The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19
Sacramento Bee)

In the coming campaign the Bee will
support William ]. Bryan for president,
as 1t did in 1896 and 1900
1t will do so for the same reason as
in those years. the same which induced
Its advocacy of the election of Theodore
Roosevelt in 1904. and of another elective
term for him in the White house
In both these men the Bee has recog-
nlzed champion of the rights of the
| people against the combined forces of
privilege. monopoly. INSCRIPTIONS corpo-
| rate power and predatory wealth
| Owing allegiance to no party organiza-
tion. but devoted to the Republicanism
or Lincoln and Roosevelt, this paper is
governed in its choice of candidates sole
~ py what IL regards as the best inter-
ests of the public and the highest well
fare of the nation.
Ii believes in government by and for
the people, and not by plutocrats for the
william j. Bryan has never wavered, it
desired another term for Roosevelt in ac-
cordance with the spirit of Lincoln's
homely but pithy maxim that .'it is no
Time TO swap horses when you are cross
ing river"
There is a somewhat critical condition
IN national affairs. the great issue being
whether laws shall be made and admin
istered in the interest of a privileged
few or to do equal justice to all, rich
ana poor alike. without discrimination as
to classes And this directly resolves it
self into the main question of whether
the government shall be controlled and
regulated by corporations. or whether the
corporations shall be controlled and reg
ulated by the government
The Republican convention at Chicago
virtually repudiated Roosevelts reform
policies. while nominating his personal ia
vorite for the presidency. 1t accepted Taft,
but rejected the presidents policies. The
platform II adopted is remarkable chief
ly for its studious aim to concilate the
corporations and the money power.
The Democratic convention at Denver,
on the other hand, not only nominated for
president. in William j. Bryan. a man
who initiated and has ever stood like a
rock for the reforms rejected and repudi-
ated by the Chicago convention. but en-
bodied them in a platform. adding others
lar support.
Between William ]. Bryan. nominated |
on such platform, and William II. Taft |
nominated on a platform repudiating and |
flouting the reform principles and poll |
cies of Roosevelt and La Toilette and |
Bees choice is of necessity for Bryan and |
reform.
Granting that Taft is capable and hon
est. IL remains true that he is easy going.
He has originated no national policy. he |
stands for nothing in particular on his
own responsibility, and could never have
been nominated save by the strenuous
efforts of his personal friend Roosevelt.
He lacks the initiative the aggresS1~e and
fighting spirit that have Distinguished
Roosevelt's masterful conduct of affairs.
Taft is a follower. not a leader.
Bryan, on the other hand, is not only
honest and capable. but the man who
olaZed the pathway of reform which
Roosevelt has followed; the great popular
eader who first TO and TO as
sert the danger of plutocratic overthrow
IF our government. and to point the way
% safety and salvation through just reg
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