The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-08
POLITICAL CosfMENT.

The New York Mall points out tnst there are marked differences In the platforms of the three parties, and 1t thinks of the three that of the RepuoIl- cans most nearly meets the needs ok the people. It says; .,~.os
 "There are, however, large dinerences between the platforms of these three parties. The Independence pletform outlines a scheme of government tnas would largely do away wiah thte rep resentative system, and introduce the experiment of a pure. Democracy; me Democratic platform. instead Of deep W jmnressinR'' Mir. Taft. has become, under his sledge-harnmer attack an exhibit of ruins at its three vital polnts the tariff, the trusts, ana the courts. It was Mir. Hearst who said tnS' s snS nlatform contained some gooo anu orisinal things, but the good things ware not original and the original things were not good. It was MT. Tart vvbo proved the statement AS denned, and in one or two places extended, by him. the Republican plattodm meets every need of the country in the soIlo and responsible way In which tne party is wont to dischafge its duties
 The Brooklyn Standardization takes mn in a measure the cudgels Tor MT. Gompers. who 1t thinks. Is in trouble enough. It says:
 samuel Gompers denies with some neat that he said he would or could osritic % party. It is but to accept his denial without question. The Ia bor leader is in enough trouble over disbursements with various unions without adding to his burdens by rnis- quoting him; but almost any one IS Justified in the suspition that hao not such a storm been raised by his report ed statement he would have allowed the alleged promise to Bryan to have passed into history with his stamp of approval"
 Tha Huntsville Courier -J Journal de- prAcates the idea that the Republicans have any chance of carrying Kentucky this year. and 1t gives the reasons Tor its belief thus;
 But it Is not merely that the Demo- rrats of Kentucky are united in this campaign The Republicans are not very closely united. The memory of the means by which the State was car ried for Taft in the State and district conventions has left a feeling of bit- tarness which will not be entirely ef- faced by the time the voting takes place. The leaders, indeed. profess de- votion to the ticket. but this Is always so. Among the rank and file. the recol- lection of the frauds by which the State was carried for Taft must con- tinuA to rafilxle and prevent any great enthusiasm for a candidate thrust by such means upon the party. The Re- publicans are on the defensive. and if the present state of feeling continues there will be no enthusiasm in going to the polls and voting for the Taft electors Not a few Republicans see in the Democratic candidates men more to their liking than are the Republicans. All present probabilities point to decisive Democratic majority in Kentucky in November"
 The New York Post is rather inclined to share the views of Mir. Bryan in re- gard to the ends and airns of the Inde- pendence Party. end does not accuse Hearst and his followers of being sub sidized by the Republicans. it (the Post) does not regard such a thing as moon ceivable. It says:
 MT. Bryan is on firm ground when he points out that the platform of the new Independence Party (Mr. Hearst's personal property) is in many respects substantially similar to the Demo- cratic platform. In general, the di- ference is that the Independence Party is somewhat more radical--though not in all respects. MT. Bryan proudly de- clairs that the Independents. (Professs lovers of the laboring man) do not advocate the establishment of a depart ment of labor with a secretary in the Cabinet True enough. As we scrutl niSe the Independence platform we ob- serve that one piece of buncombs Is unaccountably missing. How the mat ter came to be overlooked is a mystery. All the other familiar sops to labdr are thers---the exemption of labor organizations from the operation Of the anti-srnst jaws, the onpOsitfon