Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY
Effort for Non-Partisan Re-
vival.
FINANCIAL INTERESTS
WILL NEGLECT NO MEANS OF
sELF-DEFENsE.
A Great Time for David B. HilI-Ef-
fort to Eliminate Bryan and
His Policy.
INTERESTS
Special Correspondence of The E7ening Star.

Special Correspondence of The EyeHing Star.
NEW YORK, September Is. 1902.
Non-partisan revival of the New York
democracy is queer thing. That is what
has been going on for the last ten days.
The public confession Of faith is to be
seen at Saratoga. This revival Of polit-
ical corpse through agencies which are not
political is unusual. 1 heard of 1t six weeks
ago from one of the minor political leaders
of the city. and laughed at the notion. But
he knew what was going on.
At that time Wall street was just begin
ming to understand how thoroughly in earn
est President Roosevelt was on the trust
ISSUE Like good generals the commanders
In the speculative financial enterprises
started out to discipline him within the
lines of his own party. The New Yorker
who talked to me about it was democrat
and did not think they would succeed. but
they were sure Of it.. Later came the
authorized announcement that the vague
republican party entity known as the or
ganization, in other words, Senator I. G.
Platt and his leutenantts, did not intend
to indorse President Roosevelt's renomina-
ton in 1904
Plans Were Wrecked.
Their plans went down in wreck before
was shown fully that the Presidents party
in his own state would stand by him. With
this clearly perceived, the next move was to
see what could be done by encouraging the
opposition. That is what has been going
on in a way to vindicate the judgment of
my democratic friend. No one doubts now
that the New York democrats will show
life in the coming campaign. They may
even make it seem that the state is fighting
ground two years from now. That Is what
some very powerful financers want them
to do.
l do not mean to say that the movement
to discipline the President by Strengthening
the opposition party is based solely on these
motives, for that would not be true. A
combination of circumstances has made the
scheme possible. Undoubtedly large num-
Der of gold democrats who are ambitious
have not found themselves at home In the
republican party. They were very well
treated by President Mckinley and were
given full recognition. Yet the republicans
who had the party leadership could not be
expected to abdcate In favor of the new
Corners 1t is not at all difficult for demo-
crat VINO supported the republican national
ticket in 1896 and 1900 to continue repu5-
lican, but those who find the new relations
irksome may drop back into their old asso-
Citations and plead that they never lost
their name or their identity. / even have
heard Bourke Cochran and Edwin Nj. Shep-
ard praised for their keeness in getting
back TWO years ago
Trusts in Self Defense.
1t Is undeniable that the New York finan
cial influences feel that they must neglect
no means of self-defense. The trusts are
getting to be a live issue. That In itself Is
a good reason why the democratic party In
New York state should be looked after.
AS an organization it is not unfriendly to
trusts and from the corporation point OF
fla nrn
view the time has come When the corpora
lions should have friends in the councils OF
both parties. 1t is an easy guess that the
democratic state committee will not be out
of funds this fall. .
The necessity of looking sharp after poll
tics also helps to explain why some very
prominent democrats, who have been act
ing With the republicans of recent years,
have gone back to their old assoclauons.
They are either very rich men or they rep
resent very large financial interests. 1ney
might hesitate about fellowshipping with
Tammany, and few of them actually nave
refused to identify themselves openly with
democracy. But good many now are PACK
in the fold. They will join heartily In
platform which denounces trusts and which
especially denounces President Roosevelt 3
proposed remedy. That helps 70 confuse the
issue 1t also serves to show how dlhcuft
II is to get a common agreement on legis-
lation AS the trusts won't be hurt by
this kind of abuse they Will be compliment,
and their representatives in the democratic
state convention will make Whatever par
gains they choose with the leaders or
bosses.
This is the humbug phase OF the trust is
sue in politics. Its only interest now IS the
conditions which have developed in giving
1t prominence. After pretty thorough dis
cussion on the stump it may be that the
people of the state will see wherein they
can get away from the humbuggery of par
tisan denunciations and accomplish results.
1t Is quite certain that If President Roose-
velt-in addition to discussing trust RENE
dies in his public speeches-had not remain
ed firm in the legal proceedings begun under
the present laws against some of the combi-
nations, a number of eminent democratic
fnanciers would not be exerting their in
fuence in the democratic state convention
which proposes to say hard things about
the trusts.
To Eliminate Organism.
1t must be said that outside Of these infiu-