The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-08-12

platform announces the partyS posi-
| ton on the questions which are at
issue; and an official is not at liberty
! to use the authority vested in him
ito urge personal views which have
not been submitted to the voters for
their approval. If one is nominated
upon a platform which is not salts
factory to him, he must If candid,
either decline the nomination, or, in
accepting it, propose an amended plat
form in lieu of the one adopted by
the convention. No such situation,
however, confronts your candidate,
for the platform upon which l was
nominated not only contains nothing g
from which l dissent, but it specifi-
lcally outlines all the remedial legis-
lation which we can hope to secure
during the next four years.
Republican Challenge Accepted.
| The distinguished statesman who
received the Republican nomination
for President said, in his notification
| speech: THE strength of the Repub-
lican cause in the campaign at hand
is the fact that we represent the pol
icies essential to the reform of known
| abuses, to the continuance of liberty
| and true prosperity, and we are de-
| termined, as our platform unequivocal
| ly declares, to maintain them and car
| ry them on
In the name of the Democratic par
| ty, l accept the challenge, and charge
that the Republican party is respon-
sible for all the abuses which now
exist in the federal government, and
that it is impotent to accomplish the
reforms which are imperatively need
ed. Further, l cannot concur in the
statement that the Republican plat
form unequivocally declares for the
reforms that are necessary; on the
contrary, l affirm that it openly and
notoriously disappoints the hopes
and expectations of reformerS, wheth-
er those reformers be Republicans
or Democrats. So far did the Repub-
lican convention fall short of it's du-
ty that the Republican candidate felt
it necessary to add to his platform
in several important particulars,
thus rebuking the leaders of the par
ty, upon whose cooperation he must
rely for the enactment of remedial
legislation.
AS I shall. in separate speeches,
discuss the leading questions at is
sue l shall at this time confine my
self to the paramount question, and
to the far-reach1ng purpose of our
party, as that purpose is set forth
in the platform.
Sndil tHe TcOpiS nuIS!
Our platform declares that the ov- |
ershadowing issue which nlanifests
itself in all the questions now under |!
discussion, is Shall the People Ruleo'
No matter which way we turn; no !
matter to what subject we address 1
ourselves, the same question con-
fronts us: Shall the people control !
their own government, and use that
government for the protection of /
their rights and for the promotion of
their welfare? or shall the represen-
tatives of predatory wealth prey up
on a defenseless public, while the
servient officials whom they raise to
power by INSCRIPTIONS methods?
This is the issue raised by the
known abuses" to which Mr.. Taft
refers.
The Presidents indictment.
In a message sent to congress last
January, President Roosevelt said:
''The attacks made by these great
corporations on the administrations
actions have been given wide c1rcu-
lation throughout the country, in the
and otherwise, by those
writer's and speakers who, conscious
ly or unconsciously, act as the repre-
sentatives of predatory wealth-of
the wealth accumulated on a giant
scale by all forms of iniquity, rang
ing from the oppression of wage earn
ers to unfair and unwholesome meth
DDS of crushing out competition, and
so defrauding the public by stock
jobbing and the manipulation of Sc
curities. Certain wealthy men of this
stamp. whose conduct should be alb
horrent to every man of ordinarily |
decent conscience, and who commit /
the hideous wrong of teaching our
young men that phenomenal business
success must ordinarily be based on
dishonesty, have, during the last few |
months, made it apparent that they |
have banded together to work for a |
reaction. Their endeavor is to over
throw and discredit all who honestly |
administer the law, to prevent any |
additional legislation which would |
check and restrain them, and to Sc
cure, if possible, a freedom from all
restraint which will permit every un-
scrupulous wrong-doer to do what he
wishes unchecked, provided he has
enough money
What an arraignment of the preda- |
tory interests. Is the Presidents IN |
dictment true? And, If true, against
whom was the indictment directed!
Not against the Democratic party.
Taft Endorses the Indictment.
Mr.. Taft says that these evils nave
crept in during the last ten years. He
declares that, during this time, some
prominent and influential members
of the community, spurred by finan- |
cial success and in their hurry for
greater wealth, became unmindful OF
the common rules of business homes |
ty and fidelity, and of the limitations
imposed by law upon their actions;
and that " the revelations of the
breaches of trusts, the disclosures as
to rebates and Determinations by rail- |
roads, the accommodating evidence OF
the violations of the antitrust laws,