The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-01
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM


The platform Is free in other prom
ises regarding trusts, railroads. capt.
tai, labor and many other things. but
most of these promises the repubii-
can congress. the only power able to
redeem them. has just refused to re-
deem. As for the Injunction plank.
about which there was such an ado,
that is a piece Of meaningless bun
ccmbe in keeping with the other bun
combe % which political platforms in
general are made, and of which the
people in general know tlev are made
COuIIer-JoUrnal.
a mischievous little smile PLAYS
about the lips of every good Demo-
Crat who reads the official platform of
the republican party which has been
patched and tinkered until 1t is in
proper shape for presentation to the
American people We now have il as
the only true declaration of faith. 50
Ear as the representatives OF the re-
publican party now in control can
express II. But once more we have
TO call attention to the fact that prac-
tically everything In il that's good is
taken from the Democratic party, and
whatever isn't Democratic is about 6
bad as We could expect-Atlanta
Journal
Theodore Roosevelt not only named
the candidate of the Republican party
for president, but dictated the plat
eOrn doing both in the face of solid
opposition of Republican leaders who
in the past have completely dOmina-
ted Republican politics and conven-
tons The chances are that he will
he able TO do the same thing four
years hence. Indeed. it need surprise
no one to see Roosevelt again nomina-
ted for the presidency in 1915, for ne
is still Young man, and may by that
time have killed all the lions tigers,
and grizzly bears that
he cares to see put out of the way
Albany Herald.
A. things stand. President Roose-
welt has decided TO see that his poll
cies are carried out after he goes out
of Office He selects man to carry
them ont This man is William How
ard Taft, whom Roosevelt has caused
to be made the nominee o. the Repub-
lican party. He has written the plat
form he is to stand on. and it is his
will. rather than tine popular will. that
Taft stands for and represents This
may be all right, but it is not popular
government IT is government by col
tinuity of administration. 1t is gov
er1ment by Theodore Roosevelt. This
certainly is not government of the
people by the people for the people
AgeiHeraid.
The Republicans have evidently seen
a few lights recently The people of
the United States have been steadily
growing into the conviction that the
protective tariff has a good deal to
do with the maintenance of the trusts
and that there is hardly any such
thing as an infant industry in this
country. The Republican leaders |
have. therefore,. begun to feel their |
way gingerly towards the Democratic |
station % tariff reform. We find the !
new platform proclaiming that "the |
Republican party declares Unequivo- |
cally for q revision of the tariff by a |
special session of congress" The |
sincerity of ibis declaration NAV well |
be questioned; but il gives proof to |
the people that even the Republican |
party can read the hand writing on the |
wall. and that il realizes. If II is to /
remain IN power, il must ar least pro-
cess a solicitude for a revision OF the |
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