The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-28
EVANS WOo.LEN's SPEECH.


Masonic Hall was comfortably filled last
night by Democrat, who attended a con-
gressionai campaign meeting. 1t had been
advertised as the BIZ. meeting of that party.
The announced speakers were Evans Wool
len, Jacob p. Dunn land w. V. Rocker, but
at 10 o'clock Mr.. Woollen, Mr.. Dunn and
Alonzo Greene Smith had finished speak
ing and the spectators left while Rocker
was being called fot. He did not respond. If
he was in the halls There was an intima-
ton that he did NIT enjoy the society of
j. L. Reach, John :R. Wilson, arch perpe-
traitors Of the CRIME of 1885, who appeared
together on the Platform with Edgar A.
Brown, chairman IL the meeting, w. w.
Spencer, John ]. Appel and others, and
''ducked" when he Jaw the LAY OUT
The meeting celebrated the return of
Evans Woollen to che regular Democratic
rostrum. His speech had been carefully
prepared and he had statistics for the
workingmen and metaphors for the group
of vice chairmen. he confined himself TO
plea for the redemption of Congress from
1.-The reign Of the trusts" The refrain OF
his periods was: "'n the Capitol at Wash
ington the trusts rSign."
Mr.. Woollen said Dun's Review (not
Jacob p Dunn's), an incontestible author
ity, had reported that IL now took $40 to
purchase what cousd have been purchased
+ for 81 five years ago. These five years, he
said, had marked the development of the
trusts. The trust Itroblem is not the DOGGY
of a campaign, and it is not the policy of
the Democrats, as he alleged Senator Beve-
ridge had represented it to be, to destroy
them. The Democracy recognized that
there were natural causes for the devel-
opment of combinations and IL was not pro-
posing annihilations What it did propose
was the destruction of organized pillage,
as shown by the Influence Of the trusts in
national legislation he said. The remedy
proposed by the Democrats, he declared,
was the ready-to-h,.nd method Of removing
all the protective ;duties on trust goods.
They opposed President Roosevelt's sug-
gestion that the Constitution be amended
by giving the federal government control
of such matters as being the apex of the
Hamiltonian plutccratic government in
Capitalization of power. Law-made monop-
oily aids the trusts by granting special
privileges. he contended.
He then plunged into a discussion of tar
ifs and their alleged means of aiding trusts
at home. He quoted statistics to show
that many of the great trusts were selling
goods abroad at less price than at home,
the domestic prices being merely the tariff
| rate. He said there are now 16S trusts pro-
| tected by the tariff. He concluded by ap-
pealing for a restoration of Jeffersonian
Democracy. the election Of Jacob p. Dunn
| to Congress and a. delegation to the State
| Assembly that would retire Senator Fair
| banks.
Mr. Dunn followed with one of his edi-
| torial talks. He said the only issue on
| which the Republicans could now maintain
| a campaign was prosperity. He said the
| true test of prosperity was not that men
| receive better wages and are steadily en-
| ployed, but that with both they do not
have to face increased cost of living. II
| is what surplus T1an may accumulate. he
| said, that determines his prosperity.
| AS A. G. Smith approached the front OF
the platform he recognized that a STAN
| pede was imminent and he merely spoke a
| few sentences. advising united action tC
elect the Democratic ticket. The glorious
silver push Tor what remains Of it,
which had been covering in a corner O,
| the hall, left with sullen faces. as there
| had not been wosd about money, govern
| ment ownership or other elements of the
party creed. During the speech of Mr.
Woollen "Humpy' Havens. who created q
scene at the funeral of President Harri
son. rose to ask q question. In trying t.
| suppress him he managed to shout: I'm
| a citizen and carry a load of potatoes OF
my back He was induced to retire with
out the aid of Eludgeon.