Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-07-13
ply steal properties OF Interstate rail-

record ~ opposing AL three o' 'ncS'
propositions. A CONVENTION wh''h
proudly boosted that II was dominated
by President Roosevelt voted down
these planks although some months
ago Mr.. Roosevelt urged In II message
to congress the publicity Of all cam
ralgn contributions and the valuation
Vt railroad property. II Is true that as
The time for election drew near neither
nf these issues was mentioned In the
volcy of presidential messages to con-
rress. and the influence of the presi-
lent was not cNertcd in the slightest
degree to save either measure. which
he had earlier recommended. from the
Hostility OF his friends ut Chicago.
What ii all means Is so clear that
mere statement of conditions leads to
the inevitable Inference. The Repub-
lcan party faces In this campaign Il
crisis In It's existence. 1t Is at odds
with the people. 1t goes to the country
with IL record OF extravagant incompe-
tence and impotence In two successive
congresses absolutely controlled by Its
leader. 1t Is torn with internal strife.
and its leaders greet each other with
smiles on their lips and hate In their
hearts. But 1t looks back to the days
Of 1896 and remembers that 1t has
been schooled In the art Of winning
elections by the brute force Of money.
So it dominates a ticket intended to
produce money. 1t puts at the head
Taft. one of whose brothers controls
all the public utilities of Cincinnati
and who Is In touch with all the
hnanciers of the Ohio valley. Another
brother is the attorney for the Guggen-
helm brothers, who created and now
possess the smeter trust and who next
to the Standard Oil company are the
strongest plutOcratic force in the Unit
ell States Having enthroned Taft, the
convention proceeded to nominate for
vice president James S. Sherman OF
New York, himself a rich man, the as
sociate Of Wall street maSnates and a
man generally credited with having
raised that $24G.000 from insurance
companies and speculative bankers
which Roosevelt asked his ''practicaT
friend, Mr.. Hartman. to get for use in
the last two days of the 1904 cam
paign.
Does any one think that a party so
openly bidding for contributions from
high financiers would declare for pub
licity in it's financial methods?
The men from whom the Republican
party will seek to get its funds are
the men who either own railroads or
gamble In their stocks. If the party
asks for an official valuation of the
physical properties on which these
stocks and bonds are based. what
chance would it have of getting cOntri-
buttons from this class of financiers?
The whole strategy is as clear to the
intelligent mind as a polished piece of
rock crystal.
Future Of the La Toilette PIanks.
| am not a member of the Denver
convention nor of the national commit
tee. but l think that the three planks
thus codly set aside here at Chicago
will find a place in the Denver plat
form, doubtless with the verbiage
changed, but with the sense still re-
tanned. They represent really Demo-
cratic doctrine. Mr. Bryan has long
preached the doctrine Of the direct
election of senators by the people and
alone among the presidential possibili-
ties Of this country on either party side
appeared before the house committee
on the election Of president and vice
president and made stirring appeal for
the campaign publicity bill. which was
killed by Cannon in congress and here
again. have no personal knowledge
Of Mr.. Bryan's position on the third
plank. save that his paper. the Com
mOner, commended heartily the prOpo-
sition made in congress for the phys
ical valuation Of telegraph lines. and.
writing from memory only without the
approved the valuation Of the railways.
Tho Anti junction Plank.
After nominating Taft. one Of the
first opponents Of government by in
junction, Nominating him the morning
after thou hds Of organized laborers
paraded the streets of Chicago and held
a meeting Of protest against such &C
ton. the Republican convention adopt
ed. after a bitter fight in the commit
tee on resolutions, what they called an
anti-inj junction plank. 1t has been re-
pudiated by every prominent labor
leader gathered in the convention city.
1t means the revolt Of union labor
against this ticket. for the nomination
of Taft and the cavalier rejection of
the planks offered by Samuel Gompers
and by officials Of the railroad brother
hood were neatly rounded out by the
nomination for vice president Of Sher
man, who led the fight against any
anti-injunction plank whatsoever. Here
again is opportunity for the Demo-
cratic national convention to profit by
the folly, or worse. of It's rival.
Concerning That Platform.
There has been an ambition on the
part of many men in the Democratic
councils to make the Denver platform
brief, succinct and limited to the decla-
ration of mere fundamental principles,
leaving it to the speakers in the cam
paign to elaborate and eXpound. This
is not an easy end to accomplish. Ev
erybody wants something in the plat
form, and everybody wants his own