Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-12


indicated For Republican National
Convention.
By WILLIS j. ABBOT.
Former Representative and Senator
'barles \. Towne was in Washington
.ccently and in the course of an inter-
giew expressed some views not wholly
Il accordance with those of other shin
~ lights of the Democratic party. Mr..
Tevnc does not sympathize with the
eDicncy of many Democrats. notably
tir Bryan and Bourke Cochran, to ap.
5.aud the president. He is more in &C.
.urd with Representative Champ Clark,
l3lG not long ago delivered Il very
-orGeful speech attacking the presiden-
Iial policies and commenting very bit
.ngly upon the presidential manners.
NJ TOWne said: The Democratic par
" does not owe to Theodore Roosevelt
- doctrine Of the greatest good to the
greatest number, and it can 20 on
'nampOning the welfare of the many
a. against the interests of the few
Yltnout relinquishing its great princi-
,lyos Of home rule. local self govern
7SlaNt, the preservation of the autonomy
" rhe states and the restoration and
maintenance of the balance among the
coordinate branches of the national
government. ! believe that the country,
yxbIle determined to take no backward
11en In maintaining the rights of citi-
.sy3s against the encroachments of cor
STATIONS IS inclined to pause awhile
l. ! take stock. so to speak, of recent
s.-Disyement. l believe the people are
'rasdY 70 welcome president who
TN0lA be content to enforce the laws
T1tnout seeking also to enact and in
rDret them. | believe, in short, that
, would he both patriotic and polite
-.r The Democratic party to promise
, q nation a lucid interval of constitu-
= oAl government"
u must he admitted that there is
nS foundation for the recent gibe of
ljr Payne. the Republican leader in
+sge congress, that half the Democrats
IRE applaudng the president and
l.f G0ndemning him. But the con-
T-sst, after all, is more apparent than
81. Tor example. when Mr.. Bryan
= -'tSt1, tilliIlItiIuS ttIlUil vi inc UC-
i Us OF the president. the newspapers
which are hypnotized by the Roosevelt
y" rsonal'ty print with much elabora-
-zon that part of his address. but re-
ain from publishing his criticisms of
6e president. The effect is to make it
Ir,JaSar that he gives unreserved ap-
Troval to all that the president has
said and to all that he has done, a
2l1jcult thing for any public man to
accomplish, because most of the things
y y Roosevelt has said are exactly the
things that he has failed to do.
The Case Of the Muskrat.
somebody who must live along the
ri merely a nuisance, but a positive
-saaace, wrote plaintive inquiry to a
Nv York paper the other day com
EsrYng the presidential cutlery with the
-@pAated threats of a farmer in his
Ts-jShbOrhOod to go out and kill a
=. Dskrat-thleats that were never full
3lo0. And he asked why everybody
s3,ould turn in and applaud the man
ys1d was always promising to do this,
a.Eis nhu liol tiS ) " SIulSlllclctl OIlc SUI
1ary rat The editor sagaciously re-
se, Ddai that the correspondent might
4NoW something about muskrats, but
iii2 Know nothing about politics. BY
.l:ursuing the policy which he repre-
handed the violent Zoe of the muskrat
1ToI1ld get the applause and the votes
N 8y9ry man who thought that musk
ShDlyiH hn nVtnrp, N a tod 1yhiIa hv
aor 1o,ng anything against the vermin
~ would get the support Of the musk
--st colony and those who thought 1t
2sacpi0 Sc Jeff alone. The analogy is
Tv1teCty clear. Thus far the oratOry
sr tiie administration has made for
9'residont Roosevelt or his political
ssa'De, Secretary Taft, millions Of
sc161I1s among the people who do not
a42@antate between preaching and
g-zct1ce, between calling criminals
'1z2rd names and actually sending them
W istl. 1t has not very seriously af-
''''CDl3 the NOoscYeltian dynasty with
RI malofact0rs of wealth, who read
rs violent messages with their tongues
Il thNr cheeks and go on with their
s2al sfaetlcns.
Currency Reform Again.
The other day Andrew Carnegie. Ly-
I'm ]. Gage and Victor Morawetz, a
eminent financial lawyer of New
strG, addressed the Economic club Of
-l-at city on the banking and currency
uaesfton. They declared that the Unit
~ states had the worst system in the
sTcr no, but no one of them suggested
- way 10 mend it. All three pleaded
-a-.t IL should be handed over to
.NnLnission Of experts who should
Emulate a measure to be enacted into
:sE, which of course would carry the
Yraestion over the next election. Mr..
l.. ~, who was present was asked to
-zes1ond to their arguments. AS the
Nresg associations and daily newspa-
go made scarcely any pretense of
-, 1ing his speech. some of his para
- 1Ss IN retort may we'll be quoted
stLs,e:
oN SHAH explain that three conspicu-
1t2c C0nTcler9 W15 had given this subject
sT-sss thought end who know all the IN
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