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Taft Suits Wall Street.

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The Worcester (Mass.) Telegram,
republican newspaper, is curious to
know as to the source of Mr.. Taft's
fund. The Telegram says:
'.The Taft literary bureau has flooded
the country with circulars, speeches
and arguments, totalling many thous-
and pages, most or all of which have
been mailed to many thousands of peo-
pie. The cost of this burden alone, for
paper, printing, postage and clerical
hire must have long since passed the
$1OO, 900 mark, For months, too, news
paper offices have almost daily been
favored with bulletins by mail, an
nouncing the triumphal progress of the
Taft campaign. Expensive and extern
sive headquarters have been maintain
ed in numerous cities, to which are at
tached a large number of high-priced
men, as well as many men of moderate
cost. In all sections politicians who
would work for pay have been retain
ed, and the paid heller has swarmed
throughout the land from ocean to
ocean. X Who is financing this
expenditure, unmatched in the record of
American politics? The Taft forces
confessed more than month ago to
the expenditure of $3.50, 600; but that
sum does not measure one-half of the
apparent expenditure already made,
with the larger calls yet to be met
The financial papers in the Wall Street
district are for Taft. Each one of
them either claims or assumes that he
will be nominated. Why? The New
York Sun, too, has not attacked Taft.
1t has roasted Roosevelt, but not Taft,
and yesterday it published a two-col-
umn article Astounding in fulsome eulo-
gy of the man who, as matter of fact,
might pose as the man negative, the
original and greatest man negative.
Why? Money, money everywhere for
Taft, money in volume that would
amaze the citizens of a continent, but
which cannot buy them. AS the cam
paign progresses, this rspectacle of
wealth poured forth for nomination
will challenge more attention, and ev-
erywhere it will be asked: Why sand
by whom?"
In this connection, the Omaha World
Herald calls attention to the fact that
the North American Review has de-
clared unequivocally for Mr.. Taft. The
World-Herald says: "This publication
is generally recognized as representing
the j. Pierpont Morgan interests. and
its editor is the Morgan mouthpiece.
Colonel Harvey, in an interesting edi-
torial, first gives his reasons for be-
lieving that Taft is the only candidate
who would have reasonably good
chance to defeat Bryan" Then the
World-Herald quotes from the Review
as follows: "In view of these consider
ations, and of certain positive argu-
ments that may properly be advanced
in favor Of Mr.. Taft-such as his rec
ord on the bench, his undoubted person
al fitness, his recognized intellectual,
judicial and moral equipment, his tact,
popularity and sweetness and humor of
disposition present antagonistic
attitude of the group of republican con-
servatives to whom we have referred
impresses us as short-sighted and I'M
wise, if not, indeed, unpatriotic. Surely
mere pique at the president for insist.
ing upon naming his successor and q
desire to humiliate him can not be held
to justify conduct almost certain to
bring yet further distress to our har-
assed Gland. Nor is there any real
ground for the suspicion that Mr.. Taft
as president would represent anybody
but Mr.. Taft himself and the whole
American peope. His guarded express
sions of approval of Mr.. Roosevelt
medley .of politics are insignificant
when contrasted with his firm declara-
ton that, now that the president s
moral crusade has been crowned with
general adoption Of better business
methods, the time has come to refrain
from enacting further coercive legisla-
lion, and to open wide again the door
to American enterprise and progress. y
The World Herald adds: This utter
ance sheds much light. For it is the
Inference of Morgan and his fellow
Wall Street buccaneers. It tells why
they are for Taft. They believe that
his election will put an end to the re.
form movement; it will open wide the
door once more to their own peculia,
brand Of enterprise and progress.
When they feel this way about it, it il
not difficult to imagine where the Taf
campaign funds are coming from.
Congress Defying the Big Stick.
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