The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-22
IN IF AGAIN.

HAN3 ASh PeSNaAS NNNN ss' - @--N making trouble for himself and his party. For months he was bowling and frothing over the Brownsville af- fair, accusing Roosevelt, Taft and everybody else who were in any way responsible for the discharge of tue negro soldiers of gross unfairness and injustice. He gave the leaders O. tne c. O. P. no rest, and refused 10 be put down or silenced as long as there was any hope that he could make capital out of the affair. Even when he stop ped talking about 1t he evidently was "silenced but not convinced' and has only become quieted because he saw that his course was not likely to prove profitable to himself in the future.
 And when a sort of truce had been patched up between himself and Taft. when he gave signs of an intention to be good and help his party. and when it had all been arranged that he and Taft should go on the stump together and do the Damon and Pythias act to the admiration of all beholders; in short. when the leaders of the party were saying All Is lovely and the goose hangs high" here comes mar plot Hearst to explode another sensa- ton. Sensationalism, as we all know, is Hearst's long suit. and he seems particularly fitted for it. Whatever we may think of him, generally or par ticularly, we all know his genius for nosing out things. and the delight it gives him to spring something that will cause trouble to those whom he dislikes As to that matter, If he can create a genuine sensation he doesnt care who is knocked out by it.
 This latest disclosure, evidently proves beyond doubt that Foraker. as United States Senator. was also paid beneficiary of Standard oil, and was receiving bribes on the side, as it were, from one of the strongest trusts in the Union. In short, to put the case with almost brutal frankness. Foraker is a grafter. While it is true that any charges made by Hearst must al- ways be taken with a large grain of salt, there is apparently no doubt of the truth of his charges in this case. The evidence convicts a Senator of the United States of being in the pay of corporation against which the govern ment was proceeding in the Federal courts.
 This revelation is peculiarly unfor- tunate for the Republican party Just at this time. The leaders of the party from Roosevelt down. have been warm ing the atmosphere with boasts of what the administration was doing to put down the trusts. corporations and all the instruments of predatory wealth which were doing so much to reduce the common people to slavery and ab- | ject poverty. In short, the unwary reader might well arrive at the conclu- sion. judging from Republican deliver ances. that the only object the admin istration has in view fs to deliver the people from the tentacles of the octo- pus of incorporated and meroiless cap ital.
 The revelations made by Hearst come at an especially unfortunate time for the Republicans. A truce having been patched up with Foraker it was of course expected that he would show his zeal as a trust-buster and show how the administration is fighting the campaign of the people against the governments opponents-meaning the corporations. No doubt it was thought that his experience as a Senator would give peculiar weight and power to his condemnation of corporate greed and strengthen the administration claim of being the champion of the people as against combinations oF all kinds. And now to have the damning truth flashed over the country that this se- lected mouthpiece of the administra- ton and the party is a bribed agent of the great corporation against which Roosevelt and his co-work CTS are de- claiming and orating Is just little bit too much for them. That they believe the charges Is plain enough. That they know that campaigning by Foraker would be seriously detrimental to their cause is shown by the cancellation of all engagements made for him. It will be useless for him to claim that he retires from the campaign on the plea that the party should be above sus- picion for there is no doubt that he retires under the advice or command of those having the management of the campaign. And to wind up, neither Foraker nor his party is entitled tc any sympathy.
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