, 1908-07-09
MAKES BITTER ATTACK *
UPON THE PRESIDENT

ton, and largely exaggerated, will no
suffice. Let honest investigation re
veal the bad and defective laws passe,
by that party; vicious policies main
tanned; reforms rejected; the recen'
panic and its consequences; promise.
broken; assimilation practiced; III
competency confessed by its failures t.
meet urgent public needs; and exhibit
ing this incompetency by the appoint
ment Of junketing commissions for the
alleged purpose of advising that party
SO long in control and of such boasted
Legislative wisdom what legislation Is
required by the country.
Honest Democracy"
Against the republican party, so de
generate and crafty, is a capable, de,
termined, honest democracy, in sym
pathy with all just public demands
and competently asking in its behalf
the candid public judgment. To tina,
judgment the issue must be committed
and we unhesitatingly submit our
u to that fine and true sense for
7 the right We know distinguishes the
American people.
any Policies"
In this q~uadrennial contest Mr..
Roosevelt has identified himself with
Mr.. Taft. MI. Taft has identified him.
self with Mr.. Roosevelt. The repdbli.
a party has inseparably identified
the two together. To praise one you
must Praise the other; to criticise is
to criticise his pursuing shadow. And
SC | must say, if it should appear to
any n that in noting and denounc-
ing abuse and favors on the part of the
present administration any license is
assumed, | urge the impossibility of
separating the present occupant of
the White house from his own anoint-
ed one.
The Presidents Policies.
1t has been made evident in the
pending CT campaign that the republl-
a n will seek to c~onjure with the
mare of Roosevelt and will rely upon
the presidents policies as a treasured
asset. The president has advertised
himself and his policies with a fire..
Quency and ability that surpasses the
best efforts Of the shrewest press
agent.
A Good Advertiser.
A distinguished republican, a former
cabinet oficer, once publicly pro
claimed the president to be the great.
est exponent OF the art OF advertis-
ing the world has known. The country
has been told and not allowed to for
get that, in his opinion his energies
| have been devoted to the accomplish
ment Of many high purposes, and that
his work is yet incomplete it is 30 only
| because his undertakings were too
! vast to be carried to c during
hts term of Office.
Transferring Office and Power.
my policies" must continue. So the
| champion of these would transfer of
| hce and power to his favorite cabinet
minister, and his spear is to have a
fellow. The pretense is that the fight
| must 60 on under the leader iesignat-
| ed by him until the last foe shall have
| surrendered or lies inglorious In the
| dust. The nomination OF his would-be
successor was largely accomplished by
the use of official patronage and coarse
machine methods and has delighted
| the chief apostle of strenuousity, and
at the same time, has not ~perturbed
| the conscience OF the one-time civil
service reformer. now the boss and
! adept in the bestowal of public plumber
and forgetful Of all his resoundine
moral commonplace.
Speaker Feels Sorry.
No fair-minded American could real
| the daily accounts of the recent polit
ical doing at Chicago without feeling
modification and regret; mortifica.
| tion that the president should have SC
| abused his power in debating to q
great party his choice of a successor,
and regret that that harty should have
| submitted 20 cowardly to a humilia'
ton that was as manifest as 1t was
degrading.
The Taft Policies.
What are the policies which consti
tute the capital of the republican party
In this campaign and that are relied
upon to support the candidacy Of Mr.
Taft?
Roosevelt az Reformer.
To recall democratic platforms
speeches, and measures is to con
vince any man that many of the presi
dents public utterances were derived
from an avowed familiarity with the
teachings of our party. His utter
ances that are democratic have given
him his only claim to be a reformel
and have contributed more than all
else to the popularity he has enjoyed
The heir and the party are committed
to "u~nfaltering adherence to the poll
cies'' OF the president. What are these
and what are the achievements o.
president and party?
Campaign Contributions.
It must be admitted that the repub
lie cannot long survive II fraud and
corruption become material factors II
our elections. You recall his message
to congress in December, 1905, where
he said that:
ut has been only too clearly shown
that certain men at the head of these
large corporations take but small not,