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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Presidents indictment Against
the Party. @,,s, gss ,..

In a message sent to- Congress last
January, President Roosevelt said: 1.-THE
attacks by these great corporations on
the administrati on,s actions have been
given a wide circulation throughout the
country, in the newspapers aud other
wise, by those writers and speakers
" %, consciously or unconsciously, act
as the REPRESENTATIVES,, of. predatory
wealth-of the wealth ACCUMULATED on b
giant scale by all forms Of ~Fihiquity,
ranging from the oppression of wage
earners to unfair and unwholesome
methods of crushing out competition,
and to ~defrauding the public by stock
1obbing and the manipulation OF secur-
tiles. Certain wealthy men of this
stamp, whose conduct should be abhor-
rent to every nan of ordinarily decent
conscience, and who commit the hideous
wrong of teaching our young men that
phenomena1 business success must ordi-
Ysarily beszbaseds on adislsoaestys--hdve,
dur4ng the last few months, made 1t
apparent that they have banded to-
rether to Work fora reaction. Their en-
sdeavor is to overthrow and discredit all
who honestly minister the law,.t to pre-
vent any additional legislation which
would check and restrain. them, and to
secure, II possible, Il freedom from all
restraint which VIII permit every un-
tcfuprl6us Mrongaoer 70 doswhat, he
wishes asaneheckedsoipr provided he has
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
A Platform Is Binding.

1 shall, in the near future, prepare a
more formal reply to your NOTIFICATION,
and, in that letter of acceptance, viii
deal with the platform in, detaiha.sItai
sufficient, at this time. to assure you
that I am in hearty accord with both
the letter and the spiEit of the platform.
I indorse it in wholeI and in part. and
shall, II elected, regaiId Its Declarations
as binding upon me- And, IIiayaadd, a
platform is binding as to what it omits
rs well as to what IT contains. Accord
ing to the Democratic idea, the people
think for themselves and select officials
To carry out their Wishes, The voters
are the sovereigns; the OFFICIALS are the
eervants. employed for a fixed time and
at a stated salary to do what the SOW
ereigns want done, and to do it in the
way the sovereigns WANT it dona,
Platforms are entirely in harmony with
this Democratic idea. A platform am
nounces, the party'sl position on the
questions which are at Issue: and
an official is not at liberty to use
the authority vested in him to 'nrgs
personal views Which have not been
submitted to the voters for their APP
prevail. If one is nominated upon a
PLATFORM Wnlch is nor Satisfactory TO
him, he must, IL candid, either decline
the nomination, or, in accepting it, pro-
pose an amended platform in lieu of the
one adopted by the convention. No
such situation, however, c%onfronts your
candidate, for the platform upon which
/ was nominated not only contains
nothing from which l dissent. but it
specifically outlines all the remedial
legislation which we can hope to secure
during the nextafour years. u NJ ~
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Mr., TAFT Indorses the Indict-
menf.

Mr.. Taft says that these evils have
crept in during the last ten years. He
declares that during this time. some
"preminent and Influential members of
the community, spurred by financial
SUCCESS and in their hurry for greater
wealth, became unmindful of the COM
moi rules of business honesty and
fidelity, and of the limitations imposed
by law upon their a~ctions:'f and that
the revelations of The breaches of
trusts, the disclosures as to rebating
and determinations by railroads, the
accommodating evidence of the viola
tons OF the antitrust laws, by a
number of corporations, and the over
issue of stocks and bonds of interstate
railroads for the unlawful enriching Of
directors and for the purpose of con
centrating the control of the railroads
under n management"Zall these, he
charges, "qtiickened the conscience OF
the people and brought on a moral
awakening"
During all this time, / beg to remind
you. Republican officials presided in the
executive department, filled the cabinet,
dominated the Senate. controlled the
House of Representatives n occupied
most of, the federal ju~dgeships. -Four
years ago the Republican platform
%boastfulIyf declared that since 1860
with the exception of two years-the
Republican party had been in control OF
part@er~oe all the branches of no. Fed
eral government; hat for two years
only was the Democratic party in a
position To either enact or repealra law,
Having drawn the Halariesi having en-
joyed The; honors: having secured the
prestige, TetHtlie Republican party ac-
aa-+ H. raanonCihiituf
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Mr.. Taft complains of the over-issue
of stocks and bonds of railroads. for
the unlawful epriching of directors and
for the purpese of, concentrating the
control Of the railroads, under one man
agement, +" and the complaint is we'll
founded, But, with atNPresident to
point out the evil, and al Republican
Congress to correct it,, we' ind moth
ing done for the projections of the pub
lie. Why? My honorable opponent
has, by his confession, relieved me OF
the, necessity of furnishing proof; he
admits the condition and he cannot
avoid the logical conclusion that must
be drawn from the admission There
is no doubt whatever that "a large ma
sJoriey nof 'the voters ioff Republican,
tpartyh recognizesi the txdeplorablel sitira-
ton which Mr.. Taft describesss they
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
The Divine Law Of Rewards.

