The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-03

in every step that the world has TAX.
en within the annals OF history. bry.
anism Is a great step in government
by the people and for the people. "
and one that graft, greed and monop.
oily will never surrender to So long
as intrigue and corruption can defeat
, II but democracy has grown stronger
In the recent years than it has stood
for these vital issues.
You have been a worthy captain
under this great leader. You have
accomplished much In YOUR advocacy
OF u H'yanism in your great state. We
have aided as best we could I'm our
state. The people of your state.
OF my state. yea. OF all the states
In the union. have commended ev.
cry Instance whore Organism was
put into actual operation. Those
who seek the support of the peo.
pie are not today COURAGEOUS
enough to openly oppose Bryanism.
care not what political party they
may represent Shall we then com.
mend the created principles and
discard the creator OF these princi.
pies? No better illus'-ation of hu.
inflated and supplicating arlstocra.
[ cy has ever been found than that
| OF Secretary Taf' seeking the pres.
I idoncy Of the United States. by
yielding TO and advocating Bryan.
ism. Witness the example Twelve
/ years ago this same Secretary Taft
/ was u federal judge. not by the
grace of the free voters. but by
/ language, contained in the court
/ the appoint.ve power Read his own
/ reports. his decisions Like a mon.
arch of old, heartless and conscience.
less. greedy to apply, in its greatest
/ severity, the law that would enable
him to win the smiles of the Croe
| sus by the abject humiliation and
/ oppression of the honest toiler. Read
/ his language, | say, and then tell
me, was he simply enforcing the
law made by others or was he
/ grasping that law with eagerncss to
/ give 1t its most severe interpreta
ton. The decisions were rendered
In the days when Organism was in
its infancy. Today we see Judge
Taft seeking the presidency of the
/ United States He needs the votes
OF the common people. The boarded
gold OF his old time friends may
be used as an aid. but the hand OF
honest labor must cast the ballot
Has Rryanism worKed reform IN
the mind of Secretary Taft? Today
the secretary apologies for his ju
diclal decisions, when he says: 10Th
ers made the law and was compel
ed to enforce It," | beg TO remind
the secretary that he not only car
ried the law TO its severest limit
but It required the concession oi
the exercise OF unlimited discretion
in the federal judge to have war
ranted or sustained his conduct. Once
again Bryanism found its most IN
willing convert in Secretary Taft
Even last August in a political
speech al Oklahoma City. Secretary
Taft declared the initiative and ref
erendum to be destructive of oul
form of government. He said, THE
people were incapable OF properly
exercising such extensive power, as
the initiative and referendum would
give them
That government must be admin
istered by the chosen few He said
that the constitution OF Oklahoma
which gives the people OF the state
the power to regulate corporations
the power to levy tayes. equally
on the great as we'll as the small ;
would embarrass the captains II
industry and were sufficient reas
Ons TO condemn our constitution,