The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29
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Especial from United Press.) Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 29.-For the
 first time in a quarter of a century, Democracy in New York state com pleted the temporary organization of it's state convention today without a single delegate knowing who would lead the fight in the coming state campaign. And it was admitted by all of the leaders that the real req son for this was the action of Colonel Roosevelt in assuming control of the Republican party in the state.
 +i1a nis issue of ina pationalis nal his posi- ru1e," awakened the leaders to the fact that they had a real fight on their hands and hours were spent in candidate who would put up the right kind of a fight.
 Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany, through his alliance with the Kings County organization and State Chair man Dix, had a clear majority of the 450 delegates. Like Roosevelt at Sara toga, he was in a position to jam through anything he might desire, either on platform or on candidates, but he and his friends endeavored to allow the belief to go abroad that he was in the minority.
 Candidate after candidate was sug- gested to Murphy but he insisted he did not want to make the selection. It will be wise politics, he told his
  over for few hours before anything Is finally settled. A conference of the leaders was slated for late this afternoon to pick the candidate
 The convention was called to order shortly after 1 o'clock and Judge Al ton E. Parker former candidate for President, delivered the keynote speech, as temporary chairman
 Judge Parker said in part:
 To-day there are political prophets who predict for us a speedy coming ed country advocates of the policy gradually to take from the people home rule powers and confer them upon the Federal government In deed, President of the United States has said that if we fail to increase the Federal power we show signs of impotence.
 'sHow comes this assault upon our constitution? The answer is there is great unrest among the people because the cost of living is mounting more a rule our people are blessed with too much sense to regret the good fortunes of others. So too, they are too just to countenace the employ ment of government to accumulate wealth for a few at the cost of all. The great bulk of the larger fortunes have been wrung from the people through the aid of direct legislation, aided by a non-eforcement of law. That is, through tariff and the com missions in restraint of trade, created to secure from the public every dol lar which the tariff slate made possi- -ble.''
 Judge Parker then attacked the tar if. He< declared President Taft had for tariff reductions, but the Repub- 1ican National machine would have none of it,'' he said. Ehey stood, faithfully by the trusts, the corpor- -ations and individuals who were the tariff. benefciaries, and against the people. They did this in obedience to the demand of the corrupt national Republican machine which for years traded away the rights of the peo- pie in return for money used to strengthen the machine and to buy votes in doubtful Congressional dis tricts and in close states.
 Judge Parker asserted that big cor porations are the most useful public devices ever organized by man. A honestly conducted and those that are dishonest were made so by their of fcers and not by the business system which permitted their existence.
 "A commission having for it's pur- pose a restraint of trade and the stif1ino of competition he said. tfs the courts of this country have faith fully upheld. Yet a large number of these creations exist. The majority were builded to exact from the peo- the tariff. And there was no at tempt on the part of the attorney general of the several states to stop it. For this neglect the party machine is responsible. They allow it because the tariff 1enef1ciaries have been the largest contributors to the Republi- can campaign funds.
 ''Whatever excuse may be offered the ugly truth is that the Republican national machine has received the of the corporate and individ- ual benef1ciaries of the tariff and in i return has compelled Congress to keep high the tariff rates. And President Taft has admitted it in his speeches"
 Judge Parker then attacked what he as Republican misman- agement in governmental affairs which resulted in a tremendous waste annually. He quoted Senator Aldrich's statement that he could run the gov ernment for $500, GOO, 900 less a year and declared that the same condition ex- isted on a smaller scale in the various states. He declared that 15 years of Republican rule in New York state had resulted in more than doubling the expenses of running the state
 Parker departed from his set speech to criticise Colonel RooseveIt's Hamil- ton Club speech, saying that the sug- gestion that the Chief Executive was the steward of the people, came with been so signa1ly honored by the Amer can people. He declared that the | tended to reck!essness-
 ''The people are now groping toward | political wrong of the century, the | new tariff bill, by an appeal to pre- | judice is sure to fail.''
 This sally was greeted with enthu- | siastic cheering and applause.
 In conclusion Parker said:
 since those words were written l here has been a convention at Sara | nto the hands of a new leader. through the aid of Federal office-hold-