The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

seeking corporations have gradually
strengthened their hold upon the
government until they now menace
popular institutions The question
Is, whether this government shall be
restored to the control of the people
and be administered In the interest
OF all, or whether 1t shall remain an
instrument In tho hands OF the few
Tor leyying tribute upon all the rest,
In his special message TO con-
gress last winter, President Roose-
welt declared, substantially, that GER
tain wealthy men who have become
enormously rich by expressing the
WACO Garner, deirauding the public
and practiciug all forms OF inquity
have banded together, and by the
unlimited use Of money, endeayor 10
secure freedom from restraint and
TO overthrow and disoredit all who
honestly administer the law That
the methods by which these men
have acquired their great fortunes
can only be justified by a system OF
morality, that would permit every
form OF criminalIty. every form Of
violence, corruption and fraud,
For many years, and especially
during the last twelve years, these
very men have been In control OF
the Republican party; they have fl
nanced every campaign OF that par
ty for a quarter Of century. These
exploiters of the people, whom the
President has so scathingly denoun-
ced, have given their enthusiastic
support to the Republican candidates
and their policies. They laid their
hands upon the trust funds OF ln-
surance companies and other corpo-
ratlons and turned the plumber over
to the Republican committee The
money thus filched from the innocent
and helpless, to purchase Republican
victory, has not been repaid.
And where do we find these men
today? Where are the swollen for
tunes Of which we have heard so
much? Just where we would expect
to find them supporting the Re-
publican ticket and furnishing the
sinews Of war for the Republican
committee as usual.
The platform adopted by the late
convention shows what the Republi-
can party in truth represents. Al
though controlled by the friends
Roosevelt and Taft, in framing the
platform every genuine reform which
Roosevelt has advocated was scorned
and trampled beneath the iron heel
OF the predatory masters of the Re
publican party The Wisconsin, dele
cation which favored placing few
reform planks in the platform, was
denounced with sneers as being So
cialistic and Democratic, and the con
vention by a vote of eight to one,
rcpudiated the reforms that the pres
ent administration claims to favor.
THE mask Of hypocrisy and de-
ception has been torn from the face
Of those who pretend to favor the
policies OF the President. and we now
know why the system" admires
Taft, tolerates Roosevelt, and hates
the senator from Wisconsin. When
compelled to choose between an APP
peal to the manhood and conscience
OF the people in defense OF It's plat
form and candidates, on the one
hand, and the millions that the "spe-
cial interests" may be depended upon
TO contribute, on the other the Re-
publican party rejected the people
and continued its alliance with Mann
mon.
"If the charges made by the Pres
ident are true--and they are true
we are indeed face to face with sit
uation as grave as any in our his
tory. How shall it he met? The
good sense, patriotism and united
action OF the people alone can rem
edy present evils.
ITO wage a successful fight we
must have leader. The Republican
party, dominated by the seekers OF
special privileges, cannot furnish
him. Republicans who really desire
reform are powerless; the efforts OF
the President have been futile.
1.-THE Democratic party must fur
nsh the leader which present con-
ditions demand, ano he must be a
man known to be free from the in
fluences that control the Republican
party. He must be a man Of supe-
rior intellect. sound judgment, posi-
tive convictions and moral courage
Ole who will meet the forces OF
plutocracy with the naked sword OF
truth--one who knows no surrender.
He must have a genius for state
craft; he must he a man of wide ex-
perience in public affairs; he must