Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-08-18
FROM THE
COMMONER
FAITH OF THE INTERESTS, TOO.
MIR. BRYAN'S PAPER

Referring to Mr.. Taft's speech of
acceptance. the Chicago Record-Her-
aid (Rep) says: THE speech justifies
the faith of the Republican masses,
who believe, as we have said, that
the candidate is more progressive
than his platform. 1t stamps him as
sincere progressive who heartily APP
proves and who would carry forward
the Roosevelt policies, and who at the
same time would illustrate in his acts
his thought that the chief function
OF the next administration is distinct
from and progressive development
OF that which has been performed by
President Roosevelt The character
that shines through the speech is that
OF the big, sane, sober man bent upon
equal justice for ALL and it will pro-
badly have no little effect with those
independent voters whose support is
invited in the closing words"
Mr.. Taft did, it is true, have a great
deal to say about Mr.. Roosevelt and
the Roosevelt policies. But before the
Record-Herald can persuade the mas
ses that they may depend upon Mr..
Tart for reform measures it will have
to explain how 1t happens that in spite
OF his extravagant praise for the
Roosevelt policies Mr.. Taft yet re-
tains the enthusiastic support of the
representatives of special interests.
For instance, in the same issue in
which the Record-Herald says editor
tally, THE speech justifies the faith
of the Republican masses who believe
that the candidate is more progressive
than his platform" we find the fol-
lowing extracts from editorials print
ed In newspapers that are generally
recognized as the Spokesman for Spec
ial interests:
New York Sun: Mr.. Taft's speech,
deplorable as it is, will not lose him a
Republican vote. What a relief it must
be to him today to have the fearful
thing off his mind, and off his con.
science; and how ardently he must
look forward to the time when he car
say things and do things not because
they are to make votes for him, but
because they are the right things tt
say and the right things to do. The
nauseating incubus beneath which he
staggers in nearly every sentence
J would suffocate any ordinary man
, William H. Taft deserves the prayer:
as well as the votes of every decen
citizen in the country And whe1
he Is freed from his dread obsessio1
and once more walks in sunshine tina
knows no mortgage, he will show his
fellow men that no vicissitudes save
death alone can forever Illustrate OF
subdue an honest man.
Milwaukee Sentinel: A pervadine
tone of calm good sense and marked
absence Of stump oratory claptrap ant
stage thunder agreeably characterize
Mr.. Taft's speech of acceptance.
therefore affords needed relief from
a style of defamation that has beef
much dinned in the ears of our peopl,
of late years. Come, let us reason to
, gether," may be called the keynote O
the Republican candidates discussion
. of principles at issue between the par
ties. The speech, therefore evince.
gence and fundamental fairness of the
people which the harangue of the de
magogue always lacks.
In the same issue, the Record Her
: aid prints an interview with George
! Gould In which that great railroad
magnate gives enthusiastic endorse
ment to the Republican candidate.