The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-26
REPUBLICAN EFFORTS 10 DECEIVE.

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One Of the features of the present cam
paign is furnished by the Discrimination Of
President Roosevelt and his party associates
to explain any Of the various misatatements
they have made.
The president has not yet told the people
why in a speech delivered several weeks
ago be claimed that the republican. made
,ariff did not protect the oil trust and the
coal trust, when the records show that the
opposite is the case Secretary Moody has
thus far failed to give his reasons for as
serting that the tariff on coal was Snug.
gled into the Dingley bill in cowardly and
sneaking manner" when he knew, or should
have known that the coal paragraph went
Into the bill after an exhaustive debate, dur.
Ing which the placing Of tax on anthracite
was opposed by Senator Vest and others.
Secretary Shaw has neglected to inform the
people why be told them he would do one
thing regarding the alleged financial strin-
gency, and then straightway proceeded to
DO another
These three men are mentioned because
OF their prominence Various other repub.
licans Of lesser caliber. or at least OF less
conspicuous position have made similar mis-.
statements in opposition to known facts and.
although frequently called on for explana-
tons, have failed to respond
During his stumping tour in Indiana Sec.
rotary Moody was Invited by the Indianapo-
lis Sentinel to tell why he made his remark
able assertion regarding the tariff on coal
Various other democratic and independent
newspapers, including The Post, called at
tendon to his error, but until his clipping
bureau reported it is likely that the secre
tsry saw only comparatively few OF these
publications. He was in the sentinels ter
ritory when that paper made its pertinent
query however, and the fact that he die
not attempt 70 answer the questions put L
him leads unerringly to the belief that b,
had no defense to make
Secretary Shaw followed Secretary Mood.
in Indiana, and during the time he was il
the State the sentinel asked him to answe
these questions
l. Do you really believe that you promote
safe banking and stable currency in this countr
by your order permitting National banks TO de
pffe theiy rSSGr56 funds 10 the amount OF ,
per cant OF their government deposits iH Vioia
fioH of the express precision OF the ldtOS Ii IS
Why
,, Do you really believe that you promote
safe banking, or the security OF the public funds
BY your order, in violation of the uniform prees
dent OF preceding tTeasurer6, for the scceptans
OF other than goE6rnneHt bonds as security q
ne g9vergmentS deposits "a Nefiohal baHksf
50, whyf
), DO you still believe in the Fowleg.o Owe
street scheme OF branch banking and asset eu
Teneyl Ii SO, whyl
:, In the light Of your own action. do yo
approve OF this provision OF the Fowler Owe
street hilie Sec. That the pf III
treasury is hereby authorized, at his discretion
10 deposit al the money OF the United States
and redemption division Of the treasury,
National banks upon the condition that sol
banks snail hrSi deposit % the United Stat,
treasury United States bonds equal ~ amount
par to the s,lm to be 9spoSifedf II So why?
s. Your treasury statement Of October o. 100
SHOWS the enormous sum Of Si4L6s9,466S7
government money IN National bank depos
tories. 10 yon not consider that rather iayl
saW 70 BE- furnished 10 the banks to DO bnsine
on without any payment Of interest to the govern
ments II not Why
Secretary Shaw did not reply, so far I
the knowledge of The Post extends +
maintained a more or less dignihed sileno
thus affording good grounds for the bell
that he. too, was afraid to give the info
nation asked for.
And so It goes.
With much Humorous oratory the repu
lican spellbinders-particu the cabin
officials who are taking such prsminei
part in the campaign--tell the people tn
the country can only be saved by the i
tention Of the republican party in pows
They make all sorts of fnisstatements c,
culated to deceive the voters and then. VIII,
asked by the opposition to explain and
make good their assertions. take refuge
silence. That they will soon be made to /
greet this course OF action is scarcely to
doubted.
Time has fully developed the fact III
Secretary shaws relief plan was calcull
ed 10 beneht only the Wall street spec
iators. The banks Of the country-partic
larly those Of the West and the South, whe
the conditions were alleged TO be worst
have gone on record as being Of the opini
that no RELIEF was needed by them. su
statements as these have been made Wit