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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10

tax. which should compel the millionaires
and the gigantic corporations to contribute
something to the support OF the Government
upon which they fattened: but now they have
given up the contest. The income tax no
aires and corporations supporting Parker are
not the kind OF Democrats to elamor for
graduated income tax.
How any party which has for recent years
stood Tor so many different things and broken
SO many contracts can now expect to be trusted
Is puzzle in politics. The manner In which
the platform Of 1904 evolved, the manner
In Which Parker's nomination was brought
ABOUT ought 10 intensity the dfstruSt which
the bad record Of the party Justly creates.
Every line Of the platform seems to be in
tremble lest ii should displease the bene-
hciaries OF class legislation. Every tone OF its
quakiIg voice seems TO say to the corporations,
Don't be afraid; 1 won't hurt you" With
the anxious fear of Snug the Joiner in Mid
summer Nights Dream" the apparent lion
kindly diSsipates the fear OF his audience by
assuring them advance that its roar Is only
for stage purposes. If that platform had been
meant TO please the people. how easy II would
have been TO write it, But 1t was meant to
delude the people and to please the corpora
tlons. hence its wonderful cOntortions in veT-
blage. its agonized efforts much Ian
guage and say nothing. This much must be
admitted. however. to the candidate hts the
platform as though political tailor had meas
ured him for IT. Parker can probably use
more words and say less that you are certain
OF than any man In America.
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THE DEMOCRATIC WEAKLING.
Nominee Equally Uncertain in Speech
or in Silence.

In Mr. Bryan's book called The First Bat
tle' he comoared the possible effects Of the
an invading army, sweeping the land with
fire and sword. Mr.. Bryan was right. The
lie money and the enormous use of credit
money, which universal confidence keeps ahoat
come. Let the supply of gold fail, let CON
fdence take wings, let the insolvent banks
be suddenly called upon to make good their
inflated liabilities and such storm will break
over the republic as has not been known in
its history. Our financial system is rotton to
the very core. What has been aptly called
hocus- pocus money is doing the biggest busi-
ness 1t was known to do. What is enti-
tied "frenzied finance is holding such a car
nivaI as ii never held before. This cannot
last. The crash will surely come. and those
who live to see 1t will feel though the
world were coming to an end Would to God
that Mr. Bryan were with me in this THE
Second Battle Together we could have
Democrats bosses would not have it so. Chair
man Jones had to drive the allies apart by
paign In 1904. had all the Bryan Democrats
refused to be bound by the infamous sellout to
Wall street at ST. Louis. and had Mr.. Bryan
Joined forces with me- we could have won
this contest. The temper of the people is ripe
for revolt. and its getting hotter every day.
The Democratic masses who followed Bryan
are sick at the heart. They listen without
conviction when Bryan speaks for Parker.
They want fighters at the head of the army
and Parker is no hghter.
Roosevelt stands in the open and dares Par
ker defiantly almost mockingly, and Parker
meekIy stays out of the fight. In his formal
letter of acceptance he says that he takes up
the glove thrown at his feet; declaring that
he will revoke that pension order, No. IS. But
in the same breath he hastens to admit that
Roosevelt did precisely what he. Parker. thinks
ought to be done. II elected he, Parker will
at once have Congress do what Roosevelt has
already done Heavensi what a meek warrior
is this Roosevelt did the right thing but
not in the right way. and if you will elect me
President 1 will do the same thing in the
proper wayv' Did any nominee ever seek the
presidency on that kind of platform before?
When is he going to free those Philippines?
He does not say. What is he going to do to
the trusts? VIII he deal drastically with the
Standard Oil trust which has coddled his po-
Iitical ambition for the past two years? What
will he do TO the sugar trust, which his cam
paign manager, German. represents in the
limited States Senate? On the negro oues-
tion-why has he been silent? Does he con-
denim Roosevelt for that Booker Washington
lunch? Does he condemn the appointment of
negroes to office? Why did he fail to make
any reference whatever to that plank in the
Republican platform which his running mate.
Davis, says created a race issue? The
Solid South is being kicked and cuffed into
the support of Parker upon the ground that
he differs from Roosevelt on the negro ques-
tion. Before the South is dragooned into vot-
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UNEVEN DIVISION OF WEALTH.
Legislation Blamed for Ills Affecting
the Body POIffic