There Is a divine law of rewards.
When the Creator gave us the earth.
with its fruitful soil, the sunshine with
its warmth, and the rains with their
moisture, File proclaimed, as clearly as
II His voice had thundered from the
clouds, Go work, and according Ito
your industry and intelligence, so shall
he your reward Only where might
has soyerthrown, cunning undermined or
government suspended this law, has a
Fdffferent law prevailed TO conform the
government itofthis law ought to be the
ambition of the statesman; and no
tphrtyi can have a higher mission than
to, make it a reality wherever govern
mnlentst can legitimqately operate ads
.JaStice to ALL. ef alt taa ~ o
n ifRecognizihg that I am indebted for
my nomination to the rank and file of
our party, and that my election must
come, " it.icomes at ALL from the sun-
purchased and unpurchasable suffrages
Iof the American people. | promise, IL
entrusted with the responsibilities, of
this high, office, to. consecrate whatever
ability 7 have, to the one purpose Of
making this, in fact, a government
in which the people .rule-a govern
ment which will do. Justice to all, and
offer to every one the highest possible
stimulus to, great and persistent effort,
by assuring to each the enjoyment of
his Just share. OF the proceeds OF his
toll, no matter in what part of the vine
yard he labors, or to what occupation,
profession or calling. he devotes him
self. s+'F'A &'ff q @s ptH 'p'' HFft'7.f "a
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Shall the People Rule ?

Our platform declares that the over
shadowing issue which manifests itself
|,tn all the questions now under discus
|ssion, is "Shall the people rules" No
matter which way we turn; no matter
TO what subject we address ourselves,
the same question confro1ts ussS Shall
the people control their own govern
ment, and use that government for the
protection of their rights ana FOR the
promotion of their welfare? or stpill the
representatives of predatory Wealth
prey upon a defspseless public ~While
the offenders secur immunity from SUBJ
servient officials whom they raise to
power by INSCRIPTIONS methods? This
is the issue raised by the known
abuses" to which MI. Taft refers.
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self through congressional action. In
the Fffty-second Congress, however, a
resolution was reported from a House
committee proposing the necessary
constitutional amendment, and this res
olutfon passed the House of Representa-
tlyes by a vote which was practically
unanimous. In the Fifty-third Con-
gress a similar resolution was reported
to, and adopted by, the House of Rep
resentatives. Both the Fifty-second and
Fifty-third congresses were Democratic.
The Republicans gained control of the
House as a result of the election of 1884,
and in the Fifty-fourth Congress the
proposition died in committee. AS time
went on. however. the sentiment grew
among the people, until it forced a Re-
publican Congress to follow the ex-
ample set. by the Democrats, and then
another and another Republican Con-
eress acted f~avorably9i State after
State has Endorsed this reform. until
nearly two-thirds of the States have
recorded themselves in its avor. The
United States Senate, however, impu-
IDENTITY and arrogantly obstructs the
passage of the resolution, n~otwithstand-
ing the fact that the voters OF the
United States, by an overwhelming ma
jofity, demand it. And this refusal is
the more significant when 1t is remem-
bered, that a number of Senators owe
their election to great corporate inter-
ests. Three Democratic national plat
forms-the platforms of 1900. 1904 and
19oS-specifically call for a change In
the constitution which will put the cleo
ton of Senators in the hands OF the
voters, and the proposition has been in
dorsed by a number of the smaller rar-
ties, but no Republican national con-
vention has been willing to champion
the cause of the people on this subject.
The subject was ignored by the Repnb-
lican national convention in 1900; it was
ignoredain 1904 and the proposition was
explicitly rephdiated in 1908 for the re-
cent Republican national convention, by
a vote of $3.50 to ia, rejected the plank
indorsing the popular election of Sena-
tors-and this was done in the conven-
ton which nominated Mr.. Taft, few
delegates from his own State voting for
fhe plank. '+7
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12

