The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-22
DELEGATES IN TERROR
OF Ia TOILETTE IDEAS
Delegates Ran Over Each Other
TO Avoid Reforms, Though
Endorsed By Precedent
lBy Assoelated press.l


Lincoln, Neb, June 22.--U Under the
caption, In Fun Retreat William J.
Bryan, in the next issue OF the Com.
moner, viii discuss the republican ma
tional convention as follows:
"Ihe republicans who attended the
national convention as spectators and
Johied IN the demonstration In favor
Of President Roosevelt and Senator
LaFollette must have felt indignant as
they watched the panic-strlcken
delegates running over each other IN
their effort to get away from the
LaFollette reforms, some of which
mad been indorsed by the president
himself
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin.
representing the LsFollette men,
brought in a minority report signed
by himself alone. Fifty-two members
OF the committee signed the majority
sreport and one signed the minority
.epCrt. The republican party will
and the ratio of flftytwo to enc a
very embarrassing one to deal with
in the coming campaign.
Campaign Contributions.
Mr.. Coopers report contained a
declaration In favor OF publicity as to
campaign funds, which lost By vote
of $50 to "a, more tnan nine TO one.
and yes the president has been ad.
y0cating legislation ia favor of pub
licity as TO campaign contributions
and Secretary TAFT wrote q letter to
Mr. Burrows advocating the massage
Of a subsidy bill
senator Burrows, she man To
whom the TAFT letter was addressed.
was the temporary chairman OF the
convention, and the convention over
which he presided turned down the
publicity plank by a vote of nine 10
one Who viii deny that, on this
subject the republican party is re-
treating?
Another plank ,f the LaFollette
platform authorized the ascertaining
of the value of the railroads. This
plank was lost by a vote of 917 to 63.
nearly fifteen to one, aud yet Presi-
dent Roosevelt advocated this very
proposition. Here is a retreat on the
railroad question,
Injunction Plank.
I'm another column reference IS
made to the injunction plank rhe
injunction plank adopted by the re-
publican convention is retreat
from the position taken by the presl-
dent and from the position taken by
Secretary Taft in his speeches, al
though neither OF them went MS far
as they ought to have gone IN their
effort To prevent what is known as
government by Injunction. Here Is
the third retreat:
THE president has advocated the
income tax as means of preventing
swollen fortunes and of equalizing
the burdens Of government The re-
publican platform is silent on the
subject Was the president right In
the position nc tOok2 II so. then the
convention was wrong In not indors
ing him VIII the republican voters
follow the president in this just de
maud or win they follow the repub
lican organization In retreatng from
Inc
The president advocated an in
/ heritanCe tax. but the republican
\ convention IS silent ON that subject
/ Was the president the head OF the
/ republican party IN advocating this
elorm. or has the republican party
Teceded from the presidents posi-
tion2 Did the president give a false
alarm on this question, or has the
party sounded a retreat2
predatory Wealth."
"In the presidents message 10 con
gress last spring he presented an in
dictment against the conspiracy
formed among the great lawbTeakeri
to prevent the enforcement Of th'
law and to evade the punishment
provided by law. The platform adopt
ed by the republican convention con
tains no lntmation Of danger. /
there are any cOnspiracies the con
lvention did not see them; II tner'
lare any combinations Il had no
heard Of them: If there are an,
dangers ahead it was unconscious 0
them
Was the president mistaken whel
ne lssuedt his defiance. or are the re
publican managers deceived whel
itney think that an aroused public
viii calmly contemplate the en-
croachments Of predatory wealth
lTnls IS retreat number six.
"The convention BY a vote Of SO
10 l44--more than 10 1-vote,
down the plank in favor OF the POI
ular election of United States sen
ators II Is true that the presiden
and Secretary Taft have never adpc
Gated the popular election Of sen
ators. They seem 20 take the Haml
touian rather than the Jeners0nial
View.
a The most popular reform in tn