Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-16
TRUST-RIDDEN PARTY
Republican Leaders Should BE in
the Courts for Violation OF
Antitrust Laws.
TIL VEST COCL TO TAFT
Forgery Of Ex-President Cleveland's
Name by Republicans
MIR. Taft Carries Three Press Agents
on Il Luxurious Train and Has to
Send Out Postal Cards to
Get People to Greet Him
In the Cities.

- 'N.'>AA'H4' oi'AC LdAlI'sS, VI ,
who made the speech of the Denver
convention in secOnding the nOmina-
ton Of Mr. Bryan. has arranged
speaking dates In Illinois. Indiana.
Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska. Mr..
James is popular speaker. and there
are as many demands for his appear
ance on the stump as any other cam.
paign orator. While visitor at Dem
ocratic National headquarters this
week. he said:
Bryan will be elected president In
November by the greatest land slide
the country has ever known. The
record breaking crowds that greeted
Mr.. Bryan In Judge Tafts home city
and state bespoke the sentiment OF
voters throughout the nation"
ExPresident Cleveland's Nams
Forgery.
The dishonest and corrupt method
the Republican party is resorting to in
It's desperation to defeat Mr. Bryan
should cause all honest men to re-
buke It," continued Mr.. James. The
circulation of the pretended article by
Grover Cleveland against Mr. Bryan
shows to what extent the Republican
party Is willing to go in order to en-
trench in power for four years longer
the agents OF monopoly and the serv-
ants Of plutocracy. They were will
Ing not only to desecrate the men,
CRY of Mr.. Cleveland. but to forge his
name to an assault upon Mr. Bryan
as well as an arraignment of the DEM
ocratic party. A party that is willing
to desecrate the dead and prostitute
the memory OF great ex-president
will hesitate at nothing that Is neces-
sary. We may expect them again to
invade the trust funds of widows and
orphans held by insurance companies;
we may expect them again to write
| other letters to My dear Hartman.
who was a director in thirty railroad
| corporations. corporations that had
created trust upon transportation
and monopolized the highways of
commerce. telling Hartman We are
practical men and asking him to gath.
er up a quarter of a million dollars
to be used to elect the Republican
party. What difference can the peo.
pie distinguish between the Stand.
ard Oil company sending $4,000 to
Senator Foraker to buy up newspapers
and further the cause Of the Repub.
lican party, and Hartman, who at the
behest of President Roosevelt, got the
trusts and monopolies to contribute
$250.000 to be used directly on the
voters. except that in the first In
stance Senator Foraker returned the
money to the Standard Oil when he
I found out he could not purchase the
| newspapers? But Roosevelt allowed
the Republican party to use the money
that Hartman contributed to aid iI
his election. II the President desires
in some way to make amends he
should at least see that his party re
turns the money which Hartman con
tributed, to the widows and orphans
of the insurance companies whose
funds were depleted by a conscience
less band Of pirates in the interest Ol
the Republican party.
Republican Treasurer Trust Maqnate
THE treasurer OF the Republican
campaign fund is well known trus
magnate. a director in many monOpo
lies: he IS a force and power II
Wall street. Mr. VIM. Nelson Crom
well who. we are informed. contribut
ed $4,000 to the Republican campaign
fund, is also a director in many trust!
that the Roosevelt party should have
before the courts answering indict
ments for violating the antitrust Law
rather than contributing to the Re
publican campaign fund.
Mr. DUPONT has resigned, tn
papers tell us. from the chairmanshiI
of the Speakers Bureau. I presum
he resigned from the Speakers Bureau
so he could give more time to tn
preparation of his defense for tn
violation Of the antitrust law"
The fact that the alleged letter from
Ex-President Cleveland. publishe
originally In the New York Times, /
forgery. created no surprise at Dem
ocratic headquarters. From the yer
first the publication Of this letter i
one Of the most partisan papers SUI
porting Judge Taft was regarded as
campaign trick. After exploiting tn
forgery In Republican papers. can
paign managers of that party had thi
Misrepresentation Of the dead pres
dent circulated as campaign dOcl
ment. The New York Times has bee
forced to admit that it DETAINED Nj
Clevelands' memory when 1t pul
ushed the fake interview. Very ma
urally, Mrs. Cleveland and the execl
tor of the late ExPresidents' estat
have come forward and exposed th
most yillainous Misrepresentation {
the memory Of a dead president witt
in the history Of the nation.
Speaking of the exposure OF tt
Times story. Mr.. Josephus Daniel
chairman Of the Press Bureau. said
IL was in New York when the Time
/ printad tho frauhulent Cleveland lie