The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-07-18


should be doomed to death Roosevelt refused to
change his policy and Wall street brought the
panic to show its power.
The result was all that could be desired by the
corporations. The republican congress Immediately
took sides with the corporations, and absolutely re-
fused to pass any of the sautary demanded
by Mr. Roosevelt. The party management became
alarmed and agreed to go back to the old system.
W. H. Taft was brought forward as the republican
nominee for president, man of whom the corpo-
rations were not afraid, and in order to be doubly
sure, Mr.. Sherman New York banker was named
as candidate for vice president. But even this was
not enough. The republican national platform was
framed in accordance with the desires of Wall
street, and the two idols of the people in the
publican party, Theodore Roosevelt and Robert La
Toilette, were turned down in the convention as
emphaticay as any set of men could do it, and
their reform policies refused consideration.
Now, there is no need of money stringency.
The republican party has been placed in hands
from which it can not escape, and its policies
satisfactory to the capitalists Contrary to the de-
sire of Mr.. Roosevelt, no publication of campaign
expenses will be made, and all the money that is
necessary to elect the corporation ticket will be
poured into the Golfers of the republican national
committee. There is no further need for money
panic, for the people have been shown their minor
position in comparison with the money powers of
New York.
But in case Bryan is elected? WE'LL if Mr.. Bryan
is elected, there will simply be change in the con-
trolling power. Instead of controlling the trusts
will be controlled. And in this change there will
not be any great element of resistance for corpo
ration would rather lose it's control of governmental
AFFAIRS and be good, than to lose possession of its
realty holdings. 1t is only question of time when
financial power shall cease to be greater than pop
ular voting power. If this is the year for the
change to take place, Wall street can comfort itself
with the knowledge that it has already held the
reins of government longer than might have been
expected in this nation. If the people are not yet
satisfied that they have been sufficiently robbed in
earnings and natural resources, four years under
Taft, Sherman and the system ought to do the
work thoroughly and give the system sufficient
time to make full preparations for the inevitable
On July II President Roosevelt in speech at
Oyster Bay took occasion to give the socialists
sound rap. The compliment may be returned to
him by the socialists if his friend Taft should hap
pen to be defeated through the assistance of the
socialists.
The next president of the United States in all
probability will have an opportunity to reorganze
the supreme court of the United States. Three
justices already have passed the retiring age, and
fourth will do so next November. These are Mel
vile w. Fuller chief justice, who is Is; John NJ
Harlan associate justice who also is rs; David j.
Brewer, associate justice, who will be II on June
20 next, and Rufus w. Peckham, associate justice
who will be 70 in November.
There is no power to force the retirement Of any
of these justices. They are permitted voluntarily
to leave the bench after arriving at the age of TO-
No disposition has been manifested by any of them
with the possible exception of Mr.. Harlan, to give
up the Office he holds. Rumors have been current
that Mr.. Harlan intended to retire. but he has in
dicated that he will not do so at the present time
It is apparent, however, that the next admins
tration will witness the disappearance from public
life of most if not all of these publicsts great
power thus will be vested in the hands of the next
president. If it is Bryan, both his friends and
enemies say he will appoint lawyers to the supreme
bench whose views coincide with his own In other
words, there will be placed upon the court men who
will interpret the law along the advanced lines
which Mr.. Bryan always has advocated If Mr..
Taft be the next president he can be depended up
on to name men who are conservative in the ex-
treme and who will follow the old lines of repub-
lican application of law. This fact in itself forms
a strong issue in the national campaign and must
not be overlooked by the voter If the republican
stand-pat trust-bound jurists given life positions
in the supreme court the people will have some
thing to reckon with, and so will their children.
And the reckoning may not be pleasant for all
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All the bills demanded of the national congress
by the labor organizations with the exception of