The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-10
A TRIFLE RELATED
WAS LoNGwoRTH,s DENIAL OF
 ROCK ISLAND SPEECH.
But Everyone Understands that Nicho- las Longvvoth Gave the Secret Away-Progrnm of the Roose-
 welt Dynasty.
BY WTLLIs U. ABBOT

years from now was a trifie belated. snsy made s 'mS ans the tSs Tes of the | denial Mr. Longworth had. in the pres ence of newspaper men whose afida- S.f efxs M sssa pse'SS %ss eoa from abroad to succeed Mr. Taft, should the latter have been elected.
 herft ouaeiss are mt .Ss suHgsSSssd to but 1t seems a curious instance of the ingenious youth that Mr. Longworth MT. Roosevelt is at at aii times a prey prey. and 6rafory and denying them aftsrs of the wise correspondents at washing. ton. and even before that in New York City and in Albany. meyer to two of them were there to hear 'sn. t. were two. and their afidavits have been eeiann made public by the democratic But It did not need the uttarance of MT Longworth to make even ordinary observers of politics understand what gram was perfectly undersiood in nstion Mftisn,nsfoHT sf Tast year so he hl% Hc the fsSsR HF HSss aitsa Ts' esstsS sssss terms nssns to De :aeG'seded by the man who point of the presidency.
 n,o of courss there is one flaw in this P%ts nrios h Taft ssssaty ssnayg pointed man who had lifted him from private. te tsae saa put nms1a a Fst i9 public s.SslS aso ous or of inc saet thers wss WaS Iss. conSS,- wrst- corruptionist and q tool of the Crusts. would Would t not be q shock to the Taft presidsntsi' '4is si%Ssr. if s hiS endsss sSs vors should be met Tn the end with the same sort of smooth lip service and political assassination?
 Of course, if Taft should be beaten. welt to return from African junsies the % syor of Ree ths rspSbsSn pat ths one civil service reformer about whom ell republicans in search of a job might rally with confidence that IL
 What about this proposition? I do not offer 1t as the emanation of my own mind or my own imagination. IL score or more of disgruntled repubii- now opposing Taft. fhis one in the the republican national committee a position almost analogous to the one I now hold with the democratic natio-
 70 you think Roosevelt really wants Taft elected?" asked he. Every step he has made in behalf of Taft has tsrs haSs n0t carred s eSaTRso ss bs he played in forcing the noansination ton of Taft sstrssngsd s hosts Of republicans ended.
 w,th.ta +If he 21;s s;hould Eo on nh the S stump not; Ro@d hurt R the fsss saus. s Sscsu!s ssss the Pe04pe d9 sot believe the have. had all the federal officehoiders acting as political managers, but the appearance of the president in that SSRsS E0uS st p tha h@y rdsson ~5 s # does not reaiIy desire the election of defeated he could return to the united States and point proudly to himself as one savior of the republican party. His popularity might carry of the
 While the republican organization is trying to divert attention from the issues of the campaign. which should and business affiliations of individuals. why not consider some of the distin- guished members of the republican national committee and leaders af1liat- ed with it?
 I don't know whether the RApubIi- can National Committee is ashamed of It's personnel or of it's officers, but if does seem curious to begin with that in the textbook issued under it's au- thority there appears no list of either officers or members. For example, why are we not informed through the textbook that George R. Sheldon Is treasurer of the Republican National Committed? flis business Is to raise funds and. as a rule. the heavy con- tributers to campaign funds expect something in return
 From the directory of directors it Is learned, that he Is director in nine the Bethlehem Steel Company, a part of the steel trust: the American Loco. motive Company. allied with the steel trust; the Detroit Edison. the Electri- light Company of St. Louis, the Mill waukee Electric Railroad and Light Company, the st. Louis Transit Com pany. and the Union Light and Elec- tric Company of St. Louis.
 Every one of these corporations in which Mir. Sheldon Is a director Is etth- CT constituent of a trust or pos it complete monopoly by itself. Every one of these corporations fol- lowing the tender and suggestive d. assistant of Mr. Sheldon, viii find some way to .eVade the law prohibit ing the contribution of corporation
 
 the righteous Sheldon.
 Once in awhile somebody discovers that Democrat has acted as an at- torney for @ trust But will any Re- publican paper kindly point out any individual connected with the Demo- cratic National Committee who Is act ually a manager and a etockholder in one monopollstic corporation3 MT. Sheldon. according to the record, ap- pears as a director in nineteen.
 And what about Sherman? He is the most famous fryer of fat from ia. today. He has been the head of the ice trust in his own town, and has a record of bitter antagonism to all la bor organizations. He has money. yes. that may help a ticket which can ey. But all the money he puts Into the campaign will come back to hlm through the service he will be able to render the trusts. if elected.
 He Is the boon companion and the And with Uncle Joe" in the speakers chair of the President of the Senate, and Taft at the White House, the combination would be so complete that for years to come no leegislation ex- terests, the railroads. the trusts. and the nonopolles. would ever get
 What does labor think of this situ-
 Taft. the originator and chief expo injunction. for president.
 James s. sherman the opponent of labor in at least three controversies In his native city of Utica. and the close friend and political pupil of Lit tlefeld of Maine. for vice president.
 Ioa Cannon for sneaker of the