The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
Says 440 Grasping Trusts
Have Formed Under Ad-
miniStration's Wing.
OKLAHOMAN CHEERED.
FROM BOTH SIDES
"My Campaign Fund, my Cabi.
net, President Roosevelt's
Policy, He Asserts.

Ny policies" MY navy" and Ny
woriG' were ridiculed By Senator Gore
OF Oklahoma in a scathing denUncia-
tion OF the Republican party delivered
at the District Democratic convention
Tor the selection Of delegates 10 the
national convention held at the National
Rifles Armory this afternoon.
"The Chief Executive" said Senator
Gore. 'ls and has been for some time
afflicted with "a malignant attack OF
plutophobia. Undesirable citizens, rap
IDLY filling clubs Of Ananiases and male
factors OF great wealth are IN the range
OF his wrath. None can hope TO escape
him and his powerful big stick unless
taey are contributors 20 Ny campaign
fund. or are in My Ca5iaet-in other
words that they are in Tdy official fam
ily.'
Louis XIV said: = um the state
Roosevelt goes him one better and
says. i am the United States.
In the last eleven years OF Repub-
ucan mlsruls 40 Industrial combina-
tiOns, call them what you WILL have
hem organized in the United States,
~ greedy, grasping and oppressive
combinations Of capital have been
formed Tor the benevolent purpose Of
Cbbing the American people from the
1 cradle TO the grave.
What has escaped their greedy
grasp? They have rihed the cradle
/ aid the swaddling cloths and have
1 laid tribute upon the coffin and the
/ winding sheet Gould they do IL. they
would willingly place a meter on the
/ mothers breast and charge the infant
/ b. the dram.
we should thank God, gentlemen,
! that the Administration has been antag-
1 onistic - Industrial combination. With
Roossyelts wrath hanging over them.
more combinations OF concentrated
4 veal ~save been formed in the last
/ eleven years or Republican misrule than
since The tlme that the stars shone and
water danced about a dawaing creation.
/ From TyTus to Theodore. from Rameses
] 10 Roosevelt.
/ Combinations Shielded.
There can be no question, gentlemen
bgi that combinations have been formed
( by Republican legislation. Tariff shields
them abroad and rebCtes protect then
at home
! The Democrats and the Republican.
/ differ in the method OF revising the
tarift. The Democrats would revise ia
] q
by It's friends. II We should ever fal
into - state ct anarchy the historian
7 sitting among thS ruins Of a great re-
:! public must need asC IDe the downfall
10 the abandonment by the Republican
party OF republican principles.
The people should not trust a part.
% that viii not trust the people.
. 4 come from a STATE that stand
, foremost for Democracy. In OklahO
! nna the governed govern but even II
NY state the Rough Riders who are Ou
% Of a job and Jail are appointed TO of
b I noes OF responsibility.
we should not be deceived. gentle
: men, by the buncO-square deal
y Cause of Panic.
The panic Of 1897 was presUmptuous
;. / II ought mot 20 have come as II di
5 during Republican Administration. Tn
70 Republicans have always told US tina
pauics are essentially the doings Of tn
y Democratic party. This panic came a
e most unpro 1itious moment? Il hel
up the hollow policy OF the Republica
/ claim that panics are the children @
! Democracy, The panic came during
Republican administration, and beCaUs
/ OF a high tariff fostered by the RI
| publican party II came as all Othe
. panics and stTingenCies have com
: through the Republican principle, c
high tariff.
= SThe big fish wished to swallow n
little fish. He swallowed him and hi
| appetite is abated. The day after th
| panic found the United States wit
= the same wealth, the same intelligence
| the same commerce, the same industr
and the same ability that iE had befgl
and Congress should investigate II
cause and inform the people Of Il
! United States OF the names Of Il
pirates v no shipwrecked prosperity.
Democrats Should Win.
Is I'VE should win, gentlemen. With
united Democracy and a divided Repu
# lcan party We should repeat our 81
!. rious victory of 1892 Possibly the r
.r publican party VIII select the great
4 Am as its candidate. Possibly q
: heir apparent has already been non
- mated and selected to sit upon Il
y throne, but with our united Democra'
II We need fear neither
At the close of his speech Senat
,+ Gore was compelled to remain stan
. ing several minutes in response to Z
IS tremendous ovation accorded hi
st mocracy forever" and other campail
~ slogans shook the hall. Men cheer
- and rising in their seats waved tn,
- hats in the air. II was probably [
CT most enthusiastic reception ever q
er corded an address IN the District.
Mattingly Chairman.
N The meeting was opened by J. Fl
l. Kelley, chairman of the District Cent
as Democratic Committee, who after
short address of welcome called for
ballot for temporary chairman. S;
DeI7edry Of the Fifteenth district nor
II mated Thomas MatJingly. The mot
v was seconded and Mr.. Mattingly y
unanimously elected.
u. In mis- opening address Mr. Mating
-iS referred to the unusual dOings in I
he White House, such as japanese wre
y ling matches. In closing his addr
an he spoke OF the fact that Presid
% roosevelt, ''the mighty wielder of
"a bie stick" " was the man who would
- stand for precedent. Those on the ST.
1T with Mr. Mattingly were John NJ. Jon
- of New York; George Kilell. Wi
ch Abbott, William NJ. Clayton, J. F
of KELLEY, and Senator Gore. After
lac address of the Senator the meeting Z
M pared TO elect delegates to the Den
convention