Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-14
BRYAN REVIEWS
EUL0GY on TAFT.
Few Simple Sentences from Him
Would be Worth More Than
Presidents Endorsement.
SAYS LETTERS IRRELEVANT.
Thinks Candidate Should Have Spoken
For Himself and Not Have Mr..
Roosevelt Speak for Him.

Baltimore, Md, Sept. IA few
plain, simple sentences from Mr.. Taft
will be worth more than the eulogy
that the president pronounces. The
presidents endorsement is of no value
unless the president will agree to stay
in Washington and see that Mr.. Taft
makes good"
In these words William j. Bryan
summed UP his opinion OF the letter OF
President Roosevelt commendatory of
Mr. Taft, soon after the Democratic
candidate arrived in this city
1T was expected. of course, said
would support Mr. Taft. He could
hardly do less in view OF the fact that
he selected him as the administration
candidate and supported him with all
the influence that the administration
could bring to bear. The presidents
letter, however, may be objected to as
Irrevelant immaterial and not the best
evidence, II Mr.. Taft We're dead 1t
would be interesting TO know from Mr.
Roosevelt what he knew of Mr. Taft's
opinions and work, but as Mr. Taft is
alive and able to speak for himself,
IT IS hardly necessary for Mr.. Roosevelt
ITO tell us what. Mr. Taft will do.
Mr.. Taft is running upon II plat
z form which was so unsatisfactory that
he had to amend 1t in several import
ant particulars. and yet,even asiamend-
ed, 1t gives the public no definite idea
as to what Mr. Taft stands for. Mr..
Taft also has made some speeches and
promises to make many more The
ones he has already made have not
thrown any light upon the political
situation, but it is to be hoped that he
will yet conclude to define his posi-
ton with sufficient clearness to enable
lthe public to know what he stands for.
1t is not sufficient for the president
Ito say that Mr.. Taft is friend of la
Dor. That is a subject upon which
the laborinE man is entitled to an npin-
inon, and Mr.. Taft's friendship is to
be determined not by the presidents
endorsement, but by the measures
believes that the labor organization
should come under the operation of
the anti-trust law, thus dealing with
the men who belong to the labor or
ganization as if they We're merchandise,
for the antitrust law deals with the
monopoly OF the products of labor. ESQ
Mr. Taft is opposed TO trial by jury
| in cases of indirect contempt, thus de-
nying to the ]ahoring man a safeguard
which Is guaranteed to every man tried
in a criminal court. Mr.. Taft does
not agree with the laboring man in re-
-
labor disputes. No words of praise
from the president can change Mr..
Taft's attitude on this question, or
make that attitude more acceptable
ITO the wage earners.
"Mr. Taft's position on the trust
question is not changed by the pres-
dents endorsement. The presiden,
himself has not succeeded in putting
any trust magnates in the peniten-
tiary and only few. Of the trusts have
been disturbed If Mr.. Taft is no more
successful than the president III his at
tack OH the trusts he will not satisfy
the expectations of the public, There
are more trusts in the country today
than there were when Mr.. Roosevelt
was inaugurated, and Mr.. Taft favor,s
a weakening rather than a strengthen
ing OF the antitrust law, for he has
advocated an amendment that will linz
it the operation of the law to un-
reasonable restraint of trade.
"On the tariff question, Mr.. Taft has
failed to express himself with clear
ness. The Republican platform does
not use the word reduction, 1t only
promises revision and Mr.. Taft has
construed that to mean that some
schedules will be lowered and some
raised, but there is no intimation that
the average will be lower or higher
than II is now.
And so in regard to all the questions
WHICH are dlasiSSue, IlT. = ait llluSI +.
make his position known. He cannot
rely. upon the presidents endorsement
An endorsement on a note is not neces-
sary IL the maker of the note is good
and the endorsement is only good when
suit can be brought against the en-
dorser to enforce it. If Mr.. Taft had a
reform record of his own he would not
need to be endorsed by the president
and the presidents endorsement is Of
no value unless the president will
agrer to stay In Washington and sec
that Mr. Taft makes good. We ought
to have some definite statement as To
what the public is to expect from Mr..
Taft. No such definite statement APP
pears in the platform and no definite
conclusion can be drawn from Mr..
Taft's speeches, and it does not answer
the purpose for the president to say
he feels sure Mr.. Taft viii do what is
right or what is Just for there is
wide difference of opinion as to what is
right and as to what is just. A few
plain. simple sentences from Mr.. Taft
will be worth mores than the eulogy
that the president pronounces.'
WILL NOMINATE HUGHES.
Saratoga, n. Y, Sept. 14.-That