In considering the labor question we should
not lose sight of the fact that our working
classes have had much to endure Those who
know something of the horror Of their con-
ditions in the Pennsylvania coal fields for
example as shown in Congressional investi-
cations. well understand their point OF
view. In many cases they have been goaded
to madness by hardships brutalities oppres-
sions. which human nature cannot always
stand. The virtual slavery which exists in
many a mine Is no secret The despotic
control which employers exert over employees
in many fields Of labor deprives the laborer
of any real political freedom and amounts to
a systematic serfdom. These men have
been Knocked by many a pledge and prom
ise Many politician has ridden into office
as their especial representative and advocate
only to bring disappointment and despair TO
those who trusted him. Time and again na-
tional platforms have promised abolition Of
sweatshops and unreasonable hours Of labor
Sweatshops have not been abolished and IN
reasonable hours of labor are much too COM
mon. In spite Of all this talk of general
prosperity I deny that 1t exists The mass
OF the people have no surplus money. All
our large cities are crowded with human
driftwood the floating wrecks beaten to
pieces in the great storm of life Into moi
stme tenements they are huddled In such
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the selfish policy Of the money power the peo-
pie would compel change in the standard.
street gave US the panic OF 1898. Let Wall
street give US another. and it may find that 1t
people have about reached the limit of endur-
ance. We heard much OF constitution
alism' in this campaign. The sincerity OF the
crime is shown by the fact that the gold STAN
dard which violates the statute law and the
constitution is not only supported by Theo-
gore Roosevelt. the imDeriatlist but by Alton
alism.
80 The gold standard is not 'irrevocably
nxed' because II is unscienti1c and wrong.
Nothing Is more certain than that the people
OF this country will continue their struggle
until they have national currency which the
money power cannot control and which
swers the purpose of perfecting exchanges with
Cus @ pecoInlng an armory from which the buc-
cancers of modern finance draw the Irresistible
i weapons with which they attack values and
One of the worst features of our financial
system is the farming out to the national
panks OF the power. privilege and profit of
supplying the country with paper currency.
instead OF using its own credit for the equal
benenf OF all the people, the Government lends
this credit TO the national banker to be used
LOT the beneht OF the banker. Thus the
tonal banker becomes beneficiary of special
privilege. and, basing his notes upon the credit
OF the Government, charges his fellow citizens
tor the use Of them. He, the privileged, fat
tens upon usury at the expense OF the unprivi-
leged. There are now about five thousand ma
uonal banks. which keep in circulation more
cent this represents a yearly profit of more
than $50 100000 which they derive from the
special privilege of using the public credit for
their private benefit. Clothed with the sover-
eign power of creating what is practically
legal tender currency, they can contract it or
expand it whenever they please; and, If they
decide TO give the country a taste Of their
despotic power. as in 1893, there is TO power
which can protect the victim. No class Of citi-
zens should be clothed by law with such terri
bic advantages over their fellows.
Jefferson and Jackson waged war against
national banks. contending that they were hos
tile to the spirit OF Government The
Republican party has always favored national
banks; thus, in the national platform of the
party in 1896 and 1900, national banks were
denounced in language strong enough to have
satisfied Thomas Jefferson. At this Time how
ever The counsels of the Democratic party
are presided over by Arthur German, who has
always supported the system, and by August
belmont, who is a national banker. To prove
that both the great political parties are now
lrreyocably fixed" in their support Of the ma
uonal banks, we have only to remember that
they united hands and hearts to recharter
them two years ago.
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PARKER A MOVING TARGET.
His Shiftiness on Issues of the Da,
Pointed Out

A third party has right to exist unless
there are abuses in government which the
two great parties" refuse to reform. Unless
both the two old parties are wrong, there Is
no excuse for a third But, IL both
the old parties are equally guilty Of class
legislation. and are equally subservient to the
beneficiaries of special privilege, then IL is
not Only the right of the patriot to form a
party of protest. but duty. Civil liberty is
at once a heritage and trust We are
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
DEAD IN RUINS.
Man Celebrated His Birth. day Yesterday With a
 Friend.

