The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
FIGHT OF HIS ] F


Boston Journal.
German is making the fight of his life In
Maryland. His issues are Down with the
Niger and "up with the trusts" Cor
man stood in with the trusts when he made
the Gorman-Wilson tariff, and he has been
standing for the trusts ever since. He
wishes to cut out Cleveland as a friend OF
the trusts and h means to do 1t, and
he knows that by standing for "a white
mans government he will have the solid
South.
No doubt among the political Democrats
German stands much higher han Cleve-
land. Germans recent bitter attack upon
President Roosevelt, on account Of the col
ored race, is Intended to make the South
solid for German. German hates Cleveland
and is bound to have the trust builders
with him.
Cleveland a few months ago was re-
garded as the choice of the speculative
elements in Wall street. German notes that
Cleveland did not say anything against
Roosevelt's handling OF the coal strike
and the trust question. German made a
bid for the Wall-street support. German re-
marked that the President was 'imprudent
in interfering with matters which did not
properly belong TO his office and that.
therefore, he had unsettled business He
was standing in with Baer and standing
against reference. The ice is pretty thin
along there.
This attack of German on Roosevelt is
received with amusement in Washington
for 1t discloses the hypocrisy of the anti
trust professions of the Democrats. When
Roosevelt ordered that the law which Pres
ident Cleveland did not enforce must be
lnfnrno6 IN rQO,llafa frlrSfc hofrn WING fha
people, 1t is really funny to find the leading
Democratic candidate for the presidency
declaring that Roosevelt is imprudent
and is unsettling business'-imprudent be-
cause he enforceS a law enacted for that
purpose. The n~egro-phobia and pro-trust
platform OF the Democracy, accordingly, is
leadership of the Democratic party next
year. And four years ago the Democrats
claimed to be the only simon-pure anti
trust party!
Including Maryland. the old Southern
States run by race hatred will have 2S2
votes in the next Democratic national con-
v%ention. To this vote may be added the
vote Of Missouri, making 3S in all. In the
north the trust proposition will be made
prominent, but the notification of the ff-
tenth amendment is for Southern votes
TONS trust regulation policy, to get the
Democratic delegates from the New Eng
land States, from New York, Pennsylva'
MIA, New Jersey and Delaware. Cor.
AlloA
the votes of the convention, and that would
be a good start for the necessary two
thirds. But Democratic paper in the
North warn German that he is playing
with fire-that the North will resent a race
war.
But a factor to be reckoned with is Tom
Johnsonism and Organism. While German
has drawn up a plan which seems to him
to read well, he must reckon with those
Organized forces in the Democratic party
which in 1900 and in 1896 dominated the
! party. 1t is not to be supposed that the
forces which were in majority In two ma
tional Republican battles, will be silent Oh
unimportant in 1904.
The Republicans do not disguise their sat
isfaction with Gormanism as an issue. In
1896 Gormanism was an issue from the tar.
if point of view and the Republicans elected
Mckinley with a rush. In 1904 Il German
ism Is brought forward again, not only in the
| matter of tariff, but in the matters of vino
water In trusts and negrophobia, the Re
! publicans will have another walk-over. The
Republicans will unhesitatingly indorse thu
part which the President took in settling
the anthracite coal strike and In enforcing
the law regulating the great corporations
The Republicans will stand solidly for thu
protection of capital against promoters anC
of labor against exploiters.
What will become OF the Bryanite con
tingent If such men as German are nomi
mated? Unquestionably there will be
Socialist ticket which will largely divide tn
Democratic vote.