Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-06
AN ABLE SPEECH
Secretary Shaw's Ad-
dress at indianapolis.
The Relations Of a President
And His Party.
. e.,,,o Presentation Of the National
Issues.

,,,,tIjc,n mass meeting IN tits oi'S'
I'm Leslie VI. Shaw OF Iowa.
..,.,.'',,,,. ,f the. treasury was the leau-
It'll, .,,.,ker He spoke III part as loi-
lows: , ,-b,
r.,a DISTINGUISHED Congressman WHO
,.,..i3.I over the temporary dellpera-
tinrs nf the Democratic national con-
yention, in referring 10 the
employed this language:
1T avails nothing to claim, as some
IA mat Colonel Roosevelt is better
Than his party. 1t is to be hoped that
h.. ie b,It truth to tell, q President can
r,r he better than his party. Even II
b.. +ri.s 10 be. he is ruined politically"
II AIR Clark wished to be understood
~ saving that every President must Oh
,,..crssity be controlled by his party, ne
!. correct. No President can force
LEGISLATION against the wishes or ms
marty. He may recommend never 50
wisely. but if his party be unwise or
uus.ahla or discordant, the President
will of necessity have sorry time, ana
the people will be sharers of his grief.
Applving Mr.. Clark's test 1t must fol-
low that the nominee Of party com-
messed of diScOrdant elements, with no
convictions on any question and no
settled policy on any subject, will OF
necessity make a weak and vacillatins
President.
If Judge Parker should be elected
upon the platform which declares pro-
lection robbery Of the many to enrlch
the few" ordinary consistency VIII re-
uuire him 20 recommend the repeal or
every existing protective tarlft sched-
III. Rut even the leaders OF his party
are not united on that question. Iney
are not only divided rs respects sched-
ules. but they also hold antagonlstlo
views upon the free trade and protec-
ton iSsu-. If the Democratic party
were in power again it would undoubt-
pdIy enact another nOndeScript, tarlff
law lik. the. WilsOn-Gorman bill, with
high protection here. low protection
| there. ANA FREE. trade elsewhere.
1t will bp remembered that Mr. CleVe-
| land. Who is Al unimpeachable free
trader. refused To sign the Wilson's
| ,;nrllan bill. ana denounced it as full
of ..pcrtdy and dishonor." Had the
democratic party been united upon TIE
| principles set forth i'll their platform
| Of 1892, Mr.. cleveland could have con
| Quoted his administration along some
| consistent line and carried out some
| consistent policy. But this was denied
him. He recommended free trade tariff
| law. but while the bin passed placed
wool and kindred articles on the free
list, to the ruin of many industries
and therefore of all Uor all industrie.
thrive or anguish together). it con-
tanned the game iron and steel protec-
tive schedules that are now Incorporate
ed in the Dingley bill. Mr.. CLEVELAND
recommended the repeal of the pur-
| chasing clause of the Sherman act
under which $500 600 ounces of silver
We're purchased every month, but hi:
party was divided, and an amendment
chnngiuc it to free coinage of silver
act received Il majority vote of his
PARTY. ana tn" repeal measure woult
have failed in final passage but for Re
publicans who came to the patriotic ale
of President cleveland by more than {
three fourthS vote Of the party. Mr.
Cleveland. being unable To control the
descendant clements of his party. had e
rely upon the patriotism and states
manship of Republicans for the few
wise acts of his administration.
The Democratic nominee said i'm hi!
telegram and in his speech of accep-
lance that if elected he will assume
that the silver question is settled. |
the Honorable Champ Clark be correct
the acquiescence of a Democratic Pres
ideut in Republican legislation on thu
silver question will avail very little I'm
less his party also consents to acqui
cs.e This it has not agreed to do. Tn,
answer of the convention to the tele
gram is as follows:
The platform adopted by this con
vention is silent on the question of TIL
monetary standard because it is no
regarded by US as n possibl. issue il
this campaign. and only campaign is
sues We're mentioned in the platform.
Notice the guarded language en-
ployed: "Only campaign issues ar
mentioned in the PLATFORM Congress
sional issues-issues that may arts
during the Observation-Disclosures al
omitted. The party confcsSes to hay
2 put into its platform only those thing
which it hopes may help during tn
campaign. and to have omitted every
thing likely to cause embarrassment
during the campaign. If embarra IS
mentS come. and they did come durin
Mr.. Cleveland's administration (be
= cause a President can be no better tina
his party) let them come after cleo
ton.
The Democratic party is equally di
vided on the subject of trusts. and tn
candidate is again at variance with hi
T. party declarations. The Democrat
. platform in speaking Of trusts employ
e this language:
We demand the enactment of sue
y further legislation as may be necessar
/ to effeCtudliy suppress them. An
e trust or unlawful combination engage
in interstate commerce which is monop
!. olizing any branch of business or pro
duction should not be permitted t
r transact business outside of the Stat
v of its origin"
Under the sherman act no trust o
e combination engaged in interstat
commerce which monopolizes an
branch of business is permitted to d
business even in the State of its origin