The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-13
INDIANA FOR PARKER
Delegates to Chicago Convention
Instructed For New Yorker.
TO ADOPT PLATFORM LATER.

Declaration Of Principles VIII Be An
nounced at Second Session Of State
Convention on duly 20, Wien State
Ticket VIII BE Named.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 13.-The first
session Of the Indiana Democratic con
vention was called to order by State
Chairman O'Brien. The platform win
be adopted and a state ticket nomlnat-
ed at a second session to be held here
July 20 What that platform win be
may be inferred from the speech Of
Temporary Chairman AIonzo G.
Smith, which was In part as follows.
The Democratic party is opposed to an
schemes d taxation that bear unequally
upon individuals or interests or that tend
to increase the profits Of one class al the
expense Of another. We are opposed 20
special privileges IN governmental affairs
Combinations Of capital trusts are the
direct and legitimate offspring Of a pro-
tecttve tariff system They violate the
spirit Of our laws. become inimical to the
public welfare and peace and should be
regulated, controlled or prohibited by
laws ample % protect the public interests.
1t Is tho purpose Of the Democratic par
~ TO deal only with the bad trusts. Ut is
not our policy to disturb legitimate enter
prise for we know and the country un-
derstands that the evil tendencies Of these
extraordinary combinations Of wealth can
be prevented without injury to capital or
embarrassment to labor.
The benefeiaries Of protective tariffs
and unlawful trusts are today IN partner
ship with the Republican administration.
at Washington, and the country cannot
expect relief from such fellowship. For
years the country has appealed to Wash
ington for relief from the trusts, and dur
ing all this time the Republican admins
tratlon has been promising to do some-
thing 10 remove this burden from the
people But trusts have accumulated In
number and importance. and the cost OF
living has Increased and the price of la
Dor correspondingly decreased. And now
for the first time In the history Of this
country war Is being waged between
capital ard labor, the dangerous conse-
quences Of which cannot be foretold.
1t is political Imbecility to expect
change Of conditions through Republican
administration. When relief comes to the
people from the wrongs Of the trusts it
will come through the power and force or
the Democratic party
Instructed For Parker.
The delegates to the st, Louis CON
vention were instructed to vote as a
unit for Alton b Parker
AT the preliminary caucuses every
district except the Twelfth was carried
for Parker; the Twelfth went to
Hearst
II was announced by the victorious
rarkerites before the convention met
that tile convention would instruct for
Parker, would adopt the unit rule,
would indorse Thomas Taggart for ma
tional chairman of the Democratic
committee, elect four delegates Ut large
70 the national convention, four alter
Mates electors and alternates at large
and take Il recess till July 20
The followers Of Hearst have been
taking atiidaVits in several districts
and collecting evidence which, they
say, viii be presented at the national
convention 70 prove their claims that
they were not given fair treatment and
that their delegates were the real choice
Of the district Contests from the See
ond Sixth Tenth and Thirteenth dis
tricts will be carried to St Louis.