Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

Candidate Shown to Be as Falls,
as 1t is Shameless-At Once an
apology and an Indictment.
One of the most frequent and
seemingly plausible arguments in be-
nalt OF Bryan's candidacy is that as
president of the United States he
could do no harm, because the Sem
ate and the House also, if Republi-
can would prevent him from having
MS own way. Would any sane bust
ness man in the United States enter
tain such a suggestion? He would
reject 1t Indignantly and rebuke the
person making it. What" he would
eXclaim. place an untrustworthv
person in charge of my affairs and
trust to others to see that he is not
allowed to injure me? The very
ldea Is an insult to my common
sensel"
Yet day in and day out, in news
paper articles, speeches and talk be-
tween man and man, the argument
we nave quoted is applied to the
greatest office in the United States.
the Office the holder of which pos
sesses more power, for good or III
than any king or emperor, and who |
can, even by a mere utterance. effect !
incalculable evil to business interests
throughout the United States. 1t is |
substantially the only plea offered in |
behalf OF Bryan to the business men
OF the country, and the persistence
with which it Is repeated suggests
that those who present it think it is
having some effect, or PERHAPS
which is more likely-it is the only
plea they dare to present, conscious
as they are of the utter unfitness. of
their candidate and of the futility of
seeking to gain support for him on
MS merits as a public man.
1t is false plea, as false as it is
snameless. Bryan in the White ,
House could be and would be for
Tour long years the most dangerous !
pest and plague the business inter /
ests of this nation have ever encoun-
tered. The lack of ballast in his po- !
itical career up to date, his weather !
yane veering to this or that point of {
.he compass to catch a promising 4
freeze, his lightning somersaults Z
rom one political hobby to another. =
us plagiarism of any novelty that he =
hlnks MAY attract the thoughtless- :
III these fOreshadOw the instability =
I his course should he achieve the :
I'm OF his ambition and prove the =
lenace that his very presence in the 4
White House would be to business =
=
Neither Senate nor House could
revent him from doing irremediable =
arm, and business men who had :
cen deceived into accepting him as =
armiess would have abundant time =
I'd leisure to repent.
What a contrast between the can =
date whose strongest plea is that. =
elected, he would be unable to do :
lythlng very bad because Congress =
ould not let him. and William II =
ift, of whom President Mckinley =
i'd, 81 am sending Taft to the Phil =
pines because he is the broadcast {,
d most unselfishly brave man I =.
ow, and because he will carry the =
lrit of the Constitution of the Uni =
States in his very blood"-Taft. l.
? statesman, held in esteem =
-oughout the civilized world: the = =
st Judge and modest, sincere gen \ ,
man, full" as one writer de- = 2
tbes him. "of the knighthood IN = =
which the honor and. strength of = .
great nation must be shielded in = h
ldious peace as in omen war" No !, a
ly suggests that William IT. Taft = +,
1ld need Congress to watch him. = ~
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