Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-04
. III b Republicans Rely On
b Hed Secretary Taft.
= # slIPNsn PUBLICITY
16okawliss Editor Declares Failure to
sass publicity sIIi Means That the
s4ntsrestsr In the East Are to oe
NHeriksd 70 the Limit

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 4.-Edi
~ Watterson, in an editorial bear
ne the caption wherefore says ~
ne Courier Journal:
sThe Republican newspapers cut
snprfy figure in the matter OF the bry'
na.Tsft correspondence touching the
/ p0hiicity bill.
Many Of them 30 the length oil
alAiminR the Burrows letter rs a tri'
s0m0h for Taft and a non-sequiter 10
BryAn. These are impudent enough.
~ ignorant enough, whichever way
enc cares to take them, to say that
Bryan laid for hare and caught a
Icat.. In other words, they claim that
sSsshing to put Taft in a hole. Bryan
merely gave him an opportunity by
~ production of q voucher a month
GA 10 vindicate his integrity and to
Sst himself heroically before the coun-
1ry.
sNark how two simple questions
rhell put this shallow falsehood to
rput: how CHANGED the Burrows letter,
~ II we're honestly intended, to re-
WAin In concealment: and, smoked
.ont by Mr.. Bryan. why has neither
House Of Congress-though whole
'legislatiye week has interVened-fail
~ TO act upon it?
sThe first thought that enters the
1nand Of the average Republican news
;paper writer Is Of sharp practice. Mr..
'Nryan. they one and all declare. ex-
9octed to catch Mr.. Taft mapping; In
Dtead. he caught Tartar. The re-
aord contradicts this fatty. When Mr..
'Hfysn wired Mr.. Taft he already I'M
&orstood, through q statement OF Sen
;otpr Chandler. of New Hampshire,
4hAt Mr.. Taft was in favor Of the pub
Ncity hill. It was upon this hint that
~ invited . joint appeal to Congress.
( Is ssclAndsstIneiy. Preparsd'' Letter.
He could not know that there was
= iettsr lying In lavender-clandes-
(qAly prepared and quietly pigeon
Dd-for service later along, when
Ihgfess having adjourned. it could
produced with . flourish as evi.
neo that Mr.. TAFT was as much In
1SR69 of publicity as Mr.. Bryan. But
S circumstance. discreditable only
- alike to Mr.. Taft and Senator
alsows, cannot be cited against Mr..
L9yan. who, seeing by the newspa-
toeU that Mr.. Taft was. like himself,
= tAyor Of the publicity bill. proposed
n good faith q united effort to get
Gensress to pass 1t.
Congress Is Republican. Taft Is to
- the Republican candidate for Pres
Asnt. II the Republicans have not
1Qoolved to repeat the ou.rages OF
500 and 1904; II they have made
y their minds that they can win only
~ buying the election; II the old pro-
eeos 81 blackmailing the trusts and
lfy1ng the fat out Of the manufa ctur-
~ . not to be repeated. why should
Consfess hesitate? But, brought to
~, Why should the Jeremy Diddler
SeAsme Of hitching the force bill to
- publicity till have been resorted
~
These questions canho, he answer-
-, 1pg their truth no man can gainsay.
Light en- the Situation.
1he case. Is It stands, throws .
1oo1 Of Information into the actual
l&1es Of the political situation. Like
~ headfieht Of a locomotive. 1t Thu
n11oboo the whole track ahead, re-
Sealiag to the people precisely what
H Republicans rely upon and are
Dua1g 20 do. They recognize that
Aoeesvetim and Republicanism will
1T mix; that their Congress Is al.
1oa1y . public stencil: that their in.
0oeoa popular professions were long
80 pucctured: that the Roosevelt
Do1ak has broke under them: that