Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-25

BILE delight the election OF Mr.. Bry-
an. BY a vigorous use OF your i'm
ag native powers you may conceive
the wonderful sccno. but We DOUBT
IT,
IT this did not emanatc from the
officer of such an exalted nosItion az
the President IL would be farce. As
It is. 1t Is wicked audacity. The
forces back OF the Republican For
aker are back OF the Republican
party In this campaign. The whole
Standard Oil contingent IS not for
Bryan. but for TAFT for President
The Steel Trust magnat-s are not
for Bryan. but for Taft The stock
gamblers. each and every one. are
not for Bryan, but for Taft. Wall
street is bodily in the Taft column.
Aidrich. Cannon. Jim sherman.
HAIR man-they're for Taft. You
cannot go through the money-lined
Offices OF tariff-protected industries
without finding the atmosphere
heavy with Taft sentiment. The
whole crowd are all so zealously
and shout.ngly for Taft that they
are circulating diligently the tin
that III Taft isn't elected stocks will
go to pieces, business will fall off
and there will be another panic as
bad as the Republican panic of last
year-and this Taft Is good enough
for any of them. Anything to eject
him: The weak-mlnded child in
the streets knows this. The syndi-
Gates do not want Bryan. Mr.. Taft
MIR. Roosevelt, Mr.. Hitchcock. Mr..
Crane, Mr.. Jim Sherman-none of
these can point out a single stock
gambler. malefactor of wealth or
Standard Oil officer who is for Bry-
an for President. Therefore the
President dscredits himself by a .
EFFORT to make case to overcome
the stigma put upon the Republican
party by the exposure of Mr.. For
aker, supposing that Mr. Foraker is
as black as he is painted.
Nor can the President name any
Democrats in congress who. backed
by the sinister interests" stood in
the way Of the reforms he demand
ed of the National Legislature. The
Democratic Representatives an Sen
auCrs were the Presidents main
stays in the enactment of legisla-
ton which he now so vehemently
boasts as the achievements of his
flute his own claim that the Demo
cratic party Is the property of the
interests which backed Senator For
| aker? For the President is as well
aware as are the citizens with fair
memories that the opposition to the
Roosevelt reforms came from his
own party! Right and left, in front
and in rear the foes of his program
me stood, all wearing the Republi-
can label. The combat was with
them. They were the forces that
i l
the President were not so anxious
to fight his candidates fight at
whatever cost he would be checked
in his headlong vituperation by an
iota of gratitude toward his Demo-
cratic assistants.
1t is not at all necessary that the
President should besmirch Gov.
Haskell or anyone else to make
| character of Mr.. Taft. Mr.. Taft is
man of the highest integrity. He IS
respected of all. His distinguished
services to the nation in the several
| responsible positions he has held
have gained for him general esteem
l. does not require even the indorse-
men OF Mr.. Roosevelt to help
along the admiration felt for him
| by persons of all degrees and shades
of political belief. The very use
lessness of his ill-natured. his graf
uitous mud-slinging-with bogus
mud at that-but makes Mr.. Roose-
velt's offense the more reprehensi-
BILE. A man of impulses and spec
tacular methods, Mr.. Roosevelt was
expected TO take more or less con-
spicuous part in the campaign. That
he should play the peculiarly un-
savory role reflected in his latest
statement, however, was hardly to
be looked for.