Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-20
CHILD OF THEODORE DISSECT-
ED BY DIR. HENRY WAITER
SON-ARROGANtE OF PARTY.
PROMISES AND PERFORM-
ANCES-COMPARlSoN OF REC
ORDS-CURRENCY IEGISLA-
TiON-TARTFF REVISION vs..
TARIFF REEORM-iNJuNC Notion
BUNCOMBE.

Mr.. Taft goes before the country
as the Republican nominee for the
presidency on a platform of well.
written Republican pharisaism- tho
pharisaism which constitutes his
party's chief claim to being the
party of God and Morality" Here
we have the party's usual arroga.
ton to Itself OF all the wisdom and
ability of the American people: its
usual boast that II is the only party
which has done anything or can do
anything for the country; it's char
acterlstic assumption of credit for
whatever good the people, with the
aid OF the soil and the sun, have
worked for themselves, and IT.
dumping on its political opponents
the responsibility for. all else.
Panics.
Panics, for instance, are Dome
cratic. They are caused either b.
Democratic rule" or the menace Of
Democratic misrule Take down the
Republican platform of 1896 and
note how eloquently the panic OF
1898, resulting logically from thu
then operative Republican policies.
was ascribed to the Democrats We
had panic in 1907 from which We
are still suffering in 1907. whcS
not only the policies, but all branch
es of ;he national government were
Republican, and had been for hear
ly eleven years-and we arc told in
the new Republican platform that
nothing SO clearly demonstrate
the sound basis upon which our
commercial, Industrial and agrIctIl-
tural interests are founded ami the
necessity of promoting the present
continued welfare through the OPP
Grafton Of Republican policies, rs
the recent safe passage OF the Amer
lean people through n financial dis
turbance which II appearing in the
midst Of Democratic rule, or the
menace OF 1t, might have equaled
the familiar Democratic panics OF
the past"
Campaign Humor.
We believe that Mr.. George Ade
professional humorist, is a dele
gate TO the convention which put
forth this gem. II Is well known
however, that this platform was
constructed at Washington, without
the assistance Of any Indiana talent.
II is another illustration Of the fact
that people who try to be funny
are never as funny as some people
sometimes who try to be serious
Unlimited LaudatIOD.
OF course. there Is unlimited
laudation OF the performances OF
the present Republican admlnis'ra-
tion. This. however. would mean
more II the principal policies witch
the head Of that administration at
tempted 10 have enacted into laws
had not been baked by the Repub.
licans themselves. who arc now
praislng lt for what Il sought 10 Co.
rather than for what II did and
what 80 was prevented from doing
not by the Democrats, but by tho
Republicans OF congress- Yet. ir
the face Of this record, but iug'
made, we are solemnly told bl
those who made it that "In princi
pie the difference between Dcmoc
racy and Republicanism Is that ono
stands for vacillation and umldit'
I'm government, the other fot
strength and purpose; one stand.
for obstruction, the other for con
structlon: one promises. the othc
performs"
Compare Records.
IL would be q fruitloss task G..
undertake 10 explain why a nation
al convention Of Republicans shoul.
|cara 20 invite comparison OF Lon
records or promises and perform
anccs. save perhaps on the ttc,r
\ that the makers Of political pI1t
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