The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-04

Some OF the southern anu "000o'H
democrats are quite severe IN their
criticism of the New York platform,
saws a Washington dispatch. While
there is a general disposition to accept
Judge Parker as an available candidate
there is feeling of resentment
against the timid declarations on the
subject of trusts and the tariff. Some
of these critics declare that the plat
form is confusing in it's treatment OF
the trust question aud seeks to revive
the Cleveland theory of free raw ma
terial in connection with the tariff.
In speech delivered in Chicago by
William j. Bryan he attacked the Ne"
York democratic platform, and SOM
of his political enemies are denOunc
ing him for the attack. His action Is
characterized as sinful and malicious,
and influenced by personal motives.
The burden of his address was in ref
erence to the trusts. He declared the
trusts are the great issue in the pres
ent camplign-''a question that pre-
sents an important phase of the great
conflict between plutocracy and democ
racy." On the subject of the trusts
and the tariff Mr.. Bryan said 1.-THE New
York platform was silent" He argued,
that "tha New York platform is am
biguous, uncertain and evasive," and
he declared that the democratic party
cannot afford to go before the country
with an ambiguous platform. He said
sit would disgrace the democrats OF
the country to adopt such platform >
For arguing in this manner certain
papers have promptly denounced Mr.
Bryan, They call him MARRIOTT.
Yet even before Mr. Brya1's Chlca
go address democratic leaders in
Washington and elsewhere had Sc
yerely critised the New York platform
on the .yery line of Mr.. Bryan's at
tack.
One of the most conservative news
paper writer's in Washington is +. M.
Larner, correspondent of the Savannah
News, a strong Parker paper. In a
correspondence under date OF April
%, published in the Morning News,
Larner says there's much unfavorable
comment among democrats on the
platform. Yet Bryan is pointed at
with the finger of scorn and derislon
by certain Parker papers for daring to
eriticise the platform, and they seek
to make it appear that his is the only
voice that has been raised in criticism
of the platfOr m.
One of the strong men 10 congress, a
leader of thought and opinion in thai
high forum of the nation, a man of
sterling democracy, is representative
Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, who
represents his state on the national
democratic committee. What does he
say? Listen:
"As to the trust part of the platform
the democrats, when they get TO ST.
Louis, will not dare to follow the lead
of New York if the declarations made
at AIbsNy mean that regulation of
trusts is TO be left to the state. The
party Will demand GudL IL 20 lOrWafu
rather than backward. The democrats
of the South will fight for real federal
supervision of these questions"
Correspondent Larner asked Con-
gresham Livingston OF Georgia:
"What are your ideas as to what the
Albany platform means as to trusts and
monopolies?"
Mr.. Livingston replied:
"The parts are so disconnected as to
render the platform very unsatisfacto-
ry in this regard. There is declara-
tion of opposition to trusts, and yet
there is provision that corporations
chartered by states shall be subject to
regulation by states in which they are
chartered. There are other references
which may or may not be designed to
throw the regulation of trusts on the
states and take it out of the hands of
the federal government. If it was the
idea OF the gentlemen who drew the
platform that the democratic party is
willing to abandon the effort to control
trusts through the acts OF congress
then they have mistaken tue temper