Evening journal., 1908-10-03
Bryan or TAFT?

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL
In the opening paragraph of this let
ter I wish to state that 1 have found
THE EVENING JOURNAL to be fair
to all, offering its columns to Repub-
licsns, Democrats. Single Takers and
Socialists alike, and beyond this, it ac-
corded labor unions what / deem
square deal. And the foregoing is not
taffy, either just merely what the
paper deserves. With this tribute to
fairness 1 will ask your pardon for at
tempting to answer a statement you
made in recent issue (editorially).
For several years past the nation
enjoyed what folks casually term pros
perity. But suddenly a blight seems
to have struck the land. Railway COM
panies found It necessary to reduce
the force employed and in some in
stances cut wages factories slowed
down and the small business man
found it a hard matter to get along
In fact, every one felt the pinch--for
panic was on, and the proof is that
every newspaper in the land has been
making desperate efforts to restore the
order of progress that formerly pre-
/
ask you a question. Can the election
Of Mr.. Taft better conditions? If so,
what means will he use, and why did
not President Roosevelt adopt the
same methods and prevent the oncom-
ing panic?
AS a matter Of course the panic
came in spite Of an administration
that was Republican in the executive,
! nd taI oh
IL would have come had the adminls-
! tratlon been Democratic, provided the
same economic conditions prevailed.
except that the severity might have
been modified. and would have been
modified, had Mr. Bryan been presi-
dent. Having made this statement,
feel It encumbent on me to explain
just how Mr.. Bryans election next
November could better conditions.
Namely;
Mr. Bryan stands for a tariff for
revenue only, as opposed to the policy
OF protection advocated by Mr.. Taft.
Tariff for revenue would reduce prices
(unjust prices, / mean), thereby vir-
tually raising wages. while the So
called protective tariff that Mr.. Taft
stands for breeds and fosters trusts
y
4 lously rich so arrogant that they sue
cessfully tempt the loftiest and most
brilliant minds TO be found among the
} statesmen OF the nation, so that they
feel proud Of being the attorney Of the
corporation that viii eventually crush
4 them and make II possible for the pub
u lie press to brand them as bribe takers
sinking 70 the lowest depths that a
u Iaart 4 mt
been exemplified within the last few
days
Time and time again we have read
in the daily press that it was the
4 Presidents desire that civil service
employees should refrain from taking
an active part I'm a political campaign
and now We see him (the President),
in the saddle. fighting bitterly and on
the defensive, coming down from his
lofty perch TO assist in the election OF
Mr.. Taft. Why, it seems to me thai
Theodore Roosevelt has assumed a DO
sition politically that he would deny
other men the right to assume. lust
because they are government employ
es. forsooth, as though he were above
and beyond all other men and exempt
from the common order
Again, is il not true that the Presi-
dents fight against such arrogant cor
porations as the Standard Oil is now
looked upon as a farce and do not the
people well know that Mr.. Roosevelt
only intended to show his teeth with
out the least intention Of biting In
stancing this. would call your atten-
tion to the reversal of the S29, 900, 00(
fine imposed on the Standard oil By
Judge lands and supplement this by
asking you to point out one conviction
, that was followed by Imprisonment
where trust-defying corporations set a
naught the power Of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration. And could Mr.. Taft dC
any better than RooS>>elt did? This
question might cause you 10 ask, coIlt
, Mr. Bryan do better? And in answer
1 would say: Mr.. Bryan promised thu
American people that il he we're elect
ed President there would be no mid.
night conferences at the White Hous,
! between the Interests" and the chic
magistrate of the nation. But the filel
Of the press OF the nation can be takeI
as proof that ]. Pierpont Morgan di,
visit President Roosevelt at midnigh
concerning some financial Legislation
: pending in Congress. Verify II can b.
hdiQs 4 ne tNlluoeI loNeln OaIkueSS.
Now, Mr.. Editor. in conclusion,
, would say: The workmen of this ma
! tlon have been toiling all their lives
! and very few have anything in tn
: form of tangible wealth. reminding m
of patient who continued TO call tn
same doctor, even though his ailmen
showed no signs Of mprovement-an
then he died. So let us. the America
people. call in the great physician
William Jennings Bryan, and try
b dose Of his medicine ere we die Of pov
erty forced upon us even while W
worked by trusts who were bred an
fostered by the protective tariff tina
: Mr.. Taft stands for.
Sincerely yours,
William J. Hogan.
Wilmington, Del. Sept. 30 1908.
1.-THE writer Of the foregoing lette
seems 70 admit that the Republican
administration was not responsible 10
a the panic Of last year. and In this h
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