The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

poses the administration. without offering
a feasible solution 10 existing problems;
as, tor example. II charges that trusts are
due to the protective tariff, yet some OF
the most gigantic trusts relate 10 articles
not affected by the tariff. The platform
holds that trusts may be as easily formed
under free trade as under protection; that
the people Of the country are not ready
TO abandon the principle Of projections; that
the proper way to reach trusts is through
legislation: that the antitrust law, passed
by "A Republican Congress. and sustained
by the supreme Court, is a step In the
right direction, and that similar action by
States Will go far In remedying the evil
Retrocession OF territory acquired from
Spain or in other ways is opposed, and the
declaration is made that conditions muzt
be dealt with as they rise. The st. Louis
platform OF 1896 is Endorsed. The admin
istration of President Mckinley is fully
Endorsed and the support of the district is
pledged. Indiana is congratulated on hav-
ing two Republican senators for the first
time in many years. Mr.. Hemenway's po-
sition on important questions in Congress
was fully Endorsed. and the Republican
State administration was heartily APP
proved.
Walter Schmidt, of Evansville. and syl-
vester Thompson, editor OF the Petersburg
Press. were named as delegates TO the
national convention at Philadelphia. and
Clay Dixon, of Posey county, and Elder
Cooper. of Evansville, ~alternates. Judge
oO06hs 20 DCDhf AAt !"
speech, placed the name of James A. Hem
enway before the convention and the
nomination was made by
Mr.. Hemenway was called before the
convention and was cheered and applauded
TO the echo. He devoted most of his speech
to a review of the Mckinley administra-
ton. On the Porto Rican bill he said:
Porto Rico was nearly wiped from the
problem that came before Congress was
how to raise revenue for the island. Two
ways were o~ffered-one by appropriation
out of the United States treasury and the
other by a tariff. Congress did not think
it proper to begin appropriating money out
of the public treasury for the island pos
sessions. Tobacco and sugar a the
greater proportions of the revenues on
the products of Porto Rico hat come to
the United States. The American tobacco
trust has 5000, 600 pounds of tobacco in the
Porto Rican warehouses and the sugar
trust has ZOO. 900 pounds of its product in
storage there. We believe that If the trusts
bring these products TO the United States
they should pay a tariff on them. which
would bring a revenue of about $1,000, 900.
Ii would In no way Cypress a single Porto
Rican. but would take out of the pockets
of these two great trusts a large sum of
money that could be turned over TO the
suffering people of the island. The peo-
pie of the island have sold their crops to
the trusts and other spectators, n free
trade would not add a single dollar to the
incomes of the islanders. The life of the
tariff bill is limited to a time when the
people can have free trade and get its
benefits, and not to when all would go 10
the trusts and SPECTATORS. If i have my
way Congress will SO legislate as TO pre-
vent the cheap labor of the Philippines
from coming in competition with the labor
of the United States. This principle was,
of course. involved in the vote cast on the
Porto Rican bill"
Other speeches were made by Judge Fos-
ter, of Evansville. and Judge Fields, of
Princeton. w. G. Mason, of Rockport, was
chairman of the convention and Samuel
Gtautarf of PnsaU county WAS SeCrafarY