The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-29


4 ono Of tho mort frequent and seem
lpgly plausible arguments u behalf 81
Bfyan'e candidacy y chat aa president
of the United States he could 40 no
harm, because the senate ana the
house aIso, X RepnbiIcan, would pre-
vent him from having his own way.
Would any Sane business man IN TIE
United States entertain such d sngges.
tiong ne would reject II Indignantly
ana rebuIte The person making IL.
aWhatp Ae would explain, ~PIace
en- untrustworthy person ii charge cf
ny Affairs and trust to others to zee
that he is not allowed to injure me1
The very idea Il an insult TO MY com
mon scnseg
/ Yct day ID and day Out, in newspa-
pet articles, speeches and talk between
man and man, The argument we have
quoted Is applied 10 the greatest Office
il the United States. the Office the
holder cf which possesseS more power,
for good Cr III, than any king Dr. EN-
peror ana who can, even BY a mere
utterance, effect incalculabIe eviI to
business interests throughout the Unit
n States, 1t n substantially the only
plea offered In behalf ok Bryan to the
business men oE the country, and the
persistence with which 1t Is repeated
suggests that those who present It
think Il q having some eject, or per-
haps which IS more IIkely--it III the
only plea they dare 10 present con-
sclonB as they are cf tho inter unAt-
ness Of their candidate and of the fu-
fifty Of seeking to gain support for
him On bis merits as a public man.
II i6 d false plea, al false a. It is
shameless. Bryan in The white House
could be and would b for four long
years the most dangerous pest aud
plague the business interests Of this
nation have ever encountered The
lack Of ballast Ia hIs political career
up 10 date fiin weather yane yeering
to this Or that point Of the compass to
catch 4 promising breeze. HE lightning
somersaults from one political hobby
II another bis plagiarism Of any nov
city TINT he thinks may attract the
gfioHghtIeaa- -aII these fOreshadow the
instability Of his course should be
achieve the aim Of his ambition and
prove the menace that his very pres
ence IN the White House would Be to
business interests,
Neither senate nor house could pre-
vent him from doing irremediable
harm, and business men who had been
deceived into accepting him as harm
less would have abundant time and
leisure 10 repent
What a contrast between the candi-
date whose strongest plea Is that Il
elected, he would be unable to DO any
thing very bad because congress would
not let him and william n. TAFT Of
whom President Mckinley said, n
am sending Tart to the Philippines BE-.
cause be Is the bFoadest and most I'M
sslnshly brave man I know and be-
cause be win carry the spirit Of the
constitution of the United States n his
yeEy blood" Iraft the statesman. held
ID esteem throughout the civilized
world; the just judge and modest Sin.
cere gentleman, "ful," as one writer
describes him. eof the knlghthood nm
der which the honor and strength Of
great nation must Be shielded III a.
sldiOus pence as ia open war" Nobody
suggests that William Il. Taft would
need congress to watch him or that
any act Of bis would be wrong or a
menace to the business interests Of
law abiding citizens. Nobody has any
doubt that Taft as president would be
guided solely BY bis sense Of duty,
without regard to the bearing Of bis
acts on his political or personal for
tunes IN brief nobody would dare
to present In behalf of Taft the plea
which Is at once an apology for and
an indictment Of Bryan.