The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-12-31

Temple Graves Of Georgia on q plat.
form containing most of the radical
ideas of the Democrats and some more
radical. Opposition TO Bryan was its
keynote
The Peoples party April 3 at ST.
Louis again named Thomas H. Watson
Of Georgia as it's standard bearer along
with $. W. Williams OF Indiana, al.
though II did not put ticket up In
all Of the states
On Sept II, az Columbus, o.. Hearst
stirred up the hitherto calm current Of
the campaign by reading into his
speech the first batch OF series OF
letters which had been stolen from the
files OF the Standard on company and
which threw a sinister light ON the ae.
tlyiiles of various public men. notably
Foraker. Bailey, MacInurin, Sibley,
certain Pennsylvania judges and ex-
Governor Stone, who was urged 10 ap.
point them Most Of the letters were
written by Vice President Archbold of
the trust and contained divers certlfi
\ AhifH VI 1tDtniA ibi tdi Et sulilS VI
money. AT the same time Hearst re.
| peated the story of the alleged attempt
4 TO bribe former Attorney General Mon
nett OF Ohio wherein Haskell the Dem.
/ ocratic treasurer. was made TO figure.
! As governor Of Oklahoma Haskell also
was accused OF protecting legal
branch OF the Standard. