Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-13
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 .,lawful enriehing of directors and
 ,bs purpose of concentrating the
 ,,, of the railroads under one man.
 ~snt. and the complaint is well
 E,led. But, with president to point
 ,be evil, and a republican congress
 .srrect it, we find nothing done for
 nrotee ton of the public. Why2
 bonorable opponent has, by his con
 np relieved me of the necessity of
 ,i,hing proof; he admits the eondi.
 and he can not avoid the logical
 ,nsion that must be drawn from
 ,dmission. There is no doubt what.
 !, that large majority of the voters
 ,he republican party recognize the
 .nrable situation which Mir. Taft de.
 ines; they recognize that the masses
 ss had but little influence upon leg
 ,,ou or upon the administration of
 soyernment. and they are beginning
 rderstand the cause. For genera
 a the republican party has drawn campaign funds from the benefci.
 2. nf special legislation. Privileges .re been pledged and granted in re :, for money contributed to debauch .,ons. What can be expected when Isial authority is turned over to the s,ssenratives of those who first fur ih inc sinews of war and then reim- .,e themselves out of the pockets of ,r taxpayers'
 $, long as the republican party re- .,ps in power. it is powerless to re- s,srate itself. It can not attack ,nng doing in high places without dis Ir,,ing many of its prominent mem q, and it, therefore, uses opiates in- ..,d of the surgeon s knife. It's male ,,iors eonstrue each republican victory an endorsement of their conduct | ,.3 threaten the party with defeat if |s,y are interfered with. Not until | 1,t party passes through a period of |s,hug in the wilderness, Will the re- sHiean leaders learn to study public ns,ions from the standpoint of the |aSes. Just as with individuals, "the .ss of this world and the deeeitful' |... of riches choke the truth, so in ,6ties, when party leaders serve far uav from home and are not Tn con |ant contact with the voters, continued srty success blinds their eyes to the seds of the people and makes them saf to the cry of distress.
 An effort has been made to secure sTslation requiring publicity as to tnpagn contributions and expendi- rss; but the republican leaders. even
 the face of an indignant public, re- h,ed to consent to law which would ampel honesty in elections. When as matter was brought up in the re- tnt republican national convention, as plank was repudiated by vote of @ to 95. Here, too, Mir. Taft has Sn driven to apologize for his conven lon and to declare himself in favor a publicity law; and yet, if you Eil read what he says upon this sub ri. you will find that his promise falls lar short of the requirements of the tiuatiOn. He says:
 If 1 am elected president, I shall rge upon congress, with every hope of Sceess, that law be passed requiring be filing, in a federal office, of state rsnt of the contributions received by smmittees and candidates in elections ,r members of congress, and iD such iher elections as are constitutiOnally Iihin the control of congress. ''
 l shall not embarrass him by ask ng him upon what he bases his hope ( success; it is certainly not on any he has received from publican leaders. It is sufficient to ny that if his hopes were realized--if,