Show flAYS HANNA AND t J L H IL Lewis Addresses Con ConTention ConY Y of Democratic Clubs s MENTIONS MEN lONS FLOPS OF OE PRESIDENT I Gre For Eor Stev Stevenson enson City Ablaze 4 Indianapolis Ind Oct 3 A leading feature of the creation of the National Association of Democratic Clubs today was the llie address of Congressman Con essman James Hamilton n Lewis of Washington In which he flayed Hanna and Mc McKineY KineY ID ev Mr Lewis said in part There are no patriots If Democrats be not No servile supplicants for f r of official official official favors are we No dictator sways his rule over Dver us No corpor ate influence commands a domination or directs We ye know no mas but the people Deole we we worship no king but God GodIn GodIn GodIn In referring to Senator Hanna he said No uNo bloated gorgon swollen with party pa ty dictatorship sits in sacred place piano blinking his eyes at us as sig signals sIgnals nals for our every movement Our ideas are our our property our manhood is our honor All the people are our I I children and the free nation our sacred care We abandon these to no man I and we defy def the insolence of masters or j the arrogance of ot office to o take one jot jotI of our independence from us With to President McKinley I he said Nor N r have haye we out nut forth candidates for high office the chief of or whom never advocated a policy which he would not immediately denounce for party ad advantage advantage advantage vantage nor denounce a principle which he would not espouse for the en enticements of o office How McKinley Flopped Plopped UA A silver man when a silver slIver lining was necessary to his cloud of political despair a gold man in return for the golden promise of presidential nomina tion In the morning of the first day free trade with Porto Ricans was a plain duty in the evening of the same day he was only playing with the Porto Ricans and they n i J n duty dut The tobacco trust had smoked hs his convictions out and the sugar trust had sweetened his sense of or duty aban by promise of liberal campaign contributions In the hour of humanity forcible annexation was criminal ag an aggression when not popular with the party now criminally aggressive for forcible annexation when profitable to favored f Ored syndicates A gentleman who in the commercial sense greets his ever changing policy by becom lag ing in its ts accommodation endorser Mr Lewis alluded to Governor Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt volt s and nd said We shall shaH never be driven to the desperate ends of bolstering the decay ing strength of a falling by pandering to the element whose hollow hollo for what they neither understand nor can is the only hope of impostors imposters in the hour when neither reason nor justice dare be ap appealed appealed appealed pealed to to sustain them Democrats this is the hour when we extend open onen doors and outstretched hands to o all who love their country bet better better better ter than self to hope hOSle for freedom I rather than power In a nation ad to the ways of peace the tramp of marching armies are to t echo through I every byway The constitution so soong long ong our palladium of liberty is now mocked at by new ne raised tyrants and andI I pledged as an asset to the money bar barons barons ons mis of the world For the hope of more millionaires and the anticipation of dollars war Is to be our occupation uIn In this perilous hour who shall an answer anwer Upon UDon whose head rests the co colossal colossal basal crime of time In whose hands the Che blood of the century Not Democracy Democracy racy rac To the hoary accuser of after years ye rs our spirits can answer to every charge ch rsc Thou not say I did it we w came ame to save not to destroy we came bringing peace not the sword or City Is Ablaze The city of Indianapolis tonight pre presented presented seated a scene of Democratic festivity From the th various buildings in the busi business business business ness portion streamers of bunting were flung fl ng to the evening breeze and por portraits traits alts of ot distinguished leaders of the then 4 n 4 Democracy were ware w re displayed in frames of electric bulbs At 8 a parade of all the Democratic clubs and delegates march marched ed through the streets while thousand of people lined the sidewalks and cheered to the echo The display of I Democratic enthusiasm was rendered more pretentious by the fireworks I burned along the city thoroughfares The city was entirely in the hands of the Democracy The multiplicity of transparencies in the parade and the varIcolored uniforms of th the different Democratic clubs added greatly gre to the spectacular splendor of the occasion The of the opening ses sea session session sion of the convention as officially lly an announced announced announced was changed just prior to the hour of meriting President W R H Hearst was expected to be present to preside but telegraphed that he was wasill wasill ill and unable to attend at end The conven convention convention convention tion was was therefore called to order