The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-22
Says Republican Platform
RepudiateS Roosevelt
AND THE TAFT REFORMS
Republican Party Will Find Ratio Of So
TO ! a Very Embarrassing One
to Deal With in the Coming
Campaign"

Lincoln, Neb,, June %. Under the
caption, In Full Retreat William j.
Bryan, in the next issue Of the Com.
moner, will discuss the Republican con.
yention as follows:
The Republicans that attended the
national convention al spectators and
Joined n the demonstration in favor OF
President Roosevelt and Senator La Fol
lette must have felt indignant as they
watched the panic-stricken delegates
running over each other In their effort
70 get away from the La Toilette re-
forms, some Of which had been Endorsed
| by the president himself.
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin,
representing the La Toilette men,
brought In minority report in favor
Of publicity as to campaign funds. Ii
was lost by vote Of $50 to 04, more
than to |, and yet the president has
been advocating legislation in favor Of
publicity as to campaign contributions
and Secretary Taft wrote letter TO Mr..
Burrows advocating the passage OF a
publicity bill. How fortunate it was that
Secretary Taft's letter was finally dis
covered and published.
Senator Burrows, the man to whom
the Taft letter was addressed, was the
temporary chairman over wnicn the pres,
ident turned down tho publicity plank
by vote OF nine to one. Who will
deny that on this subject the Republican
party is retreating!
Another plank Of the Ia Toilette
platform authorized the ascertaining OF
the value Of the railroads This plank
was lost by vote Of OH to SO, nearly
ID 10 and yet President Roosevelt has
advocated this very proposition. Hero
is retreat on the railroad question.
The injunction plank adopted BY the
Republican convention is a retreat from
the position taken by the president and
from the position taken BIZ Secretary
Taft in his speeches. although neither
Of them went az far ais they ought to
have gone in their efforts To prevent
what is known as government by iniunc-
ton Here is the third retreat.
The president has advocated the in.
come tax as q means Of preventing swols
len fortunes, and of equalizing the bur-
dens Of government. The Republican
platform Is silent on the subject Was
the president right in the position be
took II so, then the convention was
wrong in not indorsing him. VIII the
Republican voters follow the president |
ia this just demand or will they follow
the Republican organization III retreat
ing from I'll
The president advocated an inheri |
lance tax, but the Republican convention
lis silent on that subject Was the preai-
dent ahead Of the Republican party in
advocating this reform, or has the Re
publican party receded from the presi
dents positiong Did the president give
q false alarm on this question, or has
the party sounded a retreatl
In the presidents message to Con-
gress last spring he presented an indict. /
ment against the conspiracy formed I
among the law breakers to prevent The |
enforcement Of the law aud To eyade the 1
punishments provided BY law.
The platform adopted by the Repub- /
lican eSsgention contains no intjmation /
of danger II there are any conspiraeies,
the convention did not SEQ them; III there /
are any combinations, it had not heard /
OF them; II there are any dangers, it |
was unconscious Of them. Was the
president mistaken when he issued his
defiance, or are the Republican managers
deceived when they think that an arous
"a public will calmly contemplate the
Entertainments Of predatory wealth.
This Is retreat No, 6.
What have Roosevelt Republicans to
sayl The p asiSent has awakened
spirit Of reform within his party, he
has at least revealed To the world that
there are rsiorn,crs within the Republi
can party.
"Can that spirit now be quelled by 3
stand pat eonyentiong Millions Of Re.
publcans lave enlisted at the presidents
call to arms ana are ready to march Tor
ward VIII they iurl their banners and
turn back mercy because tine president
acquiesces in ihe sounding Of re-
treatp