Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-07

publican platform as written is in
dubitable proof that the republican
party does not expect 10 give the
country any real reform. The plat
form is, in fact. a contract signed and
sealed, between the republican party
and the exploiting interests guaran-
teeing that nothing shall be done to
free the people from graft and eXtor-
ton; il is an admission that the
money TO carry on the campaign is To
be- drawn from the System" and that
means that the system" will be in
control after the election. The "sys-
tenn" is run on business principles and
when II puts up its money to carry an
election ii is sure to be quite care
full about the security taken.
A resume of the currency law pass
ed by the last congress is given with
comment in part as follows
Here is a bill designed to prevent
panics like that which swept over the
land last fall. Nowhere in the bill
do you find the slightest mention of
the cause of il and of all the other
panics, the distrust of the bank de-
positor. If the situation were not so
serious, this bill would be the most
colossal joke of the century The bill
neither gives the elastic currency of
the bankers plan nor the direct action
of the democratic plan. The machinery
for issuing the emergency currency IL
so round about that half a dozen
panics could be well under way be-
fore the medium could get out for re-
cuperation. When the United States
government lends its name to an en-
terprise, the least il can do is to in
sure that everyone dealing with that
enterprise gets fair play, If the gov
ernment is to cooperate in the bank
ing business, then the government
must secure the bank depoitors. II
this Is not done. then the government
should withdraw and NEEDLE no more
with banks than with grocery stores.
on "imperialism" the manual says
The democratic party has a plan;
the republican party has no plan that
II dares to reveal The democratic
party deals frankly with the subject
the republican party is neither candid
with the American people nor with the
Filipinos. The brevity and ambiguity
Of the republican platform indicate a
desire on the part OF the republican
leaders to avoid the subject. Mr.. Taft
takes the privilege of amending his
platform on this subject, by introduc-
the platform, or by any reasonable
construction be adduced from it. The
platform says nothing about independ-
ence. while Secretary Taft holds out
the hope of independence, for TO say
that it is unlikely that the people VIII
be ready for independence before two
generations must mean that they VIII
after that time be ready and ought
TO have It. In his attempt to defend
the holding of the Philippines, ne mas
laid himself open to just criticism by
conceallng the cost Of imperialism
The democratic platform presents the ,
only solution consistent with our ira
ditions and our ideals II is to declare
the nations intention at once TINS the
republican party has never done
When the FlipinOs know that they are
to have independence as soon as
stable government is established they
will ioin us the more heartily in mas,
tening the day of independence ana
that independence VIII easily be pre-
served because the great nations ol
the world will be willing enough 70
ioin in the naturalization of the IS
lands"