The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-07
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the country any real reforms. The
platform is, in fact. a contract signed
and sealed, between the Republican
party and the exploiting interests guar :
anteeing them nothing shall be done to
free the people from graft and extor-
ton; 1t is an admission that the money
to carry on the campaign is to be
drawn from the system and that
means that the system will be in con-
troll after the election.
THE system is run on these princi-
pies, and when 1t puts up its money to
carry an election, ii is sure to be quite
careful about the security taken"
Emergency" Currency Law.
A resume of the currency law passed
by the last congress is given, with
Comment. in part. as follows:
Here is a bill designed to prevent
panics like mat which swept over tie
land last fall. Nowhere in the bill do
you find the slightest mention of the
cause of it and of all other panics. the
distrust of the bank depositors. IL the
situation were not so serious. this bill
would be the most colossal joke of the
century. The bill neither gives the
elastic currency of the plan nor the
directing action of the Democratic plan.
The machinery for issuing the emer-
half a dozen panics could be we'll under
way before the medium could get out
for recuperation. When the United
States government lends it's name to
an enterprise the least il can do Is to
insure that every one dealing with that
enterprise gets fair play. If the gov
eminent is to cooperate. in the bank
ing business. then the government must
secure the bank depositors. If this is
not done, then The government should
withdraw and NEEDLE no more With
banks than with grocery stores"
Imperialism.
On imperialism the manual says:
The Democratic party has Il plan.
the Republican party has no plan Mat
il dares to reveal. The Democratic
party deals frankly with the subject:
the Republican party is neither candid
with the American people nor with the
Filipinos. The brevity and ambiguity
of the Republican platform indicates a
desire on the part of the Republican
takes the privilege of amending his
platform on this subject by intro
ducing matter which canrot be found
in the platform, or by any reasonable
construction be adduced from ii. The
platform says nothing about independ-
ence. while Secretary Taft holds out
the hope of independence, for to say
that II is unlikely that the people Will
be ready for independence before two
generations must mean that they viii
after that time be ready and ought to
have 1t. In his attempt t. defend the
holding of the Philippines he has laid
himself open to just criticism by con-
cealing the cost OF Imperialism. The
Democratic platform presents the only
solution consistent with our traditions
and our ideals 1t is to declare tn
nations intention at once; this the Re.
publican party has never done When
the Filipinos know that they are to
have independence as soon as a stable
government is established they will
Join us the more heartily in fastening
the day of independence, and that in
dependence will be easily preserved be-
cause the great nations of the world
will be willing enough to join in the
naturalization of the islands"