Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-24
DEMOCRATIC ACTIVITY
Transferred to Washington
Again Today.
GRIGGS AND CABLE
BOTH HAVE RETURNED TO THIS
CITY.
Mr.. Cable Says Trusts and the Tariff
Are the Issues-Mr. Sibley Denies
Third Party Story.

Democratic activity was transferred to
Washington again today. Chairman Griggs,
accompanied by Mr.. Ben T Cable who is
chairman of the executive committee of
the congressional campaign committee. ar
rived in Washington last night and con-
ferences were the order of the day. Mr.
Cable has just returned from Europe and
has been in consultation with Judge Griggs
and Mr.. Louis Nixon in New York for the
past few days
When these gentlemen appeared at head
quarters this morning they were met by
Representative Richardson of Tennessee.
the former chairman of the committee A
general discussion followed for some time.
Later Mr.. Cable was in conference with
Secretary Edwards of the committee after
which he visited the literary bureau of the
committee in the Bliss building in COM
pany with the secretary. Mr.. Cable left
Washington this afternoon and said he ex-
pected to be in Chicago Monday.
Mr.. Cables Statement.
Mr.. Gable was asked by Star man for a
statement regarding political conditions.
and as to what he regarded as the vital
topic of discussion. To the first question
he said he could make no answer He had
been out of the country for some time. and
to the outlook.
As to issues. Mr.. Cable said that trusts
and the tariff-the regulation of trusts
through a revision of the tariff-were the
issues on which stress would be laid by
democratic campaigners in the political
contest which is just bc ginning
'The democratic caucus held in June set
tied that question" continued Mr.. Gable.
'IhiS caucus passed resolutions specifically
setting forth this fact. and there has been
no subsequent action changing this posi-
ton
Judge Griggs had no report to make TO
the public today on the result of his New
York trip. He was busiy engaged be hind
large stack OF accumulated mail all day,
and said that when he could see daylight
ahead in his work he might have some
thing to say.
Senator Carmack left town last night for
Boston, where he is to speak with Mr..
Bryan, and then go to Maine with the Ne
braskan TO deliver a few campaign speeches
before the Maine people.
Not Third Party.
Mr.. George H. Shibley, chairman of the
Non-P Partisan Federation for Majority
Rule, who was among former Senator Pet
tigrews guests at the Oriental Hail. Man
haitian Beach, which conference occasioned
the story that a new democratic party was
to be formed, has returned to his head
quarters in the Bliss building in this city.
Mr.. Shibley says the whole story was man
ufaCtured out of whole cloth and deliber-
ately cooked up by the newspaper men of
the New York press, who launched a new
party in order to tide over the political
dullness in Gotham. Mr.. Shibley says that
former Senator Pettigrew denies that por-
ton Of the published interview in which he
is made to say that he and others are es-
tablishing a new democratic party, and
arf1r, N rif1ll lN Aarain rn he ha
theory advanced by them that a new party
was in process of formation.
The thing considered" Mr.. Shibley says,
was the non-partiSan plan of organized
labor for questioning the candidates of all
parties as to their attitude toward majority
rule by means of the refere nGuIn and the
initiative. In Mr.. Pettigrew's state ma
jority rule is an accomplished fact and as
he was largely instrumental in securing
its establishment L desired 10 get his opin-
ion of the present program for majority
rule. There was no talk of forming a
third party. The program upon which our
fedora ton is engaged is much more effec-
tive than third party politics. IL places all
Legislative candidates on record as 10
whether they believe in majority rule. and,
If elected, will work for a system whereby
it may be attained at once, namely, through
the optional referendum and the initiative,
to be installed by rules of procedure. The
system was adopted by the Detroit COM
mon council last month, and is being
pushed in the common council of Chicago
and in other cities and states and nation
ally 1t terminates the power Of the politi-
cal bosses and all special interests. Ii ter
inmates also Imperialism and the entire
spoils system. Organized labor understands
this for 1t has been studying the question.
Last winter an entire issue of the official
magazine of the American Federation OF
Labor was devoted to the subject and the
entire body of organized labor is Insisting
upon the adoption of the system. In every
state the candidates of all the parties will
be placed on record as to their attitude to
majority rule.