Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-03
Tho Morning Session.

- DeS MONIES, sept. O---Al Was piSSiSSAS
eleven when State Chairman S. +. Nc
Donnell called the state democratic con-
vention to order in the new Auditorium.
/ only half the delegates were present,
and the attendance is lighter than here
tofore. The principal issue is the plank
in regard to endorsement of the Kansas
City platform. Charles A. Walsh, Sec
retary of the democratic national COM
mittee. asserted before the convention
convened there was no doubt in regard
to endorsement ard that the opposition
would not have to exceed three re-
presentatives out of eleven upon the
committee on resolutions.
Ex-Governor Boies, who Is leading
the forces who desire the silver ques-
ton ign2red. would not concede his de-
feat a. c. Taylor of Davis county,
acted as temporary chairman and de-
livered speech of two hours length.
He said in part:
From a democratic tariff for rev.
enue with Incidental protection in the
early struggles of our industries, the
republican party has built up tariff
for plunder. and with no excuse there-
for excepting that the benefciaries OF
such a tariff have filed the campaign
treasury of the republican party to
Over1loWing with the money thus taken
from the people, and have by this
means won every victory they have
achieved in the last quarter Of CEN
tury.
"Emboldened by republican success
In the last three congressional cam
paigns, the robbery of the people by
tariff taxation and by the trusts that
have multiplied under the favoritism
and the enforced absence of conlpeu-
ton, this party has beer unable to dis
cern the advancing tide of popular in
dignation until within the last few
months. and they are now seeking to
avert disaster to their party by insin-
cere contentious of hostilities to trusts
Their bad faith during the Fifty
sixth congress, when they pigeon holed
their own antitrust bill rather than let
it come to a vote, is too we'll known to
need discussion. They are now point
ing to the constitutional amendment
proposed in the Fifty-sixth congress for
the control of trusts as evidence OF
their good intentions.
The republican platform adopted
one month ago in this city says We
1avor any modification of the tariff
schedules that may be required to pre-
vent their affording shelter to monopo-
| lies.
| This statement in their platform
! after six years of republican control in
| all branches of the government and
after their special pet industries have
been given every opportunity to rob
! the people. is the uterance of the most
lEsincere aggregation of the lineal de-
scendants of Ananias that ever assem-
bled under one roof.
There can be no modification of the
tariff schedules to prevent affording
| shelter to monopoly without entirely
, eliminating the protective feature of
tariff taxation.
"In the name of all the Gods at once,
what does this great nation of ours.
which has gone almost wild In a mad
| frenzy of commercialisn which has no
| fears of any foreign power on earth or
| all the powers combined. which has the
most gigantic combinations of wealth.
| lowers in all christendom. and which
has produced men Who are able to com
mand, eye, even stagger. the crowned
heads and sovereigns OF all the nations
of the world with their stupendous en-
lterprisas of combined capital, wha.
Goes this great nation want with pro-
| tective tariff? a protective tariff! To
protect what? Our weak industries? !?
| No: we have none To protect the
strongest nation in the world? To pro-
tect the greatest combination of wealth
and the greatest industries in the
greatest nation on the face of the
globe? 1t is all wrong The theory is
wrong. 1t should never be resorted to
except as diplomatic measure in times
of extremity. when a weak nation with
infant industries is clamoring and
struggling for IN existence 1t robs the
world of the advantages of the different