The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

industry will receive fair treatment in the
 revision of the tariff
 With such alternatives before us the
 prosperity of our industry, at least at this
 time, seems inseparably linked with the
 success of the republican party, particu-
 larly in the forthcoming election of mem
 bers of Congress"
 The action of the President in descend
 ing from his great office Tn order to par
 ticpate in a political campaign has not
 been favorably received by press or pub
 lie MT. Roosevelt is the chief executive
 of all the people, who, without regard
 to politics or other differences of opinion,
 support the government, and judging from
 petitfons received at democratic headquar-
 ters which are signed by both democrats
 and republicans, he has not helped his
 cause. One such petition received from
 Ohio today said:
 we. the undersigned citizens of the
 United States, members alike of the pres ent great political parties, believing that
 the. great power of the official position
 of President should not be used for par
 tsan purposes; that such partisan use of
 the office is contrary to the spirit. If not
 in violation of the letter of the const-
 tution of our country, and is likely to
 furnish dangerous precedent in future
 elections; respectfully request that your
 
 election be deferred until your status is once more that of private citizen The republican campaign managers have violated the congressional frankfng
 law many times during this campaign Dav after day hundreds of speeches of coneressmen have been transmitted through the mails as a blind for con- ceaIing other printed matter which was not entitled to the franking privilege. Now it develops that postmasters are be- ing supplied with large quantities of congressional literature printed on unad- dressed post cards which they are di- rected to place in the boxes of patrons of their offices. A lawyer in western state has forwarded to democratic head quarters a number of these unaddressed post cards containing extracts of repub- lican congressional speeches which were placed by the postmaster in his postoffice | box.
 The Tribune publishes throughout it's columns to day dispatch dated Kokomo, Ind, which was displayed more for po- litical than a news value. The Kokomo paragraph said:
 Kokomo, Ind, October 23.--At Lafayette today, while riding to the speakers stand. Mir Taft had this note thrust into his hands by. well-dressed man: "Mr Taft--Twelve years ago I drove a mortgaged mule to this city to hear MT. Bryan speak. Today I came in my own automobile to hear you. Can you guess who am going to vote for? "E V. D." The Tribune seemed to think that a man who had given up mortgaged mule for an automobile this year would vote for Taft Five hundred thousand rail- way employees whom Presiden Yoakum of the Frisco line says are out of work. and the manufacturers who are suffering by reason of the republican panic. might think differently. But the point in this story, which the Tribune seems to have overlooked, is the signature of the Koko- mo note. E. w. D. are the initials of one of the presidential candidates who has been in Indiana during the past week Certainly it is easy to guess the name of the man for whom E- V. D. will vote. His name is Debs.
 James s. Sherman, republican candi- date for Vice President, became known | as an advocate in Congress of railroad | combinations and mergers at least 10 ! years ago. On April B, 1898, MT. sher-