Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-28
New York Democrats
Fill Madison Square
Garden.
CHEERS FOR COLER
Ad1ai E. Stevenson and
D. B. Hill Among
the Speakers.

New York, Oct. 2S.-Ten thousand
men and women crowded Madison
Square Garden last night at the most
important democratic rally of the
campaign. Distinguished men of pub
lie affairs from half dozen states
made addresses. Although Bird 5.
COler. the democratic nominee for
governor. was not scheduled to take
an active part in the proceedings of
the evening, his appearance in box
during the course of the evening at
tracted the attention of the multi
tude and he was cheered for several
minutes and fairly dragged to the
platform. where eN-Nice President
Adlai Stevenson. who was speaking,
yielded the platform that he might
accede to the popular clamor for Il
speech. William 5. Devery marched
into the hall shortly after 9 o'clock
at the head of several hundred of his
followers of the Ninth districts hem
bers of William Devery association.
The Devery columns were accompani-
ed by two big brass bands. both play
ing the song. -dr- Deveree," and bore
many transparencies attesting loyal
gressional nominees.
Stevenson the Chief Speaker
AdIai +. Stevenson. of Illinois, de-
Iivered the principal address of the
evening. Among other things he
said: Notwithstanding cur boasted
prosperity and the individual for
tunes that have suddenly been ac-
quired, the sad fact remains that to
the mass of the people this oft re-
peated boast of prosperity is but a
mockery. 1t is that of the favored
few. To the mass conditions have
seldom been more eXacting; rarely
less hopeful than at this moment.
For more than five years past all de-
partments of the general government
have been in the hands of the republi-
cans, and the republican organiza-
ton has, with iron will, dominated its
policy.
1.-The ship subsidy bill has already
passed the senate and is now pending
in the house. Republican victory at
the approaching election will insure
the triumph of this bill. by which our
national treasury will be depleted in
the interest of great corporations.
This bill only bides its time, and is
but the forerunner of others of
greater magnitude yet to follow. The
democratic party is, and has been
from the beginning, the antagonist
of all subsidy bills, of all legislation
which enriches the few at the ex-
pense of the many.
Republican triumph means an in
dorsement of our treatment of Cuba,
the condition of whose people today
is sad one indeed. Her trade rela-
tions with Spain are gone forever.
Her condition is one of financial and
industrial ruin. She is the victim of
the sugar trust The party in power
has failed to keep faith with the un-
fortunate people The often promis-
ed reciprocity has never material
iZed
''The enormities of the present tar
iff laws now demand attention. The
real meaning of protection is now
well understood. Under the high tar
iff-virtually prohibitory in many in
stances - the manufactures indeed
finds protection. He is given clear
track Colossal fortunes have sud-
denly been acquired. The American
people understand now, as never be-
fore, that prohibitory tariff protect
ing a class-protecting the favored
few-means the robbery of the many
High protection is odious class legis-
Iation.
The Trust EVIL.
''The trust is the crying evil of to-
day. BY combinations of capital un-
known to our earlier days, against
public policy-and in many instances
in direct violation of state iaws-the
small dealer has been driven from the
field The field being clear-compe-
tition stroyed-managers of the
various trusts fix prices to the con-
sumner at their own pleasure. Is IL
possible that the people are indiffer-
ent to this growing evil? Is there no
remedy? The trusts followed close
in the wake of the Dingley tariff,
which made the existence of trusts
possible. AS step in the right direc-
tion, let all trust made goods be plac-