The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-17

I'VE as Democrats" he continued. have
no right TO accuse the Republicans OF In
sincerity in their attitude against trusts
The most drastic laws that Texas can
frame prove delusion and a snare.
And the attorney for the trust cynically
asks why insist that the devil shall be
whipped around the stump unless our pur-
pose is TO deceive the unthinking and the
ignorant" And he adds. I'VE must not
begrude our politicians the privilege OF
utilizing to their full extent the advantages
10 be derived from stentorian denuncia-
ton"
BENEFICIARIES OF TRUSTS.
The declarations of Mr.. Bryan and the
Democratic party in opposition to the
trusts are made more for the purpose of
catching votes than on account OF genuine
hostility. We have the proof of this not
only In the action of Democratic congress-
men respecting the proposed amendment,
but we have IL also i'm the fact that many
of those who are most prominent In the
councils of the Democratic party are oene-
fciaries of the most oppressive form or
trust monopoly. A trust can hardly De
conceived which bears more cruelty upon
the poor who have TO pass the swelterlng
summer days in crowded tenements In New
YORK city than trust which makes II eN-
renSive and difficult for suffering women
and children as well as for laborers TO pro-
cure the necessary supply of Ice during the
summer months. and yet the great leaders
of the New York Democracy who sup
ported Mr. Bryans faction OF the Demo-
cratic party at Kansas City against David
Il. Hill are participants I'm this Infamous
trust-Mr. Croker. through his own son.
Mayor Van Wyck and many others who
are now prominent in party which de-
nounces the industrial combinations 10
which they themselves belong. But IL is not
IN New York alone that prominent Demo-
Gratis are tarred with the same stick with
which they seek to besmirch their political
antagonists. In the West the increase of
the coinage value of silver bullion would
81 h. .%rnt lice
that ever existed If il could be put into
operation by Mr.. Bryan. And the opera
ton OF the smelter trust, corporation that
lncludes all the plants for working silver
ores i'm the country except those controlled
by Senator Clark and the Gugenheims.
contains among the holders of its securi-
ties such men as Ex-Governor Grant, Sem
ator Teller and other leaders of the forces
supporting Mr. Bryan, and so powerful has
been their influence that they have choked
| CT every effort In the Colorado Legisla-
ture to enact antitrust laws. Then there
| is the cotton baling monopoly organized
In wall street. in which Senator Jones is
shareholder. And If you could go through
| the records of the great trusts you would
| md that considerable number of their
stockholders and managers are prominent
article in the North American Review a
| few months ago stated that the trust mag
mates have now all left the Democratic
party. mat statement was a little prema-
| ture.
THE TAGGART BEER TRUST.
| But IL Is not necessary for us to go to
| New York or Arkansas or Colorado to
find Democratic trusts supported by Demo-
| cratic statesmen. We can find that here
at home. The leader of the Indiana Democ-
racy to-day the boss of the great ma
| chine which controls our State is one
Thomas Taggart, mayor of Indianapolis
This boss and his machine controls the
police force of our capital city, and their
| attltuce TO the trusts which have found
refuge In the State of Indiana is well shown
by an investigation made by the Indiana
| Civil Service Reform Association The
| story is thus told in a report made to that
association last March:
In 1898 an organization was made by the
leading manufacturers and sellers of beer
| In Indiana for the purpose of raising the
| price OF beer. Those who stood out and
| declined to go into the combination were
most of them forced in or driven out OF
| business, but still there independent
| beer sold in Indianapolis. The price of
| beer was raised one dollar per barrel when
the war tax went on, but until this COM
bination was formed beer sold at from five
| to six dollars per barrel. The beer trust
| raised the price to 1920. The independent
beer was sold at the old price. One
man. representing Dayton beer. supplied
| nifty gallons. 1t became necessary, there
| fore, for the beer force to call out re-
Inducements or the beer trust was doomed.
| Inese reinforcements were furnished by
1 %
The report describes the manner in which
| this was done. Jan. %, 1899. the Board of
| Public Safety directed that patroimen
| must not enter any saloon in the city ex-
| cept when ordered to do so by their SUI
| perior officers or when there was fighting
| or unlawful conduct that required their
| presence. 1t had been their custom to go
| into saloons frequently and keep a sharp
| lookout such places This order was
| followed by another that If a saloon keeper
was caught violating the law he should not
| be arrested on sight, but a report should
| be made to headquarters. These orders
| were the basis for what followed The sa-
| looms were now freed from espionage and
| 1t was only necessary to single out certain
saloons as exceptions. The report con-
| tinues:
Such selections were made. The police
| were given typewriter lists of saloons
which were to be closely watched. These
| saloons We're to be entered and re-entered.
| and II the law was violated I'm the least
| title, the offenders were to be Immediately
| arrested and run in. These facts are shown
from the affidavits of some Of the patrol
| men. One of these affidavits states as fol-
| lows: While the laws against selling
liquor on Sundays and holidays and to
| minors and to drunken men and after the
hour of IL O'Clock at night have not been
enforced as general rule, yet certain sa-
looms and saloon keepers were designated
and persons who should be vigiIantiy
watched. and If any violation of the law
| could be detected in their places or by
| tney were 10 De promptly arrested
| and brought in. In March. 1892 a written
| list was made out of saloons that should
| be thus watched"
|, PROTECTED BY DEMOCRATS.
This patrolman gives the names of the
five saloons on his beat which furnished in
dependent beer, and says they were the
most orderly and quiet saloons i'm his dis
trict, and as well conducted as any i'm the
city; that in March. 1899. he was given by
his captain, coming from Superintendent
Quigley, typewriter slip containing said
places as the only ones in his district
and instructed to catch the above men,
If possible, and if necessary to back
1 track on them James Madden, one OF
these men, told me afterwards that he had
changed beer and they were not bother
saloons on my beat. there were seven tina
We're constantly violating the law. and
made reports of at least three places which
/ now recall where the laws were being
violated. but no attention was paid to nav
report and no prosecution followed
Another patrolman testifies: Patrick
Ward was "A saloon keeper on Senate ave.
nue.. / am informed that he endeayored te
negotiate with Maurice DonnelIy of tn.
Terre Haute Brewing Company for beer
but they couldn't agree upon the price
that said Ward then purchased beer ir
Chicago and supplied his own and othe,
saloons and also set UP bottling works
/ was then given slip at roll call with
said Wards name oil Ii, and | was ther
called into the Office and was told by the