Arizona republican., 1908-09-15

endorsement is of no value unless the president will agree to stay in Wash ington and see that Mir Taft makes good"
 In these words MT. Bryan summed up his opinion of the letter of President Roosevelt commendatory of MT Taft soon after his arrival in this city
 Tt was expected, of course" said MT. Bryan that President Roosevelt would support Mir. Taft. He could hardly do less in view of the fact that he selected him as the administration candidate and supported him with all the influence the administration could bring
 "The presidents letter however, may be objected to as irrelevant, immaterial and not the best of evidence If MT Taft were dead it would be interesting to know from MT. Roosevelt what he knew of Mir Taft's opinion and work but as Mir. Taft is alive and able to speak for himeslf, it Is hardly neces- sary for Mir. Roosevelt to tell us what MT. Taft will do.
 
 which was so unsatisfactory that he had to amend it in several particulars and yet, even as amended, it gives the public no definite idea as to what MT Taft stands for. MT. Taft has also been making some speeches and promises to make some more Those he has al ready made, have not thrown light up- on the political situation. but it is to be hoped that he will yet conclude to define his position with sufficient clearness to enable the public to know what he stands for. It is not sufficient for the president to say that MT. Taft is the friend of labor That is a subject upon which the laboring man is entitled to his opiniOn1and MT. Tafts friendship is to be determined not by the presidents endorsement but by the measures which MT. Taft advocates.
 MT. Taft believes that labor organ izations should come under the opera ton of the antitrust law, thus dealing with men who belong to labor Organi- cations as if they were merchandise. for the antitrust law deals with the monopoly of the products of labor.
 MT. Taft is opposed to trial by jury in cases of indirect contempt, thus denying to the laboring man a safe guard which is guaranteed to every man tried in criminal court. Mir. Taft does not agree with the laboring man in regard to use of injunction in labor disputes. No word of praise from the president can change Mir. Taft's atti tude on the question or make that at titude more acceptable to wage earn CTS.
 "Mr. Taft's position on the trust question is not changed by the presi- dents endorsement The president himself has not succeeded in putting any trust magnates in the penitentiary and only a few of the trusts have been disturbed. If MT. Taft is no more sue cessful than the president in his at tacks on the trusts he will not satisfy the expectations of the public.
 "On the tariff question MT. Taft failed to express himself with clear ness The republican platform does not use the word reduction It prom ises only a revision and Mir. Taft con strued this to mean that some sched- ules will be lowered and some raised, but there is no intimation that the av- craze will be lower or higher than 1t is now.
 We ought to have a definite state ment as to what the public is to ex- pect from Mir. Taft. No such definite statement appears in the platform and no definite conclusion can be drawn from Mir. Taft's speeches and it does not answer the purpose for the presi dent to say he feels sure MT. Taft will do what is right or what is just for there Is a wide difference of opinion as what is right and as to what is just"
 During the forenoon MT. Bryan re- ceived a large number of visitors at the hotel At 11:3O he left for Annapolis and spoke in the after noon, returning to Baltimore in time for the meeting at the Fifth regi- ment armory this evening. He will leave for Philadelphia at am. to- morrow At that city he will be met by a committee of prominent demo- crats and escorted to the Hotel Belle vue for luncheon.
 MT Bryan was asked this morning in regard to a printed rumor that if elected he would appoint Admiral Schley secretary of the navy.
 No one has asked me about the matter and I have not talked with any one about it." he said. The story therefore was absolutely imag- mary. While I am an admirer of Admiral Schley and feel that he was unfairly dealt with, have no thought of picking out cabinet officers before