The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-15

represent the Democracy OF lllnolss
and he wished for nothing at its
hands.
II decline to have my name submit
ted to this convention in any man
ner." he shouted and walked of the
platform. followed by the cheers of the
Hearst delegates.
William C. Croiius Of Joliet follow
ed In brief speech endorsing the
stand taken by Mr.. PrentIss and also
withdrew his name from the conven-
ton
Then came another long wait dur
ing which the widest confusion pre-
vailed on the floor. and several fist
fights took place between the dele
gates. None OF them amounted to
more than an incidental diversion from
the routine.
clayton p. Crafts Of Chicago then
came forward with the platform He
readi
Crafts IL Hcotea.
I'VE, the Democrats Of Illinois,
"who are Democratsf You're no
Democrat came from the Hearst men.
and the boots and jeers that greeted
| Mr.. Crafts compelled him to suspend
| for a time.
| He had similar greeting when he
announced. We believe in the rule or
the majority and pungent questions
| reeking with sarcasm were hurled at
him In profusion, and the hooters were
| again strongly In evidence.
The resolution providing for the en-
dorsement OF Mr.. Hearst was not made
a part of the report of the committee
on resolutions. but was submitted to
the convention as a separate matter.
The original resolution provided prac-
tically that the Illinois delegation
should vote for Hearst until 1t will be
| convenient to vote for somebody else.
A substitute. offered by Clarence s.
barrow, pledging the delegates to
Hearst as long as his name is before
the convention, was then adopted by a
vote of 936 to 395.
The nomination of candidates was
then takes up.
/ The platform follows:
The Platform Adopted.
I'VE. the delegates of the Democratic
party of the State of Illinois, in con-
vention assembled, do hereby declare
that the Democratic party of the State
of Illinois will zealously cooperate
with the Democratic party of the
United States in its efforts to restore
the National Government to the Ameri-
can people, freed from the spirit OF
greed with which II has been defiled
during the last eight years of Repub-
| llCAn TlOb, OF SOTfupLlOu eAtfaFAKanCG
favoritism and misrule.
I'VE point to the recent revelations
OF corruption in the post Office OF
4 Washington: TO a depleted treasury
shown, BY the last treasury statement
at washington; to the failure OF the
attorney general TO prosecute illegal
trusts and combinations. and the pro-
moters thereof by criminal action: tc
the refusal of Congress to reduce tbs
tariff tax on those articles which en-
able the Illegal trusts and combina'
lions to plumber the people; and to tns
fact that the attorney general left Al
to a private citizen, at large expense
to uncover the coal trust as proving
the truth of the above charge agains
the Republican party:
The Matter OF Labor.
$50 far as government is concerned
and its laws and the enforcement
thereof. the right to labor must b,
protected as vigilantly as our life, lib
, erty or property. for free labor Is tn'
J basis of all these, and upon Its preser
walton depends the permanency of oui
free institutions.
The compensation for labor mus
J be just and fair. So far as govern
: ment is concerned and its law and tn,
enforcement thereof, they should no
enable any one, either openly or y
subterfuge or device, to keep or taxi
from the laborer. just and fair wage
"All laws whether State or National
that afford such opportunity for wrong
ing some for the benefit of others
should be modified or repealed.
1--WE demand that all departments o.
/, Government recognize and act upon thu
doctrine that the constitution follow;
, the flag In Porto Rico and In the Phil
ippine Islands. or else that they ar
= free and independent, so that the tru'
. glory of our country shall not be tar
r nished by the exercise of the despoti
power of denying to a helpless people
, republican form of government
Senator's BY Direct Vote.
I'VE favor the election of Unite'
> States Senators by a. direct vote of tn
people
I'VE point to the growth OF trust
and monopolies as one of the evil re
suits of the ascendancy Of the Repub
l lican party at Washington.
IF the people do not speedily dom
! mate, regulate and control the trust:
l the trusts will permanently dominat
and control the Government and coo
tinue indefinitely to levy exactions up
D on the people.
The delegates chosen by this con
s ventIon to the Democratic Conventio
3 are hereby instructed to vote as
= unit on all questions. provided that tn
o unit rule may be suspended by a ma
n jority vote of the delegates"