Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-09

the conscience of the one-time civil serv-
ice feforrner, now the boss, an adept in
the bestowed of public plumber and for
getful of all his resounding moral COM
f1onplaces No fair-minded American
couli read the daily accounts of the recent
political doings at Chicago without feel
ing modification and regret; mortifica-
ton that the President should have so
abused his power in debating to q great
party: his choice of a successor. and re-
Initted SO cowardly to a humiliation that
was as manifest as it was degrading.
What are the policies which constitute
the capital of the republican party in this
campaign and that are relied upon to sup
portthe candidacy of Mr.. Taft?
ITO recall democratic platforms, speech
es and measures Is to convince any man
that mapy of the Presidents public utter
Familiarity with the teachings OF our
party. His utterances that are demo-
cratic have given him his only claim to
he q reformer and have contributed more
than all else to the popularity he has en-
joyed. The heir and the party are COM
mitted to 'unfaltering adherence to the
policies of the President. What are these
policies and what are the achievements
of President and party?
Campaign Contributions.
1T must be admitted that the republic
cannot long survive if fraud and corrup-
ton become material factors i'll our cleo
tions. No man has said more than the
President about the corruption of cleo
lions. You recall his message to Con-
xress in December. 1865. where he said
that:
1T has been only too clearly shown that
certain men at the head of these large
corporations take but small note OF the
ethical distinction between honesty and
dishonesty; they draw the line only this
side of what may be called law-honesty.
fhe kind of honesty necessary in order to
avoid falling into the clutches of the
law
We have here the condemnation OF the
practice. Has he proved his faith by his
works?
Notwithstanding savage ante-election
denial we know that subsequent investi-
CATION of certain insurance companies I'M
covered the fact that large amounts were
contributed by these companies to the
republican campaign fund-not the money
NJ the men who gave ii. but money covert
~ taken without consent of stockholders
or poiicyholders and entered on the books
i'll Il way calculated to conceal the en-
bezZlement. All this was done in the in
terest of the republican candidate for
President The, money was used, the
candidate was, elected and he continues
10 deliver lectures on decency and for
honesty in elections, sending messages
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contributions, but at times when these
were certain to- be unavailing The Chi
caso convention has. met. has trans
acted its business and has adjourned.
The question of a publicity bill was
mooted there. was defeated and 1t would
never have seen the light of day except
through the unaided efforts of one soli-
tary member of the committee on pat
form and resolutions, who dragged II
out only to witness it's deep entombnent
hndv convention
died one of my policies to which that
convention in ELUSIVE Ii dictated language
declared In It's platform their unfa!tering
adherence
1njunctions and Contempt of Court.
Let me go on. There has been and is
low public demand for legislation regu-
Iating. not abolishing. the process of in
JUNCTION and the power TO punish for al
legged indirect or constructive contempts
of courts. Ever since 1896 the democratic
party has protested against hasty and III
considered use of injunctions and has been
insisting on the right Of fair trial In all
publican pa ~ has been avoiding this
question. So the President In taking it up
and MT. TIT In his letter to the labor
unions advocated measure that the
democratic party. acting In behalf of the
correct administration of public justice
had been demanding for twelve years. II
the President was In earnest when he sent
his mes sage TO Congress he was to that
extent democratic. We are authorized to
conclude that in framing: revising O. die
tating the Chicago platform he suffered
from lapse of memory or abandoned the
policy he had so vigorously urged In his
official capacity.
Surely he aud his party eulogists at
Chicago forgot that he had but a few
months before advised Congress that 1T Ia
worth considering whether ii would not
give greater popular confidence in the inn