The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27


the moral sentiment of the country
and betrays the consce',ee OF the
american people There is great
lquestion of conscience before the
lAmerican people. 1t ls honesty in
politics You cannot have honest
government without honest politics
and the Democratic Iarty is IN
augurating new era IN American
politics. The investigations, the dis
closures the reveletions have shown
what enormous campaign funds have
been secretly collected and corrupt
ly used, and an awakened people
demand thpt that should stop, but
the Republican senate and house
refused TO listen TO the demand and
"a Republican national convention
Projected the pink that was aimed
at dishonesty IN politics. Our com
mittee applied the doctrine of the
platform to the present campaign
and has done what no national COM
mittee ever did betore-it hps taken
the reople into its confidence and
laid bare the source of its cam
paign contributions.
81 submit to you that our plah
appeals to the moral sentiment of
the country, to the awakened con-
science of the nation.
"And, my friends want to
make this prediction, that whether
we win or lose, this reform that
we are inaugurating will become
the law of this land end the Re-
publican party will be compelled %
at least yield to the moral senti-
mont. IT," he said amid tumultu-
Gus applause, "there be Republicans
here, let me say to them that they
may defeat me If they will. but
they cannot deny to me the credit
that history will give me for help
ing to give an impulse to honest
politics"
"The Republican leaders do not
regPrd constitutional limitations. :
he argued, "and in this respect the
present president and the Republic
can candidate. for president are not
| exceptions to the rule. President
Roosevelt has disregarded constitu-
tional limitetions. This government
is not government of one man.
This government is framed upon the
/ theory that absolute power is nor
lodged anywhere except with the
people themselves"
Taking up the Presidents letter
regarding labor, Mr.. Bryen said
The president criticised Mr.. Conn
ers the other day for criticising the
court. 'I submit" he declared .'that
Mr. Gcmpers has never criticised tho
courts more severely than President
Roosevelt himself mas criticised the
courts"
me Democratic candidate charg-
ed That the president was now
issuing daily bulletin assurins
sne people that Mr.. Taft YVES the
friend of labor.
"My friends he said "tbero 10 I,
certain mutuality about friendsbin.
ooth sides have been consulted ana
Alr' Roosevelt consults one side when
ne discusses Mr. Taft as the friend
Oh labor. i care not what he NAV
say ABOUT hlr. Taft's friendship for
laoor' Mr.. Taft's record shows that
ne is not in sympathy with those who
Toll in this country. Here is some
thihg That hope Will engage his at
tohtlon for the rest of the campalen
II is decision rendered by him in
me case OF Thomas versus the G.. N
" I. p. Railway.
"ln that case Mr.. Taft rendered n
declsion' authorizing the receiver TO
make cut of 10 per cent in the
wages OF the railway employees and
he rendered that decision in 1894
when the same question came before
other judges. The same question
came before Judge Caldwell and he
refused TO authorize a cut OF 10 per
cent In the wages of the employees
ana when these employees who were
aHected by Judge Taft's decision
maze application to have wages ,e-
stored to their former amount. AIr
idlt' IN rejecting their appeal, used
uhis language: Their appeal is ex-
actly like that Of an appeal from an
employe to an employer, except thar
while the employer may be moved by
consideration OF charity court ds
limited in the exercise OF It's discre-
tion to such action as may be CON
sistent with the preservation of the
property and its@due administration
IN the Interests 81 those who own H..
He denied these men any legal
right to appeal and merely, without
setting a precedent, permitted them
to state their case ana then Informed
them that an ordinary employer might
as matter OF charity hear them and
heed them; that in his court he had
10 consider the questions of property"
The candidate elected wild enthus-
iasm when he said that in the West
MT TAFT was running on his amend
ments to the Chicago platform, while
IN the East he was running on the
original platform.