The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-05-13
MAKING. The TWO PLATFORMS

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ton among the republicans during the
last week. The wires have all been
pulled from the White House just as
these democratic critics insist wires
should be pulled from Albany in Judge
Parker's interest. A chosen cabal OF
republican senators have been on the
hump to get for the president, first
a running mate, then a campaign man
ager. and. lastly, platform on which
to stand. This cabal consists Of SCI
ators Aldrlch. Allison. Lodge. Hall
spooner and Piatt of Connecticut Mr.
Cannon pressed into service for one
day, but he deserted. What are tbesa
senators doing? They have undertake
en- in advance of the republican con
vention's coming to gether. to. fix upon
the persons and the principles to b.
put before the country by the repuh.
lican party. This is a characteri tic
performance, one wholly impossible ID
the democratic party. There is AID.
rich, the great schemer. the adroit
manipulation. who has grown immense
" wealthy In the senate. He, better
than any other man, knows precisely
what the protected interests Of the
United States want and will demand
as the price of their conditions and
their support at the polls He could,
blindfolded prepare a tariff measure
that under fortunes of innumerablo
clients. Aldrich admirably fits in with
the standing and declared politics Of
the republican party as a national or.
Iganizaton. He is smart and unscru.
lpulous and Is specially recognized as
| the guardian and spokesman Of the
special interests, with nests to feather
Through congressional aid abb tracted
from the pockets Of the people. So
Aldrich was naturally the dominant
figure In the senatorial conference, and
1.-THE conferences as naturally gathered
in his committee room.
Allison was there, 'the pussy-foot
ed He it was to whom General Pet.
tus addressed his famous speech, NOW
give me perpendicular answer when
the sly, evaslve senator from Iowa
was trying to steal round the senator
from Alabama Aldrich anu Allison
make such combination Of cunning
as has never been seen before Ia Our
Ipublic life. They are successful spe
| cial interests" statesmen and quite
properly lead in giving secret shape
TO the party platform As for the
other. they are strong men, but all spe
cial interests men, except Spooner, |
Hale and Platt of Connecticut stand
particularly for the subsidies AMI pro
lection grants. New England demands;
Lodge, while standing for these like.
wise, is the personal friend and conf
dant OF Roosevelt. spooner will be
lexpected to and can, defend any plat
form they may put up. He has taken
it as lawyer retained by the defense
| TO speak OF this caucus in this way
lis not To speak idly. What these men
Iagree on will be accepted at Chicago.
lThey will voice the consolidated spe-
cial interests Of the country and the
smaller representatives there viii
lcheerfully acquiesce in their concia-
sions. The smaller fellows dare not
break away for through one industry
may secure less plumber tlan a ~rti-
ocular manufacturer would like TO have
men of this class shcink hon cndan
gering this l.lle by quarre!iEg giia
the big tolJWs who get more
| The democrats may well look on al
the planning and scheming through
which these senators count on main.
tanning control OF the government for
the benefit OF their clients, Tho dem
ocratic party has no clients, unless the
masses of the people he reckoned as
such. They are against special priyi-
leges, under any guise whatever and
while the republicans are preparing
once more to come forth with demands
for the protected Industries, they will
find an opposition united and deter
mined that every vestige OF class logis.
lation must be swept on the statute
books. 1t needs no senatorial cabal TO
frame their platform This will be