by James K Jones chairman of the nar na national Democratic convention Mayor Taggart made the speech of welcome Senator Jones in opening the conven convention convention convention tion said During the last two t O or three weeks clubs have been organized and have been reported to headquarters at the I rate of over a day until there are arenow arenow arenow now by actual count Democratic clubs with an average membership of over in the states of this union With an organization of its kind con consisting consisting of more than of mem members members bers hers thoroughly organized and thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly awake to the necessities of the situation of work In the different beau localities localities beauties ties there can be no reasonable doubt of the result on the of November next Applause I Thomas Taggart was elected tempo temporary temporary temporary chairman I Great deception to Stevenson At this juncture Adlai E Stevenson was escorted to the hall ball by a band and his appearance sent the convention into a pandemonium of applause The de do demonstration demonstration continued for some time after Mr Stevenson had taken his seat on the rostrum He had not In Intended intended intended tended to speak but finally yielded to the clamor and said uM My fellow Democrats I thank you for this cordial greeting I would not undertake now to address you but at ata ata a later time In accordance with the I will have the pleasure to address some come remarks to my fellow Democrats df ef f the United States Ap Applause Applause Applause I lean can only say to you now I bring you words of great cheer from the great Democratic state of Illinois Golden Rule Bule Jones Talks The next speaker was Mayor lIa or Samuel M Jones of f Toledo Mr Jones spoke Fin in part as follows I uNo No matter matt r what may be said to the contrary I think tl that at the only real question that is now before the Ameri Amerl American f can people in this campaign is 15 the tho t f question of the right of self sel govern government government ment As I understand the policy of t the administration President McKinley and ana an his supporters seek to set aside tl the e doctrine of self government and to es 65 establish establish t in its stead the ancient heresy f of the ithe right of at government by b brute t u t torce force orce For me no other interpretation I of attitude toward the Filipinos is t I our 11 p possible a The uThe only difference between a re republic republic republic i 1 public and an empire is this J UIn In a republic all the people participate participate pate in the ilie government on equal terms t tare i iare and colonies in an empire the subjects are ruled by the the home government without their consent or participation Which shall we adopt I believe we will be true to the Democracy of the golden rule rather than to the autocracy autocracy j racy of the rule of gold and I believe bellee j I Ithe the American people will rearm reaffirm the t right of the doctrine of self govern government government ment mont as set down in the Declaration n i r of Independence f said our government was uIt It has been conceived In liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal This does not mean all Amen Ameri Americans cans it means all the people of the l universe and let me tell you working workingmen men of America that only by standing in solid soUd phalanx for equal rights for forthe forthe forthe the little brown men of the Philippine islands can you make your own lib fib liberty erty permanent and secure The uThe present crisis is one of the op opportunities opportunities of a national expression of ot patriotism and I believe that when the counted next November the votes are i ia patriotism of this nation will register a higher mark than in any election that has preceded it in our national his bis history history I tory I believe the people of this coun COBO country l Certainly try ready for are 1 individual thinly if they are arc then every In no DO i itself for soul is ready to govern t other way can we have ment mentI t ta I Ia I a patriot not nota am ani I am a Socialist sort and I have bave n no De Dehope a a partisan of any that now is or ever hope in any party t that thatis shall be My hope is in the good that believe is in the human whole I IJ and under our flag this continent on 1 cooperative is yet to be reared the f 1 equals that has been common and aDd t 4 and sages the dream of poets f i prophets of all ages a es Jones conclusion of Mayor At the Lewis was in introduced introduced introduced James Hamilton address last speaker of the as the afternoon J JIt Clark Plot to Down t t It is rumored that when the Demo Democratic Demo Democratic c J Jorder cratic club convention readies the order of business calling for the eke elec election tion of officers Senator W A Clark of treasurer and andal Montana the present i S also al o a member of the executive com corn committee is to be bo retired as treasurer and Marcus Daly elected to fill the vacancy J JoM oM I r j t t ti i o |