Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-19

ton of the rules Of procedure and speedy
hearings. Whatever may be the copces-
Denver. this difference between employers
and employed bids fair, we repeat. to be
the hottest issue in the approaching cam
paign.
President Taft-Provided!
From the New York World.
William H. Taft is the next President
Of the United States-provided the DEM
ocratic national convention dominates
William j. Bryan. 1t is office for
which Mr.. Taft has conspicuous quail
f1cations. But best of all. his nomina alton
means the end of Roosevelt and Roose-
veltism. 1t means the end of personal
government. of autocratic regime. of
milftarism. of jingoism, of rough rider
clamor. tumult and denunciation. 1t
means the end Of the Roosevelt reign of
terror and the restoration of the pres
idency to its historical dignity under the
Constitution.
Even Andrew johnson. in his periods of
sobriety. had more innate respect for the
office itself. for its traditions and for ap-
pearances than Mr.. Roosevelt has shown.
Never before was there such a lawless
President. Never before was. the pres
idency so deliberately lowered to crafty
love for studied and sensational theat-
realism. Mr.. Taft's nomination means
the end of the most shocking extrava-
gance known in the history of the coun-
try; the most extraordinary contempt for
economy and retrenchment that any ex-
ecutive ever displayed: the most ire
sponsible clamor for bigger navies by abb
surd appeals to the war spirit and alb
surd threats of foreign enemies the most
reckless disregard of constitutional limi-
tations and constitutional checks and bal
ances Every serious. thoughtful citizen
can now breathe the more freely. and feel
that the republic is safer having with
stood another searching test of its right
to endure.
Taft, Safe, Sane.
From the New York Sun
No. we see nothing in the Chicago
platform, depressing and unmistakable
as its authorship is, which entails any
obligation on Mr.. Taft that is in con-
fiict with his character as a truthful and
honest gentleman who is incapable of
perverting his experience as a servant
OF the people and as a just and fearless
Judge to the betrayal Of the Constitution
his country. We see nowhere that Mr..
Taft is committed to any insane pro-
cedure against private property or against
wealth or against the business structure
Of the country. There is no heaven sent
invocation in the platform to wreck the
and in a few short months to transform
hive Of happy industry into scene of
misery and confusion. From that Mr..
Taft Is immune.
Declaration Modified.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
The plank in the platform which pro-
voked more controversy than any other
and over which the only real fight in the
convention was ~waged was that relating
to the issue of the writ Of injunction. AS
originally drafted this plank called for
such legislation as would, while preserv-
ing undiminished the power Of the courts
to enforce their process. prevent the sum-
mary issue of the writ without proper
consideration. This was opposed by the
more conservative members of the reso-
lutions committee upon the ground that
it constituted a reflection on the courts
inasmuch as it involved the assumption
or at least communicated the impression
that writs of injunction had been issued
without proper consideration heretofore
After much wrangling and a protracted
debate 1t was decided to modify the
phraseology Of the paragraph so as to
meet the objection which had been
raised.