House of Representatives, and through
their representatives in the House give
expression to their purposes and their
desires. The Republican party is COM
mitted to the methods now in vogue in
the House of Observation-Disclosures Dem
party is pledged to such a re-
vision. Of the rules as viii bring the
popular branch Of the Federal govern
ment into harmony with the Ideas of
those who framed our constitution and
funded our A
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
FINED FOR DIGGING
CESSPOOL NEAR WALK.

Petern Yearance, of 80 Centre street,
Nutley, was fined $40 by Recorder Will
lam HI Parry, of Nutley, last night on
the complaint Of Health Inspector
Ernest p. Faith for digging a cesspool
in Chestnut place within ten feet OF the
street fine in violation OF article 3, sec
ton ;, OF the Nutiey town health or
dihance.If sasg .S;o zaasg Ia .rasssAft
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
WOMAN HAS YOUTH IN
SAME HOUSE ARREsTED
Lorrie : Kingsland,' Of Nutley
Stole Mrs. Bertha Arndt's
HEsff#- II. Rabbits.

Lorric Kingsland, II years old, of 1S6
Harrison street, Nutley, was charged
before Recorder William H. Parry. of
that town, last night by Mrs. Bertha
Arndt, Of the same address, with steal
ing four rabbits. The youth acknowl-
iedgeds atalangs them and said he sold
them for fifty dents, He was paroled
In charge of3his mother to await the
action of the, grand jury.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Why No Tariff Reform?

~ Tie Presidents close friends nave
been ipromising for several years that
he would attack the 4~iniouitiesN Of the
tariff. We have had intimation h a
Mr.. Taft was FESTIVE under the de-
mands OF Che highly protected indus
tries. And yet the influence of the
| manufacturers. who have for twenty
five years contributed TO the Republi-
| can campaign fund.- and who in return
have framed the tariff schedules. has
been sufficient to prevent tariff reform,
AS. the present campaign approached,
both the President and Mr.. TAFT de-
|ciareed inlfavor of tariff revision. but set
the date Of revision after the election.
But the pressure brought to bean by
the protected interests has been great
enough to- prevent any attempt at tariff
reform before the eiection; and the re-
auction promised after the election IS
SO hedgedt about with qualifying phrases
that no, one can estimate with accuracy
the sum tothf6 tariff reform to be eX-
bee I'D jim Gase, of Republican success.
rf the past can he taken5as a guide, the
| Republican party Will be SO obligated
by campaign contributions from the
benefieiaries Of projections as to make
that party powerless to bring to the
country, any. material relief from the
present tariff burdens, M"f "s"N IVY
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Democratic Party Has, Earned
Confidence. %asas

: III the voters are satisfied withi@the
record of the Republican, party and
With it's management ofgpublic affairs
we cannot reasonably ask for d change
in administration; If. however, the
voters feel that the people, as a4whole,
have too little influence in shaping the
policies of the government; ifssthey feel
that great combinations Of .ttcapital
have encroached upon this rights ,ofithe
masses, and employed the INSTRUMENT
talities of government to secure an I'LL
fair share of the total wealth. produced,
then we have a right to expect "a yer,
dict against the Republican parity and
in favor Of the Democratic purity; for
Our party has rfsked defeat4aye, @suf-
fered defeatAin its efforts to a~rousefthe
conscience of the public ands'to bring
about that very awake ming to Which
Mr. Taft has referred. "F's 10 !T97DisIH
Only those are worthy to be en-
trusted with, leadership in a great
cause who are willing to die for it,
and the Der1oc, attic party has proven
its Worthless by it's refusal to .Ipar-
chase victory by delivering the people
into the hands Of those Who have de-
spoiled them. In this contest bet Ween
democracy on the n side ana spldtoc-
racy on the other, the Democratic
party mas taken its position on the
side of equal rights, and invites the
opposition of those who use politics
to secure special privileges ana govern
mental favoritism. Gauging the prog
ress Of the nation, not by the happi-
ness or wealth or refinement OF a3few,
but '"by the prosperity and advance
ment of the average man." the Demo-
cratic party charges the Republican
party with being the promoter of pres
ent abuses, h opponent of necessary
remedies and the only bulwark of pri-
vate monopoly. The Democratic. party
aftirms that in this campaign it is the
only party, having a prospect of sue
cess, which stands for justice in gov
eminent and for equity in the division
of the fruits OF industry. sf''ffft ~
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Other Issues Will Be Discussed

