The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-22
A CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT.

Attorney General Moody and Senator Thurston
of Nebraska will be brought into Rhode Island to
aid Braytonism in it's attempt to escape chastse-
ment at the hands of outraged and despoiled
people and to assist Braytonism in the consumma-
tion of its conspiracy to GUST George Peabody Wet
more and send Samuel Pomeroy Colt to the United
States senate to support Nelson W. Aldrich in
guarding the trusts and other corporate interests
against governmental scrutiny and supervision
1t either the attorney general or the Nebraska
senator of the sinister purpose that
prompted the invitation to take the stump in this
state 1t is safe assertion that neither would have
accepted Men of such high character and stand
ing before the American people would not know
ingly give the support of their names and their
eloquence to a machine that has suppressed rep
resentative government debauched the electorate
dehed the laws and set up infamous political
dictatorship
Nevertheless, that is the real purpose of the
machine in inviting these distinguished men to
come here. 1t is part of Braytonism's scheme re-
vealed very early in the campaign and reiterated
in Braytonisms platform, to attempt to distract
public attention from its own niquities by thrust
ing the Roosevelt administration and its policies
to the front
1t is futile effort The people cannot be
turned from their determination to crush Brayton-
ism by the policy of cowardce and evasion Brav-
tonisrn is pursuing. Were Messrs. Moody and
Thurston to come here at time when national
questions were at issue Rohde Islanders would
is their words likely to receive scant heed be-
cause they will not deal with the real issues upon
which the present campaign is being fought out
The people of this state have no time at present
to listen to speeches on the tariff or its revision
on the greed of the trusts or illegal operations of
the railroads They are willing for the time being
to leave those matters in the hands of the ma
tional administration and the national congress.
Their present and pressing concern is to de-
stroy the despotic power of Braytonism, to end
malign control of public affairs that has brought
disgrace on the state and shame its decent citi-
zenship and to establish here representative gov
ernment which has been unknown in the COM
monwealth since Braytonism succeeded in en-
trenching itself behind survival OF a king given
charter imposed on the people as constitution.
No doubt Attorney General Moody and Sem
stor Thurston will repeat the familiar argument
that Republican victory in Rhode Island next
November is necessary in order that President
Roosevelt and his policies may not be repudiated
To such arguments the people will not listen
with patience, because they know that it is not
Roosevelt or his policies that are the issues here
Furthermore they will regard as an affront to
their intelligence and insult 20 the president TO
attempt to use his honored name and his prestige
as shield for the protection frcm deserved castiga
ton OF the most brazen and malohs political cl-
garchy that came into being in this republic
They believe, and they are warranted in doing
SO, that II Rhode Island were fortunate enough to
have Theodore Roosevelt numbered among It's
ciuzenS ne would be tcund tco5y IN the forefront
Of the fight for civic honesty and dcccrcy; that
he would be found .shouldcr to shoulder with
Cclcncl Goddard and Mayer Eiggin3 in leading
the forces of reform against Braytcnisn and its
rs:align political practices.
The citizens of this commonwealth believe they
know Theodore Roosevelt we'll encuzh 90 feel cen
fdent that the man who drove from and punished
the rascas in the postofficc department would
were he here. be among the first to aid in driving
out and Furnishing the roscals who have corrupted
the electorate debauchtd legislators and hlched
the powers Of the people.
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