Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
WILLIAM ]. BRYAA'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
CLEAR CUT AND FORCIBLE IN ITS ARGUMENT

1 charge that the Republican party
responsible for all the abuses whicl
now exist in the federal government
and that it is impotent to accomplish
the reforms which are imperativel,
needed Further, | can not concur Ii
the statement that the Republican
platform uneQuivocally declares 10
the reforms that are necessary; oi
the contrary, / affirm that it openl,
and notoriously disappoints the hope
| and expectations of reformers, wheth
er those reformers be Republicans o
Democrats. So far did the Republi
can convention fall short OF it's dut,
that the Republican candidate felt /
necessary to add to his platform II
| several important particulars. thus re
buking the leaders of the party, upoi
whose cooperation he must rely fol
the enactment of remedial legislation
AS / shall, in separate speeches
discuss the leading questions at issue
shall at this time confine myself tC
the paramount question, and to tho
far-reaching purpose of our party, as
that purpose is set forth in the plat
form.
Shall the People Ruler
Our platform declares that the
overshadowing issue which manifests
itself in all the questions now under
discussion, is s'Shall the people ruler
No matter which way we turn; no
matter to what subject We address our.
selves, the same question confronts
us Shal the people control their
own government. and use that govern.
ment for the protection of their rights
and for the promtion of their welfare
ter to what subject we address our
or shall the representatives of preda,
tory wealth prey upon a defenseless
public, while the offenders secure i'm
munity from subsryient officials whom
they raise to power by INSCRIPTIONS
methodist This is the issue raised by
the known abuses" to which Mr.. Taft
refers. z
Presidents indictment Against the
Party.
In q message sent to congress last
January, President Roosevelt said:
'sThe attacks by these great corpora
tions on the administration actions
have been given a wide circulation
throughout the country, in the news
papers and otherwise by those writer's
and speakers who, consciously or un-
act as the representatives
of predatory wealth-of the wealth
on a giant scale by all
forms Of inquity, ranging from the
oppression of wage-earneTs to unfair
and unwholesome methods of crush
ing out competition, and to defraud-
ing the public by stock -jobbiing and
the manipulation of securities. Ger
tain wealthy men of this stamp, whose
conduct should be so abhorrent to
every man of ordinarily decent con
and who commit the hideous
wrong of teaching our young men
that phenomenal business success
must ordinarily be based on dis
honesty, have, during the last few
made it apparent that they
have banded together TO work for a
reaction. Their endeayor is to over
throw and discredit all who honestly
the law, TO prevent any
additional legislation which would
check and restrain them,an to secure
if possible freedom from all restraint
which will permit every INSCRIPTIONS
wroDg-dOer to do what he wishes un-
checked, provided he has enough
money. What an arraignment of
the predatory interests!
Is the presidents Indictment true?
And, if true. against whom was the
Indictment directed? Not against the
democratic party.
Mr.. Taft Endorses The indictment
Mr.. Taft says that these evils have
crept in during the last ten years.
He declares that, during this time,
some prominent and influential mem
harc of the rom mi, Dity- SDurra5 b,v
financial success and in their hurry
for greater wealth, became Unmind-
full of the common rules of business
honesty and fidelity, and of the limita-
lions imposed by law upon their ac-
TONS" and that the revelations of
the breaches of trusts, the disclosures
as to rebates and determinations by
the accumulating evidence
Of the violations of the anti trust
laws, by a number of corporations
and the oVer-issue of stocks and bonds
Of interstate railroads for the unlaW-
ful enriching of directors and for the
purpose of concentrating the control
OF the railroads under one manage
nent, all these, he charges, quick
ened the conscience Of the people and
brought on moral awakening"
During all this time, beg to remind
you, republican officials presided in
the executive department, filed the
cabinet, dominated the senate, con
Lrolled the house of representatives
and occupied most of the federal
Four years ago the repub-
ican platform boastfuily declared that
since 1s60-with the exception of two
years-the republican party had been
In control OF part or of all the
branches of the federal government;
that for two years only was the dem
ocratie party in a position to either
enact or repeal law. Having drawn
he salaries; having enjoyed the hon
DIS; having secured the prestige, let
the republican party accept the re
Republican Party Responsible.
Why were these known abuses
to develop? Why have they
not been corrected? II existing laws
are sufficient, why have they not been
enforced. All Of the executive ma
chinery of the federal government is
in the hands of the republican party.
Are new laws necessary? Why have
they not been enacted? With a re-
publican president to recommend with
q republican senate and house to car
" out his recommendation, why does
the republican candidate plead for
further time In which to do what
should have been done long ago? Can
Mr.. Taft promise to be more strenu-
BUS in the prosecution of Wrcng-doers
than the present executive? Can he
ask for larger majority in the senate
than his party now has? Does he
heed more republicans in the house Of
representatives or a speaker with
more unlimited authority
Why No Tariff Reforrn7
The presidents close friends have
'eea promising for several years that