% AaiOls $3.50 b Autar .a4 assn us9
t"Shall the people rule?'aI repeat Is
declared by our platform to be the
overshadowing question, and as the
campaign progresses / shall take oc7
casion to discuss this question as it
manifests itself in other issues; for
whether we consider the tariff question,
the trust question, the railroad ques-
ton, the banking question, the labor
question, the question of imperialism,
the development of our waterways, or
any other. of the numerous problems
which press for solution, we shall find
that the real question involved in each
is. whether the government shall re-
main a mere business asset Of favor
seeking corporations or be an instrd-
ment in the hands of the people for
the advancement Of the common veal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
An Election a Public Affair

An election Is q public affair. The
people, exercising the right to select
their officials and to decide upon the
policies to be pursued, proceed to their
several polling places on election day
and register their will. What excuse
can be given for secrecy as to the in
fuences at work? II man, pecuniarily
interested in concentrating the. control
of the railroads. in one management" =
subscrihesi a large sum to aid in car
rying the election, why should his part
in the campaign be concealed until he
has put the officials under obligation
to him? If a trust magnate contributes
$1QQ, 000. to elect political friends to Of
flee, with a view to preventing hostile
Legislation why should that fact be
concealed until his friends are secure
ly seated in their official positions9
This is not a new question: IT Is a
question which has been agitated-a
question which the Republican leaders
fully understand--a question which the
Republican candidate has studied, and
yet he refuses to declare himself in
favor Of the legislation absolutely
necessary, namely, legislation requir-
ing publication before the election
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Why No Anti Trust Legislation ?

al few years agofthe Republican lead
ors in the House of Representatives
We're coerced by public opinion into the
support or a%n'anti-trust law which had
the Endorsement of the President, but
the Senate refused even to. consfder the
measure, and since that time no effort
has been made by the dominant party
to secure remedial legislation upon this
/ Z,,Asagt r
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Fasting in Wilderness Neces-

-as
So long as the Republican party re-
mains in power. 1t is powerless tc
regenerate itself. 1t car not attack
Nrong-doing In high places without
d~isgracing nan of its prominent mem
bers, and it, therefore, uses opiates in
stead of the surgeons knife. Its male-
factors construe each Republican vic
tory as an Endorsement of their con-
duct and threaten the party with de-
feat If they are interfered with. Not
until that party passes. through a
period of fastingt in the wilderness,
will the Republican leaders learn to
study public questions from the stand
point of the masses. Just as with In
dividuals, THE cares of this world and
the deceitfulness of riches choke the
TRUTH SO in politics, when party lead
ers serve far away from home and
are not in constant contact with tine
voters, continued party success blinds
their eye to the needs of the people
and makes them deaf to the cry of
distress. -
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Party Can't Attack WrOngsDO=
ing Without "Disgracing Some
of Its Members" 4y .
SAYS SENATE AND HOUSE w..
SHOULD BE "POPULARIZED''
Blames RepnbIicanism for slack
of Railroad and Trust Conz 2
troll" and All Evils. 'fqg


political strength I possess. the action
of the convention not only renews my
faith in them. Sbut strengthens my at
tachment to them. 4, L. b.
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enough money."-What an a~rraignment
of fhe predatory interests!
Is the Presidents Indictment true?
And, IL true, against whom was the in
dictnnent directed3 Not against the
Democratic party.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Not Revolution, but Reformation.