Plymouth, March 19.-In the ashes Of fire which burned his house last night, searchers to-day found the body of Charles Shaw, a painter, aged 65, together with another blackened corpse supposed to be that of Charles Buck. Shaw lived alone. Yesterday he cele- brated his birthday and Buck, neigh Dor, was his guest. The origin of the fire is unknown. When discovered shortly after. midnight it has gained such headway that no attempt could be made to enter the house, and it was not until the building was reduced to ashes that it became positively known that the occupants had been unable to escape.
 Buck was 5O years old and leaves q large family. G-aw leaves a brother in this village and a sister in North ampton, Mass.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Held steady, but quies; Minne- sota patents. $ 5l5G5 80; winter straights, 6.15; winter extras. $3.6o94; winter pat erts, $. .20Q5.60.
 WHEAT-Opened steady on fair cables and smaller Argentine shipments than had been expected: shortly after th> opening the market broke under heavy foreign selling of July; later there was a rally on covering; July, s4N@s51so; September. sSss 9S6&c.
 C0RN-Firm on the cables. but dull.
 PORK-Quiet; mess, s15@a5.75; family, $15.b0pl6.5o.
 LARD-Dull; prime western steam, 745c. 1908, @@8sc. 1So2 230s7c; olds. 9G14c.
 BUTTER-Irregular; extra fresh cream cry, Ag24hc.i common to choice, 15@2Sc
 CHEESE Steady; state. full cream, fancy, small. colored, September, 12c. late made, 10zc.; small, white. September 12c. ;; late made 10Ac.; large, colored, SePtem- Der, 12c.; late made, 10szc.; large, white, September, 12c.; late made. 10a4c
 EGGS-Heavy; state and Pennsylvania, nearby, average finest, 1Shc.; state and Pennsylvania ffrsts, 1715c
 HAY--pulI: shipping, 7o975c.; good to
 PoTAToEs- Weak; Long Islands, ssQ 337; Jersey, $2756S12; Jersey sweets, $l50 G4; state and western in acks. S2, SoQ2.70.
 STRAW-Firm; long rye, $1G1 %.
 BEANS-Steady; marrow, $S.10@3 15: me- dium. s2.1092.15; peas, $2o5Q2.1o red kid ney, S.15.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
SULLY
 ASSIGNS. Cotton Hing Down fall Complete.
Papers To-Day Re- leasing $l, 900, ,00O-He Says He Hopes to Re- sume Business i'm a Few Days.

New York, March 19-Daniel J. Sully, Samuel F. B. Morse, Edwin Hadley, Jr, and William R. Pagan, carrying on business under the name of Daniel J. Sully s~ Go, dealers in cot ton, coffee and grain, to-day assigned for the benefit of creditors to Joseph H. Hoadley. The assignment papers were filed by the attorneys for the firm.
 When Daniel J. Sully arrived at his office to-day he immediately went into conference with his counsel, MT Cutch- con, of the firm of Hornblower, Miller & Byrne. MT Sully refused to make any direct statement, but through a clerk announced that he hoped to re- sume within four days. Matters were in better shape to-day than was hoped last night, it was said.
 An attempt was made by a process server to serve an injunction upon MT Sully personally to-day. The injunc tion was prayed out by s. Mum, Son < Go, cotton brokers, to restrain the Sully firm from paying out any money MT Cutcheon acknowledged to service for MT Sully.
 Superintendent King of the cotton exchange called at MT Sully's office soon after the latter's arrival, and got him to sign contracts releasing up- wards of $1,00O,000 of margin money due to cotton brokers in this city and avrious points in the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
CITY NEWS

