Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

sufficient to crush all argument the
governor dared offer in his defense; Dut
the retort from the governor in sub
stance that the Standard Oil had used
$260000 in greasing Republican machln-
cry of Oklahoma under direction from
Washington before it was granted
statehood, and the atrocious wrongs to
the people of Oklahoma committed at
Washington, as that cited in Mr.. Has
kelFs letter published October IA, 1908,
has silenced the batteries of even that
high office, whose dignity has seeming
ly drifted to that of ward macnlne
healer.
.If Mr.. Cannon is the dangerous die
tator that the Methodists, Quakers, la
borers and others brand him, is he any
worse than his two predecessors?
Were they not called Car Reed and
Czar Henderson?
"Could these 'dictators' have so
abased the rights of the people had
they not been selected to that high po-
sitfon and there sustained by an over
Whelming Republican majority in con-
gress?
As to Promises
Suppose the Republican party would
today and before the election prove
some of their promises ito be real good
after election; that, instead OF abusing
the very few whom they could not use
(or were so much tainted as trust ser
wants that they were under puphc
censure1.
Suppose today they would ask all
members of the United States senate,
who had either purchased their seats
from corrupt legislators or had their
seats given taem by some trust or cor
poration
"Ask the same of members of con-
gress and candidates now before the
people. DO you think that Mr.. Cannon
would be reelected? Much less tnah
continue dictator?
do you think the many evil doers
who are now absorbing the life blood
of our people would appear SO uncon-
cerned at what any lower court may
say or do if Mr.. Bryan had anything
to do in selecting federal judiciary?
'"Was there ever before in the history
of our country such bold effort TO
establish the dangerous precedent that
the power and dignity of the high po-
sition of president and all federal pat
ronae,a could be used in selecting his
successor? and tie effort emphasized
bv Mr.. Longworth that after Mr. Tatt
held the office two terms, DAD would
take it again?
"Experience" No Reason
'Not only the president but the sew
eral Republicans to whom this article
refers in the beginning, Why Tart
should be elected,i without an excep-
ton give as their main reason why ae
should be elected is Mr.. Taft's EA-
PERIENCE.
''If we established the precedent of
succession in office largely by the use
of the federal government and that OF
the president then experience in tnat
line would be a most dangerous prece-
dent and result in dictator, then an
emperor or king, or along the line OF
human depravity, a cZar such as Rus
sia is afflicted with, and whom the
dear people of that tax-ridden, perse-
cuted country would like to get hold of
and tear him to pieces.
"It is not from love of his people
that continues the cruel czar in otlce,
but experience fortified by handrul
of aristocracy with wealth 'tilched from
the people, the army and the navy.
as not this the hellish, imperial de-
struction that we are fast drifting TO-
ward? .,
"rhe president says: by the election
of Mr. BRYAN the country would suifer
from a general paralysis of business.
This should be considered an insult 10
honest American intelligence in the
face of the dreadful panic and depres-
sion now over our country for more
than a year past, and the end is not
yet.
Remember the Panic
with hundreds of thousands of men
and women out of work, with 10000 chill
dren reported starving in Chicago
alone, with many daily reports OF
heads of families committing suicide
from distress and hunger, yet the Re-
publicans insist that we are having
nrosnerity: and what would have been
the dreadful disaster to the peoples
deposit wherein banks eager for large
dividends, with the peoples money
loaned on high watered stock and real
estate at three times it's value, had
they not taken refuge behind special
privileges of continued legal holidays