The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-16

a. mis- faithful subjects. And forthwith the
l. trumPets sounded. and there was hurry
Ie ing and scurrytng In all directions
Ie throughout the land High officials.
! drawing munihcent salaries. FASTENED
Is nither and yon to obey the sovereign will.
o some went TO the south to organize the
n Official retainers there that they might il
= possible tease or coerce the recalcitrant
: coiored brother into line. and to devise
/ plans 70 capture conventions by whatever
q tactics the exigencies might require.
3 others went north and east and west to
: put the machine In motion, until a hun
ored thousand officeholders were In the
} heid. The Republicans OF Missouri know
what happened here. Practically every
Federal official in the State was an ac- |
| I'VE. uictatorlai, noisy Taft propagandst |
ceiy could a county, much more a |
o ois.f, 81, convention be assembled with |
oet tne ever-awing, assertive presence |
of an OFFICIAL representative Of the White /
nouse The Globe-Democrat, the Kansas
lily journal and other Republican or
sahs cried out In vehement protest. but |
The ponderous machine rolled steadily on
IKE Juggernaut crushing out ali op-
position. Uncle Joe Cannon. the rugged
nsar , oil she , House gnawed his big che
on IN amusement for once impotent and
helpless. And Fairbanks, Knox, Hughes
a ssr s Ss, old warehouses; as Crane Car
over like ten pins. The like OF II has
never been seen in American politics.
i Inc machise was irresistible. The Presi-
n nehss IT. triumph was comslete. He nomi-
scion OF our new Republican royalty.
with this situation, viewed SOLELY as !
republican party condition. ought not .
pet 10 feel very deep concern. And !
spectacle OF a great party, which for the
MAJOR part OF half century has domi-
or n.en sne American Republic having Its
taken bodily and BY force into The us hanas e
q. trained army Of officeholders with r
me sinister and selfish end of perpetuat- p
beyon nnem tSet IN power. But over and
TO whether the American people. without e
regar9 10 party. endorse the notion OF a a
t rhuesluent openly and extensively using n
of of emnioyipp Powers OF his great office. and G
a s. supordinates, to compel the selec- c;
lion OF MS choice to the Presidential suo- Il
Sen, ,h None would deny to the Presi- W
cent the privilege Of a preference, nor the tt
right within conservative limits 10 exs Ell
press It. That is a right Inherent in him. h,
not as PRESIDENT but as citizen. Against W
test asanst e the no pP5 pssd.ri but DO pro
using me tremendous power and infiu- D.
e enc. or his office, and aggressvely direct tn
my, my ch inc organization OF a vast official in
of a succassor Ute ms Individual choice no
course is violative of historic usage and ca
vioiatiVe also OF the civil service law pc
subc o f9r6lds pernieous activity" by us
ntoierable as a matter Of good taste and in,
pubic decency. and is dangerous as n ev
II II can be successfully &C tn
Today i can be successfully thu
mtted to go unchallenged. II NAV he ce,
HE 'he RUE Tor one President after an its
tsa1f 10 name his successor. That in fin
SCI " "ouiu border pretty close on to n sio
pecies OF monarchy, wherein the nresi- un
entail Will would be substituted for an Ion
ntrammeled popular will, and to what SUI
o na Mouia ultimately lead no man can let
,noho IeaT what the Hon. Henry f. the
,ocnems OF Wisconsin had to say in his ha,
peecn nominating Senator LaFoliette for fill,
l fes dae before the Chicago convention ha,
ROOSEVELT should be neither his heir nor by
u u crown prince" And further he said ha,
II there be danger of Mexicanizing fhe abs
o .,n men, oy an election to a third Of
'rce against the wisdom of a second enn
'rm incumbent debating the candidate clol
y y, the third term" That is Republican had
,rtant y ;b, " al an things 1t Is most inn ing
- .ah. mat tne supreme right of the the
nierican people to voice their will at stat
