Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-17
ATTACKS THE TRUSTS ACRISIS EXPECTED
Speech Of Chairman Illinois At Republican Senators Con-
State Convention. ference Tomorrow Night.
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTE THE SPOONER BILL
DECLARES IMPERIALISM TEXT OF
SEQUENCE. PRESENTED ADOPTION
No Mention Made of Silver Situation the
Attitude of Reunited Today-sil
the Presidents
Speech of Chairman Illinois
State Convention.
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTE
DECLARES IMPERIALISM IS A
.ss. NATURAL SEQUENCE.
No Mention Made of Free Silver
Attitude of Reunited Democ-
racy Expounded.

CONVENTION HALL. Springfield. ILL.,.
June 1i.-At {, few minutes after II O'Clock
the democratic state convention met In
Machinery Hall on the state fair grounds.
Chairman JOHN NJ. Hopkins. chairman OF
the state central committee. called the con
vention to order. and after the Offering OF
a prayer, introduced to the. convention in a
few words the temporary chairman. Law
rerce r.. Striuger of Lincoln. Mr. Strnger.
who is slight and bOyish-looking. WAS
greeted with great applause as he took up
the gaveL His address was follows:
is II strange or is it startling that "a
one fell SwJop whole national pOlicy
should be Reversed and our future career
irrevocably changed? 1t is not so S range
when one reflects that the party in power
owes its success. its predon,inanCe aye, its
very life TO the organized and syndica1ed
trusts. that with jaws and paws have
seized the government itself. Having vX-
plotted every pursuit upon American Soil.
they have sought new worlds to conquer.
ami at their behest and bidding We are to-
day exchanging blood for dividends and
ruling crown colonies by the sword. 1t is
not So strange when We know that their
advocates at the banquet board amid
thuuderS of applause, unheSitatingly have
declared that the trust was distinct ISSUE
IN the campaign last fought and was ratl-
fed with emphasis by the people at the
polls
Denied by the Democrats
Democracy denies that the trust was a
distinct issue in the fight last fought. but
AYERS that it is and will be the issue in the
nights now to come. In vain shall the peo-
pie find relief from these mighty monsters
Of prey from the party whose tariff policy
has produced them. which has fed nourfsh-
e1 and maintained them. and which is the
SuDIsliInt recipient of heir hOuDtV E7ejDtS
To regulate grandstand plays to chasten,
paper prosecutions and injunctions to re-
strain. do not and will not suffice If the
law be broken. let the offenders be indicted
tried and convicted of their crimes as the
Law provides. rather than to be pleasantly
warned not TO break the law again. Drastic
legislation is needed and extreme measures
required to rend the trusts apart. to felon-
lie their reunion. TO free-list their products,
and democracy alone. which neither loves
them nor fears them, is the only agency III
the land that can defeat and destroy them.
Has II not occurred to you that under
lying every act against law, liberty and
humanity committed by the party in power
will be found the high protective tariff tax
winch II levies at our ports of entry? De
strOy high tariffs and you destroy the
trusts. Destroy the trusts and you destroy
the soul and quench the fire of the imperial
istic and colonial policy that has haule.
down the nations flag and raised d counter
felt copy Of the same instead. with clots of
blood for stars.
Attitude of Democracy.
The democratic party stands in this
fight where it has always Stood champion
ing the peoples rights. 1t stands the enemy
of monopoly, the foe 10 oppression the
friend Of labor and the inspiration of youth
Il stands for purity in public life. economy
IN puBlic service. the abolition of privileges
TO the few, for taxes no greater than gov
eminent needs and for a trade unfettered
and free. II stands for an expansion, con-
tSr0uS. constitutional and symbolized by
stars-t0-De upon the nations flag. II stands
for the enforcement Of law as against that
anarchy that lays low a loved President,
that takes the life Of a governor in the capt.
tOl city Of Il state and that hides behind
eXtrafttiOn laws 10 save political friends,
indicted for such crimes, from the right eous
process 81 the law. II stands for duty as
against the dollar: for human liberty
against ini1uman greed: for the Constitution
side by side with the flag. wherever ii may
he. for government by consent at home,
abroad in the Sun-kisSed isles of the sea.
L stands where Jefferson stood at the day
dawn Of the nation, where Jackson stood in
his fight against corporate greed, where
patriots have stood in times that tried
mems souls and there, by the grace of God.
il will ever stand until the grasp of greed is
released from the flag, until the foes of
liberty are driven from the field, until the
shadow of imperialism has been sent back
to the European hell from whence 1t came,
and until the banner of a united democracy
shall once more fly. undimmed and free, the
herald of glorious victory.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. StringerS ad-
dress. which was greeted with cheers, the
reports of the committee credentials
were read and the temporary organization
of the convention was made permanent.