of the whole peopla. Fuel, like water, be.ng a public necesity, we advocate national ownership and control of the mines ‘as a rolution of the problem which Wwill relieve the country from tie sufferings which: follow differences between labor and cap- ital in the anthracltc mines. This course wiil insure peace in the mining regions anc, rémove the cause for differences leading not only to suffering, but oft times to bloodshed and in- surrection. It will ralieve the consumers of coal, mnot only in this State, but throughout the whole country; insure steacy employment and ade- quate ‘compensation to labor; transfer children irum the mines to the schools; insure, strength- cn and preserve fhe stability of the business i terests and popular institutions of our country. Whatever differences vl opinion may exist over other propositions of public ownership, the pro- Iriety of that volicy as applied to anthracite coal mines must be apparent to every citizen. Other planks devoted to national topics arc in full as follows: Commercial freedom and revision of tariff We belleve with Jefferson In commercial fre dom. Tariff taxation, 'ike all other taxation, ehiould be limited to the necessities of the Gov- ernmient,. economically administered. It should be fmnosed for public objects only and never for private purposes. It is not the province of the Governmerit to abuse the power of taxation by enriching the few at the expense of the many. ~ Protection to the consumers from un- Juet tariff exactions is therefore the protection which the people demand, and the manufac- turers of the country require reliet from im- posts upon thelr raw materlals, that by in- creasing the cost of their product thwart their efforts to enter {oreign markets. When tariffs are not needed for revenue they stould be eliminated and thereby extend and premote our market abroad. The poliey of reei- ITocity in trade is tho traditional Democratic policy and fs in harmony with the spirit of the times. ~ The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem. The immediate revision of the tariff is the supreme duty of the hour. No unnecessary withdrawals of circulating medium—We are opposed to any system of tax- ation that raises hundreds of millions of dollars rore than is necessary to pay the expenses of the Government, and locks the same in the vaults of the treasury, thereby contracting ths circulating medium of the country that is reeded by the people in the transaction of their business, creating a stringency in the financial condition of our country and compell- ing merchants and maufacturers to pay exor- bitant rates of interest. ON THE TRUST PROBLEM. Trusts and monopolies—The Democratic party is opposed to the gigantic corporate combines commonly known as trusts, which practically establish manopclies, destroy competition, con- trol the raw material und Increase the price of finished products, thus injuriously —affecting both producer and consumer: they iessen thw employment of labor, arbitrarily fix the cerms and conditions thereof, and deprive individual ericrgy ana small_capital of their opportunity for betterment, They effectually appropriate the fruits of industry to the greed of a fow thousands at the expense of the many millions of people, thus creating wealth in limited classes rather than in the masses of our citi- zenship. We especially condemn the beef and : ccal trusts, which have unreasonably raised the price of meat and coal to an extent which threatens the impoverishment and lives of the ¢ the legitimate produc- tion of the Republican policles that are foster- €d by Republican laws and excuses, apologized for, defended and protected by Republican ad- ministrations in return for campaign subser{p- tions and political support. We promise the people relief from the exor- bitant prices of the necessaries of life and froi the abnormal and fllegitimate increase in th cost of living occasioned by the trust exactions. THe existing law against trusts must be en- férced, more stringent omes must be enacted, reasonable limitations and restrictions should be imposed upon the extent to which wealth shall be permitted to combine and monopolize any branch of industry or the production of any article of merchandise, and the whole consti- tutional power of Congress over the subject of texation, interstate commerce, the mails and all means of interstate communication should b= exercised by the enactment of comprehensive laws, and the vast legislative powers of the States should be invoked to the end that the people may have adequate relief from present intolerable trust conditions. And as anmother means of immediate and practical alleviation the present Republican tariff laws should be amended by putting those products of trusts which are essential to the life, comfort and necessities of the peaple upon the free list and thereby preventing the further continuance of monopoly under the plea. of protection. We reiterate that provision of the national Democratic platform which declares that ‘‘we condemn the Dingley tariff law as a trust measure skillfully dévised to give to the few favors which they do