Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-21
Very 1'ulhfu||y Says The Oosu'
ment Sounds q Full Retreat
for Thousands Of Re.
publican Voters.
CLEVER ANALYSIS MADE e' BRYAN
He Shows Beyond All Contradiction
That the Convention in Principles
Was Not a Roosevelt or Taft Gath
ering-Taft Utterly Ignored in the
Publicly Campaign Funds Plank
Reiterated on Seven Propositions.
(By Associated Press.)

adeoNiosS A>S~'I
LINCOLN. NEB.. June 20. - Under
rhe caption In Full Retreat. Wiz
liam J. Bryan. in the next issue OF the
Communcr will discuss the Rcpnbllcan
convention as follows:
The Republicans VINO attended the
national convention as spectators and
Joined in the demonstration in favor
Of Presidl+ mt Roosevelt and Senator
LaFollettc must have felt indignant
as thev wal chCi the panic-strlck"n
delea ss running over each other IN
their EsfOrt to away from the La
FolletE reforms. some OF which had
been Endorsed by the President him
self. Congressman Cooper. OF Wis
cousin. representing the LaFollette
men. brought in Il minority report sign
ed by himself alone. Fiftytwo mem
beers Of the committee signed the
majority report and one signed the
minority report
The Republican party will find the
ratio of So to a very embarrassing
one to deal with in the coming cam
paign MIR. COOper's report contained
a declaration in favor Of publicity
as to campaign funds. II was lost
bv vote of $50 to 81. more than
nine to one and vet the President
had been advocating legislation in
favor of publicity as to campaign
cont ributiOns and Secretary TAFT wrote
a letter to Mr. Burrows. advocating
the=s.ssSsE~ OF a publicity bill. How
fourrate it was that Secretary Taft
letter was finally discovered and pub
lished Senator Burrows, the man 10
whom the Taft letter was addressed.
was the temporary chairman of the
convention and the convention over
which he presided turned down the
publicity plank by vote Of nine to
one: who will deny tina. on this sub
ject the Republican party is rtrea.-
ing?
Reiterated on Railroad Question.
Another plank of the I.aFoilctte
platform authorized scertaining the
the physical value of railroads. This
plank was lost by vOt" OF ?l' TO
SIS. nearly fifteen to one, and YET
President Roosevelt has advocated
this very proposition Here is a re
treat on the railroad question.
In another column reference is
made to the injunction plank. TIE
Injunction plank adopted by the r.
publican convention is r treat from
the position taken by the President
and from the position taken by Nj
Taft in his speeches. although neither
Of them W n; as far as they ouGht 10
have gone in their effort 10 prevent
what is known as government by in
junctin. Here is the third retreat.
The President has advOcaird tn"
income tax as means Of preventing
swollen fortunes and ri cqualizinS
the burdens Of government. The Re-
publican platform is silent on tn
subject. Was the President right IN
the position he took? " 50. th"n thc
convention was wrong in not indor&
ing him. Will tho Republican voters
follow the President in this jus; de-
mapd or wiz they fellow The RcPub
Iican Obligation in rctrcafing from it,
One Nor Turn Down for Roosevelt.
The President advocaici an inner
itancc TAX. hut The Republican conycn-
ton is silent on Ihai suhj~ct- Was
thu PrcsiGct ahead of tn" Republican
party In aivocai .nz this reform cr
has the Republican party rcccte'i
from the Presidents i-nsiiion7 Did
the President give a false alarm On
this qucrrfinn OF has he party snund.
I'd rct-cai7
In the President message 10 Con
sress last spring he prc<rn,rd an in.
dictmcnf aeainSf ;hc conspiracy form
cd among the great la~ breakers to
prevent the enforcement of the law
aph 10 evsdc the puHishmeuis pro
v,ded nv Law The platform adopted
BY tho Republican convention con
sains no trrimaiFun ~ danger. "
there arc any copspirsciss. The con
vca,ioa lid not see them; Il there are
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