The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-09-10
CONSIDER PUBLIC
Governor Hughes Shows How Repub-
IiCaa Party Is Responsible
for Remedial Laws.
BRYAN IS AN tLOQUtNI CRITIC

Comparison Of Taft and Bryan Wholly
In Favor Of FormOr-D0moeraey'S
Principles Criticised ard Their FaI.
iaeieS Exposed.
Governor Charles E. Hughes Of New
York spoke In part as follows at the
opening of the campaign at Youngs.
town:
The Republican party makes appeal to
public confidence as the most important
political agency for conservation and for
progfsSs. By virtue of its achievements,
lis scholarship and its aims. II stands forth
as an ,afticient instrument for strong and
capable administration. az a safeguard OF
stability, and Of the prosperity which de-
pends upon stability. and as an unrivaled
power for the correction Of abuses. 1t
stands In striking contrast to the record
OF Vacillation and inaptitude presented by
the chief opposing party. That opposing
party ,proffers candidacy which is at
once monument and a guide e-post 1t
memorializes the fallacIss and unsafe poll
icies We are, asked to forget, and 1t points
the way to business uncertainty and to
the Impairment Iof the confidence which
is the security of industry and trade.
When we hear sounded strident call
TO the defense Of popular rights, we look
carefully ITO see who constitute the nsw
patriotic saEnay into whose keeping we are
asked to 1uTn ever the :sdsStinies OF this
great nation. The campaign wAtchw6rds 10
"Shall thea People Rule" and the demand
''Whathsr the ,gOEernmant shall remain a
mere business assat OF favor seeking cor
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slazonad on the ghannREs of Tammany
Hall and .of other essential allies.
No one more than desires to see ad-
.ministration 'purEed Of every selfish taint,
to have fair and impartial laws faithfully
executed, to get rid Of every veStige Cf
special privilege at expense of public in
tereSt. to libelate trade from unjust en-
croachments. to purify our electoral
methods and to maintain honest repre-
sentative govsrnmsnt. And 1t is because
of this loyalty to these idctlS, because of
his broad sympathies and his rare equip
ment in character, ability and experience,
because tested in the difficult fields Of
judicial and administrative work he has
proved his quality by eminent service, be-
cause of his varied learning. his acquaint-
ance with affairs, his respect for conSti-
tutional government and his ca pacity in
teligently and justly to plan and direct
necessary reforms that / most earnestly
support the candidacy of William Howard
Taft.
The Roosevelt Administration.
1t Is easy for those who are free of tHS
responsibilities to criticise administra ton,
and criticism is wholesome and stimulat-
ing Mr.. Bryan is an eloquent critic, but
the record Of the Republican party Is
known to all, and the American people
bo s.Io
adroit thrust or plsaders skill Their
good Judgment may be trusted to main
tain a proper sense Of proportion and 20
make just estimate of the work which
has been accomplished.
The business of the great national de-
partments has been in worthy and COM
petent hands. In the management Of in
ternal affairs honesty and efficiency hate
been insisted upon. Looters of the public
domain, those endeaVoring to maintain
combinations In unlawful restraint of
trade and those seeking to profit by un-
justly discriminating rates and illegal re-
bates have been taught respect for the
law.
When we consider the inevitable con-
fiict of many opinions and the Importance
of the questions involved the record OF
progressive legislation IL extraordinary.
The creation Of the bureau OF corpora
tions, the railroad rate bill. the; pure
food bill, the meat inspection bIlT," the
employers liability bill. and the laws
passed for the better protection OF labor
constitute a record Of legislation which
no just critic can afford to minimize and
which atteStE in marked manner the
response OF tke Republican party under
its forceful leadership to the demands OF
the people.
ND ayfn ala H., A..
affairs Of this great nation which can not
bo foresssn q attempted to be controlled
by sny platform. The sagacity. stsadinesh
OF tcharacter, hFmnesa and sound judgment
Of the chief executive must be the secur-
ity Of the nation in many a trying emer-
gency. And it Is no injustice to Mr.
Bryan's attractive personal qualities. to
his effectiveness as an orator, his skill as
party leader, nor IL 1t any dtsparage-
ment Of the purity of his motives to say
that the man who espoused free silver In
1896. renewed tts advocacy IN 1900 and
later declared his belief in government
ownership Of railroads can not he regard
ed as safe leader to whom may be con-
hded the great powers Of the president
merely because those doctrines are omit
ted from his present platform The coun-
try needs a man Pock based in sound con-
viction and fundamental principle, In
whose good judgment in any difficulty all
may feel secure, and such q man pre-
eminently Is William Howard Taft
Mr.. Bryan also has much to say with
regard to corrupt practices and campaign
expenditures. But he omits to give due
credit to the Republican party for what
1t has accomplished with regard to these
important reforms, an accomplishment
the more noteworthy In the light Of Mr.
Bryan's reiterated criticisms Of contri-
buttons to Republican campaign funds.
Both parties demand q revision Of the
taFtn. But they differ In the principle
and aim Of such revision The Republi-
can party stands for the policy Of prOkec-
ton It malRtAins it0 hiStsFia p0sasiop n