Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-01

ley, the big-brained Texan, over
whose career, unfortunately, lies
the trail of the Standard Oil SER
pent too plainly to hope for
strong antagonism to WaH street
Daniel and Money, able and hon.
est but infants in finance; Knox,
high-minded, patriotic and inde-
pendent, but, with Daniel, in a
lonely minority, even if they were
experts and, by temperament, cru
saders. These men from the
senate.
From the house = Vreeland,
Overstreet and Weeks, subservi-
ent tools of the interests that
speak through Aldrich; Burgess,
Smith, Bonynge and Pujo, echoes,
nullities or unknowns; Burton,
honest and patriotic but deferen-
tial to wrong power at times; last
ly, the one good hope, Padgett of
Tennessee, put on this commits
sion by mistake, student, patriot
and fighter, who will make trou'
BILE, if anybody will, because he
will be the spokesman of legiti-
mate commerce and industry.
But what could four or FIVE
men with right ideas do against
the mass of this rurnp commits
sion? If the intent were to bring
about hasty action, minority re-
port might be of service. But the
aim is not what may appear on
the surface. 1t is not to put the
very men who rough-rode the lat
est, vicious first aid to injured
Wall street through congress in
a position to recommend some
thing still worse.
"The commission has been es-
tablished solely for the purpose of
side-tracking, delay and deceit.
Aldrich and Cannon named the
members from among those who
were for the rotten measure just
adopted, not by reason of party
expediency, but because they be-
lieve that the gambler-swindlers,
who, to them, constitute the
great business interests, can do
no wrong.
Therefore, these men were
chosen to compose this commits
sion. Therefore, an insult unpar-
alleled in parliamentary annals
was given when the chairman
and all the ablest members of the
house committee on banking and
currency were deliberately omit
ted from a body which was made
purely political, though it should
have been non political and non
partisan, business commission oi
experts.
"And the reason of it all is tina;
this commission is intended not to
accomplish but to prevent scienti'
hc currency reform"
This, our readers will bear in mind
| is a characterization by a prominent
hut independent and honest Republican
newspaper of the character of financla
| legislation, as well as of the member
| ship of the commission, which the por'
| tion of the Republican platform above
quoted expressed so much pride ane
confidence in
There is no doubt that the Legislation
as passed by congress and the commits
sion as appointed by the senate and the
house constitute, when taken together
one OF the most shameful surrenders
ever made by congress upon any I'M
portant subject to the interests Whlci
| Mr.. Taft, the nominee of the Republi
can national convention is supposed t.
be pledged to oppose so strenuously.
There is no doubt also that i
the people of the United States
return a Republican congress ant
a Republican president at the ap
preaching election that the plof
of the interests represented BY
Mr.. Aldrich in the senate and Mr.
Cannon in the house to faster
their death grip upon the finance:
of the country, the most vital o.
all the country's interests will be
carried out to the fullest and mos
complete success.