New-York tribune., 1908-03-25
H. s. NEW WILL SUFFER
pOST4L FLOOD COMING.
getter Times Association May Cause
Hard Times for Some.

a., ,,,s, ,,ee, horn in New York City and
Incorporated at Albany prosperity eieo1 ,,..,
ranization with political ambitions that ioi q -
,;-oa st least will surely receive some a''eI'1 ~
:. - ,-.o-rcrates under the name of the Better
Times Association, and she names OF i's es,
were given as follows: Henry u hihs' pa ,,-u
lanes 7 Wilson, secretary; Edgar 'osepA' :,
tn I weul Die all OF Manhattan. ana cauue u
W. ~ tsroaslV,, directors Mr.. Wemple, III IL
known is q LAWYER and fer the other oirec'oi
Nr King said yesterday that they rep So.
various interests, though just OF "iiai ei'
he refused to
1-,, rzo--.r T;-,es Association has opened head
cuarte-s ;n large double loft at No AZ bafaSet'e
etreet and there Mr. King and typewriter
busy yesterday sending out postcard =,
There were tons of this literature Two DIG mon
wagons required last evening to ea1iS ~
the bag. for the West
In few Gays every hamlet, village Town anu
city will be flooded with the unique hterd'uie' "
consists of combination QuadTuple postcard OF
ransemeut. Two of these on one SIDE pear inc
platform Of the Better Times Associauon' Nioii'
by the way, is copyrighted by James }. WILSON,
the secretary. The card below this Is aooFesseu
To Harry S New chairman Republican NatonaI
Committee and informing him that the signer has
become a member OF the association Then there
Sc 2 blank card for the member TO express
his preference for the Presidential nomination. a
oeiluloid button, with eagle rampant, the en-
blera Of the association goes with this outht Ihis
is appended to the platform:
Membership certificates with platform, etc, can
be had at the rate of > cents each; 81 huhoreo-
To dispel any possible misapprehension or mlsin-
terpretation of associations mission or object
well describe il in the words OF President
King:
The association is a membership corporation
without capital stock. not designed Tor preft put
70 aoeonpSh p g0rPes1 P Rennbcan @ SefionaI Com
nlttee is flooded with few niiions O. these caioS
The protest that President King referred to is
the platform, which reads in part:
La 0f'-' RTIoN OF AMERICA
II Goa STAND psf on pRe cesaion and do not
want il amended by executive act-also not"l'h-
We respect the courts and resent executive in
We believe the average of honesty in this country
is as high as in any country on eartt-asaln not
We beljeye the country is all right-slowly con-
vaescing from INDIGESTION ouseo ,ef oS rseon
tllreat 70 remove the patients liver co
We love square deal, but not everything SO
W. believe pllnishunents should only follow proof
of guilt. whether colored or white, corporation
individual-stin notwithstanding -
We remember that the corporations are made up
of thousands of stockholders and employ millions
We favor personal punishments which hurt the
vrongdoers and not the innocent stockholders ana
Ne commend reasonable safeguard and control
over corporations. but denounce rasn. revolution
. We are WeaIied of club swinging and LOUD Moses
We regard me as toe strenuous and my poll
cies' too drastic TO be continued either by me
OF y rrexy or aPSntee rs tern OF ar Presidents ap
pointing his successor.
have faith in the power OF PUBLIC opinion and
believe We can make ourselves heard and under
stood
And then if the voters. after perusing the plat
form are still of the opinion that there is anything
political association, notwithstanding let
them read the following statement OF President
king:
by any power, interest candidate 1t has no
candidate. but it has some ideas which are ex-
pressed in its platform It's organizers pelIeke
there many thousands OF persons WHO
have similar views. They and these thousands
have been without means OF making thefll-
selves heard They have been permitted TO vote,
choosing between candidates named by the poll
ticians. ,,
Present indications are that the Republican
and that the Democratic Will name Bryan we
believe that majority of the voters IN tlls
country. if they had their way, would nave none
Of them. but would prefer d man VINO "oulo dc-
cornplish necessary reforms without unnecessary
slaughter. When, for instance. the Great tather
In Washington impulsively and arbitrarily con-
troopers guilty, and punished all of them:
when he finds dishonesty in business and
great majority do follow with approval his
Nreckless rough riding The same people Zee!
Ehat Taft. nominated by Roosevelt ana ms use
Xof the federal patronage and power, VIII be as
4 Roosevelt himself. Moreover, they resent the
ideas and fear the precedent of a President $
appointing his own successor. They cannot turn
10 Bryan and his isms-
4 reporter suggested 20 President King that Mr..
New after receiving thousand of the pro-
tests. might buy fine large waste paper bas-
kets for the accommodation of the balance
In that case" said President King. we will
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