Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
EXPECT A HARD FIGHT
PRESENT CAMPAIGN PROSPECTS
IN ILLINOIS.
Organization of Two New Political
Parties at MISREPRESENTATION
in Other States.


sp~ciaI Correspondence of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO September L. 1904.
Two new political parties were born in
Chicago this week. The political stork ar
rived first on Monday when nineteen dele
rates some of them burdened with the
honor of representing several states. Dr.
ganized the Jefferson democracy. or indus
trial liberty party. as 1t was hnaly
named Wednesday night the first national
convention of the continental party was
held and the following ticket was named
For President Gen c. II. Howard of Glen
coe III: for Vice President George H.
Shibley of Washington. d. c.
Both these movements are largely the re-
suit of disaffection among Bryan demo-
Gratis. especially those in union labor ranks
over the ascendancy of gold democrats in
the party affairs and the nomination of a
Wall street man. = they term Judge Par
ker
The industrial liberty party is fathered
principally by union labor democrats and
Jeffersonian principles of democracy. they
declare. furnish the party's Screed.
The organizers We're few in number, but
they We're not in the least depressed by
that fact, the speakers hopefully deClar-
Ing that they outnumbered the men who
signed the Magma Charter and those who
organized the republican and democratic
pertitS II was decided 10 put no ticket IN
the field. but to contine the work to
ganization of the government. Both Thomas
r.. watson, the populist candidate, and Eu-
gene V. Debs. the Socialist standard bearer,
were Endorsed by the convention
The new industrial party aims to unite
all the producers in the country. especially
the farmers and trade unionists in the
movement The nineteen organizers pres
ent made up for fewness in the variety of
interests they represented, including most
of the branches of labor.
one hundred delegates. representing The
three states of Wisconsin, West Virginia
and Illinois. organized the continental
party last night and adopted a platform
advocating government ownership of the
railways, municipal ownership of street
car lines and other public utilities the in
itlative and referendum, new primary laws.
elght-hour work days. postal banks and
the establishment of labors right to organ
lie.
Gen. Howard. the candidate. is brother
or Cen y. .. Howard. who led the Union
FORCES IN the iii st days battle at Gettys-
burg. The nominee is the editor of the
Farm, Field ard Firesde He has an If
nee in the Masonic Temple building in this
city At present Gen. Howard is in St
Louis
Mr. Shirley lives in Washington. d. c. He
wrote the democratic campaign book in
1876. and one of William Jennings
BryanS chief lieutenants.
Jubilating Over Campaign Fund.
Democratic state leaders, who have been
sending out a Macedonian cry for help"
to the Parker managers in the east. are
now JubilatirS over the prospects of having
Sp"o or S1U,oW with which to aid In
financing their campaign in Illinois. Incl
dentally the state has been placed in the
democratic hopeful column by state lead
erS OF the party, and a hard fight is to be
made to carry 1t for Parker and Davis.
According To the latest plans of the Park
er managers in New York Illinois will be
placed in the doubtful list of states and
SoO.Op or SlO0.rU Will be drawn from the
Parker campaign fund and sent to the
state democratic committee. According to
local democratic leaders eastern managers
have been informed that the failure of the
national committee to open general or
branch Headquarters of the national COM
mittee in Chicago, coupled with the impress
sion that the committee has abandoned the
state. is hurting the state and county tick
cts in Illinois and is having depressing
effect upon the democracy of Indiana and
Wisconsin.
Chairman Eckels' Opinion
'The republicans are very foolish If they
think they are going to get victory by
default in Illinois this year. was the dec
Iaration of James II. Eckels. chairman or
the democratic finance committee, yester-
day. Because the campaign has been de-
layed as to the opening" he continued, rs
no reason for the opposition to think 1t Will
have no fight to make"
He promised that the campaign would
open up in lively fashion about the middle
of September. Mr.. Eckels stated that the
democrats have all the best OF the matter
on state issues, declaring that the repub-
licans are burdened with the administration
of Governor Yates for the last four years,
and that they will find the record of the
governor especially in his management or
state Institutions. a heavy load
From the present indications the demo-
cratic state committee will make the same
lfr,nig hat N
tional committee proposes to make In the
ma ton Counties. which are considered
hopeless will be abandoned and the night
will be made in the large centers OF popu-
l&tion comprised in some sixteen counties.
Looks for Hard Fight.
National Committeeman Frank o. Low
den says that he would not be surprised
were the democrats to make hard fight in
Illinois. Il nave not Deen one of those to
take it for granted that the democratic ma
tional committee would let the state go by
default" he SAID today. Il think the state
will go republican. of course. but we can
not afford to take any chances.
II. c. Burgess. chairman of the Nebraska
republican state committee, and c. NJ
Rigg. a member of the committee, called
on Mr.. New yesterday and told him the
republicans would carry their state.
The republican national headquarters has
learned that William J. Bryan will take the
stump for Parker and has already arranged
to make twelve speeches in Indiana Re
guests to Mr.. Bryan to speak in the cam
paign nave come to the democratic state
committee from Oluey. Salem and other
towns IN illinois. Secretary Hogan of the
state committee said yesterday that the re-
quests nave been referred to the demo-
cratic national committee. 1t seems to be
wen understood among both democrats and
republicans that Mr.. Bryan will sturnn tho
country for Mr. Parker ''o
Senator j II Foraker or Ohio
a. Knight of California have accented ~
Nltdtlons To speak at the opening of the
republican speaking campaign in the Audi
1Ti iuii on the evening of September II
ms lhsufes the opening of the Cook
county campaign with that meeting
:, Inc Marquette Club is planning n renub-
nan ralIy and banquet for October \
,,,i ~ II II expected, will be the star re-
publican events of the local camn,igr ~
i suL'il committee is cooperating with the
onlcerS OF the club and the sna, - 80 .iy