The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-09

fication that the president should have
so abused his power in debating to a
great party his choice as successor that
that party should have submitted so
cowardly to a humiliation that was as
manifest as it was degrading What are
the policies which constitute the capi-
tai Of the republican party in this cam
paign and that are relied upon to sup
port the candidacy Of Mr.. Taft? To re-
call democratic platforms, speeches,
and measures is to convince any man
that many of the presidents public ut
terances were derived from an avowed
familiarity with the teachings of our
party.
Campaign Contributions.
''It must be admitted that the repub-
lie cannot long survive if fraud and
corruption become material factors in
our elections. No man has said more
than the president about the corruption
of elections He has proved his faith by
his works. Is it true or not that four
years ago he selected for his cam
paign manager a novice in politics
whose principal qualification for the
position was the power he held over the
corporations of the land? Is it true or
not that the official place as secretary
of commerce and labor gave full knowl-
edge to these business secrets and re-
lations of corporations to be campaign
manager. and clothes him with power,
with the assent of the president to
punish or reward them for publishing
or withholding their secrets that he had
collected as such secretary?
'Is it true or not that, with this
power held in terror over the corpor-
ations. he solicited or had his cam
paign contributions from them?
Injunctions and Contempts.
There has been and is now pub
lie demand for legislation regulating,
not abolishing, the process of lnJunc-
ton and the power to punish Tor al
legged indirect or constructive contempt
of courts. Ever since 1896 the demo-
cratic party has protested against
hasty and ill-considered use of ln1unc-
tions and has been insisting upon the
right of fair trial in all cases of con-
structiye contempts The republican
partv has been avoiding this question.
It has done nothing to give the wage
Garner fair play and less than nothlns
is offered to him in the Chicago dellV-
erance. The meaningless generalltles VI
it's Injunction plank are an Insult "
the intelligence of those who demand
reasonable and substantial Legislation
+o nrevent the admitted abuse OF this
judicial process.
Tariff.
"The president and his party declare
that pre-election revision of the tarln
woull be unwise. This assertion mas
been repeated in advance OF every eieo
tion since the enactment of the DING
Low law and surely the country VIII not
a.. eain be deceived by republican prom
80. +o revise the tariff after the elec-
ton. ..;.
",rheir appeal to the people IN this'
give us another chance to make you
nromise and the promise will be mace
~what does protection mean! Onoer
the republican policy on protectioh'
the peorle. the consumers, While pay
;no, little over $500, 100000 per year into
the treasury through import duties on
foreign goods, pay between S1'zoo'ooo'
200 and $500, 100000 year In the eh-
HANGED price of home produced sooue
r. is safe to say that the people pay "'
st IS to the already wealthy oeno
ec;aries of protection for every ooiia,
not is Maid into the treasury. Beniii'
tbe wall of high protection, wnlcn in
80 cases is altogether prohlbltlVe'
the trusts levy enormous triou.e
tbte neople. This amounted to not iess
han $4,000, 100000 in the last oecauo
Trusts.
eft is the shortest of steps from 'ne
10 riff to the trusts. Let it be aenieo.
+bev are to deny it, that the tarin Is '
..oI mother of trusts. The presiuen
o.de great pretense of destroy
ng trusts. e,;,,,re and
esrbis is an admission Of failure any
,,o does not dwell on this aoiiio'
.,,nthe. than to say that the imprison
,t of those who violated the Ia"
,,,a have had a more saiu'
,eaot than all that has been oohe
-.;eh+ have been done in this oileo
s. b;s entire administration. n'
,a-,,ocratic party will strike down spe
,;a1 privileges whether gran'eu
,;gb protected tariff or granteo -
',.,,,ant- chartered corporations Wy p
mission of law.
The Recent Panic.
"1n proceeding at once to men'.o
g .ha republican party's dealings WIN
od.vs disturbed finances OF the cou
~ we are brought before that curious
cornound. with Vreelanu