The independent., 1903-03-19

to Chairman butcher, president OF
the Hamilton Trust company; and the
confidence implied that Steward H.
Woodford, Lyman J. Gage, Henry
Clews, Kuhn, Loeb G. Co., and long
list of trust officials, railroad corpora
tions, and republican politicians, with
sprinkling of clerical worshipers OF
wealth, had in the spirit OF purely dis
interested and unselfish philanthropy
and patriotism organized an economic
league to engage "in an impartial
nom political movement suggests that
the SentineTs chief editor Is fast
lapsing into a condition OF polltlcal
dementia. If moral deficiency Is ex-
cluded. the almost incoherent reck-
lessness of the statements made III
the editoria! Is sufficiently indicative
of mental effectiveness to JUSTIFY un-
easiness on the part OF his pollucal
friends. 1t is singular that Mr.. Morss
knows SO precious little" about this
so-called economic league" 1t is
surprising that he had no suspicion
of the character of this organization
when he read the names OF the exc
cutive committee" of this league, anu
of the contributors and indorsers
on the letter-head he received. IL the
names on the head of the letter dated
November 20, 1902, created no douDts
in his mind, it is very remarkable
that, when he read in the very nrst
sentence of that letter the declared
purpose
"To instruct the people that, II
we are to continue to lead IN the
worlds industries and keep Am
erican labor and capital remuner-
atively employed, it must De
through the organization OF III
dustries into large units, d.
rected by the best talent"
it never occurred to him that the or
ganization of industries into arg e
units, directed by the best 'aieht
meant the organization OF trusts to De
controlled by trust magnates.
What transparent nonsense it is Tor
the Sentinel. in the face OF the Iacts
disclosed in it's own editorial, and tne
clear proof of it's chief editors al
lance with and approval OF this as
sociation of republican politicians
trust officials, and trust supporters, 10
attempt the stop thief" dodge.
It will not work this time. 1t can
not make anybody believe that TINS
so-called association is a hoax py
| calling it mares nest" 1t has been
caught in the act, and it cannot es-
cape the just condemnation OF the
voters of Indiana by pointing its trust
stained fingers at some one else.- It's
pretended opposition to trusts is on
| par in the market OF sincerity with
/ it's support of the national democratic
ticket in the last campaigns.
| MIR. Morss, it must be remembered,
| is not only member OF this trust
| association of republican politicians
and democratic reorganizers, by his
own confession, but member of its
press committee. He became such IN
answer to letter, which declared the
purpose to advocate the organization
of industries into large units"
During the latter half of January
| letter. on a letter-head upon which
| Mr.. Morss' name had been placed by
| his authority, was sent out and signed
| by A. H. Mattox, editorial manager
| National Economic League, 13 Astor
Place, New York, and in which occurs
this sentence:
''Only by the literature that was
sent out by the republican party
and auxiliary organizations, edu-
eating them to the danger of the
election of Mr.. Bryan, was the
country saved from that disaster"
And yet Mr. MOrss would have the
readers of the Sentinel believe that he
was deceived by the audacious asser-
ton in the letter to him that this
Trusts Economic League" was 'an
impartial, nOn-pOliticai movement"
Simple-minded, unsuspicious Sammy!
1t is not disclosed just what the
editorial manager. of this league
meant by auxiliary organizations" to
the republican party, but there were
more of them in this state in 1900
than appeared on the surface or by
name. The democratic voters, and
other supporters of Mr.. Bryan in 1900,
had a right to rely on the democratic
state committee not being one of
them, but, if the Sentinel and other
| influences that controlled this COM
mittee wanted to eject the ticket
which they pretended to be support
| iOo ic thprn aOv rnac1O tbat ha