not deserve and to place lhlwfl the many burdens which they should not ear. ‘The Republican party confesses itself unwill- ing or incompetent to deal with this problem. Its national and State platforms contain cunningly devised phrases, which, however, scarcely conceal the Insincerity of their pre- tensions and are only designed to still further deccive and mislead the people and postpone the relief which they demand, while the diffuse, evasive and contradictory partisan speeches of the President, in which he criticizes every sim- ple and plain remedy proposed and hints at re- dress in the far distant future by means of an impracticable, dangerous and doubtful scheme ot a constitutional amendment, only exhibits the grotesqueness of his attempt to ride two horses upon this subject in his endeavor to please the people and at the same time not to oftend the trusts. There is no middle ground on this question. Those who are not against the trusts are in favor of them. The suggestion of a constitu- tional amendmient is not new. It was previous- 1y proposed in_the Republican House of Repre- sentatives just before the national election of 1900 and thereafter immediately dropped from consideration, It was not approved in the Re- publican natfonal platform in - that year mor reccmmended in the messages of any Republi- cen President. 1t has only been revived arter the recent Congress when the opportunity of passage has gone, and is simply another “ignis fatuus” proposition of procrastination intended to prevent immediate remedial legis- lation. The Republican party camnot escape respon- sibility for existing trust conditions. n_full control of all branches of the Nat! 1 Gov- ernment as well as this State, its to en- ct adequate or successfully enforce anti-trust aws attests either the insincerity of its pfofes- sions or the incompetency of its administra- tions. We condemn the neglect of ths Federal apd State administrations to enforce the pro- visions of the statutes known as the Sherman WS OUT DEVERY GANG anti-trust law, the Donnelly anti-trust law and the conspiracy laws defining crimes, against the trust combinations violating them. No British colonlal system—We believe in territorial expansion—the expansion of Jeffer- son and Polk—and in the honorable acquisition of desirable territory which can be erected into Statés in the Union and whose people are willilyg and fit or capable of becoming fit for AmerRan citizenship. We favor trade expan- sion by every peaceful and legittmate means, But we are unalterably opposed to the seiz- ing or the purchasing of distant lands to be held as colonies analogous to the British col onial system, to be governed outside of the constitution, 'and whose people can never be American citizens. We condemn the Philip- Dine policy of the present administration. The Filipinos cannot become citizens without en- dangering our civilization—they cannot become subjects without imperiling our form of Gov- ernment. The National policy toward them should not remain uncertain and vacillating, but the purpose of the nation as to the ui- timate government and disposition of those islands should be in barmony with our tradi- tions and explicitly declared. As the original friends and advocas cause of Cul independence, to m:. -\:‘»ou:: of which & Republican administration oniy reluctantly yielded, the Democrats demand jus- {ice for Cuba in\¢he reduction of the tariff upon her principal ucts, not a mere paltry re- duction of 20 per cent of existing duties, which a Republican President professes a willingness to grant and to which even his own parly 1 Congress does not assent, but the full meas- of justice Involved in the reduction of the TAFILY 105 strictly revedme basm: The refusal of the present Republican Congress under the dictation of special selfish interests to give of the Natlonal onor. ttention of the people to the - acter of the Republican mllm“m m{l which only favors that relief to Cuba ‘pre- posed by the Republicans in Congress,” while some of the Republicans in Congress p one thing and some another, and nothing t- ever was accomplished. Adequate Cuiba ‘can only Be obtained thrsugh th oo tion of & Democratic Congress. Persecution of the Roumanian Jews— sympathize with the oppressed of the monar chies of Europe, and especlally do we and condemn the butrageous Dersecution of the Jews of Roumania, thousands of whom are fleeing to America to escape the injustice amd oppression of thelr own country. A National Drotest against. the inlicted by the Roumanian Government o prompted by the dictates of humanity and justice. We favor the election of United States Sen- ators by the peopie of their respective States. Interference with judiclary—We arraign the administration, both National and State, for their attempted interference with the - ence of the judiclary. The National adminis- tration has traded Natlonal and State judge. ships for partisan odvantages. The State ad- ministration has atiemnied (o secure 1o itaeit Justices who are In districts other than their own. undertaking thereby to pervert a purely judicial function vor‘!:l(:m. a scheme for partisan