Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-15
Sage Of Wolfert's Roost ENERGIES
From Retirement to Advise
Democracy.
Addresses All Factions in Goth.
am. Urging More.U Uniformity
of Purpose.
Sharp Criticism for the Policy OF
Republican Party in
Philippines.

New York, April 15.-Davld Is. Hill
was the magnet who drew host to
the Democratic club last night. 1t was
the first time that Mr.. Hill has visited
the club in a number of years, and
the ostensible occasion of his doing so
last night was to attend the reception
in honor of Jefferson's birthday, at
which he was down for the chief
speech. 1t was looked upon by the
democrats as harmony meeting. and
in his speech Mr. Hill dwelt upon the
need and the beauty of harmony III
the party. Perry Belmont, whose diff
ferences with Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Croker have kept him away from the
club for three years, WAS also there.
Lewis Nixon, the new leader OF
Tammany Hall, introduced Mr.. Hill.
After defining the theories of govern
ment as contemplated by the "Jeffer-
son" and Federal parties, Mr.. Hill
spoke on the question of combinations
of capital. He said:
TT is an elementary proposition
which the wisdom of experience has
abundantly confirmed that whatever
tends to create a monopoly and to pre- :
vent legitimate competition between
those engaged in business impressed
with a public or quasi public char
acter, is opposed to a sound public
policy.
.In free republic like ours an
equality of fortunes among our citi-
zens is believed to be desirable, and
industrial liberty tends toward that re-
suit, and hence is essential.
"Jefferson's teachings might sugges'
a Limitation upon the amount of the
dividends which could be lawfully de-
clared or upon the profits which could
be legally accumulated by these tremer.-
dous business organizations. Or ne
might demand that the government, In
justice to it's overburdened taxpayers,
should withdraw its tariff favors from
the infant industries.
ON the subject of colonial extern
sion Mr.. Hill said:
at is safe to believe that Jefferson
would never have favored an expansion
of our Jurisdiction which did not carry
with it the provisions Of our constitu-
ton. Jefferson as the friend of popular
rights favored provision in the feder-
al constitution for the election of Unit
ed States senators by the people.
1.-THE administration of President
Roosevelt is all at sea. 1t has no fixed
policies, and no conscientious convic-
tons, 1t wabbles' upon every public
QUESTION with which 1T assumes to
= H. n
opposition to that of congress, and is
prepared to approve whatever congress
does.
1--WE have learned to distrust the ut
terances of republican presidents up
on tariff questions, because they are
evidently not their own masters. but
are largely controlled by the great tar
if interests which usually dictate the
republican tariff legislation Of this
country.
eff any relief whatever to Cuba be
secured from the present administra-
ton it will be due to the decided stand
taken by the democrats in congress In
insisting that justice should be done.
The policy of the administration in
the Philippine islands is disgrace to
civilization.
"The administration will send Its
special representatives to witness the
coronation of king, but it has no
words of sympathy to express for the
brave farmers of South Africa.
Republican incompetency to deal
with the financial question is almost
self confessed. 1t was SYSTEMATICALLY
proclaimed that the gold standard has
been unalterably and successfully
adopted by the Mckinley administra-
ton, and now we are told that new and
additional legislation is imperatively
required for that purpose, and in order
to preserve the honor and credit Of the
country
Hills speech was interrupted by fire.
quent bursts of applause. At it's con-
clusion, Congressman James M. Griggs