Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-31

, hcity of campaign contributions ana
the trusts. The latter two topics pro
vided him with the theme for his at
tacks on the financiers, the president
and Mr.. Taft. -
The Standard Oil company and the
steel trust. through Messrs. Rockefeller
and Carnegie, were credited with sup
plying the funds for the Republican
Mr.. Bryan also had something to say
about Secretary Root, who is credited
with having said that Mr.. Bryan's cleo
ton would be q menace to the country.
81 see Mr.. Root has made an argu-
ment against the election of senator's
bv the people," he remarked. Il am
not surprised. No man in public lie
has more reason to fear an election at
which the people vote.
HE also thinks my election would pc
a menace to the country. That is not
surnrising. He began his legal career
with a defense of Boss Tweed and has
been so intimately associated with the
big lawbreakers ever since that ne
would naturally resent the Democratic
idea of enforcing the law impartially
against offenders"
Reason Now Obvious
80 you understand now" he SAID.
"why Mr.. Taft is not willing that their
contributions shall be published before
election"
Continuing, the Democratic candi-
date said: For a generation the
Standard OIL company has been en-
gagged in pinching business. 1t has
been pinching off its rivals and TO-DAY
has a tariff of about 12O per cent
against the chief rival.
MIR. Rockefeller is supporting the
Republican ticket because he expects,
through a Republican victory, to put
his hands in the pockets of twenty
millions of people and not be modest
ed in the extortion in which he has
taken part.
1.-THE Republican party has been
playing a double game in this con-
nection. In the west it has been pre-
senting Mr.. Taft as a reformer, and
in the east as standpatter. In the
west it has been presenting Mr.. TAFT
as a man who wants to improve con-
ditions, and down east they say, Just
wait until he gets in and see how safe
he will be-
NOW 1 insist that the Republican
party shall either serve God of Mann
mon. it cannot serve the plutocracy or
this country and the masses at the
same time.
Cannot DO Both
at cannot befriend the monopolies
and at the same time prOlSCI luS SiCoN
American people; and Mr. Rockefeller
has done the American people a signal
service in coming out and taking ms
position where he belongs, on the side
of the Republican party. because the
Republican party is on his side.
my friends, can any American farm
er be deceived now as to the attitude
of the Republican party? Can any
Republican be so blind as not to
understand now why Mr.. Taft is not
willing that their contributions shall
be published before the election?
"Do you understand now why IL Is
the congressional committee of the
Republican party won't agree to pub
fish its contributions, even after the
election? We have published our con-
tributions.
I'VE have told you where our money
was coming from. We have taken you
into our confidence because our money
Is coming from the people who are
helping to fight this battle because 1t
is their battle.
"More than $4,000 Democrats have
already contributed to our campaign
fund. and l would rather be elected by
so 900 Democrats, each giving little,
than to be elected president by the
contribution of few great trust mag
mates, and then have them come to the
back door of the White House and tell
me what I must do in order to pay
them back"