Evening journal., 1912-09-12

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My good Methodist friends if any
OF you are here. the conference you
go TO is not the kind of a conference
there was over the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill
Socks As An Exaibit.
"Mr. Chairman, before you go
further you'd better pull down your
trousers. Read that Payne-Aldrich
bill and you'll find that opposite cot
ton stockings you will find the
letter l.. That means It is a luxury.
My friends, you will discover that
when you wear cotton socks costing
10 cents a pair you are enjoying a
luxury. Cotton cloth costing cents
a yard and cotton underwear costing
90 cents a garment are so marked.
My friends. do you realize what a
wildly luxurious life you are living
down here?"
Senator clapp attacked the record
OF President Taft and the administra-
zion on tho income tax. Federal in
corporation law. railroad law and the
judiciary reorganization bill. or the
latter he said:
president Taft would have you 10
believe that his concept OF heaven is
dreary waste except here and there
where Il is illumed with the spirit Of
some departed Judge"
an 1910 every State where the
leadership stood for the Aldrich-Can-
non combine we lost Since the Pro-
gressives have gotten control OF
Maine we carried it this week by
1000 majority
MY friends. we would have swept
this nation from coast 10 coast In the
coming election II the plunderbund
had not stolen the first Chicago con-
vention.
Today no man can carry Repub-
/ lican State with an endorsement of
| MIR. Taft and the Payne-Aldrich bill.
" Iknow the spirit Of the American
! people we'll enough to know that they
will take no death-bed repentance IN
1912"
Senator Clapp denounced the Chi
cago convention that nominated Pres
! ident Taft as made up of men VINO
thwarted the will Of the people and
ceased TO be Republicans.
'If Il is intended 10 carry on this
party I'm the spirit IN which II was
started and in the way IL Is intended
/ then the entangllng party alliances
VI ulS past WIZ h~N1 " W VIII '""'
! from
when you reach the conclusion
! that this is government OF the peo-
! pie, then you must inevitably reach
/ the conclusion that this must be a
government by the people. This is
struggle for the rights OF the
/ human"
Then the Nominations.
After Senator Clapps address the
convention sang America The
Temporary organization OF James v.
/ McCommonB for chairman and J.
! Hall Anderson for secretary was
made permanent
Dr. Caleb r. Layton as chairman
of the resolutions committee, read
the platform which was adopted amid
applause. The equal suffrage plank
| brought more real enthusiasm than
any other, In which the women pres
ent took a hand.
Nominations then wero called for.
! Francis l. DUPONT, OF Wilmington,
New Castle county, Samuel II. Derby
OF Woodside. Kent county and
! George W. Stradloy of Laurel, Sus-
sex county, were nominated for pres
| idential electors. Henry Thompson
nominated Mr.. DUPONT, Professor c.
/ S. Conwell nominated Mr.. Derby, and
Robert G. HouFton nominated Mr..
Stradley.
Nominations for Congress then
were called for Robert G.. Houston
declared that the nominee should he
a man who typlfes and stands for
Progressive principles He said the
Republican nominees for Governor,
Lieutonant-Go and Congress
are railroad men"
Mr.. Houston said he would nomi-
nate for Congress a man who IN the
State Senate for the first time In this
State raised his voice against railroad
> domination, and who had stood for
reforms for the benedt Of the people
Mr.. Houston nominated State Senator
Louis A. Drexler for Congress.
The Rev. Dr. Behringer of Milton
agreed with all that Mr.. Houston had
0 said about Senator Drexler. And
p heartily agree that that IS a rea.
y son why Senator Drexler should b,
a kept IN the Senate" DR.. Behringcl
r. placed I'm nomination former Con
gressman Hiram r. Burton, and laud
I ed his record and accomplishment
Q while in Congress. "rhe project
/, that he started have practically stoo'
d still since he left Congress fou
s years ago" said Or, Behringer. "On'
of the objections you might have 4
the third-term bugaboo, but II yol
& withhold endorsement from him 70
d that reason you must withhold
r from your presidential nominee J
l. you are consistent"
o William d. Wilson, OF Lewes, sec
{ onded the nomination OF Dr. Bui
: ton.
d Somebody moved that the nomin'
{, tions be closed about the time How
4 ard c. Stewart. of Georgetown aros
e TO speak. An attempt was made
u close the nominations.
e Against ~Gag Rule
e I'VE don't want any gag rule here
e exclaimed Stewart "I have q man
,. put IN nomination and propose
i place him in nomination. ha'
'e heard that a slate has been set up L
ir sometime"
At Mr.. Stewart then placed in nom
nation the name of the Rev. ID
r George Edward Reed. pastor
II Grace NJ. Z. Church, Wilmington, e
b, Congress. He said inquiries hi
r. been made and Il had been learu'
to that DR. Reed Is a resident of Del
ware. He lauded DR.. Reed as a ma
T. OF high ability who would make q
n strongest candidate the party cou
IN name.
We Howard Cook. of Georgetown. Sc
nc onded the nomination of DR. Rec
ne whom he said would have been
Ae resident OF Delaware one year {
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