The Washington herald., 1908-08-04


with Secretary CorteIyou's exclamation Of
the Treasury deficit. which he declares is
not deficit It wonders how AIr. Cortel-
you's theory can be made TO apply TO the
July deficit Of 500 .GoJ, and wonders by
Wnat thimole-rigging process he will con
/ vert this into a surplus. It says.
MI Cortelyou's theory about the non.
existence Of deficit during the last fiscal
year has not been applied TO the July
dencit Of about 81 90. and Il would
De interesting To see whether his thimbIe-
rlgging could turn that deficit into a sur
plus The deficit itself verifes the con
ciusion Of this paper at the end Of the
nscal year that the deficit for the year
was kept down 10 S61.000. 90 By staving
on ul July as many payments as pos
sible- II is evident now that this post
Ponement in the interests OF a GOOD show
ing for the year affected 0a10 on OF
sl2e.9.e0 M CorteIyou's exclamation
"hlcA was accepted without qualification
by Candidate Taft. was in part that
$4,000 had been spent IN redeemlng the
public debt Now. the statement OF re-
ceiPts and expenses which shows the
dencit OF Sso.913.000 does not contain pay
Uents on account Of the public debt and
furthermore. the Record has shown bv
tne regular debt statements for the end
of June. 1877 and 1905. that during tie
last fiscal year there was an Increase OF
anout $51,e'o.l lo9 in the debt of every sort
and decrease OF about S31.01a 506 IN the
Iree cash IN the Treasury. The two items
prove the verify OF the deficit OF $50 %. COO 20
Il seems % De as true az ever that one
must 50 away from home 70 learn the
news. for the Boston Herald speaks about
some trouble IN Washington % which Up
20 date We had not heard Il says.
Trouble IS reported IN Washington
over the lack Of agreement as 90 the
best title for the Republican candidate
General Che was formerly solicitor zen
erall. Judge governor and Mr.. S..ra-
tary al are. or have been. appropriate.
Plain Mr. though never out os place.
hardly seems 20 carry enough distinction /
The dilemma recalls a familiar Jingle
Father calls hin william.
Mcthe- calls hin WIN
SISTER 1Ls hin Ws--is
B1t tie fela-s CAL hin .Brl.-
As far as heard from. The genial ex-
Secretary never objected 20 being called /
Bill"
The Rochester Times thinks that the
New York newspapers are making I
great mistake IN trying 70 make The
country believe that President Roosevelt /
Is opposed 10 the candidacy of Gov
Hughes for reelection It SAYS.
Roosevelt bows 10 The machine plan
10 Kill Hughes IS a headline in the
New York Press. and a similar thought ]
ls expressed n most % THE other New
York newspapers. What Roosevelt said
does not confirm this view HIS state /
yent 70 the public through Secretary
web, was that he IS not interfe-ias' /
The only power which can XIII Hughes, /
Is that OF the Republican voters as ex- 4
pressed az the primaries Il they want /
more Of Hughes. they can get IL Il IS I
theirs 20 decide" {
The Labor World comes out rather /
strongly in its advocacy of AIr. Taft. It
him a true friend of labor. I
and declares that the unfair attacks ofI
4ir. GOmPers viii have little OF no effect 4
in alternating from him the labor world 4
II says
That Secretary Taft is q true friend
Of labor IS certain. and all the untrue
ungenerous. vicious attacks that Presi-
dent GoTaPerS OF any one else may make
on him cannot prevent him from con
unUing 10 be the friend OF the wage ]
worker. Organized labor cannot afford
10 have itself split Up into factions on
this political issue That President Com
oers Is wrong IN forcing this most ON
nous fight is certain. and intelligent
wage workers viii certainly come 70 this
conclusion"
The Nashville American gives a deep
sigh Of regret over the fact that Nj
TAFT is not his own man. and says
Taft. once esteemed a great Judge
lnd an evenly balanced man. has shown
BY becoming the mere mouthpiece OF
Roosevelt. that he Is neither q great nor
Well-oalanced man. After travelling
III over the world. ningling with an
sorts and conditions OF men. he appears
IN the American political stage as a
mere uncerstudy OF the man who has
learly wrecked the nation. and who only
iesires Tafts success that he NAV in
eality get what his party and the people
made clear he could not get at the ballot
'ox-the power 10 run the government
our years longer
II is a pity that q man OF Taft's SUD
'osed ability should have fallen 10 such
low estate. Better that he should .
lever reach the Presidency than that. he
hOuld reach il by such an abfect sur
ender OF his independence and good
lane.- ,
The New York Globe declares that the I
Ian OF the Independence party IS 20 I
mash the Democratic party as the Re 7
ublicans smashed the Wings in 1S6. II ]
avs
That there is a distinct and definite
heory Is obvious It is that the times
ich with the spirit Of discomfort. are ;
ipe for the creation not Of q new minor
arty but OF new major party Il is 7
ED by the dissatisfied elements that the
republican party IS indissOlubIy linked -
mammonism, and that the Democratic
arty, whatever its platforms NAV ssv
so IN the hands Of the aristocratfc ]
Iasses OF the South, and in the hands OF 7
lch as Murphy, Sullivan, and Guffey. in
le North. that It is impossible TO trans =,
lrm It into party OF the people. So
le plan is TO smash the Democratic party 7
lis year as the Republicans smashed the
ID Wings in 1856 The Independence
eague serves notice that It IS time for =
ie Democratic party as such to die and b
give over It's rank and file to a new
arty not weighted down BY its traditions
nd leadership L