The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-12
Republican Leaders Should Be-
in Courts for Violating
Antitrust Laws.
THE WEST COOL TO TAFT
Forgery Of Ex-President Clevelands
Name by Republicans
Mr. TAFT Carries Three Press Agents
on aLnSurious Train and HAS TO
Send Out Postal Cards to
Get People to Greet Him
in the Cities.

Chicago, Ill.. oct 1.--Special-
gressn1an Ollie James. of Kentucky,
who made the speech of the Denver
convention in seconding the nomiua.
ton OF Mr.. Bryan, has arranged
speaking dates in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska Mr..
James Is a popular speaker and there
re as many demands for his appear.
anco on the stump as any other cam.
paign orator. While n visitor at Dem.
ocratic National headquarters this
week. he said:
Bryan will be elected president in
November by the greatest land slide
tho country has ever known. The
record breaking crowds that greeted
Mr. BrSan In Judge Taft's home city
and state bespoke the sentiment Of
voters throughout the nation"
EN.President cleveland's Nar,c
Forgery.
THE dishonest and corrupt method
the Republican party Is resorting to in
its desperation to defeat Mr.. Bryan
buke II" continued Mr. James The
circulation OF the pretended article by
Grover Cleveland against MIR. Bryan
shows 60 what extent the Republican
party is willing TO 20 in order TO on.
trench in power for four years longer
the agents OF monopoly and the serv.
ants Of plutocracy. They were will.
30 af. to
ory of Mr.. Cleveland. but to forge his
name TO an assault upon Mr.. Bryan
as we'll rs an arraignment OF the Dem
ocratic party. A party that is willing
to desecrate the dead and prostitute
the memory OF a great ex.presidcnt
will hesitate at nothing that is neces.
sary We may expect them again 10
invade the trust funds OF widows and
orphans held by insurance companies;
we may expect them again to write
other letters to My dear Hartman
who was a director in thirty railroad
corporations, corporations that had
created trust upon transportation
and monopolized the highways OF
commerce, telling Hartman we are
practical men and asking him to gath.
or up a quarter OF a million dollars
TO be used to elect the Republican
party. What difference can the peo.
pie distinguish between the Stand
ard oil company sending $4,000 to
Senator Foraker 10 buy mp newspapers
and further the cause OF the Repub.
llcan party. and Hartman. who AT the
behcst OF President Roosevelt, got the
trusts and monopolies to contribute
S250.000 to be used directly on the
voters, except that in the first in
stance Senator Foraker returned tho
money TO the Standard oil when he
found out he could not purchase the
newspapers? But Roosevelt allowed
the Republican party TO use the money
that Hartman contributed to aid in
his election. II the President desires
In some way TO make amends he
should at least ser that his party re-
turns the money which Hartman con,
tributed, 10 the widows and orphans
of the insurance companies whose
funds we're depleted by conscience.
less band OF pirates I'm the interest of
the Republican party.
Republican Treasurer Trust Magnate
"The treasurer OF the Republican
campaign fund is we'll known trust
magnate, a director in many monopo,
lies; he is force and power in
Wall street. Mr.. VIM. Nelson Crom
well who, we are informed, contribut
cd $4,000 10 the Republican campaign
fund, Is also a director in many trusts
that the Roosevelt party should have
before the courts answering indict
ments for violating the antitrust Law
rather than contributing to the Re
publican campaign fund
"Mr. DUPONT has resigned, th'
papers tell us, from the chairmanshiT
of the Speakers Bureau. presume
ne resigned from the Speakers Bureau
so he could give more time to tht
preparation OF his defense for tn
violation OF the antitrust law"
The fact that the alleged letter from
Ex.President Cleveland. published
originally in the New York Times, Il
forgery, created no surprise az Dem
ocratic headquarters. From the yer!
hrst the publication OF this letter II
one Of the most partisan papers sup
porting Judge Taft was regarded as
campaign trick. After exploiting tn
forgery in Republican papers, cam
paign managers Of that party had thi
ksrcpresentation OF the dead pres
cent circulated as a campaign docu
Aent The New York Times has beel
forced 70 admit that II DETAINED MI
Clevelands memory when It pull
ilshed the fake interview Very mai
ursliy. Mrs. Cleveland and the execu
tor Of 'the late Ex.Presidents estat
have come forward and exposed thi
most villsinous misrepresentation O
the memory OF dead president with
In the history OF the nation.
Speaking Of the exposure OF tn
Times story. Mr. Jo.sphus Daniels