The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-04
A PREACHER NAMED
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Railroad commissioner-Thomas BEN
son.
The foregoing ticket was named by the
Democratic State Convention here today.
the nominations being by reclamation In
every case.
which makes no mention of free silver
or the declaration of the party at Kansas
City. This is the first Iowa Democratic
convention which has ignored the silver
question since the Dubuque convention OF
1885. when free silver at ratio OF IL to
was specifically endorsed.
The result today was reached at the
conclusion of protracted contest.
The initial plank lover which the con-
test arose reads: I'VE, the chosen rep
resentatives Of the Democratic party In
Iowa, hereby declare anew our faith IN
the fundamental principles OF the Demo-
cratic party and renew our allegiance
thereto"
Tho trust and tariff utterances in part
follow:
I'VE find much in the domestic affairs
Of the nation that ought to be changed.
The tariff policy originally adopted for
the avowsd purpose of raising revenue to
War has been turned to the use of in
dividual and class interests until It has
become the creator Of countless unearned
fortunes and the shelter of huge combi-
nations Of capital, organized In the form
Of trusts, which are strangiing competi-
tion IN many Of our industries. destroy
ing individual efforts. crushing ambition
largely In railway line of industry and
already acquiring power which enables
them to dictate in their own interest the
prices of labor and raw material and the
costs of transportation and Of finished
products.
1--WE affirm the power and declare 1t
to be the duty of the government to Crap
pie with all monopolies of this character
and by laws which can neither be evaded
or def1ed. drive them from every inch
Of American soil. We assert that an
immediate reduction of our tariffs system
to q revenue basis as an absolutely essen
tial remedy Of these overshadowing evils.
without which they can never be over
come"
The Philippine war Is declared to have
been unjust and should be atoned for
n. c. Taylor. temporary chairman
spoke at the morning session as follows:
From a Democratic tariff of revenue
with incidental protection In the early
struggles of our Industries, the Republic
can party has built up a tariff for plum
der and with no excuse therefore except
ing that the beneficiaries of such tariff
have filled the campaign treasury OF the
Republican party to overnowing with
the money thus taken from the people,
and have by this means won every victo-
ry they have achieved in the last quarter
Of q century.
Emboldened by Republican success in
the last three Congressional campaigns,
the robbery Of the people by tarin taxa taxa
piled nnder the favoritism and the en-
forced absence of competition, this party
has been unable to discern the advancing
tide of popular Indignation until within
the last few months, and they are now
seeking to avert disaster to their party
by insincere contentious of hostilties to
trusts.
Consssss when s, sney st c .ne,s
to a vote, 10 too we'll known to need dis
cussion. They are now pointing to the
constitutional amendment proposed In the
Fifty-sixtn Congress for the control of
trusts as evidence of their good inten-
tons.
The Republican platform adopted one
month ago in this city says We favor
any modification Of the tarih schedules
that may be REQUIRED to prevent their
affording shelter to monopolies."
This statement In their platform after
six years of Republican control in all
branches of the government, ana after
their special pet industries have been
given every opportunity to rob the people
aggregation of the lineal descendants Of
Ananias that ever assembled under one
roof.
There can be no modification Of the
tariff schedules to prevent affording shell
ter to monopoly without entirely eliminat-
ing the protective feature Of tariff taxa
ton.
In the name Of all the Gods at once.
what does this great nation of ours which
has gone almost wild in mad frenzy OF
commercialism. which has no fears of any
foreign power on earth or all the powers
combined. which has the most gigantic
combinations Of wealth, powers In all
mem n' who are able to Command. aye. even
stagger the crowned heads and sovereigns
of an the nations Of the world with their
enterprises Of combined capt
tai. what does this great nation want
tarif. 4 protective tariff. 10 protect
what? Our weak industries? No, we
have none. To protect the strongest
nation In the world? To protect the
greatest combination Of wealth wealth: ana IN. me
on the face Of the globe? It 10 all wrong.
The theory Is wrong. 1t should never
be resorted TO except as diplomatic
measure In times OF extremity Wnen a
weak nation with infant industries Is
and struggling for an exist
ence 1t robs the world of the advantages
Of the different kinds Of soil; of the dit
ierent kinds Of climate and the different
pursuits Of governments and their people
Open your gates; lay down your bars;
tear away the wall of protection and let
Cod and nature instead OF j. Pierpont
Mark Hanna and the combined
powers of wealth regulate the production
and blessings of the earth.
1t is not the province of our party to
condemn the acquisition of wealth, nor
to attack men who by industry and
honesty have become rich. There Is
too much prejudice against men
OF means, without adding fuel to the
flames in any public expression except
as It Iegitmately bears upon the body
polite.
An open commercial channel 50 to
speak, through which all men without the