New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-06
SHAW In INDIANAPOLIS
Secretary on Contradictory Vie5cs of
Parker and His Party.


Well filed tonight when Leslie NJ Shaw. Secretary
Of the Treasury. and George A Knight, Of Cali
fornia, addressed the delegates attending the Ma
| tonal Republican League convention. The speak
ers and league officers were accompanied from the
hotel 20 the hall by large escort in procession.
J. Hampton Moore president Of the league. in In
: Producing Mr. Shaw, said:
"one thousand visitors from many States and
Territories here tonight II they came with
any doubt as TO what Indiana viii do Novem-
Der s. it has been removed by this magnificent
demonstration"
Mr.. Shaw greeted with an outburst Of ap-
pause, which lasted several minutes He said in
part:
The Democratic nominee said in his telegram and
assume thar the silver QUESTION is settled II the
hon GnafnP CLARK be correct the acquiesenee Of a
me SILVER question will avail very little unless his
party also consents to acquiesce. This it mas not
esEeS1 70 90 Inc answer OF the convention to the
90. The platform adopted by this convention Is ST.
cause it is no regared me ostEy sta4o9Ee Pc
this campaign and only Campaign Issues we're men
toned in rhs platform"
campaign issues mentioned in the platform
~ GtSs-ona4 lssues-issues that may arise during
., Inc De9ocratic party is equally divided the
variance with his party decsrations Tbs Dan,o
Gratlc platform in speaking OF trusts employs this
We demand the enactment OF such further leg
t7iation as may be necessary TO ehectuay suppress
N interstate commerce which is monopolizng any
permitted to transact business outside OF the State
Under the Sherman act no trust or combination
engaged in interstate commerceewhich monopIizes
any oranch OF business is permitted 70 do business
goes further and says:
Whenever it shall be established By any court
or competent jurisdiction that monopoIZation
lists such prohibition should be enforced through
whenever the fact of monopoilzation is estab-
Hshed by any court Of competent Jurisdiction. the
doing business anywhere. The difficulty is to es-
taollsh the Inonopollzatton- The platform means
nothing unless 1t be promise OF legislation which
Will reach monopoles that are not engaged In in
terstate commerce. If the platform has any mean
ing. it is promise Of legislation al present beyond
the Jurisdiction Of Congress-. An amendment to
ity to deal with monopoies. whether engaged in
interstate commerce or not, Is a prerequisite to
When such an amendment was proposed four years
ago the Democratic leader OF The House. in
If We pass this constitutionai amendment. the
from the campaign this year. Now. are we golng
70 help do IT? hone not
Thereupon the roll was called and only one DEM
ocIat supported the amendment
But while the platform was intended only for the
carnpe1S5 IL evidently alarmed their candidate and
dent Roosevelt because 81 arri-frusr Httgstion and
because he has reCommendeI and seciITed addi-
tionaI antitrust legislation, in his speech OF ac
ceptance the eminent jurist says:
The common law. developed. affords a COM
pIete legal remedy against monopoHes
Neither the Injunction against the Northern Se-
egTlties ComPaEy known as the mercer case. nor
Tne injunction against determinations by trans
portaUon companies nor the injunction against
combinations or packers could have been secured
under the common law. All these cases rest on
the Sherman Antitrust law, which the learned
judge says is unnecessary.
II, IN the opinion of the Democratic candidate
the common law Is sufficient then we need not eX-
peot the Democratic party make good the prom
ise contained IN iCs platform
There is similar disagreement between the Dem
Ocratic party and its candidate on the Philippine
question. The Democratic platform. looking only
FOR issues 20 be used in the campaign, said.
We insist that we ought 70 do for the Fiji
pinos what have already done for the Cubans
ana independent 10 work our their destiny
IN his speech Of acceptance the Democratic can
dtdate says.
The accident OF brought the Philippines
into possession and liberty 70
disregard the responsibility which thus came 10
US"
Having observed the approval OF the policy an
noUnced by President Mckinley and adhered 70
by President Roosevelt the candidats takes issue
with his party and approves the wisdom OF his
rival. This he does in his speech Of acceptance,
which Is just as binding and quite dignfded
a telegram
Note another difference between party platform
and speech OF candidate The Democratic national
platform demands a thorough legislative investiga-
ton OF executive departments, but the nominee
upon this platform in his speech OF acceptance
quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying:
IL the three powers Of our government maintain
thei- mutual independence Of each other IL may
last long, but not II either can assume the aU-
thnrity OF the other"