The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-17
BRYAN REPLIES
TO TAFT EUL0GY
BY ROOSEVELT
SAYS 1T is VALUELESS UNLESS
PRESIDENT AGREES TO REMAIN
IN WASHINGTON.
WANTS NOMINEE TO SPEAK.
Declares Few Sentences from Republican
Candidate Are Worth More Than
Commendatory Letter.
LABOR AND ANTITRUST LAWS.

BALTIMORE. Md, Sept. IA few
plain. simple sentences from Mr.. Tart
will be worth more than the eulogy that
the President pronounces. The Presi-
dents endorsement is of no value UNI
less the President will agree 10 stay III
Washington and see that Mr.. Tart
makes good.
In these words. William J. Bryan
summed up his opinion of the letter OF
President Roosevelt commentators of
Mr.. Taft, soon after the Democratic
candidate arrived ii this city.
1T was expected. of course" said Mr..
Bryan. that President Roosevelt would
support Mr. Taft. He could hardly do
less in view of that fact that he select
ed him rs the administration candidate
and supported him with all the influence
that the administration could bring to
bear. The Presidents letter, however,
may be objected to as irrelevant, imma-
terial and not the best evidence. If Mr.
Taft were dead. il would be interesting
to know from Mr. Roosevelt what he
knew of Mr. Tafts opinions and work
but as Mr.. Taft is alive and able to
]
for Mr. Roosevelt To tell us what Mr.
Taft will do.
Taft Amended Platform
"Mr. Taft is running upon Il platform
which was So unsatisfactory that he had
to amend it III several important particu-
lars, and yet even as amended it gives
the public no definite idea as 10 what
Mr.. Taft stands for.
MIR. Taft also has made some speech
es and promises TO make some more.
The ones he has already made have not
thrown any light upon the political situa-
ton but ii is To be hoped that he will
yet conclude to define his position with
sufficient clearneSs to enable the public
To know what he stands for. il i not
sufficient for the President to say that
Mr.. Taft is Il friend Of labor
Antitrust Law and Labor.
THAT is a subject upon which the
aboring man is entitled to an opinion
and Mr.. Taft's friendship is to be deter
mined not by the Presidents endorse
meut but by the measures which Mr.
Taft advocates. Mr.. Taft believes that
the labor organization should come UNI
der the operation of the antitrust law.
thus dealing with the men who belong
to the labor organization as II they We're
merchandise, for the antitrust law deals
with the monopoly of the products o.
! labor.
/ Mr.. Taft is opposed TO trial by jury
i'll cases of Indirect contempt, thus deny
ing to the laboriug man Il safeguard
which is guaranteed to every man tried
i'll criminal court. Mr.. Taft does not
agree with the laboring man in regard to
the use of the injunction in labor dis
putes. No words of praise from the
President can change Mr.. Tafts attitude
on this question, or make the attitude
more acceptable to the wage earners.
Roosevelt Is Criticised.
Mr. Tafts position on the trust ques-
ton is not changed 10y the President
endorsement. The President himself has
not succeeded in putting any trust mag
mates in the pcnitentiary and only few
of the trusts have been disturbed. If
/ Mr.. Taft is no more successful than the
| President in his attack on the trusts, he
/ will not satisfy the expectations Of the
/ public. There are more trusts in the
I country today than there were when
1 Roosevelt was inaugurated and Mr.. Taft
favors Il weakening rather than a
/ strengthening Of the antitrust law. for
/ he has advocated an amendment that
! will limit the operation of the la" to UNI
/ reasonable restraint of trade.
ION the tariff question Mr. Taft has
| failed to express himself with clearness.
| The Republican platform does not use
( the word reduction 1t only promises
! revision. ana Mr.. Taft has construed
| that to mean that some schedules will
! be lowered and some raised, but there
! is no intimation that the average will
be lower or higher than it is now.
"Pre vient Must Remain
And 50 in regard to all the questions
| which are at issue. Mr.. Taft must
| make his position known He cannot
! RELY upon the Presidents endorsement.
| If Mr. Taft had a reform record of his
| own he would not need to be endorsed
/ by the President and the President
! endorsement is of no value unless the
/ President will agree to stay in Wash.
! ington and see that Mr.. Taft make.
good.
MAY ASK SHAW TO RUN.