Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-21
BRYAN SHOWS
REPUBLICANS IN
FULL RETREAT
MERCILESs in ARRANGEMENT
OF PLATFORM
NEITHER THE PRESIDENTS MOB
rAFTs POLICIES
Says Roosevelt Has Awakened splrlt
Of Reform Within His Party That
Was ignored BY National
Convention
p, Associated Press.

p, Associated Press.
LONCoLN, Neb.. June 2o.--Under the
news heading. "In Full Retreat Will
liam ]. Bryan In tho next issue of the
Commoner will discuss the Republican
national convention as follows:
The Republicans who attended the
national convention as spectators and
Joined in the demonstration In favor OK
President Roosevelt and Senator LaFol-
lette must have felt indignant as they
watched the panic-strioken delegates
running over each other to get away
from the LaFollette reforms, some OF
which had been indorsed by the presi-
dent himself.
Congressman Cooper of wisconsin,
representing the LaFollette platform,
brought In q minority report signed py
himself alone. Fifty-two members OF
the committee signed the ma1ori.y re-
port. and one signed the minority re-
The Republican party will find the
ratio of fffty-two to one very empar-
RAISING one to deal with In the coming
campaign. Mr.. Cooper's report con-
tanned declaration IN favor of pup
lost by a vote OF $50 to "a, more than
to 1, and yet the president has been
advocating legislation In favor OF pup
licitys as to campaign contributions ana
Secretary Taft wrote q letter 10 MT.
Burrows advocating the passaSe OF
such bill.
How fortunate 1t was that Secretary
Taft's letter was finally discovered and
published! Senator Burrows, the man
to whom the Taft letter was addressed
was the temporary chairman OF the
convention, and the convention over
which he presided turned down the
Who @ viii deny that on this subject the
Republican party Is refreatng!
Railroad Plank
Another plank OF the LaFollette plat
form authorized the ascertaining OF the
value OF the railroads. This plank was
lost by q vote Of 917 to So, nearly 10 20 4
and vet President Roosevelt has advo-
Gated this very proposition. Here Is
retreet on the railroad question;
In another column reference - Haae
to the injunction plank: ~.
.aThe injunction plank -dopted by the
ReDublican convention Is retreat from
the position taken BY the president anu
from the position taken by Secretary
Taft in his speeches, although nsitpes
of them went as far as they ought 70
Nave gone IN their effort to prevent
what is known as government py m
i,Inction.' Here Is the third retire Z.
sarhe nresidens has advocated the IN
come tax as q means OF preventlh.s
swollen fortunes and OF equaiizing TN sme
ne,, saIe FORM Is silent cns the subject.
1as Sga the nresident right ii, the position
Was NY 80 then the convention
vaa wrong in not indorsing him. WIN
ths Repubiican voters follow the presl-
dent in this lust demand, or VIII ehsy
,.etr.sting ret,ym from IL?
s.nrhs y1s rsTesidans advocated an Inherit
- - 20 - h,st fbe Republican conven-
49, e silent on that subject. Was the
ssas,dant the head of the Republican
Sartv right In advocating this reform.
haa she Repubilcan party receded
- 49,, ,a ts,s nresldents position? Did the
.,,as,aart rive a false alarm on this
p,,asti,r or has the party sounded q
dst~aat1
ON the president's message to con-
sr.ss last spring he presented an in
dictrnert against the conspiracy formed
among the lawbreakers to prevent the
Enforcement of the law and TO evade
th, ru,,ishment provided by law. The
s,ls tform adopted by the Republican
aaarvention contains no intimation of
Saneer r. there are any conspiracies
the Convention did not see them;a II
there are any dangers ahead, 1t was
unconscious of them. Was the presi-
eenca or'are the Republican managers
deceiyed when they think that an
sroused xsI public viii calmly contemplate
fbe encroachinents Of predatory
vaa,th9 This Is retreat number six.
sThe convention by aWote OF S66 TO
144--inore than 7 to 1--voted down the
blank in favor of the popular election
of United states senator's It Is true
The president and Secretary Taft have
never advocated the popular election
az senators. They seem to take the
Hamiltonian rather than the JEFFERSON
ian view, but the most popular reform
Ii the United States today is the re-