New-York tribune., 1908-09-30
LODGE ANSWERS OLNEI
HE PRAISES JUDGE TAFT.
Quotes Former Secretary Of State S
Hords against Him.
rsy Telegraph to The tribune


Cabot Lodge. answering the recent letter OF
Richard Olney. formerly Secretary of state IN
which the latter came out in favor of William j
Bryan for President This is Mr.. Lodges first
contribution 10 the campaign since ms return
from Europe, and he answers point by point the
argument Of Mr. Olney in defence Of Bryan and
shows why William II Taft should be elected
President
MR. LODGES LETTER.
Mr. Lodges letter follows in part:
Mr.. olney Is conservative OF the extreme and
every line Of his letter He is a conservative by
habit naeit training age and profession and Ar Eopst ht
terly repugnant him. That he should desire 70
his point OF view ght and ' consistent The dim
sses a yen he he ao,6s nes N gS 20 Rrae In one
sense no doubt this would ultimately qyerthroWs
Naiytng declarations. would push Mr. tooseve1s
iet -esSio @HT s e'f sssster 0 and ruin Which this
conservatives like Mr Olney 10 pay for bringing
fore are forced 10 conclude that MI Olney urges
M Bryan's election because he thinks, or he pro
out Mr Roosevelts policies but would arrest them
attacks corporations because ne has brought
suits against some and not against all He says
only two WAYS OF treating ali corporations alike.
one is 10 prosecute them all whether they have
violated the law not and the other Is 20 prose
s5opted bv Mr. SievelanS.y adninisfration in re-
-Ssrd the sherman act when Mr.. Olney was
Attorney General and when in four years only four
restraint Of trade The former is the one which.
understand M. Olney, Mr. BRYAN is going 70
guilty alike would break the law down in the end
The President has enforced the Law and prosecuted
wherever the government could get evidence OF
wrongdoing
CRITICISM NOT A POLICY
M olney's arguments in few words-it is that
M Taft is not 10 be trusted TO make Judicial ap,
the decisions OF certain Judges. The relation be
tween the two parts ot this proposition may be
says that Mr. Roosevelts criticism Of judges IS
par Of MS P9e S ana oil 1ha{ ss "A M' bad aDonents
because Mr.. Roosevelt has criticised them A crtl-
cism. whether risht or wrong. is not policy, One
trusted to appoint Judges because he VIII nave 70
that no man who takes the Presidents views Of
spelling should be trusted with judicial appoint
Mr olney IS opposed the President and to
regulating great interstate corporations leads 10
government ownership. The curse Of government T
way in which its coming can be arrested is by
governme4t ree4aton The people I qf me tneq dn1s
suffer great interstate corporations 70 go
uncontrolled, and VIII no longer endure the
rupt Efforts 10 manage and direct the Con
gress and the sdrninistrati II the people can
not have what they believe 10 be proper gov
i is Mr. Roosevelt's policy which Mr.. Taft will
ment ownership. and which in my Judgment VIII
In the same way would fudge the candidates
Mr.. Bryan has been conspicuous before the coun-
effective popular orator. He has done nothing
He has never demonstrated MS capacity in action
His only contribution 10 our politics mas oeen IN
words The policies which he has advocated are
70 suppose that he would not carry them out On
this record: which IS not speculauon as 10 ELlat
and ought not TO be elected President Of the
United States.
no PRESIDENT CAN DICTATE SUCCESSOR.
turn to Mr.. Taft 1t is true that ms noInina
veit. and MI Oiney thinks that liberties are
IN danger H. to use MS phrase % + Presioe9t en- .s Is
bog1es Of American politics which is made 10 do
duty when there is nothing better to say. NO
President can name his successor unless the Amer
ican people unite with him in doing il Mr.. Jeffer-
doubtedly promoted. the choice Of Mr.. Monroe.
Andrew Jackson named his successor as absolutely
II could be done These Presidents all hap
pened be Democrats, but II makes no difference
what they wer=. The liberties of the country were
not endangered by their action Will they be
by the election Of Mr.. Taft because Mr.. Roosevelt
What Of Nj Taft's record? He born TO an
inheritance o: distinguished public service He is
highly educated man. graduate of one Of our
had a large practice at the bar He was dis
tineuished judge in one of our highest courts. He
has been Governor General of the Philippines ana
Secretary Of War In the former capacity ne had
not only great administrative but most difficult and
diplomatic experience cannot express
better what Mr.. Tafts services in The Philippines
than In the words used by MI Olney IN re-
o him in Sanders Theatre on June 2S. 1904:
The welcome presence here of friend the
of the day. suggests some Of the
most striking OF the doctrines. He has filled
with eclat certainly the second If not the first.
most important post in the national Department OF
Justice He has been judge Of the Circuit Court
OF the States inferior in merit and repute
10 none OF the eminent holders OF the like office.
Ie in time TO cone-and prophetic voices to
that effect by means uncorlmon-become
member Of the greatest court the world has
seen or even Chief Magistrate of the American
Republic. ! venture say. however, that when
MS career is and is summed UP by the his
forian OF the future, the Secretary of War, the
holder Of whatever Office he may FILL will rank
second to the Governor OF the Philippine Islands.
Having sbsolute mastery OF the lives and fortunes
Of $4,000 people, he has won general admiration
and applause by the justice and skiifulness of his
rule and by the tact patience and humanity OF his
dealings with alien race
To him has fallen the duty OF dealing, under the
President. with Panama and the canal and with
the problem Of Cuba. How well he has fulfilled
All these high duties is a matter of record known
all men. The most malignant partisan has not
dared 10 lisp word against his ability. his hon
10 history OF his time has been In deeds,
and not in words A distinguished historian said
TO me last winter that he was the best equipped
and the best trained who had been proposed
h1- either party the Presidency in the last
severt- wears without venturing TO suggest what
of what he has been and what he is. Mr Taft ,
ought TO be elected President Of the United states.
DEMOCRATS SEEKING THE ERMTNE.
There are several candidates In the Democratic