Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27
STORM HITS
COAST and MOVES NORTH

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attitude at length and justified his pre-
| vious position with regard TO Hearst
| and his criticisms of that gentleman
| by saying:
The man who criticises you must
be either a fiatterer or a friend-and
never an enemy" Cochran then said
he came TO this convention eager to
find candidate who could be elected.
II had hoped this candidate would be
another besides him we are advOcat-
ing tonight, but no one else came up
to the measure"
If Hearst represented socialistic
ideas. he said, many of those who OPP
pose him represented corruption inde-
scribable "If / must choose between
rOttenness and riot, ] must choose riot
for that can be cured but rottenness
never"
other Nominations.
The vote followed and resulted in
Hearts's nomination on the first ballot.
Other nominations were: Lieutenant
Governor, Lewis Schanler. Duchess;
Secretary of State. John S. Whalen,
Monroe; Controller Martin H. Glynn
Albany; Treasurer Paulus Hauser,
Suffolk: Attorney General. William
Schuyler Jackson. Buffalo; Engineer
and Surveyor, Frederick w. Skene of
Queens
Features of Platform.
The platform denounces republican
high protection which enables a few
to plunder the whole body of their
fellow citizens, by charging extortion-
ate prices for the necessares of life
and the essentials of industry 1t de
ciares the cure for these abuses is not
in socialism but in democracy" The
platform denounces the scandal con-
nected with the insurance companies,
and demands such legislation as will
deal effectively with the whole sub
ject of life insurance and encourage
this form of economy by making it's
fruits absolutely secure"
bouquet for Bryan.
Concerning Bryan the platform says:
''In common with the democrats of all
the states and expressing the senti-
ment of the high-minded citizenship OF
the republic without party bias we
hospitality and acclaim which have
been accorded, at home and abroad. TO
that great democratic leader. and typi- |
cal American, William j. Bryan. to
whom the democrats of New York ex-
tend most cordial and sincere .felicita- |
tions.
The platform denounces trusts. and |
declares one result of taking from the |
masses some of the profits created by |
their labor to enrich a few favorites
is to encourage socialism and con |
tinues:
Attacks Socialism.
I'VE denounce the socialism which |
seeks to make the government the
sole agent of production as nothing |
less than proposal TO re-establish the /
institutions of tyranny and industrial |
slavery which perished before the adj
vance of Christian civilization. For |
the very essence of despotism is TO |
vest in the state absolute control of
all industry and therefore the owner
ship of all products. while the es- /
sence of democracy is TO confirm in
every man the right to dispose of his
own labor. and possess in peace every
thing produced by it.
Realizing that every socialistic pro-
posal-hOwever disguised under sonor-
GUS and misleading phrases-to be a
step leading inevitably towards the
of despotism in gov
erment, and servitude in labor. the
democratic party must always be Wig
liant in unmasking it and infieXible in
opposing it, In this opposition we
ask the cooperation and support of
all citizens who feel the issue now
before the country is no mere stTug-
gle for Office or for advantage be
tween political parties, but a contest
for the existence of Christian civil
ization and of democratic government,