Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-24

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prived Of power within the Republican
party when Mr.. Taft was nominated.
The publication Of this correspond
ence not merely justifies in striking
fashion the action of the administra-
ton, but also casts curious side
light on the attacks made upon the
administration both in the Denver
convention which nominated Mr.. Bry-
an and in the course of Mr.. Bryans
campaign.
There Is but one way to preserve
and perpetuate the great reforms, the
great advances in righteousness and
upright and fair dealing, which have
marked the management Of the af-
fairs Of the national government dur
Ing the last seven years, and that is
by electing Mr.. Taft
What Taft's Defeat Means.
ITO defeat him will bring lasting
satisfaction to but one set of men =
namely, to those men who, as shown
in the correspondence published by
Mr.. Hearst, were behind Mr.. Foraker,
the opponent Of Mr.. Taft within his
own party, and who are now behind
Gov. Haskell and his associates, the
opponents of Mr. Taft in the opposite
party.
THE great and sinister moneyed
interests which have shown such hos
tility to the administration and now
to Mr.. Taft, have grown to oppose The
administration on various matters not
connected with those which mark the
real point of difference. For instance,
the entire agitation over Brownsville
| was in large part not a genuine agita.
ton on behalf Of colored men at all,
but merely one phase of the effort by
the representatives of certain law de
flying corporations to bring 6iscredt
upon the administration because it
was seeking to cut out the evils con-
nected not only with the corrupt use
of wealth, but especially with the cor
rupt alliance between certain business
men of large fortunes and certain pol
iticians of great Office.
"The venomous hostility Of these
interests and of their special repres-
entatives in public life and in the
press to the nomination of Mr.. Taft
was merely the natural sequence Of
their hostility to the measures of the
administration for the regulation Ct
great corporations doing au Interstate
ministration in consistently prosecut-
ing all offenders Of great wealth, pre-
cisely as 1t has prosecuted all other
offenders. Mr.. Taft has been nominal
ed for the very reason that he Is the
antithesis of the forces that were re-
sponsible for Mr.. Foraker.
Text of Taft's Letter.
"The letter 81 Mr.. Taft is as fol-
lows:
War Department, Washing
ton, D. c. Pointe Au Pic, Canada,
July 20, 1907 My Dear Mr. -:
In respect to one inquiry of yours
l wish to express myself with as
much emphasis as possible-that
is, whether l would Object to a
compromise resolution which
shall include an Endorsement of
myself for the presidency and
Senator Foraker for the senator
ship. In my Judgment it would be
not only a great mistake--some-
thing more. 1t would be accept
ed necessarily as compromise
on my behalf, and therefore, with
my acquiescence, or at least with
the acqutescence of my friends,
for whose action I am more or
less responsible. It would totally
nlsrepresent my position
don't care for the presidency,
If 1T has to come by compromise
with Senator Fo- lker or anyone
else in matter of principle. He
has opposed the vital policies and
principles of the administration
and in his opposition has seized
n m q al TN
but incidental matter to embarrass
the administration, using in this,
without scruple, a blind race pre-
JUDGE to accomplish his main
purpose.
Question Is of Principle.
If I was confronted with a
mere factional difference within
my party, not involving a subject
which must come up for consid-
Grafton and action by the next Re
publican national convention,
should not be SO emphatic in my
conclusion. 1t is not on my mart
question of personal feeling
with respect to ,,1nator Foraker.
1t Is really a question Of politi-
cal principle. In respect to this
the legislature Of Ohio expressed
what | Delleye to be the Senti-
ment of the people Of Ohio in a
resolution, asking the senator to
support the rate bill. Senator
Foraker declined to follow this
resolution. When the issue is.
whether he shall be returned, 1t
must be deter ined, if this is to
be representative form of gov
eminent, not by the question
whether he has followed his con-
science, but by the question
whether he really represents the
principles that his constituents
desire supported and put into
practice.
No Compromise Possible.
THE issue really is whether the
Republicans Of Ohio, therefore,
as the constituents of either a SEN
ator or a presidential candidate,
support the main policies main
tanned by the administration or
the opposition to those policies.
Representing the policies of the
administration T cannot stu1tifv