Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-26

GENERAL DU POINT. eral T. Coleman Du Pont of Delaware, head of the bureau of campaign speak CTS of the national committee, had re- signed as head of that bureau and also as a member of the executive com mittee of the national committee.
 Du Pont is the head of the pow der company sued in the courts by the department of justice for violation of the Sherman antitrust law. His resignation has been accepted.
 Chicago, Sept. Ex-Governor Charles N. Haskell resigned as treasurer of the Democratic national committee. His resignation was announced by himself after his arrival in Chicago from Guthrie, Okla, and after he had conferred with officers of the Demo- cratic national headquarters. MT. Haskell declared he did not desire to be responsible for any embarrassment which might result to the Democratic party by retaining the office of treas urer.
 The resignation as forwarded to Chairman Mack reads:
 Since the president and his cabinet have joined forces with MT. Hearst and three Wall street brokers to make a per- sonal fight against me, notwithstanding the president in his answer to Mir. Bryan abandoned his charge about Ohio Stand ard Oil cases yet by all the means at the command of the government and the mil lions of Hearst and his Wall street allies they persist in vicious, unwarranted and untruthful attacks on me. Personally l welcome their attack and shall treat them all as private citizens and subject to the penalties of the law which they merit.
 hereby tender by resignation that nos the slightest contest of my own could in any way be used by the president to cloud the sky and shield our opponents from discussing the real issues and lay ing bare the Republican duplicity to the people.
 That his resignation is the direct re- suit of the charges made against him by William K. Hearst and President Roosevelt Mir Haskell admitted. At the same time he did not by his resig- nation intend to admit that any of the charges were true.
 New York, Sept. 26-Carnegie hall was filled with an audience easily aroused to demonstration when Sena- tor Beveridge opened the campaign in New York Cheers greeted the appear ance of each well known political fig ure. The reception accorded Chair man Seth Low was hearty one. MT. Lows mention of Governor Hughes was the signal for tumultuous dem- onstration. Senator Beveridge said in part:
 Unjust attacks on business have made business the leading question of this campaign. A big business country must have big business, and ours is the biggest country in the world. Business depends upon the ease and quickness with which people can mingle and trade together.
 "In Americas elemental work of
 
 setting our business on straight paths, as England, France and Germany have done for their business long ago, our chief danger is not from the dull reactionary who calls his crablike reasoning the wisdom of the ages, but from the excited extremist, who calls his fashlight philosophy the gospel of progress.
 Let no one fear the Tories of legis- lation who have opposed this move ment. The grand ducal cabal in both parties is now little more than an un- pleasant memory. And the question is, What now do we propose to do for business?
 "We will amend the ancient Sher- man law, which changed conditions have made injurious and grotesque. It is right to shackle the hands of dis honest business; it is outrageous to bind the hands of honest business men. We propose to unlock the ener- gies of American business men by amending the law so that honest busi- ness men may have free hand in honest business. This will open new factories, build new railroads, sink new mines and employ hundreds of thousands of toilers. But MT. Bryan refuses to bring this obsolete statute up to date. Let every honest business man whose hands the Sherman law now ties remember that Mir. Bryan would not only not unite his hands, but also would manacle his feet.
 We will amend the railway rate law to make government regulation more effective. The commission is now swamped with duties. We will divide its functions-give to another depart ment the execution of the law and to the commission the decision of cases arising under 1t. We will make the relief, the remedies, the regulation, which the law provides speedy and sure"