The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-21
Ecores Party for Retreat
4. ing From Policies of
Roosevelt.
SAYS CONVENTION
HEDGED REFORMS
Eommitted Many Sins of Omission,
h in Opinion of the Demo
h. cratic Leader.

= LINCOLN. Neb.. June 2O-"In full re-
kreat' is Mr.. Bryan's diagnosis of the
work OF the Chicago convention. In an
editorial for the COmmOner. released for
publication today. he says:
.'The Republicans who attended the
Irrational Convention as spectators and
E1oined in the demonstration in favor OF
president Roosevelt and Senator La Fol
slette must have felt indignant as they
.ryatched the panic-stricken delegates
running after each other in their effort
10 get away from the La Toilette re-
HORNS. some of which had been in
s1Orsed by the President himself.
"Congressman Cooper, OF Wisconsin,
representing the la Toilette men,
brought III a minority report signed by
himself alone. F1rty-tWo members or
ahe committee signed the majority re-
port. The Republican party Will find
1.-THE ratio Of ffty-two 10 one a very en-
E5arrassing one 10 deal with in the COM
ing campaign.
"Mr. Cooper's report contained dec
narration in favor of publicity as 10 cam
1Daign funds. II was lost by a vote Of
$50 to "a. more than to !, and yet the
IEEES4QtAL mao bcEAA e-htFN'leNNAAAH AS7a~'-e-
stion in favor Of publicity as TO cam
Epaign contributions, and Secretary Tart
hlrged It in a recent letter. Senator Bur
rows, the man 10 whom the Taft letter
was addressed was the temporary
chairman OF the convention, and the
kconyention over which he presided
burned down the publicity plank By a
kvote OF to 1. Who will deny that. on
shss subject, the Republican party Is
Aetreating2
Retreat on Railroads.
(. Another plank of the La Toilette
slatform authorized the ascertaining Of
The value Of the railroads. And yet
kPresidtnt Roosevelt has advocated this
livery proposition. Here is a retreat on
IIhe railroad
( 1.-THE injunction plank adopted by the
HRepublican convention is a retreat from
kthe position taken by the President, and
IRON the position taken by Secretary
kraft in his speeches, although neither
kof them went as far as they have gone
lin their effort TO prevent what IS known
as government by injunction. Here IS
ahe third retreat.
The President had advocated the in
Den fortunes and of equalizing the bur
siens of government. The Republican
platform is silent on the subject. Was
the President right In the position he
hook If so. then the convention was
wrong in not indorsiHg him. WIN the
tRerublicaa voters follow the President
an his Just demand, or viii they follow
the Republican organization IN retreat
sing from it2
1.-THE President advocated an inherit
sance tax, Dat the Republican cOnven
salon Is silent on that subject. Was th'
President ahead of the Republican party
in advocating this reform, or has tht
ERepuOlican party receded from the
presidents position? Did the Presiden
give a false alarm on this question, Of
s5has the Tarty sounded a retreatf
Saw No Conspiracy.
In the Presidents message TO Con
eyress las spriI &, no presented an in
H1ictmeut against the conspiracy formed
among the great lawbreakers to pre-
went the enforcement of the law anC
10 evade the punishment provided b.
blaw. The platform adopted by the Re
kUubiCan convention contains no init
5nation Of danger.
eff there are any COnspiracies, tn
scouventlon did not see them; II Their
are any combinations, IT mad not hear,
kof them; If there are any danger
kalead, il was unconscious Of them. Wa
kLne President mistaken when he issue,
mis- defiance, or are the Republican
managers deceived when they thinl
that an aroused public will calmly con
template the encroachments OF pre-
sdatory wealth? This is retreat numbe
six
''The convention, by a vote OF Sc
10 II. more han to /, voted down tn
plank In favor OF the popular election
hof United States Senators. 1t is tru
that the President and Secretary Tai
hnever have advocated the popular cleo
ZION Of Senators They seem to TAX
sthe Hamiltonian rather than the JET
k1ersonian view, but the most pOpula
reform in the United States Is the re
form that has for it's object the cleo
ition OF United States Senators by dI
hreot vOta.
Defiant of Congress.
eft has been indorsed five times b
the National House Of Representatives
Ethree times when the House Of ReT
kresentatives was Republican It ha
EDeeu ln0OrSed Dy nearly tWO-lLllIuS Q
the StateS OF the Union, and Their
yprobabIy e not a State in the Unto
in which it would not be Endorsed a
"a popular election. and set, IN spit
OF the record adopted in the House
Representatives and the various States
1his reform is rejected by to
vote IN "A Republican national CONVEX
zion.
Here are seven propositions in whic
Fthe Republican party, in national cor
zyentIon assembled. has Tetreated frol
the position taken by the party
sCongress. or from the position take
Thy the President.
"What have Roosevelt Republican
80 saye II the President awakened
spirit Of reform within his party. }
at least has revealed % the world tbs
there are reformers IN the Republca
Fparty Can that spirit now be quelle
DIV stand-pst convention
Millions OF Republicans have enliste
"a an