The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24
THE HOOSIER REPUBLICANS
In Convention at Indianapolis Heard
Beveridge Defend Trusts.
HIS VIEWS SHARED BY PRESIDENT.
Great Predictions for "the Party Of Mark
Hanna Who Never Lost Fight and
Never Would Lose One"


Indianapolis Ind April %. Much ora.
tory and enthusiasm marked the opening
of the republican State convention IN Tom
linson hall this afternoon. Senator Albert
j. Deveridgc delivered an eloquent address
In which he outlined the principles upon
which the republicans of Indiana viii enter
upon the next campaign. ana althousa the
committee ON resolutions has not rep1i ted
it Is understood that the planks In the
platform will not vary widely from the
general statements made BIZ Senator Bey
tridgc this afternoon,
The senator declined to say that he was
the mouthpiece of the administration of
President Roosevelt BUT WOULD NOT
DENY WHAT HE HAD TO SAY KE.
.GARDlNG THE NATIONAL ISSUES HAD
BEEN IN LARGE MEASURE APPRovED
AT WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Beveridge, after being made perma.
nent chairman of the conventions, began his
address lie outlined the work of the
republican party and stated that opposi-
ton to the progress of the republicans
meant deserved defeat. he then spoke
ON trusts, stating that they were the re-
suit OF human thought aud energy aud were
simply Indicative of the progress Of the
race, ahd he who would destroy these or
ganzations must first abolish their cause.
Mr. Beveridse spoke Of the sherman law
and the interstate laws as republican laws,
of the great combinations for the protec-
tion of the people If these are uot sufTi-
cient, if they do not meet the situation,
the republican party would bring them
into harmony with existing conditions.
He continued: what is the next step
which practical thought suggests for pre-
venting the evils of modern combination
of capital and labor: 1t is clear that we
can not destroy them But we must pre-
vent their frauds, chain their violence
and as the president of the United States
has said, muzzlc their greed lust as we
do with evil men, a method must be found
to supervise their operations, to give the
people information of their purposes aud
condition. For this National supervision
of National industries the republican party
is this very hour providing"
Referring to the increasing surplus of
the country, he Stated that reciprocity and
expansion would remove the dangers from
tb1t y,,,,,,., .,,,,t -. 80,
'"'' N"u'Vc' anu Sp"Ae OF the proposed Cu-
ban larin concession as step in the right
direction RegurL,n, evn,,.t.u h .id
Porto pico and t,,., I,I,,,,,,'i,,,,, -.
Wv" Al'" anu 'lc iMuPl'heS hecalhc ours
through fate, and he regarded il as our
duty to hold them. saying that to give them
Nh nov womb IA. a n,ii,, ~ dos,,,t,,,,,
VIZ ""N N""'o ne poIlcS OF dectepltHt &C,
Il proposition OF disgrace If the filipiaos,
be said. should be found cauable of self
Government thc ,on,iIi.,,, -. ,,
, Wv 'Np"o'''"" P"'t9 "oulu
sNe IL 10 them, nut II was not willing 10
turn the Filipinos back to barbarism The
phillppiups. he declared ,.orId I,al,, ~,
central t,,, tr,,i.. .s 49,. ,.,., ~
,, '',. ''"ue vi tue VIIeh'al markets.
h'erE dollar of expense of the Philippine
civil administration ba stared ,,.., LA
opt If Tho .,.,.,',,,,, - t,. " 40 pau
,t''. -, "", VI NV "'t"Pe'aso anu
the burden dd not rest upon the SHOULDERS
of the Americans. ON the contrary mo
snfd his rouutrv b,d ,o,,o,. -, ~ -
...., N''''"' NV" "u'ci 0een SO pros
porous
Regarding the progress made ia snbduing
the islands ana nutrIn. tbc,n on =, ro.,,,,frI
""u putting IheIn gu peaceluI
"''''' NV n'"'eu 'pal II was without parallel
ana predicted still greater advancement
t'' uVH''I"'u III ueNdll tue
W M%GN t iha' nad been accomplished aud de
MIN, 'GI tuu rnarSes OF corruption IN tue ad-
NJ ,t totn.''S ~ we ordinary administration