The daily sentinel., 1908-09-19
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Republican Party, Not the Democratic Party, Encourages
Socialists, so Declares Bryan in Most Interesting
and Emphatic Discussion

nigh enough to compei the eXtortion-
ate tariff rates demanded by the pro-
tected interests.
"The democratic party believing
that II tax is II necessary evil, endeav-
orS to limit the taN To the actual
needs of the government economic
ally administered.
The present campaign presents
another tendency of the republican
party, namely: to substitute presi-
Dental successor for the democratic
plan of popular selection. The prcsi-
DENT felt ii his duty TO select II re-
publican nominee and having reached
the conclusion that he ought TO select
such Il nominee, he brought the in
iluence of his great office To bear in
behalf of the candidate of his per-
-onal choice and is now using his in
fIuence To secure the election of the
candidate whom he assisted in nomi-
mating.
''If Mr.. Roosevelt can pick out the
republican candidate this year and
then use the prestige of his office and
the influence of the army of office
holders to elect him, may not Mr..
TAFT pick out successor and elect
him, and so on from administration
to administration. 1t is no defense
II
lar will to say the guilty party means
well. Kings have often meant well
whenever they have suppressed free
speech and representative govern
ment, and in autocracies the few have
often meant well when they rode
roughshod over the opinions of the
multitude. Our government rests up
on the will OF the people. Any in
terference with the free choice of the
people, either before nominations or
after nominations. is contrary to the
spirit OF our institutions.
The time to correct this abuse and
to stop this tendency is now If this
attempt is successful, it will be ac-
complished as a precedent for anoth-
er attempt, and people having sub
mitted once will be less aroused by
/ lrepetition of the attempt
The third republican tendency to
which | call your attention is the
tendency toward socialism. The re-
publican party is loud in its denim
citation of socialism. but IL is con-
stnntly feeding and augunenting the
sOcialistic spirit. II permits abuses
which east an odiun upon individ-
uuiism and furnish an argument to
the socialists. 4: cultivates the idea
that the government must act as II
wei nurse 1Of favored INDUSTRIES III
stead of cultivating industrial indie
pendencc and II spirit of self-rrliancc
In its latest national platform ii
boldly declares that reasonable prof
its should be guaranteed to the pro-
tected industries. 1t defends the
principle of monopoly on the theory
that competition is hurtful. In talk
ing this position it supports the main
contention of the socialists.
MI. Taft, the republican candi-
date. in the speech announcing his
candidacy. advocated such amend
ment of the antitrust law as would
make it apply only to unreasonable
restraint Of trade. This idea that
reasonable restraint of trade is un
obj tionable is the entering wedge
1t is the first step towards the an
initiation of the principle of compe-
tition.
"Thc democratic party has been
called ~ sociaiistic party and ! have
been denounced as II socialist. con-
tend that tho republican party, not
the democratic party, is aiding the
socia,istic party; and this is cvidcnc-
ed from the fact that socialist leaders
prefer republican success TO demo-
cratic success. They fear the demo-
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