The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-06-24
BRYAN's VIEWS.
DiSsrci, tho ISSUES A. Brought Forth
In the Platform ~ Adopted
az the Convention.


Bryan in the next issue Of UNA Cont
moner will discuss the Republican
national convention as follows
Republicans Who attended the ma
tional convention as spectators and
Joined in the demonstration in favor
of President Roosevelt and Senator
La Toilette must have felt indignant
as they watched the panic-stricken
delegates running over each other IN
order to get away from La Toilette
reforms some Of which have been
endorsed by the president himself.
Cooper Of Wisconsin, representing
the La Toilette platform. brought N
the minority report, signed BY him
self alone Fifty-two members Of
the committee signed the majority
report and one signed the minority
report The Republican party will
find ratio of - TO I. a very en-
barrassing one to deal with in the
coming campaign
In the same vein he alludes to
Cooper's plank, fayoring legislation
providing for publicity campaign
contributions and its defeat by a ma
jority of nine to one, notwithstand
ing the president and Secretary Taft
had advocated it and that Taft had
written letter to Chairman Burrows
of the convention advocating the
passage of such bill.
How fortunate, says Bryan, ut
was that Taft's letter was finally dis
covered and published. Who will
deny on this subject the Republican
party is retreating."
He next alludes to the defeat of
a plank recommending the valuation
of railroads by vote OF nearly Is
to T.
yet President Roosevelt has ad-
vocated this very proposition. Here
is retreat on the railroad question.
Bryan says the injunction plank Is
a retreat from the position taken by
the president and Taft in their
speeches.
The president advocated an in
come tax as means of preventing
swollen fortunes and of equaIizing
the burdens of the government. The
Republican platform is silent on the
subject Was the president right?
Was the convention wrong in not en-
dorsing him? Will the Republican
voters follow the president or will
they follow the Republican organiza
ton, In retreating from il. De-
claring the president advocated an
inheritance tax and the convention
was silent, the Nebraskan asks: Did
the president give a false alarm on
this question or has the Republican
party sounded retreat?"
Bryan asserts that the president in
a message last spring presented
conspiracy against lawbreakers TO
prevent the enforcement OF the law
The platform adopted contains no
intimation OF the danger Was the
president mistaken or are the Re
publican managers deceived when
they think the aroused public opinion
will calmly contemplate the en-
croachments of predatory wealth
This is retreat No. o."
Bryan notes that the plank favor
ing popular election OF United tSates
senators by popular election was re
jected by vote of more than to /
He admits Roosevelt and Taft never
advocated this measure. but Bryan
maintains that it is the most popular
reform in the country today. He
says it has been endorsed by the Re
publican houses of representatives
and by nearly two-thirds of the
states of the union and yet In spite
OF the record made in the house OF
representatives and by various states.
this reform is rejected by to
vote in the Republican national con
NeHtiou- iieit a1V seven P'opVSANtoHs
upon which the Republican party has
retreated What have the Roosevelt
Republicans to say
Bryan says the president has
awakened the reform element in his
party and asks if the spirit can nov
be spuelshed BY "A stand pat con
vention,"
Millions of Republicans have en-
listed at the presidents call to arms.
Will they furl the banners and turn
back merely because the president
acquieces in the sounding of re-