The evening Republican., 1902-09-17
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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBE2 y, to,e

CHAIRMAN GR!GGS of the Demo
cratic Congressional Committee.
after visit to New York and 1t con
ference with Lewis Nixon and other
Trust magnates. announces that he
has secured from former R"puNli-
can supporters, Il substantial cam
paign fund to begin active business.
MI. Griggs says that his principal
contributors were men who have
become alienated trum thu RepuL-
)ican party by the Speeches OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt: ana Congressman
Pou of North Carolina, another
prominent Democrat frankly says
that the Trusts are going to help the
Democrats. These Democratic
statements must be taken for what
they are worth. 1t is true no doubt
that the Trust magrates are not in
sympathy with the Presidents $
speeches or his remedies iCr Trusts.
Mr.. Nixon is the pl'eai dent of
ship building Trust and he is also
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Df the Democratic Congressional
Committee. The Democratic Cam
paign Book prints Il cartoon Of the
Republican elephant and places the
ship building Trust in the belly Of
the animal.
This might he regarded as an at
tack on Mr. Nixon as Il Republican
but it is in harmony with the Demo
cratic policy. They have attacked
the Trusts, and, according to Con
gresham Pou, have accepted tinan-
cial aid from the Trusts. 1t is not,
however, the first instance of the
kind, for there was a Silver Trust
In 1896, putting up money fer tho
Bryan campaign and the tohten
Club of England for years aided the
Democrats, with money and liJera~
ture for their free trade campaigns.
And why shouldn't the Trusts
contribute to the Democratic cam
paign? For fifteen year the Demo
cratic party has made public ir)-
test against Trusts, but has been
careful to give no aid to those who
were trying to enact legislation to
control the Trusts. They began
their agitation against Trusts III The
5Oth Congress and authorized the
House Committee on Manufactures
to make an investigations Tn"t
Committee sat through two srso,, as
aud one day before the final adj
journment 3f that Congress report
ed disagreement. In the Demo.
cratic 52nd Congress the judiciary
Committee made another inVtStI-
cation and reported that "NOue ot
the methods employed by the Trusts
il controlling the production or dis
position Of their products are III
violation Of the United States
laws"
The Democrats opposed the pas
sage OF the Sherman Act by the
blst Congress- and have opposed
every legitimate effort to control
the Trusts ever since. In the 5Gth
Congress they prevented the udUp-
ton of constitutional amendment
by the House, such H. President
Roosevelt recommends in his
speeches to create some sovereign
power ovUr the Trusts.
Chairman Griggs and his Com
mittee have in their Text Book, As
sailed the Trusts as usue', but they
have also denounced every remedy
for the control Of Trusts, except
that of free trade, which would de
stroy prosperity as well as the
Trusts. The Trust mayuate5 can
well stfOrd to aid the Democratic
Committee in its campaign because
- that Committee has taken care to
show thar it really means no harm
to the Trusts.
The Democratic State Convention
yesterday chose Henry 4. Houston,
of MillsborO, Sussex county, to be
this years Congressional nominee.
Mr.. Houston might have been term
ed q dark horse. for when the
Conventlunopened indication, pOlv +
ed to the success OF l.. irving Han
dy of this county, who all along
had boasted that he would be the
party nominee. But his party die
tated to the contrary. aud now Mr..
Handy retlres once more to private
life 1t would appear ihat the
Democrats thought Mr. Handy had
given his party sufficient service IN
Congress, but it made little differ
ence who the party named for tn"
honor. Mr.. Handy was denied,
There will be one Republican Com
gresslOnal nominee to beat Mr..
Houston out Of his boots on election
day
THE same old moon winch slyne
On l,anSur-s ul.lnL. all ON Mn lIKIt FIR.