Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-10

surely he and his party eulogists for
got that he had but a few months bcfor,
s%idering whether II would not give greater
popular confidence in the impartiality OF
that the issues should be decided lbs
9hGtner Judge than the one Issuing The
There has not been a session. OF congress.
IN Twelve years at which the republican
party could not have passed a Jaw pre-
sTFioI9s, aGtining and regulating the IS.
tair trials In contempt cases. Yet nothing
aas been done TO, give the wage earner
otNered to him in the Chicago deliverance.
the meaningless generalities of its in
junction plank are an insult 70 the intelll-
gence or those who demand reasonable
ana substantial legislation to prevent the
admitted abuse Of this judicial process.
Tarin Revision.
The president and his party declare thai
q prediction revision Of the tariff would
be unwise, This assertion has teen 10.
heated in advance of every election since
the enactment of the Dinelev law. and
surely the country will net gain be de-
ceiNed by republican promises 40 revise in
thls-give us another chance TO make you
Il promise and the promise will he made.
The democrats viii revise the tariff down
ward and IN the interest of the taxpayers,
who are always forgotten by the republi-
can party. There must be a revision and
a gradual reduction OF the tariff bv The
friends of tariff reduction for the common
sood, and not by the beneficiories Of its
abuses who Justify use Of the impost tax
Ing power for tile chief purpose of CON
terring privileges and profit upon the few
AZ tne expense of the many,
1t is the shortest Of steps from the tariff
TO the trusts. Let cit. be denied IL thev
care TO deny it, that the tariff is the real
VIII strike down special privilege whether
granted to a high protective tariff, or
sran'ea 70 government chartered corpora
uohs by permission of law. All trusts owe
their birth and their ability to continue exe
ls TEN 70 one or the other Of these two
monopoly, no busf6} IS appfoximatihq p ~
vaLe monopoly in form or mig 1itud, can
enuure without one or the other, or both.
Currency Reform.
proceeding at once to a. mention of IN,
~IePubi'can party's dealing with the dis
turbed finances Of the country, we are
orought before the curious legislative com
pound the Vreeland-Aldrich bill The re-
publican party boasts. of its knowledge of
finance. What have they given us In this
law? The republican party has nttempted
10 prevent the recurrence of depositors'
panics by an emergency bank note hill in
the provisions OF which they ba.a decJea sea ed
the security that the deposltor had in a
tWo-fold way, first by reducing the amount
OF reserve required by law TO he held, and.
secondly, by making the new emergency
notes a prior lien upon all the assets of the
bank, decreasing the security that the hank
had TO Keep for the depositor and increas-
ing the bank liabilities that might he
charged against deposits. In my opinion.
II is an accomplished scheme to enable
banks that have floated questionable enter
prlses TO digest otherwise indigestible secur-
lties by making them the basis OF q ma.
tional circulating medium Of exchange THE
future Will show whether this miserabIn.
makeshift. part house infamy and Dart
senate infamy, as a great republican news
paper mas said, Will answer its purpose.
Whatever II may show in the way of sins
OF commission or commission, not only Is IL
the fault of republican legislation, but the
evil which 1t pretends to cure was alto.
keIneI ana eXCllSlVplV The frt19t 80 rn-,,H
lican legislation. Theirs is the responsl-
bility for the ball, and theirs also the re-
sponsibility for the condition which led 20
the enactment of the law.
Republican Fauures.
Thus. my countrymen, in this view we
have the spectacle of a president urging a
congress to pass needed reform
and appealing In vain, or we have another
spectacle. that OF a president for the saks
OF his own popularity or for the sake of
the popularity of his own candidate mnk.
ing a political play by urging that congress
do what he must know Il would not do and
what we are forced to consider he did not
wish done. The president stands sponsor
FOR Mr.. Taft. He desires that the labor
Ing man, that those who would have thu
government effectively REGULATE the rail-
roads, that those who would revise and
reduce the tariff and destroy the trusts.
these should believe that Mr.. Taft is not
a reactionary, but a militant reformer.
saturated with his ideas and that he viii
NullS Oul rH my pOllCleS. MT. raft Will
have to receive about zoos. 900 uf votes be-.
fore he can execute any policy. To get the
votes for him the president wishes to show
what fine policies his chosen one will carry
out II elected, and he can show It cheaply
by pointing to recommendations that his
party associates haVe ignored and will
ignore. II the president We're sincere and
honestly insistent and still was not needed
by his party, Notwithstanding his great
personal popularity. what reason is there
10 suppose that the same party associates
Will not be deaf to the recommendations
made by one who is merely. the presidents
legatee? We may inquire here why. the
special interests those enjoying special
privileges, predatory wealth-and I think
l quote Mr.. Roosevelt. who borrowed the
words from a distinguished democrat-haVe
ton upon Mr.. Taft's nomination. The
masses and equal rights TO all on the one
side or the classes fat on privileges on
the o~ther-pnder which flag, Mr.. Taft?
mo mar can serve two masters"
The press has told us In what 81 emed to
seml-official statements from the White
House that the president was 70 intent
without cractinG trem Into Law hc would
all ar extra session. Congress did adj,
Jturn leaving unpassed most OF his favored
ana tie extra session was never
called. II the play results in republican
votes It viii have accomplished its purpose.
II the president desired to have tins legis-
II. its passage. The democratic leader of
he house, authorized by all his party
associates, repeatedly offered the entire
strength in support OF these
The republicans have less thar
sixty majority in the house. II thirty OF
them ltaf joined the democrats all Of these
would have passed there and
some TO a republican senate. So lar as the
II concerned less than une-seventh
OF the republicans were needed 10 change
these recommendations into law. The re-
ublican support was not forthcoming.
Let - see what could have he n done II
ieEislatior iTstead Of party advantage had
If a Ptrt CT the republicans had Joined
The Democrats in support of measures pro-
posed by a republican president the power
with which some federal judges have has
uly thrown their authority into the scale
against labor would have been regulated
A fair trial in al: cases Of Indirect or con-
Ftructivs contempt of court would now be
crowded by law.
Labor would be exempt from the pro-
hibition OF the sherman Jaw against combi-
Wood pulp and print paper would now be
on the free list and the present tax
upon intelligence to that extent abolished.
No longer would ID be I'm the uower OF one
federal judge, sitting I'm chambers. hearing
evidence eX parte, upon the allegation that
q state law is confisCatory. TO suspend II by
temporary injunction. A democratic meas
uTe that passed the senate at the last ses--
sion OF congress, providing that II should
ne necessary for three judges 10 act to-
gelher Tor the purpose of issuing such an
order would now be the law.
A law requiring the publication before
electlon OF campaign contributions would
nave been enacted.
Federal UsurDatiou