The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM AS
SEEN BY BRYAN
Party in Full Retreat From the
Position Taken by PreSi-
dent Roosevelt.
DELEGATES FAILED TO
VOTE AS THEY SHOUTED
PEOPLE AWAKENED TO IMPORT
ANCE OF REFORM RECEIVE
A RUDE SHOCK.

Lincoln, Neb, June 20.-Under the
caption I'm Full Retreat" William J.
Bryan, in the next issue of the Com
moner, VIII discuss the Republican ma
tional convention as follows:
The Republicans who attended the
national convention as spectators and
Joined in the demonstration in favor of
President Roosevelt and Senator La
Toilette must have felt indignant as
they watched the panic-stricken dele
gates running over each other in their
effort TO get away from the La Toilette
reforms, some of which had been en-
dorsed by the president himself. Con-
gresham Cooper Of Wisconsin. repre-
senting the La Toilette platform,
brought in a minority report signed by
himself alone. Fifty-two members of
the committee signed the majority re-
port and one signed the minority re-
port. The Republican party will find
the ratio Of fifty-tWO 10 one very en-
barrassing one TO deal with In the COM
ing esmpaign.
Nine TO One Against.
Mr.. Cooper's report contained a de-
claratiOn in favor OF publicity as TO
campaign funds which was lost by a
vote of $50 TO "a. more than nine 10 one.
and yet the president has been advo-
eating legislation m favor OF publicity
as 10 campaign contributions, and Sec
rotary Taft wrote letter TO Mr.. Bur
rows advocating the passage of such a
bill. How fortunate IL was that Secre-
tary Taft's letter was finally discov-
cred and published. Senator Burrows,
the man 10 whom the Taft letter was
addressed, was the temporary chair
man of the convention. and the con-
ventiOn over which he presided turned
down the publicity plank by vote of
nine TO one. Who will deny that, on
this subject, the Republican party is
retreating?
Did Not Follow Roosevelt.
Another plank Of the La Toilette
platform authorized the asCertaining
of the value of the railroads. This
plank was lost by a vote of 9l1 to So,
nearly fifteen 10 one. and yet PFest-
dent Roosevelt had advocated this
very proposition. Here is a retreat on
the railroad question"
In another column reference is MADE
10 the injunction plank.
"The injunction plank adopted by the
Republican convention is retreat
from the position taken by the presi-
dent and from the position taken by
Secretary Taft in his speeches, al
though neither of them went as far as
they ought 10 have gone in their eff
forts TO prevent what is known as
government by Injunction Here IS
the third retreat
Silent on income Tax.
THE president has advocated the in
come tax as a means Of preventing
swollen fortunes and of equalizing the
burdens of government. The RepuD-
lican platform is silent on the subject.
Was the president right in the position
he took? II SO. then the convention
was wrong in not endorsing him. Will
the Republican voters follow the presi-
dent in this just demand or Will they
follow the Republican organization in
retreating from it?
THE president advocated an inherit
ance tax. but the Republican cOnven-
ton is silent on that subject. Was the
president. the head of the Republican
PARTY, right in advocating this reform.
or has the Republican party receded
from the presidents positions Did the
president give a false alarm on this
question, or has the party sounded a
retreat? In the presidents message TO
congress last spring he presented an
indictment against the conspiracy
formed among the great law breakers
10 prevent the enforcement Of the law
md 10 eVade the punlshments provided
bv law. The platform adopted by the
Republican convention contains no in
tirnation of danger If there are any
dangers ahead IL was unconscious of
them. Was the president mistaken
wien he issued his defiance. or are the
Republican managers deceived when
they think that an aroused public viii
calmly contemplate the encrOachment
of predatory wealth. This is retreat
number six.
Election of Senator.
saThe convention. by a vote of sec u
fillmore than seven TO one-voted
down the plank in favor of the popular
elections Of United States senator's. II
Is true that the president and Secre-
tary Taft have never advocated the
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