The Democratic party seeks not rev
%olution but reformation. and I need
hardly remind the student Of history
that cures are mildest when applied at
onee;a that remedies increase, In sssYsf-
ity as their application is spostp0ped'
Blood %poisoning may be STOPPED by the
loss Of a finger today nay cSsapr
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Our Party's IDEAL.

The platform OF our party closes with
a brief statement of the party's, ideal
1t favors such an administration Of
the government as will insure, as far as
human wisdom cam that each citizen
shall draw from society d reward com
mensurate with his contribution TO the
welfare 'of society"
Governments are good in proportion
as they assure to each member. OF, So
eiety, so far as governments can, a re-
turn commensurate with individual
merit FHf#f h~f AfbHfNa ~ F1fNF
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
Democratic Party Defenders of
Honest Wealth. - + .d .'@sA

We may expect those who have COM
mitted larceny by law and purchased
immunity with their political influence
to attempt to raise false issues and to
employ "the livery of heaven to con
their evil purposes. but they can
no longer deceive. The Democratic
party is not the enemy Of any 1egiti-
mate industry or of honest acctffnuia-
tons. 1t is, on the contrary, a1friehd
Of industry and the steadfast7 protector
OF that wealth which represents e 'serv-
ice to society. The Democratic party
does not seek to annihilate ali ciorpo-
rations; it simply asserts that as The
government creates cor3ofatiofis; slit
must retain the power to regulate and
to control them, and that it should not
permit any corporation to convert itself
into a monopoly. Surely We should
have the cooperation of all legitimate
corporations in our effort to- protect
business and Industry from the odfum
which lawless combinations Of capital
win. if unchecked. cast upon them
Only by the separation of the good from
the bad car the good be made secure
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
ATTACKS 6. OF. AT NOTIFICATION

recognize that the masses have had
but little influence upon legislation,
or upon the administration of the
government, and they are begin
ming to understand the cause. For a
generation, the Republican party has
drawn its campaign funds from the
beneficiaries of-e,speeial legislation.
Privileges have been pledged and
granted in return for money contrib
uted to debauch elections. What can
be expected when official authority Is
turned over to the representatives OF
those who first furnish the slnews of
war and then reimburse themselves
out of the pockets of the taxpayers?
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House Rules DespOtic.

!. The third instruinentality employed
10 defeat the will of the people Is found
In the. rules of the House Of Repre-
septatives.n Our platform points out
that "''the House of Representatives
was designed by the fathers OF the
constitution, to be the popular ranch
of our government, responsive to the
public, WILL" and adds: +---sf
1.-The House of Representatives, IS
controlled in recent years by h Re
publican party, has ceased to be a de-
l%iberative and legislative body. re-
sponsive to the viii Of the majority OF
the. members, but has come under the
absolute domination of the Speaker,
who has entire control of its deliberaa-
tons and powers of legislation. .,frs
I'VE have observed with amazement
the popular branch Of. our Federal GOV
ernment helpless to obtain either tht
consideration or enactment of meas
ures desired by a majority OF its mem
bers.' s' ~" Nt
This arraignment Is fully Justified.
The reform Republicans in the House
OF, Representatives, when in, h MI
nority in their own party, are as heip-
less to obtain a hearing or to secure
q vote. upon a measure as are the
Democrats. In the recent session OF
the present Congress. there was q con
siderable element In the Republican
party Favorable to, remedial leg1sla-
ton; but a few leaders, In control oil
the organization, despotically sup
pressed these lnembers,r and thus forced
a real majority of the House to sub
nit to a welllorganized minority. The
Republican national convention, IN
stead of rebuking thisal attack upon
popular government ~eulogized Con
gress and nominated as the Republi-
can Candidate for uieeIPresident one
pf the men who shared In the respon
sibility Tor the coercion OF the House
Our party demands that 1.-THE House
Of Representatives, shall again become
q delfberative body. controlled BY q
majority OF the ipeople'sj(representa
tives, and not by the Speaker" and Is
pledged to adopt Ssuch rules and reg,l-
lations to govern the House of Repre-
sentauses sas win enaples asmajority
9f is members to direct It's. delipera-
tionseand control sIaSl$latfonF9 HILL
Shall the people, s1hle?" TheyAeRn
not DO SO unless they car control the