The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-16
ILLINOIS LIFTS
THE HEARST FLAG
Her Delegates Pledged
to Vote For Him.
PLANkS OF PLATFORM
The Constitution Follows the Flag.
Senator'S by Direct Vote. War on
the Trusts. Lawrence B. Strin-
ger Nominated for Gov
ernor.
lRv the Associated Press. }


Springfield, Ills, June 1.-THE
Democratic State Convention today
nominated Laurence b. Stringer, OF
Lincoln, for governor. and instructed
the delegates to the ST. Louis conVen-
ton to vote as a unit for William X.
Hearst for the presidential nominal
ton. The convention was controlled
by John p. Hopkins, former mayor OF
Chicago, and now chairman of the
State Central committee.
Mr. Hearst'S campaign managers
who attempted to ride into power by
the aid of his name received no con-
sideration whatever from the conVen-
ton. The Harrison party, which
came solely from Chicago, and was
pledged TO the support of Congress
man James r. Williams. was routed
completely. Mayor Carter H. Harri-
son was unseated as a delegate, and
took a train for home without going
near the convention. Both his faction
and the Hearst party were as nothing
compared to the strength and skillful
management of the convention eXhl-
bited by Hopkins.
Clayton E. Crafts, of Chicago, read
the report of the committee on reSo-
buttons. He was frequently interrupt
ed by boots and jeerS. and inSlnuating
questions were hurled at him in pro-
fusion. The resolution providing for
the endorsement of Mr.. Hearst was
not made a part of The report of the
committee on resolutions, but was
submitted to the convention as a separ
ate matter. The original resolution
provided practically that the Illinois
delegation should vote for Hearst, UNI
less it was convenient to vote for
somebody else. A substitute offered
by Clarence S. Darrow, pledging the
delegates to Hearst as long as his
name is before the convention. was
then adopted by a vote of 936 to 1895.
Nationals Questions.
Following are the pronouncements
of the platform upon national ques-
tions
1--WE demand that all departments
of government recognize and act upon
the doctrine that the Constitution fol-
lows the flag in Porto Rico. and the
Philippine Islands or else that they
are free and independent SO that the
true glory of our country shall not be
furnished by the exercise of the des-
potic power, of denying to a HELPLESS
people a republican form of govern
ment.
1--WE favor the election of United
States Senators by direct vote of the
people.
1--WE point to the growth of trusts
and mOnopoles as one of the evil re-
suits of the ascendancy of the Repub-
lean party at Washington.
"By the present tariff law and an
numerous ways, special privileges and
undue favors have been extended by
a Republican Congress and RepIb-
lican president to favored classes and
huge corporations The older trusts
: have all been strengthened and new
trusts, too numerous to mention, have
been created since the government
passed into the hands of the Repuo-
lican party IN 1896.
eve submit that the, Republican
party. itself controlled by trusts. can
not safely be relied on to curb the
trusts and we demand that the gov
ernment be taken out of the hands OF
the friends of monopoly and restored
to the untrammeled representatives OF
the people.
The State Ticket.
Following is the full State ticket
nominated:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS B. Stringer, OF
Lincoln.
Lieutenant Governor-Thomas j
Ferns. of Jerseyville.
Secretary of State-Frank e. Dool-
ing, of Sangamon county.
State Treasurer-Chas. 3. Thomas
of McLeansboro.
Attorney General-Albert Watson
of Jefferson county.
University Trustees-Mrs. Anna G..
Solomon, of Chicago; Theodore G.
Loehr, of Carlinville: F. L. Merrill of
st. Clair county.
The delegates at large to the st.
Louis convention are John p. Hopkins
and Andrew M. Lawrence. of Chicago:
Ben II. Cable. of Rock Island. and
Samuel Alschuler, of Aurora.
John p. Hopkins will su ccee1 him
self as chairman of the State Central
committee.