The American band prom at Audi torium tonight Miss Burke of Thomaston is the guest of Mrs Theodore Cruess of Vol colt street.
 James Smith. no Railroad Hill street, this afternoon
 Charles Fausbaug of New York Is of 345 Bank street.
 The Sacred Heart Drum corps will hold an important meeting to- morrow afternoon at 2: 30. Miss Flora Morse, stenographer at the office of Holmes, Booth, Haydens & O., will spend Sunday at her home in Derby.
 Joseph Kelly, fireman at the Leav- enworth street engine house, who has been i'll for the past week, Is much better and will be able to resume work on Monday.
 A number of Waterbury people have received invitations to attend the assembly, which will be given by the Entre-Nous society in Derby on Fri day night, April 8.
 Two more men enlisted at the local recruiting station for the United States army during the past week. Tho new recruits are Walter Hazen, who joined the infantry, and Franklin l.. Hubbard, who Joined the cavalry.
 Miss Katherine A. Derwin, the well known nurse of Abbott avenue, left to-day for Parkville, where she will become a Sister Of St Joseph. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Alesia T. Derwin, and Miss Margaret Purcell of Naugatuck. Miss Derwin by her lovaible disposition won many friends who will greatly miss her.
 Sheriff Rigney served papers upon Attorney Walter l.. Frisbie in san!- tarfum in Hartford yesterday. The papers mean that a petition has been filed i'll the probate court asking that conseryator be appointed over him. For some time Judge Cowell has been acting as MT Frisbie's friend in all legal proceedings Without a con- servator, his property, it is feared, would go to ruin.
 David Mattheiu of River street, q man about sixty years of age, was found this morning shortly after s o'clock in an unconscious condition on the crossing at Grove and North Willow street bleeding profusely from q cut in his head pr Crane happened along at the time and had the man sent to the hospital in Lun- ny's ambulance. Up to press hour he had not fully regained conscious ness and it was difficult to tell the ex- tent of his injuries or how he came. by them. 1t is supposed that he slip- ped and fell on the walk injuring himself sss coming i'll contact with the frosty gr0Snd.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
GETTING TOGETHER.
Democrats Held Meeting Last Night and Discussed National Politics

A number of democrats met in the city court room last night and talked over plans for the fall campaign. Peter B. Reeves was chosen chairman and Attorney Francis r. Guilfoile clerk. Several short addresses were made, all favoring the formation of q democratic club without reference to any particular candidate, though enough was said to show that the sen ttment was very much in favor of Judge Parker, but all thought that the proper thing to do was to get togeth- CT and keep gathering strength until the national convention puts forward q candidate and then line up behind him, no matter whether it is Parker Or somebody else. MT Guilfoile was the principal speaker and gave very interesting sketch Of Judge Parker, still he was not prepared to say that it would be well to organize under that name. It was, voted to author ize the chairman and secretary to choose q committee of seven to forrnu- late D plan of organization and report to meeting to be called by the chair in the near future
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
DOWN TO $l7.
Another Cut in Steerage Passage Rates Made
 To-Day.

New York, March. 19.-Another cut in ratefrom this port to Mediterranean joints has Just been announced. The most radical reduction was that made by the Hamb1",g America line wLich announced that oii March 22 the fast steamship I|rinz Adalbcrt will carry steerage passengers at sir each. This marks the low water mark in the rates for east-bound steerage traffic, and Is a drop of S14 from the rates which obtained a few months ago, be- fore the war began.
 in the west-bound Mediterranean steerage traffic the various lines, with one exception, recently have arrived at an agreement concerning steerage rates. but the east-bound traffic was not affected by this agreement, and the war ill that department proceeds with vigor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
BATTLE AT MANILA
 100 MOROS DEAD.

Manila, March 19--News of an inn portant military engagement has just been received from Catabalo, the cap ital of the province of Mindanao. On March ', attachments of the Seven teenth and Twenty third infantry, Troop B Of the Fourteenth cavalry, and Gateley's battery, all under com mand of General Leonard Wood, at tackled and captured the fort, which was held by Datto Ali, who resists the anti-slavery law. The defensive works were destroyed and their aban- donment forced by the assault of the battery. The Moros left one hundred dead on the field while the Americans had no casualties. Twenty four can non, forty-six native artillery and a large quantity of ammunition were captured
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE.
One to be Built Over Connecticut Riv-
 CT at Old SayhrOok.
(Special to Democrat.l

