The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-09-04
Press Comments.

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is of itself sufficient to defeat
the Presidential ticket. The only
claim of Taft aud Sherman for
the vote of the people is that
that they will carry forward the
Roosevelt policies, and yet Sher-
man, with Congressman Dalzell
and Paine acting as lieutenants
I for Joe Cannon, were able during
the last session of Congress to
defeat almost every measure that
Roosevelt demanded from the
members of his party in Con
gress.
Taft has qualities of manliness
and sincerity which justly ap-
peal to the electorate, but Sher-
man epitOmizes the rings. cliQues.
and wheels which characterize
Republican control by corpora
tiOns, and deserves to be beaten
in this campaign. for nothing
else than putting him in posi-
tion where in the event of Taft's
election and death, he would be-
I come President.
The man who for twelve years
has been collecting tariff cam.
paign contributions from the pro
tected mOnopolies, and defeating
tariff legislation in Congress.
now glibly yearns for tariff revis-
ion. Faugh!-BOStoa Traueller
The Richmond Journal says
that the New York papers are
beginning to sit up and take
notice of the unexpected strength
that Bryan is developing in that
State. The wise and judlcious
conservatism that he has dis
played since his nomination is
having its effect even in New
York, and is bringing to his sup.
port men and elements that were
least counted upon. The cam
palgn began with New York con.
ceded to the Republicans, together
with practically all of the terri
tory east of the Ohio and north
of the Potomac; now there are
several States there in which we
have more than fighting chance
and the Republicans are showing
distinct anxiety about New York.
Richmond Journal.
The Plttsburg Post says that
the Republicans cannot success.
fully avoid Mr.. Bryan's slogan,
shall the people rule" 1t says:
ut is a cheap show of mock
indignation which would imply
from Bryan's question, shall the
people rule, that they do not now
exercise this right merely because
they are venal. They have been
tricked out of power by methods
of which Cannon. Dalzell and
Sherman are past masters, in,
and which training in the soph
istry that deludes the whole
country into taxing Itself by a
protective tariff into making
trusts and combines promotes.
The fear of the Republican party
is lest the plundered and defraud-
ed majority, the masses of the
common people. assert themselves
over the privileged minority
Pittsburg Post.
REDUCTION BOUND TO COME.
Tariff reduction is bound to
come. The interests Of the people
as against the privileged classes
demand it, and the world wide
influences making for closer com
panionships among the nations
will compel it more and more as
time goes on. If our high sched-
ules could not be touched in the
day of prosperity which was
attributed to them, then the time
for revision and reduction must
be in this day of industrial ad-
versity. which has exposed the
hollOwness of that claim. If the
Republicans can not prove them
selves equal to the task then the
job should certainly be handed
over to the others. Springfield
Republican.
! SOME BOTHERSOME QUESTIONS.
Mr.. Bryan desires to know
why the government should SO.
lect certain lines of industry and
provide a government guarantee
of a reasonable profit. He desires
TO know why the industries that
do pay should he compelled to
carry upon their backs industries
which, according to the argu-
ments made by their representa-
tives, could not live without aid.
| He desires to know why that.