The Washington herald., 1908-08-29
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The New York Sun does not care sor
'He political hypocrisy and humbug Of
Mr.. Tafts literary bureau Il says.
The published itinerary Of Mr. Tafrs
fishing trip contains this detail Of cam
paign decoration:
He VII Be IN Athens until IS IN the afternoon
Ihen be WI leave for Toledo arriving there at 10
oc-ecx N the evening IN order 20 avoid travelling
~ - e'.--as A5- 1aIt and ils party VIII embark az
olce Ior Middle Bass Island
Mr.. Taft is one Of the most sincerely
respectful men toward religious belief and
, religious Observ2nces. but this is the sort
Of thing which Arteaus Ward has de-
scribed as mutch-
Spare the hardened old gIobe-trotter
from the ridicule and the rest Of US from
the nausea Of this particular variety OF
campaign humbugr"
Says the New York Journal Of Com
merce:
Mr. Taft shows himself TO be an ar
dent partisan, 70 which We can take no
exception so long as he also shows him
self 70 be sincere in his convictions. but
he IS going 70 depend good deal in this
campaign upon independent voters who
cannot sympathize with his ardent parti-
sanship. and many Of whom dissent from
his views on the tariff He is doubtless
sincere IN those views. though they do
not indicate that he has made q deep
study Of that particular subject or has
trained himself 10 clear reasoning on eco
nomic questions. Few men whose davs
have been busy in other walks Of life and
whose minds have been absorbed in their
several professions and practical employ
ments have done So But one thing is 20
be expected % MT Taft that We DO not
oIten get from the Ordinary politician.
and that is fairness Of statement Il
would do him good and not harm as a
candiSete. for one Of the sources OF con-
hdence in him is a belief that he Is not a
one-slded or narrOw-minded man. but il
capable Of treating great questions, 50 far
as he has mastered them, with a judicial
fairness Hence. some OF the remarks I
with which he introduced his speech al
Hot Springs. Va, last Friday are caIcu- |
lated 10 make the Jud.cIOus grieve.'
Tie New York Evening Post declines 10 /
see that everything about our admi1istra- 1
ton of affairs in Cuba is OF roseate hue.
It says;
a most unfortunate impression has
also been created IN Cuba-f5- which Gov.
--Her''-- a. --- lA- way LL-e /.
nexplicable acquiJtaI By a court-uartial Z
u the Two American soldiers who killed /
their Two Cuban boatmeu- II was a ne
cUliarly cold-blooded crime By dese-ters
who were trying % escape from the isl
and. the facts are undeuiabIe. bur the
men got on scCtt-free. and the entire -e-
spectahle press of cuba. as well as the
sensational IS highly tucenseE. and 7r1p-
sTly So This failure of Justice IS wrong
T connected with Gov. MzE1o0's ah1sa or
Ee parlou'aS power. We have not the
atest statistics. but up % May last Gov
Wagon had granted S55 par5ous The 4
Havana press openly jokes about them.
ma % IS scGHrgly said by TIE Cutals I,
--at some politicians axe making from s. .
% some thousands per pardon That this
s uutounced We have no doubt but the
Jsil-s-nQtying gives rise % such
ak II IS naturally 20 be hoped that
GOV Nagoon Is correct in his belief thar
'lba IS again ripe for self-gover--srt-
z, however, two OF three years hence. the !
epuhllc again falls. the resu1rsfa-i-y
hcu-d not wholly rest on the rev Cuban I
resident, any more than Palma should =
e given the whole OF the dIscredir Uf the =
oIapss OF I-s.'
The Montgomery Advertise has this 70 G
~ or -ce matter OF contributions % the q
aupaiCn fund.
None better than the ol6 guard Of the Z
republicans know that Tie publication OF Z !,
full list Of the contributions 10 their \
lrnpaisa fund since they have been vain z
r trying 20 bury Bryanis-n' would cause g
crisis and q revolution IN political and e
1arcial circles more drastic in its effects 2
b certain forms OF corporate wealth ?
ian The late panic The little E-lupses :.
.at recent court proceedings with the =
erkLrsss and other Eo-5e-wes-s as .p-sr- =
pals reveal an amazing and intolera5ls -
lance between privilege and the Repub- ;.
,an party % plunder the people. The
l--ars OF those who are tired of this
yollen pres uuptlon are invited 70 this -
Operative EFFORT 70 end t.