e ballot-box should be absolutely free theI
nereao re-. It is Of the utmost conse- and
isuse Of er tns texsraordinary and vulgar whe
antiy rebuked. and that this arrogant wer,
t'n 1 III eAScutiVe assumption and usur- niva
. J,on snouiG be rudely checked in its -sh
- those VINO win paNY yicto- to
= IN THIS fashion should be tauyIht that and
~ =, must afterwards account to in groy
: I sss { sss|.: VIM sSa' &c e e. e
sht or might net I. But of ole thing this
y may be sure. that the ta1f baron apr
trust magnate; the exploiter of special It NJ
uyhsn M
" wealth, are without dread of his can conf
lacy. They have tested him on the haza
nch and in other stations, and they are suffe
thout fear. Instinctively an honest mem
IN, with intellectual qualities of a high their
Ter, ne Is yet deficient in combative their
'ce and by nature unfit for uncom- Alth
omising resistance. Those mighty in tura
ences the people dread the most will were
behind his candidacy. and If elected there
y will be forever grouped about him, mari
d step by step he will become to a quen
ge extent the creature of his environ until
mt. j. Plerpont Morgan arrived in been
W YORK from Europe on the day fol- man
wing MI. Tafts nomination at Chicago. ceve
an Associated Press reporter he ex- the
'ssed hlmseif as pleased at the choice Balti
tne secretary or War, remarking, 1T sued
sood, very good" The reactionaries that
l req tne ldiosyncracies, the broncho freig
tnods and the impetuous outbursts of track
oseVeit. Out they are not much alarmed 81, SOC
,ul lat Inc wall street sentiment a no
5 wen expressed by prominent broker Abou
en ne salo, we think Taft has sense prt
,ugn to stand hitched.' He inherited ton
oseveit poncles, so-called, but what more
VII. oo WIN them no man can pre- exam
l. ABOUT all we can say is that he Is vailir
uSe. sau quantity, ana III he should storm
elected all we can do is to hope for swep
oes" degre
HRyAy count
stagn
I Mr.. Bryan there Is need to saw but deep
le to an American audience. If ever sectit
name In fact was a household word have
s the name Of Bryan. He is not univ been
most conspicuous living American with
!, the most ilustrious private citizen and
the world. And yet great as he 10 he state,
only a plain, unpretentious, EVERYDAY railro
e of the common people. If Won on II
uld ask any man of any party in snv a she
hence who most nearly represented the
ideal Of Great Commonar h,s licly
i'd would instantly revert to BRYAN ously
men know him to be honest and had
E, Iaitn1u! and gifted, COURAGEOUS and ana
oted and utterly Incapable Of pre- dismi
Sc, double-dealing or litflenass PIT souri,
eulogize Bryan is superfiuous. II r. sentir
>, commonplace to praise him. on OF
hat contrast between his mamma. added
and that Of Mr.. Taft! Bryan's down.
1ination was not in the remotesf a. from
. the product of Official intervent,on Of in,
,e or intrigue. II ia the nroi,,ct ~ = There
ntaneous demand Of the people. From riots
ry section Of the Union the unmas- dren-
leadership. Stalwart efforts put Ing
to stem the tide were futile. AZ men
had the opposition tried tn dam ths on pl
with buli-rushes The noonia ~. have
g in the man and love- hin Th.s, and n
W him to be a man Of ewcenticc.i ~ ties
'ments-a student. thinner nhiio.n the es
"a man familiar with ths rn,,o Misso
is and Civilization of IN. -eo,s% III house
who correctly cornnrehard~ hc.t ~ AZ this
.titutionaI form and true MIL. VIZ ns public
,rican fnstitutione-hut -stSai Va over
Of simple habIts ana .;r,nis re- air hl
above all, they believe him to Be Bryan
hful and true. And 20 buoyed by
high faith In this illustrious man Il ere
9 wonder that the Democrats rnul- pes
les who toll for an honest livelihood ho'
Deiieve n equal opportunities for ali orr
and IN the faithful administration Of pls
&c anairs, should have again sum Las
ca MN 70 the arduous responsibilities for
leadership. His candidacy 10 not the NJ,