Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28
A REPUBLICAN SHAM.

NO, t1ere IS no rational man
who honestly believes any such
thing. But. in the closing days Of
the campaign. the paramount sock
argument, as usual OF those en-
gagged in purely partisan work is
that business will receive severe
jolt in the event OF such a change,
and that normal healthy conditions
Will not return for months. Not
only does no rational citizen appre-
bend such a contingency. but the
most conservative newspapers OF the
land, even the Wall Street Journal
and the New York Evening Post,
have taken pains 20 emphasize The
fallacy and foolishness of this ar
gument. But both Bryan and
TAFT. or TAFT and Bryan, IL you
please. are patriots and lovers OF
their country. Each OF them tenn
porarlly has the advantage of Roose
welt, and whatever may be done will
be done certainly with as little COM
mot on as tn 'ngs have been done the
past four years. Cataclysm! Bosh.
it will do for spell binders to Shrek
about it, but sensible people will
only jeer at the wild hallucinatioh.
Washington Herald.
What else is Judge Taft" asks
the Louisville Courier-Journal,, in
tn S same connection, but a dane
ing bear2 He dances first to the
antitrust music made by Roosevelt.
made by Sunny Jim. He dances
first on one foot and then on +hc
other-seeking to make a single gi-
ant straddle between the corn rails
ing west and the trust-breeding east
He Is for publicity and against pub
lic.ty. His last dance-the dance
of DEATHS the old plea of hard
times. Elect Me, good times. Beat
Me, bad times. We heard 1t from
the Hayes crowd in 1876. We heard
it from Garfield in 1850. We heard
1t from the Blaine crowd in 1884.
Regularly every four years it bobs
up serenely with its Wolf! Wolff
Translated into plan English it
reads simply Republication is es-
sential to prosperity, herce make
Republication perpetual"
The program of the Republican
party for the last week in the cam
paign has been clearly outlined. 1t
IS to be a prolonged calamity howl
from one end of the country to the
other-the prophesy of i'll, the pre-
diction OF woes innumerable of dis
asters all destroying, should an
able, high minded, clear-headel,
conscientious gentleman be chosen
as the chief magistrate OF the ma
ton. And it will largely be the bra
zen bawl OF hypocrisy-this desper-
ate Republican wail-largely the
product OF dishonesty conceived
campaign trickery-largely but the
reflection of the craft and cunning
whereby special interests seek to
deceive the public and smother the
real issues of the campaign, so that
attention may thus be diverted from
their own status as embodying one
of the supreme evils in the indus
trialism of this country today. In
pursuing these tactics, Republicans
scoff at common sense and give the
lie to common reason.
Mr. Bryan is a Democrat. He
stands upon the platform of his par
ty-and a platform which has com
manded the practically unanimous
support of his party-a platform in
whose preparation men like Judge
Parker participated as well as rep
resentatives OF the western democra-
cy-and which is today receiving
their earnest advocacy. He de-
clares himself committed to both by
what the instrument contains and
by what it omits. Placing both
feet squarely on that platform Mr..
Bryan has declared war against in
lustr.al infamy. He has asserted
his determination to stand Loyalty,
hrmiy, immovably. as the friend and
champion of legitimate Industrial
enterprise. He has given 1t to be
understood that felons in great in
dustrial crime ought to be regard
ed and treated as felons-just as
are other felons-and this whether
they be famed captains Of federal
wealth or not that they ought to
be caged-that they ought 20 wear
striped clothes-that Democracy
recognizes no difference tween the
offender In high places and the of
fender Of lowly station-that crime
8 crime, and iniquity is iniquity.
and dishonor is dishonor. whether
they reside beneath the satin waist
coat OF the multi-millionaire. or the
ragged coat of tramp. That's Bry-
ans pos ton and the guilty con
science OF the men and great in
iustrial interests which have piled
The trade Of industrial robbery and
oppression and chicanery and law
breaking under cover OF a friendly
Republicanism, see 81 and under
stand &c., and shout Their brazen
.brOate hoarso with sh, ,,oII of uo,