Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-10-30
Wattsrson Flags TAFT and Party.


Watterson Flags TAFT and Party.
III lie all over but the shouting, and money
will not save them" declares Henry Waiter.
son In the Louisville Courier Journal.
The louisville editor, taking his cue from
the repeated assertions In the press that the
Republican campaign fund is now full to
overlooking, says that the Presidency cannot
be bought, and that "the chink of gold can.
not deaden the sound OF the death rattle ia
their throats." He continues:
"lf there is anything In history that hal
been squarely, indlsputably. and eternally
established, it Is that the Republican party
managers were in conspiracy to debauch
the electorate and purchase the Presidency
In 1904. Consider their heavy assessments
upon the corporations. Consider the Presi
dents dispatch Of E. H. Hartman to New
York just week before the election for the
collection from corporate sources OF $780,.
600, with which, as Mr.. Hartman himself
unblushingly writes. go, 900 votes were turn
ed In the city OF New York alone Mr..
Roosevelt would have no use for $3.50 900
in New York three or four days before cleo.
ton .day-when the speaking and other
legitimate activities Of the canvass were at
an end-except for the buying of votes And
yet, while Mr.. Hartman was In the very
act OF holding up H. H. Rogers, John d.
Archbold, Mr.. Twombly, and the rest, the
President, who had sent him upon the
errand, dared to call Judge Parker's charges
'monstrous
EVIDENCES OF WICKEDNEss
"Fhe insurance contributions, $50, 900 at
clip; the Standard OIL contributions, and
the others all supply evidence TO demon
strate the wickedness Of the Republican
managers In 1904. And yet the disclosures
80 far made are but glimpses. Most of the
record Is yet jealousy guarded.
1.-THE master hands of 1904 are the mas
ter hands of the 1908 campaign. The Re
publican party which sought power by such
means In 1904 Is dominated now by the SAINT
INSCRIPTIONS, shameless and debased polit
ical manipulators. Will the people of th,
United States deliver the government onct
Will-can-any honest citizen, be he Dem
ocrat or Republican, having the fear of God
in his heart and a moral instinct In his being
contemplate the damning record OF 1904 and
yet vote for the Republican ticket and the
perpetuation OF the hideous system which
that ticket represents?
DANCES TO TRUST Music.
"What else is Judge Taft but "a dancing
bear to which the venerable John Bgelow
compares him. He dances first to the anti
trust music made by Roosevelt. Then hi
dances to the trust music made by Sunny
Jim. He dances first ON one foot and ther
on rother-seeking to make a single gian
straddle between the corn-raising West ant
the trust breeding East. He 10 for publicity
and against publicity. His last dance-th'
dance Of DEATHS the old plea Of hare
times. Elect me, good times; beat me, bac
times. We heard 1t from the Hayes crowd IL
1875. We heard It from the Garfield Grove
In 1880. We heard 1t from the Blaine crowC
in 1884. Regularly every four years 1t bobt
up serenely with ito Wolf Wolfp Trans
lated into plain English, 1t reads simply Re.
publicanism Is essential to prosperity; hence
make Republicanism perpetual. Yet-witt
the circumstances In conclusive recruitment
three OF the greatest pRnics the country
has ever known came under the rule, reign
and brand OF the Republican party, In pos
session Of every department OF the Fedora
government and most Of the States.
MONEY CAN SAVE THEM.
"Was ever such blind faulty heard OF
And now nothing bat money can save them
They must pile II up mountain high ID
what they call the doubtful States TO get {
smell Of victory. They have to fight anC
buy Ohio-their nominees own State
they get 1t at all. In New York their only
hope is TO swap of Hughes for Taft. Indi
ana is lost beyond recall or purchase. Illi-
nois comes mAjestlcally TO the front line I'M
der the lead Of grand old Adlla Stevenson
ut Is all over but the shouting. They
may pour out the TAFT Sinton millions
they may pile up the tainted trust dollars
they may repeat the villainles OF 1896, Of
1900, and Of 1904, but will avail them not.
The chink OF gold cannot deaden the sound
OF the death-rattle 10 their throat-all the
bonfires from hell to breakfast cannot give
a rosy flush TO the death pallor that shines
upon their cheek; like Belshazzar Of old
they read the writing on the wall-caughI
and csged-they exclaimed, Woe, woe Is me
my sin has found me out Of last and then
Belshazzar cries from the bottomless pit
You bet IL has, Just as mine found me out
misery loves companY--both OF as were
weighed 10 the balance and found wanting
you are mighty late about 1t, bat come alonf
down here and bring old High Tariff anC
old High Finance along with you-SataI
and ell Of Us are preparing for regula
bear dance when you get hereP
Slow music. Dim lights. Then tn
blazing aureole Of Democracy; and whil'
the boys sing Sound the bold anthem, wa
dogs are bowling, proud bird Of libert.
screams through the air. the spirit drums o
Old Hickory beat In unison, and
The Star Spsngled Banner, oh, long may
wave
Der the land Of the free and the home OF th
brsvei
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