The Washington herald., 1908-09-01
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The New Orleans States thinks that
? Nj Taft has been quite unable TO meet
the clear and powerful arguments Of Mr..
Bryan. It says:
Unable TO meet the clear and powerful
arguments OF Mr.. Bryan. showing how
1.-THE Republican party has abused the
peoples trust and how idle il K to hope
that party VIII grant the reforms the
people demand" 8Ir. Taft sets W the
plea that the control OF the government
should be left in the haunds Of the Re
pubHcans because Mr. Bryan and the
Democracy lack the experience necessary
{ 70 administer il wisely and safely. In
other words. Mr.. TAFT argues that the
country viii make a mistake II il does
not repose confidence in himself and the
forces OF roguery that are ulassed behind
his candidacy
The independent press has been i'm
pressed by the fact that such a plea is
unworthy a man who Is a candidate for
the Presidency. because il does not fol-
low that the rule Of rogues should be toI-
Grated By the country merely because the
men who stop their plunderIng opera-
tons have not had as much experience in
once as the rGalefactors. In the next
place, the assumption that all the ability
I IN the country IS IN the Republican party
IS 50 badly false that the New York
] "a N---4--.NANE taxes occasion 10
[ warn Mr.. Taft that he cannot hone n
win the support Of independent voters b-
statements that are glaringIy absurd. un-
/ fair and untrue"
The Pittsburg Post says that Nr. TAFT
Is haoby in political argument. and II
points out that
/ The greatest Of the New York hnancaI
/ journals admits the fundamental sound
ness Of the plan, vet objects TO the vague
ness OF the Denver plank But the whole
idea proceeds upon legislation which
must be definite and framed 70 obviate all
possible error The scheme. Furthermore
I involves the dominant requisite that no
Q unsound banking shah be done 20 enable
I any body 70 reap AIr Taft's VISIONARY
I premium New York tried a similar plan
[ n the '45s. but whether It was discarded
I through lnefecuveness or otherwise re-
mains for calm examination
me speech richly merits patient study. I
I 1ne proposed plan grows ia popularity.
one cogent section exposes its superiority
70 1ae postal savings bank idea along the
very lines followed by the Post months /
ago The socialisric plea is nonsense.
lne Fowler bill, adopted by the Repub- I
lican House Banking Committee and ssp-
pressed Only al Senator Alfrlch's and
Speaker Carron's dictatl0r for the V-es- I
land Wall street SOP. contained this same +
guarantee f0r national bank deposits.
with a provision for district conpt-oIlers. /
Heac the speech 3r- Taft. as usual, is .
quite aab5y in political argument"
The Baltimore News thinks q nan is
blessed by The enemies he makes and thar
it is in the kind OF e1mity he has raised .
that Gov Hughes. OF New York. IS for
tunate- L says.
HAPPY i5 the man who IS blessed with I
the risht kind n enemies A few davs
ago the Republican politicians opposed u /
Gov. Hughes In the state OF New York .
nNed up scheme 20 huuu.ace and frfr-e
him They wouldn't invite him 10 be .
present AZ the notification Of Vice Prasr-
Dental Candidate Sherman. II vaz a
wonderfully bright idea and when ths
fact became known Il had the eject Of
switching over 10 The governor the svu1-
patEleS C1 several thousand men who
wouldn't otherwise have been attracted
20 him Yesterday. or the dav before
another serious insult was offered poor
Ar- Hughes The race track men at
Saratoga refused % race thelr horses I.
while he was On the grounds and kept the
thousands cf people n the stands wait
Ing al hour o. more until the governor
leIl- How horrible What an arrcrr.
41e bad manners and worse morals Z
q the governors enemies as EXPRESSED /
II their tactics II opposition seem already
20 have assured his denomination. One i
or two things more OF the kind and they
VII make inevitable his reelection"
The Duluth Herald says anent the Can
ron Speakership autocracy:
''1Ir- Kern. the Democratic ro-,f-aa TO-
Vice President. IN his speech OF accent
anoe yesterday. devoted much Of his time
70 the Cannon Speakershtp autorracvI
which stands on guard 10 prevent the
peoples VIII from being made effective .
and he spoke a vital truth as q citizen
and not as a partisan. when he said thar
y the VIII Cf the people. once known is :
not given eject then the people Go not
rule
And so long as Congress IS made I'd :
OF members who VIII submit 70 the Ficrs- Z ,
ton q Cannon. and who VIII permit him I
10 block all progressive legislation with :
their help. II cannot be said that the
people rule They do not rule eve1. The
President backed by all the people. is '
less powerful than Cannon. backed BY the c
special interests and supported b,- his Z
suoservie1t slaves who are paid to repre- J
sent the people. but who have BETRAYED !
them"
The Birmingham Age-Herald thinks # 2
IS going 70 be difficult to measure the 2
strength and the weakness OF Gov. J
Hughes Il says
1t is difficult 70 measure Hughes, =
strength and weakness. Senator Tom :
Platt Geno---es him because he pro- L
1oses 20 destroy the immense and hitb- a
.rto powerful Republican machine B-r f
my nan Tom Platt denounces is pretty O
'ure 20 have considerable independent 9
strength. and upon this very kind Of :,
strength the friends OF Hughes are build :
ng- How far Il VIII go or how far II =
VII De onset by the race track men and =
y other interests that Hughes has an :
egonized remains 10 be seen The bosses .
nd old-tir1e politicians have been :.
whipped into line They viii vote straight -
ut how much work they viii do IS 10 2
ONE extent problematicaL +"
The Democratic State convention is =
o meet At Rochester on September p =
nd the Republican convention at sara =
oga on September Il The rest Of TIE =
ountry is interested in both because bofb ~
ave a direct bearing upon the national
ampa!gn-"
The Buffalo Times thus praises the ac-
eptance speech Of AIr. Kern lB
Equally thoroughzoins was Mr. E-a-,,s III
dissection Of Republican methods use5 n Il
tifie legislation He denounced in strong w
srms the 'strangle hold OF dictaro-is1 "a
over by the Speaker OF the Bousa of in
representatives, the appointment OF. com d
littees for the sole purposa Of killing CT
agislative action. and illustrated the sub Z OF
sct bv reference 10 the ,--,sbf,,- - - pI
or legislation during the last two Con n
Tesses. al