Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-23


Honest Men-Why Uncle Joe csn-
non Should Bear the q. o. p. Ban
.nsr-TypiKss the idssls Of His Party.
=. Shortcomings Of lHsessvsis - Mseh
Talk and Little Aetisa-Trusts stiIl
Thrive Despite tire Saunssd Whits
House Deposition.
~ WILLIS j. ABBOT.
Recently l was In Richmond with
Mr.. Bryan. He had been invited there
by some Democrats of Virginia to
speak at the state fair. 1t had been
asserted that he would declare hiIn.
self on the matter of his possible can.
didacy for the presidential nomination
This he did not do. But he spoke very
strongly on certain matters that the
Democratic party will have to handle
in the next national campaign.
Two things that Mr.. Bryan said at
Richmond seem to me matters OF i'm
portance. To begin with, In his speech
there he took much more positive
stand on the tariff issue than either he
OF any other Democratic statesman
has taken In the last few years. He
insisted that tariff reform must be &C.
complished by the friends of reform
and not by the friends of the tariff.
Let me quote:
IF you are ever to have tariff re-
form you must have it by those who
believe In tariff reform and not by
those who propose to practice it as q
political necessity. No bene-
flciary Of political industry win ever
let 20 of the public teat until 1t is
dragged away by main force"
Mr.. Bryan's attack upon the tarif
was so forceful and so strong that It
has made his friends in the east be-
lieve that he purposes to make the
tariff issue the paramount issue In the
next campaign. happen to know that
this is not bis intention. Ii he should
be the candidate, and only the Demo
cratic masses can determine whether
he shall be or not. he viii urge not
one issue, but three. And all three
are so interviewer that they cannot be
separated. There Is the tariff which
creates the trusts. There are the trusts
that contribute the campaign funds to
maintain the party which enforces the
tariff There are the railroads that
give special concessions to the trusts
and contribute campaign funds for the
maintenance of the tariff. You can't
get away from these great factors In
American politics If you touch one
the other two come TO its defense. 1t
Is what the doctors call a ''maltgn in
duence." as when a mans heart and
lungs and kidneys are equally affect
ed. The physicians say that they
might be able to cure one, but they
cannot make the cure complete with
out healing all three. And SO the tar
if. the railroads and the trusts are
equally vital to the body polite, and
If one is to be healed all must be.
Senator Pettigrew In Washington.
The Republican party, as rule, is
very shy of its ablest people. The
best men it ever had have one after
another been elbowed out of any sort
of place or influence in its counsels
1t sounds like ancient history, but It
is fair to recall the way in which In
gals was quietly eliminated from the
party, though he was one OF the most
brilliant and one of the most honest
men that American politics ever knew.
He died poor. Could anything better
than that be said for him7 That party
set aside other mentor example.
former Senator Pettigrew Of South
Dakota Mr.. Pettigrew IS one OF the
hard fighting men in the cause Of the
people. In the senate he was brilliant
In debate. and out Of the senate he was
striking in discourse. l met him only
a day or two ago, and from him I got
this comment upon public affairs in
Washington:
'The Republican party ought to
nominate Uncle Joe Cannon. He best
typifes the ideals Of his party. He
stands for high tariff and oftentsmes
against the interests Of the people.
'The Democrats viii nominate Bry-
an. Mr.. Bryan stands for the inter
ests of the people lie has been urging
the policies thai Mr.. Roosevelt has
adopted and advocated. but failed TO
carry out. why not let the man who
conceived the policies be given 9.
chance 20 give them effect?
THE president has made a show OF
getsilig at the railroads and other cor
porations that have violated the laws
but he has failed to remedy the eondi
lions rs they exist. His cabinet is not
composed of men who have been dis
tingnished for their attacks upon cor
porate wrongdoing. Secretary Root Is
the man who told the big corporations
In New York how TO do it. Attorney
General Bonaparte was the counsel
for more than one combination Of cap
ital Secretary Taft was an excellent
Judge to issue injunctions against Ia
Dor. Secretary Cortelyou stands very
close to Wall street and Its allied in
teresfs. Assistant Secretary Bacon Of
the state department came to Washing
ton directly from the Office OF J. Pier