Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
TAKES THEM UP IN TURN
Denies That the Democrats Have At
tackled the Judiciary.
RIDICULEs PANIC PREDICTION
Asks What Guaranty of Prosperity
the Republican Nominee Can Give
if BE Is Elected.

ROCHESTER. n. Y. September IT,
. William J. Bryan was given magnificent
reception by the democratic throng that
. filled Convention Hall last night when he
. paid his respects to Judge Taft the re-
. publican presidential nominee. Mr.. Bryan
. arrived in Rochester shortly after {
. o clock. and. met by thousands of per.
sons, democracys leader was accorded ar
, ovation Along with him from Syracuse
came the new democratic nominee fol
Governor of New York. Lewis Stuyvesant
. Chanler. who was literally lifted out Of ar
. automobile. In the street there, onto the
car. because of the great throng which
had assembled to catch view of Mr.
Bryan.
Several thousand persons were unable &c
gain admission to Convention Hall. Mr.
; Bryan spoke on Taft and His Scares:''
MIR. Taft" said Mr.. Bryan, ''confesses
that his arguments are not convincing
when he attempts to Introduce scares and
to threaten the public with dire disaster If
he is not elected. A threat is always an
admission that argument and persuasion
have not been effective. Measured by this
test. Mr.. Taft has already abandoned hope
of convincing the public of the righteous
ness of his position. Let us take up the
subjects with which he has been dealing.
/ No Attack on judiciary.
ION the labor questions he declares
that our demand for a trial by jury in
cases OF indirect contempt is the mos.
insidious attack upon the judicial sys-
tenn in the history of the country. Ac-
cordins to Mr.. Taft it would very much
impair the administration of justice. He
| seems to forget that the very reform
| which we indorse was Endorsed by the
United States Senate twelve years ago.
and that 1t was supported by such re-
! pubicans as Sena or Sherman Of Ohio,
( Allison IF InUa Hale 0f
| Maine, Senator Hawley of Connecticut,
| Senator Morrill, of Vermont and Senator
| knute Nelson Of Minnesota. Mr.. Taft
may be willing to bring his indictment
against the democratic party. but Is he
prepared to include in his indictment the
prominent republicans whose names l
| have just mentioned?
The democratic party is the defender
Of the Judiciary, and the best way to de-
| fend IL is to remove abuses which are
| likely to create a prejudice against a
| court in the minds of those who feel that
| injustice is done them. Instead of In
| dulgng in direful prophecy and fearful
predictions, Mr.. TAFT should set to work
| to meet the arguments presented In sup
| port of the democratic position.
In discussing the guaranty OF bank de-
| posts, he betrays that same tendency TO
substitute gloomy forebodinss Tor reason
| and argument. He says:
IF the proposals were adopted eX-
| actly as the democratic platform suggests
| it would bring the whole banking system
| of the country down In ruin
Treatment of the Trusts.
THE third scare presented by Mr.. TAFT
| is in the discussion of the trust question.
He says that Mr.. Roosevelt would compel
| the trusts to conduct their business In
| lawful manner and secure the benefits OF
| their operation and the maintenance or
| the prosperity of the country, o. when
| they are an important part while Mr.
| Bryan would extirpate and destroy the
| entire business in order to stamp out the
| evils which they have practiced.
| Here is a contention by Mr.. Iaft mat
| he regards the trusts as necessary to the
nations prosperity. for he declares That
they play an important part In the main
| tenance of prosperity, and he charges that
I would .extrpate and destroy business
| in eXtirpating and destroying the prln-
! c.ple of monopoly. In using this emphatic
| language MIR. Taft has rendered us serE-
| ice because he admits that the republican
party does not intend to prevent trusts.
| II only proposes to regulate them. and. II
we can judge the future by the past, that
regulation will not be effective. II Mr..
Roosevelt. with all his strennosity. mas
| not succeeded in imprisonlng a single
trust masnate how can the complacent
| Mr. Taft hope to accomplish anything IN
the way Of regulation?
| OedllAS y" AIA tAC L al IL.
THE fourth scare which Mr.. Taft pre-
! sents is excited by the democratic dec
| laratiOns on the tariff question. Speak
| ing of our platform pledge to make such
radical reductions as may be necessary
| to restore the tariff to a revenue basis.
| he declares in his notification speech
| that the introduction in power of a
! party with this avowed purpose cannot
but halt the gradual recovery from our
recent financial depression and produce
| business disaster. compared with which
| our recent panic and depression Will
| seem very small indeed.
! Surely Mr.. Taft cannot contemplate
any material reduction of the tariff If
| he really believes that gradual return
to a revenue basis would involve us in
| any business disaster. compared with
| which our recent panic and depression
| Will seem very small indeed
The Republican Position.
Mr. Taft began his candidacy year
ago as q champion of tariff reforms
| but each month has witnessed a lessen
ing of his zeal. until now mis- tempera =
| ture. mea sured by the tariff reform
| Thermometers. is close tn zero. His plat
form begins with what at first glance
might seem Il pledge that something
| would he done 1t says the republican
party declares unequivocally or a re-
| vision of the tariff by special session
| of Congress Immediately following the
| Inauguration of the next President. The
| words 'unequivOcally' and Immediately
! might indicate a certain degree of en-
| thusiasm. and yet, upon close inspec-
ton. they weaken rather than strength
en- the position.
Possibly the words .unequvocally'
and Immediately were put in to excite
"A laugh in the hope that the merriment
| wou:- conceal the fact that there is no
promise of lower tariff. The word
reduction does not appear in the plat
| form 1t is revision not reduction
and Mr.. Taft has already interpreted
the word revision to mean the raising
of some of the schedules and the lower
ing of others. but with no Indication as
TO whether the average will be above
or below the present
Asks Taft for Guaranty.
'Since Mr.. Taft has gone into the bust
ness of predicting panics if he is moi
elected. il is only fair TO ask what guar
anty he can give of prosperity II he Ii
elected. No one will doubt that he hon.
estly believes that the country will go tc
ruin il he is defeated, and that it viii
prosper if he is elected But what guar
anty have that his opinion is vel
founded! Suppose he is elected and finan
cial distress follows. II will be small re-
lief to the people to know that he really
thought he could make times good We
had panic last fall when Mr. Roosevelt,
was President, although the people were
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