The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-17

MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS.
A Hitch Over Kansas City Platform,
but All Agree i'm Denouncing


A Hitch Over Kansas City Platform,
hut All Agree in Denouncing
Trusts
Boston, Sept. 1.-THE prospect of a
harmonious convention tomorrow of
the Democrats of Massachusetts, were
not particularly bright at the prelim-
mary gathering of the party leaders
and delegates tonight. For nearly ten
hours to-day the six members at large
of the Committee on Resolutions de-
bated the question of reaffirming the
Kansas City platform, three of them,
including George f. Williams, the
chairman, demanding that the Kansas
CITY declaration be incorporated into
this years Massachusetts Democratic
platform, while three other members,
led by Josiah Quincy strongly opposed
such plank. The deadlock was over
that portion of the Kansas City plat
form which migAt be taken as an in
dorsement of free silver.
The contest was carried into the gen
eral committee, which adopted by a
vote of IA to I, the draft of a platform
which will be presented to the conven-
ton as the majority report of the COM
mittee on resolutions. This declares
that in the place of the Republican
policy of fostering and protecting the
monopolies by legislation at the ex-
pense of the people we demand protec-
ton for the people against the abuses
and eXactons of monopoly. The plat
form continues:
we make no warfare upon any le-
climate corporation business which is
willing to sustain itself without GOV
ernmental favors and to submit to rea-
sonable governmental supervision and
regulation: but the supremacy of the
state over its corporate creatures must
be asserted and maintained, and they
must conduct their business with due
regard to the vast public interests in
their charge; free raw material IS
the only sound foundation for the
manufacturing supremacy which this
country IS seeking; we again demand
that the duties upon such material so
injurious and unfair to the industrial
development of this commonwealth.
shall be wholly removed
We demand, particularly, free coal,
free iron ore, free wool and free hides,
and we condemn the Republican policy
OF sacrificing great New England in
terests to its political exigencies.
we FAVOR any honest policy of re-
clproclty with other nations, and we
particularly demand the passage of a
liberal measure of reciprocity with
Canada.
We demand the repeal of all tariff
duties upon articles whose production
is controlled by trusts. This is the
one simple, practical and Immediate
remedy which will at last limit the ex
actness of monopoly; it can be applied
while further legislation is being for
mulated and discussed. The federal
government can at least allow the peo-
pie 10 purchase their coal and their
meat, which have been rising toward
prohibitive prices, without paying trib-
ute to the coal trust and the meat
trust
"A decent regard for the interests of
the people require that both sides to a
great industrial controversy should ac-
cert the principle of arbitration. we
condemn the arrogant refusal Of che
representatives of the anthracite com
blnation to submit to arbitration their
dlnerences with their employees, as the
| cause of vast loss and injury to The
general public.
AS we declared a year ago, the peo-
| PIE OF cuba, for whose welfare we have
made ourselves trustees, are plainly
entltled TO the most favored CONNER
clal relations with this country
we are opposed to all forms of gov
eminent subsidies to favored interests
or classes, whether on land or on the
| sea.
We reafflrm our opposition to CO.
lonial imperialism in every form and
| again demand that our government
shall declare its purpose to give to the
| people of the Philippine Islands at the
earliest possible date their independ-
ence under the protection of this coun-
| try"
IT ie axnacfad tbo1 cao, n wv,
liams will have a minority report ready
to submit to the convention and that
1T will contain all the declarations for
which he has fought.