The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-08-25
ENOUGH REFORM? WE SHALL SEE.

The political guess-mls have been doing long hours
conjecturng to whether not the people have had
enough of reform Mr. Taft in his letter of acceptance
ventures to guess that, having up the hill of Roose
vesm, the people standing putting at the top and
saying, Well, this is about high enough for me! This
moral altitude is something ferce!" So Judge Taft
opnes that the chief function of the next administration
is to complete and perfect the machinery by which these
standards may be mantained
he practical constructive and difficult work Of those
who follow Mr. Roosevelt, says Judge Taft s to devise
the ways and by which the high level Of business
integrity and obedience to the law which he has establish
ed may be maintained and departures from restrained
without undue interference with legitimate business"
Such the guess of Judge Taft to the temper of
the people. From Washington, Cincinnati and the East
it looked as if that the talk.
Mr.. Bryan. from Lincoln Fairview and the West,
the matter in different light and guessed otherwise.
His feeling that the people, having had Rooseveltism
up to date, ready to move on to atoletlsm and
Organism So he had the Gompers plank put in the plat
form, he adopted the LaFoette panks rejected at Chic
ago. and sounded the advance to higher reform positions
1t Judge Taft's duty leader Of great party
to make his guess 1t Mr. Bryans duty to make his
For they leading understand and they must only
go where will follow The candidates position must
be in the main that into which the people may be assumed
ready to go.
Now which guessed best? WE'LL it is hard to say. A
great many good peoplee would be nightly pleased if we
could stop the hllock and breathe These will throw
all their strength for Taft and they ought to do Many
go back and that the reform fight is only begun. These
ought to vote for Bryan may be both sane and
honest and hold either view.
Down in Kansas the other day they had primary on
United States senator and JOS L. Bristow defeated Ches
ter Long the present incumbent Long he'd seemed to
make good with Roosevelt, but he too much of
poration for such as LaFolette. Fighting Bob Of
Wisconsin went down and spoke for Brisow. He said
Long had been the wrong side Of all issues between the
people and the corporations He advised Kansas to retire
Long and send down Bristow Brstow promised that he
would vote for the democrats necessary in order to get
the reforms through that Kansas thinks she needs Long
vowed that he would vote with the republicans in all
things
And LaFoette went back to Madison with the scalp
of another senator who eered him and eered him and
went into the cloak when he spoke, and called him
populist
Two things seem to be indicated by the Kansas epis-
ode First that the people Of the West at least after
reform and will not stand putting the hilltop and
complain Of the altitude Second it proves that Robt NJ
LaFoette is the best amateur Nemesis III the world bar
The next session of the senate will show groupe
of LaFoette senators in their seats ready to vote with
any party that advocates what they regard right