The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-18
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS
HOT TIME AT THE SPRINGFIELD
CONVENTION.
HOPKINS DEFEATS HARRISON.
BRYAN AND SILVER NOT MENTION
ED IN PLATFORM.

tiOn" Knocked Out and Changed TO
Read All Fundamental Principles
Repeatedly Affirmed by Past DEM
Ocratic COnventiOns"-Ex-M
Hopkins Turned Down by Carter
Harrison and the Chicago DeIeEa-
ton in Caucus, but Elected state
Chairman by Convention by Large
Majority.
Springfield, ILL.,, June 17.-Chairrpan
John Hopkins of the State Central
Copnlittee. called the Democratic state
convention to order and introduced the
temporary chairman, Lawrence B.
Stringer of Lincoln.
Mr.. Stringer said in part:
is 1T strange or is 1t startling that
at one fell swoop. our whole national
policy should be reversed and our flu
ture career irrevocably changed? 1t is
not so strange when one reflects that
the party in power owes it's success, its
predominance, aye. it's very life to the
organized and syndicated trusts, that
with jaws and paws have seized the
government itself. Having exploited
every pursuit upon American soil, they
have sought new worlds to conquer
and at their behest and bidding we are
to-day exchanging blood for dividends,
and ruling crown colonies by the
sword.
Has It not occurred to you that I'M
DERIVING every act against law, liberty
and humanity, committed by the party
in power, will be found the high pro-
tective tariff tax which it levies at our
ports of entry? Destroy high tariffs
and you destroy the trusts. Destroy the
trusts and you destroy the soul and
quench the fire of the imperialistic and
colonial policy that has hauled down
the nations flag and raised a counter
felt copy of the same instead, with
clots of blood for stars.
The Party of the People.
THE Democratic party stands in this
fight where it has always stood,
championing the peoples rights. 1t
stands the enemy of monopoly, the foe
of oppression, the friend of labor, and
the inspiration of youth. 1t stands for
purity in public life, economy in pub
lie service, the abolition of privileges
to the few, for taxes no greater than
government needs, and for a trade I'M
fettered and free. 1t stands for an ex-
pansion, contiguous, constitutional and
syn1bolized by stars-to-be upon the ma
tons flag. 1t stands for the enforce
ment of law as against that anarchy
that lays low a loved President, that
takes the life of Governor in the cap
ital city of a state, and that hides be-
hind extradition laws to save political
friends, indicted for such friends, from
the righteous process of the law"
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. String
er's address, which was greeted with
cheers, the temporary organization OF
the convention was made permanent.
The membership of the committee on
resolutions was then announced and
that body adjourned to prepare its re-
port.
The Democratic state convention adj
journed tonight after nominating the
following ticket:
Clerk of the Supreme Court, John L.
Pickering of Springfield.
State Treasurer, George Duddleston
of Chicago.
superintendent of Public Instruction,
Arson L. Bliss of Hillsboro
Trustees of the State University. DR..
Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago; j. A.
White of Urbana and S. S. Paxton of
Monmouth.
John P. Hopkins, former mayor of
Chicago, was reelected chairman of
the state central committee, after a
bitter contest with Mayor Carter H
Harrison.
The election of Chairman Hopkins
produced the only contest in the con-
vention, but it was stirring enough to
make up for the tameness that charac-
terized the other proceedings.
The HOpkins-HarrisonF Fight.
The day was full of clashes between
Hopkins and Harrison The two men
INDUCED in an acrimonious controversy
in the st. Nicholas Hotel during the
morning, in which Mr.. Hopkins bitter
ly resented criticisms made by Mr..
Harrison, regarding the campaign
methods attributed to Mr-Hopkins bv
MIR. Harrison. Later Mr.. Harrison and
his friends succeeded in beating Mr..
Hopkins in the district caucus for state
committeeman. and elected Thomas j
McNally of Chicago in his stead. Mr..
Hopkins one chance to be reelected
chairman was in the caucus of the gen
eral committee appointed to select the
chairman
The committee. by majority of
three, recommended the selection of
Mr.. Hopkins.
A minority report. favoring the cleo
ton of Mr.. Harrison, was made, and
the fight carried to the floor of the
convention
The struggle produced wild excite
ment. Impassioned speeches were
made in favor of both reports. The
delegates were at times frantic and
criticisms highly personal in nature
were frequently exchanged.
A motion to adopt the minority re-
port as a substitute was voted down
by the ayes and noes. The roll was
then called on the adoption Of the ma
jorit yreport. On this Mr. Hopkins
won by a vote of s62 to 397 against.
Cook county's vote was: Harrison,
254; Hopkins. 209.
Fight over Platform.
The Committee on Resolutions had
a long and stormy session before their
report was finally adopted. The prin-
cipal fight WAS over the nrst planks in
the platform. As originally drafted.
this read
THE Democrats Of Illinois declare
their adherence 10 the fundamental
principles Of the Democratic party 81
laid down in the Declaration of lnde-
pendence and the constitution ~ the
United States, affirmed a. our last
National Convention etc"
This was CONSIDERED by the oppon-
erfa ~ silver as too FDarifc \ dcflaFa-