Washington. March 19.-The senate committee on commerce. has reported favorably on the Dill introduced by Senator Platt authorizing the construc- ton Of a new railroad bridge over the Connecticut river from Old SayDrook to Old Lyme, near the present bridge. The committee amended the Dlll, at the suggestion of the secretary Of war, by adding a section which gives equaI rights to al railroad companies that desire to use this bridge upon payment of a reasonable compensation, or upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the secretary of war, upon hearing all the parties in inter est. as amended the secretary of war recommends the passage of the bill, and it will probably go through the senate in a few days.
 The senate to-day passed the bill to promote Captain Allen V. Reed or Darien to a real admiral on the retired list. Captain Reed is now on the re- tired list with the rank of captain. He served many years ill the navy and ap- pealed to congress for relief some years ago. Senator Platt introduced this bill.
 Congressman Brandegee left yester- day afternoon for Connecticut, to at tend the meeting of the republican state central committee of which he is a member. He will return 1mmedl- ately after the meeting.
 The Connecticut members were all invited to attend the celebration in commemoration of the founding of Jamestown, Va, but none could go. A large party of members went down, and congress adjourned Friday until Monday to enable them to get away.
 At the request of Senator HaWley, Senator Platt introduced to-day bill to pension W. H. Chamberlain of Put nam at the rate of $30 per month Chamberlain served i'll Company G., Eighteenth Connecticut Volunteers. A large petition from citizens of Putnam accompanied the bill.
 Among the visitors at the capital to- day are: Rev Dr George M. Stone of Hartford, MT and Mrs J. R. Halstead of New Haven, at the Willard; Stephen Kinney of Hartford at the Ebbitt; Miss Clarissa G. Deming and Miss Elizabeth Deming of Litchfeld, at the Arlington.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
A REPUBLICAN DODGE.
The Talk of Economic League En-
 dorsing Editor w. K. Hearst.

Attorney James M. Lynch. who was the democratic candidate for mayoE on the democratic ticket last fall, saIa to-day he was not aware that tlsS Economic league had been converfsll Into Hearst club. He is presido1t or that association and witE all lis knowledge of law--Mr Lynch is
 member of the Waterbury Bar asS0g1 at1on-he fails to see how the organiza- ton can be working for anybody yg1kh- out his knowledge. II don't care x4s discuss the subject just now.s' said M3s Lynch to g Democrat reporters to-da '. because l know that is exacrlv waaI some people want. The same tactfsA mat were employed to disrupt f]ta democracy of Waterbury last fall x being used now, and if people allow themselves to be misled by it soe4 ond time, that is not my fault. Th8 opposition made q big handle out of the use of John Dalys name and tht Economic league at the last city cleo uon. and people took so much stock l1l It suppose they feel that it may hei}} tnlngs along for them i'll the local del<f during the national campaign. If Ml. Daly and some of his associates nave a political club I suppose they have H~ tion to state that the Economic leag1s1s is not back of any particular candiaat8 As matter of fact, the society h4$ not held meeting In six months, SE you see 1t Is not very active political or otherwise This whole talk is siiz{z ply a political job on the part Of ftzM republican party and democrats wIx6 are soft-headed enough to let if I6 any influence upon their conduct only looking for an excuse to flop
 and do little more electioneering q the republicans while at the same masquerading as Gemocratg If
 my way there would be one democtAlS club in Waterbury with nobody's Haaaas atta ched to it until the national demo- cratic convention meets and puts fo4z ward candidate; but I'm not one 0i the party leaders and conseauenf7s s have nothing to do with the forlnntion of clubs or names for them
 One who is supposed to be Hearsf advocate said to-day that the repo1:feta organization of a club in this city H3 support William R. Hearst for tlll> nomination for president is a lifff@ premature. Among q number of laboe leaders there has been an informal discussion of the organization of such club and one may be organized TnA persons who are interested in the foxs mation of the club are John T. Dnl*, president of the Central Labor rni03; T. G. Smith, business agent of tj}s Carpenters union, and Charles H Crowley of the Printing PressmeTfH union. No meetings have as yet been held and 1t is not known when th@ 4 first meeting will be held.