The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
POLITICAL COMMENT.
Tha Phladelphia Reoord -:

lilt DelNeT plduOrm IN regard 10 ldDoIs {
Mr.. Van Cleave. president OF the Nation /
al Association OF Manufacturers. would !
be better employed in supporting Mr.. /
Bryan on account OF the Denver decia-
rations on the tariff The Democratic !
plank regarding labor contains nothing
the employers should object TO. and the
statement IN regard 70 injunctions hardly
goes beyond the Chicago declaration
plus Mr. Tafts remarks thereon. in re-
gard 10 the conditions under which in
functions may be issued Il does not 90
beyond what was the law from the es-
tablishment OF the judiciary 10 the re
vision Of the statutes in 1874"
The Hartford Times thinks that
Tt is quite in harmony with the gen
eraI character Of Mr. Bryan's corpora
ton license scheme that he should call
attention 10 and throw ridicule upon the
suggestion made by Mr. Taft last year
that the sherman antitrust law be
amended by limiting the prohibition Of
combinations in restraint OF trade 10
those that are unreasonable. Then the
United States courts would merely have
10 inquire whether any combination
which il was sought 10 dissolve was en-
gagged in operations which were reason
able or unreasonable That would be TO
introduce plain. everyday American com
mon sense into our national laws for the
regulation OF the business Of the country.
Prom any proposal Of that kind Mr.. Bry-
an. the self-seeklng agitato-. naturally
recoils- II Il were adopted there would
] be effected such a complete and lasting
restraint OF the business OF political aEi-
tation IN this country as 10 compel sew
| eral gentlemen OF great prominence TO
I get living fsnd 70 get Offices in some
other way
The Rochester Union and Advertiser
] declares that
The Republicans had the absolute con
/ troll Of the constitutional convention. and
are responsible for the clause Of the Con
I stitution which IS now acting as a wedge
I 20 split their machine IN twain They
are entitled 10 no sympathy from Demo
Gratis. who may well smile 20 see their
/ opponents eviscerating one another in a
[ quarrel which could never have taken
place had not the state. under RePubli-
can leadership. undertaken 10 act as an
/ arbitrary moral guide in a matter that
should be left t0 the Individual % decide
for himself. When the moral standard
OF the average political boss IS borne in
mind. the absurdity OF having public
morals under his direction IS too laugh
able for serious consideration. That is
the pass 20 which Republican dominance
has brought the state OF New York. and
IL only needs a moderate exercise Of com.
mon. sense on the part OF the coming
Democratic convention IN this city q
scourge from tEe political temple the
trafickers responsible for the absurd sit
Uation-"
Mr.. Taft" says Col Henry Wat,ersou
IN the Louisville C0Urler-JournsI Dem1
els an oId-line Republican OF the schoo
OF Garfield and Sherman The Roosevelt
veneering is too thin 70 last That IS wh,
he Is SO agreeable 10 Wall street SIr
Bryan IS an oId-une Democrat Of IA,
school Of Jefferson and Jackson and Til
J den brought 70 date Though his Goa
may seem of many colors. he Is faced th'
same way that they were faced. is trav
Z cling the same road that they Travelled
. and is meeting the same torrent Of sbUs.
that they met He commands BY choic
the Identical body OF men which each o
them In his day and order commanded.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch thus speak
p Of Mr. Taft's precicament over the tsrif
- question:
The strength Of the Democrats posi-
3 tion on the tariff and the drift q publ
% sentiment evidently have been recognize
D by Mr. Taft and his campaign managers
10 His emphasizing Of the Republican pledE
Of q special session 10 revise ths tarif b
markedly pledging himself 70 the actio
indicates Republican fear OF the ts-if-re
form issue. Mr. Bryan has cIeverIy pu
the Republicans in the defensive attitud
for the first time IN many years The
- are frightened
e But although Mr.. Taft can pIedz
10 himself 20 carry out the platform pIedE
p OF an extra session 70 revise Jhe tsriA
70 can he pledge the party 10 reduce the ta1
L iT2 There is no pledge OF genuine tarl
refarD-the measure Of tariff re6uctip
demanded by the peCple-in the RepubI
: can platform That platform was dicta'
z &c by the protected interests Il was sa'
j. !sfsctory 10 those interests and was a,
!. cepted by them and their representative
q among the Republican leaders The prC
t. lection leaders are the strongest IN II
- party and have always controlled its as
: ton on the tariff
e The Portland Oregcnian thinks that II
d Brysn's Des Moines speech was admir-,
P, ble. and It says:
y AS an essay on the tariff M Bryan
Des NIoines speech is admirable All n;
: he says about the iniCuity OF DinEieyis
= is true. 1t does corrupt the Ecvernmel
~ by setting up q business partnership Wit
the protected interests II puts the publ
Offices Up for sale and causes party 81
cess TO depend toe much upon contrib
tions from those who devour the su
O stance Of the people. Ner can il be q
q MED that the tariff has also corruptt
business II has taught the protected &
II terests 10 look to the government 4
a their profits Instead OF TO their own init
alive. II has given them an opportuni
TO combine for the explicit object OF raj
l. ing prices and robbirg the consumer
le has placed them IN the position Of the q
farmers in France before the RevoIutio
T. who kept two-thirds Of the taxes tn
"a collected and handed over 70 the sta
. only One-tEird- For Mr. Bryan is und
niably correct in saying that the barO
ii get large part OF the proceeds OF the ts
le III tax which Is levied upon certain q
ticIes II ntne-tenths of a protected a
ST ticIe are produced at home and only on
L tenth pays the tax to the governmsr
r. while the other nine-tenths pay It 70 Z
= interests
!. The Boston Herald thus comments
= Mr.. Bryan's proposed remedy against L
- evils in the trusts;
Mr. Bryan believes that the way to e
terminate trusts is to begin to extern
nate them In his speech at Indianapo
yesterday he tried 70 show how that COT
or be done He is at last definite in the a
u plication Of his theories. His scheme
ce Federal control Of trusts IS not new