The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-08-13
MATTERS POLITICAL.
AComparison of the Democratic
and Republican Candidates
for President.

BY H. L. COOK,
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR. |
A comparison of the Democrat
ic candidate, William J. Bryan,
with the Republican candidate,
William H. Taft, is so overwhelm-
ingly in favor Of Bryan that the
sentiment of the country is rap
idly crystaIizing in favor Of
Bryan's election.
Mr.. Bryan has been in the
lime light for twelve years. No
man has ever questioned his hon.
esty, nor his ability; no charge of
inconsistency can be truthfully
made against him. He has al
ways stood for the common peo-
pie and for the interest of all
against a favored few. He has
believed in the people, and all
the power of corporate wealth
has never been able to swerve
him from the path of duty as he
saw it.
He has grown to be, not only
the leading private citizen of the
United States, but one of the
great men of the world, as none
but one recognized as such could
have received the homage of
Kings, Queens, Cars and En-
porers as did Mr.. Bryan upon his
trip around the world two years
ago. He has grown in every
way, and today he is recognized
as one of the safe and sound men
of the country, and would un-
doubtedly make one of the best
Presidents the country has ever
had. His election would usher
in a degree Of prosperity unrival-
ed in the past, because Of the as
surance that every man would
have an equal chance.
Mr.. Taft is what may be term
ed the Me Too candidate. His at
tempt to represent the Roosevelt
element of his party and also the
reactionary element, is a difficult
one. He travelled all the way tx
Oyster Bay to have the President
revise and approve his speech Of
acceptance. Mr.. Bryan speaks
his own mind frankly and says
what he thinks.
The only good policies adopted
by President Roosevelt were
those originally proposed by Mr.
Bryan, and only enough of these
! sound principles of Democracy
we're embraced by Mr.. Roosevelt
to mislead the people in thinking
that his administration was con
trolled by the people rather thai
by the predatory interests"
which control his party. 1t i
true today, as it ever has been
1 that the candidate Of a party
though he may personally be bet
ter than his party, cannot ris
above the level of those who pu
him in Office, and Judge Taft
should he be elected, would un
5 doubtedly be controlled by tn
= same selfish Interests" as nov
S has his party by the throat.
r The Democratic position, an
Mr.. Bryan's position, upon tn
Y question of labor, is so fair tha
a the laboring men of the countr
: are rapidly organizing in his ia
vor and a New York Sun specis
: a few days ago, contained tn
news that therehad cometotheRe
= publican headquarters news tha
6 meetings of railroad employee
v are being held at which Mr.. Bry
, an is endorsed, and that the raj
Y road men have organized wit
headquarters at Omaha.
In view of Judge Taft's recor
y as to labor, when he was Unite
. States Circuit Judge in Cincinat
" ii in 1893, it is not surprisin
that railroad employees, and es
pecially the Brotherhood Of Ii
comotive Engineers, are againS
him.
n Judge Taft was a pioneer
q the modern extension of tn
t power Of injunctions, as may h
J.! seen by reference to the case {
e the Toledo Railroad Compan
e versus the Pennsylvania Raj
: road Company, 19 L. R, A. 38'
in which he held that the Brotl
k erhood Of Locomotive Engineer
IS was a criminal conspiracy againi
7. the laws Of the United State
;. and issued q mandatory prelim
> nary injunction against Chic
# Arthur.
Any laboring man who favor
e Judge Taft should consider h
e views upon labor organization
n and from his speech of accep
# ance of the Republican nomin
y ton, it is evident that he sti
Ie holds the views expressed whe
If upon the bench, and before, pc
l. haps, he had ever dreamed of b
= my d CdIIUlQdlc 1OI CIlG G>tuS
le cy.
" The officials Of the Americ;
At Federation Of Labor, though r
t. publicans heretofore, decla
ID themselves in favor of Mr.. Br
is an and the Democratic party, U
e on the ground that his party b;
II declared itself to be the frie1
% of labor.
id Evidence multip1es, day
es day, that the sentiment Of t
ID people is for Bryan, the advan
ed agent of prosperity and tt
as champion Of the peoples right
| will submit to the voters
MT next weeks issue a short artit
so On como of tho 011nctiOnC I'm