Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-24
A REMARKABLE CONTRAST

The following from the New York
Sun, one of the leading Republican
journals of the country, draws II sharp
contrast between the nominations of
Taft and Bryan. Every fair minded
citizen should read and study it:
To right minded citizens the manner
of Mr.. Taft's nomination, likewise some
personal aspects of his candidacy, ought
to he the source of profound regret and
considerable alarm. In the course of
human events the time has not arrived
when it becomes necessary in the inter
eSts of this republic that II Chief Mag.
istrate'S tenure of individual power
should extend chronologically beyond
the term for which he was chosen.
Inheritance of office, dynastic success
sion, government by substitute, are
words that express IDEAS abhOrrent to
most Americans. The attempt to rule
II whole nation through the corporal
person of another is an i%mpudcnt I'M
dertaking on the part of the expert
menter and humiliating in the extreme
to the subject and medium. The pre-
tense Of personal responsibility for the
administration of public affairs for the
continuance of any policy" whatever
after the expiry of the peoples commits
sion and the bodily departure from
office, is pure humbug. To all these
things Mr.. Roosevelt is blind; to all
such things he was born mole eyed.
Only three weeks ago, having repeated.
ly and sOlcmnly pledged himself not to
accept another nomination for Prcsi
dent, he was actually using the third
term threat to play upon the patriotic
a~pprehcnsions of the conservative Re
p%ublicans mt Chicago in order to NJ
complish some of his minor purposes
The indcccncy of this, we say, Mr.
Roosevelt does not see. Mr.. Taft
vision is another matter: and there ma,
hc some dim perception already. if no
of the improperly, at least of the dis
comfort of the relation. However thi
may be, the future can have in stor
for II Of the best mel in the world
now II candidate for the highest Office i
the world, 10 experience more ur
pleasant than his initial dose of mentu
subordination. The Sun has no au
nOuncement to make of modified view
concerning the circumstances of Mr.
Taft's nomination for President.
On the other hand. Mr.. Bryan's tri
unph is in every sense Legitimate, fo
the convention accomplished prcciscl
that which a convention is intended [
do under the present system of govern
ment by parties. The delegates ha
been chosen Ivy processes fairly rel
~rcsentativc Of Democratic opinio
throughout the land. The intcryentio
of Federal power, the perniciouS actiy
ity of Federal office. holders, coercion q
any sort by any big stick, were ne
factors. BY an overwhelming pr,
pondcranco of numbers the convcntio
was for Bryan because the desire fC
Bryrn was genuinely p]rcpondcranr
His opponents were fairly met an
fairly overthrown. The Democrat
leader is to bo congratulated upon tn
remarkable demonstration of a popular
ity apparently undiminishcd by his tvs
successive defeats. In this cumpaig
he stands for nothing bnt himself. h
W political following and his ow
political theories and purposes. As r,
CARDS the methods and machinery ,
nomination. Denver affords II contra.
which should bc contemplated ly II,
publicans generally with respectful an
rcgrctful emotions.