Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-01


credentials throwing out the ninth district
declared that neither the Devery nor the
| Goodwin delegates were entitled to seats
| by reason of wholesale corruption pertain
| tanning to the primary election in said dis
trict whereby it cannot be determined what
| delegates We're legally elected
| The majority report was sustained the
| counties voting in whole or in part in favor
of the seating of the Devery delegates being:
| Queens, for, against; Suffolk, for,
! against; Wyoming, 3 for; Yates 3 for
| All pr the other counties voted for the
| majori lEnreport declaring the seats of the
delegate from the ninth vacant. When the
| vote had been announced Devery left the
| hall, followed by his delegates and friends.
| There was not much trouble or cheering.
| The committee on permanent organization
| made Its report, naming Martin W. Little
| ton of Brooklyn for permanent chairman.
Chairman Littleton's Remarks.
In assuming the chair, Mr.. Littleton said
in part:
| In the very midst Of a profound political
| peace in the nation, two years this SIDE Of
a rational election, we find a most extra
ordinary activity among prominent republic
| can officials
! The President. although strenuously dill
| gent in the discharge of his grave duties.
hnds 1t necessary, or agreeable, or both. to
| make tour of the New England states.
| burden of his vigorous oratory at first was
| an eXtravagant defense of his cabinet. cou
| pied with perpetual Injunction to his
| hearers to not hesitate in doing the trough
work of life" Much of this could be for
| given to his ardent infatuation for his Of
| fetal family But something in his keen
observation of the people led him to believe
| that they We're not so much interested in
his official family and the trough work. as
they were in the question of the regulation
Of trusts. True to reckless disregard Of
consequence. he undertook to dispose Of
this profound economical problem In
skirmish fight. Let it be said in praise of
his candor, If not Of his ingenuity, that he
admitted at the outset the urgent necessity
of a strong supervising hand-an admission
which the whole republican party would
rejoice were it unmade.
Presidents Remedy Criticised.
He fastened to assure them of a remedy.
Simply stated. the remedy is to have all
the states meet in due season and first
solemnly admit that they are powerless to
cope with these harmless Captains of in
dustry.' and to agree to delegate to the
federal government all power which they
now possess upon that subject. Then let
the federal government take charge of
them. and the President solemnly promises
that he would see to 1t that the federal
government would control them. In view
Of the fact that the processes Of amend
ment and enactment will require nearly
HlHe years. II IS NOT TOO nuCH To say THAT
this is a Strenuous promise This revo-
lutionary remedy would typify trust de-
velopment by taking all the power of all
the states and delegating it to the federal
government Then when the trusts had
| elected enough men who regarded them
simply as captains of industry the
states would be powerless and the trusts
would be free.
''The President says that he does not re-
gard the reduction of tariff duties upon
trust-made articles as an efficient or safe
remedy. because it would injure the legiti-
mate as well as the illegitimate industries.
We do not propose to disturb; do not
| propose to attack legitimate industries; We
do not seek to take away from them any
thing Which belongs to them; but We pro-
pose to withhold the aid of this great gov
eminent from them: we propose to make
them stand alone: we propose to take away
the unnecessary protection now afforded
them by the government and let the
merciai batteries Of the world be trained
upon them with the shot and shell of COM
petition until they are driven from their
entrenchment Of protection out into the
open field of honest trade.
Rather than do this, the republican
party now proposes to revolutionize the
government. change it's form and further
encroach upon the right of local sef-gov-
| eminent in the state.''
Quoted From the Tariff.
The speaker quoted from the tariff and
ruling of the board. of general appraisers
to show that the anthracite coal companies
were protected, and declares the present
situation brought about by the coal strike
was but a manifestation of the Irresistible
power of those protected monopolies' Con-
tinuing, he said:
Are We to await nine or ten years for the
remedy against such an acute condition Of
evil? Must the President run about the
country apologizing for the menace of such
concerns, while winter approaches and hun
dreds of firesides will be cold and dark and
SUFFERING unspeakable will ensue? If the
tariff has no more to do with trusts than
the penal code has to do with ordinary af-
fairs, how can the removal of the tariff be
SO hurtful to these great captains of in
dustry" Not only the President, but men,
bers of his cabinet, are out crying from the
| housetops to the people to pause in their
rough work and behold the great pros
| perity. The Secretary of the Treasury hav-
| ing in ninety days acquainted himself with
the simple problems of finance, is stamping
| around the country apologizing to hungry
people because they have no beef and coal.
fellow-citizens Of Iowa and take up the bat
| tie to drive these combinations from the
| shelter of a protective tariff?
| The Secretary of War Is out on the
| highways of politics, willing at all
times to admit that the present administra-
| ton is perhaps the ablest and most efficient
| in the history of the nation.
The Speaker of the House, though
| durated to all wearing experiences Of poll
| tics does not care to encounter the people
| OF his district and give reason for the
| government combining to support monopo-
! lies"
| The chairman then turned to state affairs,
! quoting from the platform adopted at the
| recent republican convention and denounc-
| ing that party for its failure to observe its
| pledges.
| Planks in the Platform.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Littleton's
! speech the platform was presented 1t calls
for steadfast fidelity to American princi-
pies. for the lack Of which 1t arraigns the
republican party. demands the return to
the principles of Thomas Jefferson to stop
| Generalization Of the country; opposes
trusts that injuriously affect consumer and
| employer and drive out small manufac-
turers and especially condemns the So
| called beef and coal trusts for 'unrea-
sonably deprlving the people of necessities
| of life"
Restriction Of the amassing Of wealth is
advocated and the amendment Of the tariff
law by placing the necessities of life on
| the free list Is demanded. The Dingley
| tariff law Is condemned as a whole. The
! President is criticised for dilatory conduct,
and is accused Of not wanting to offend the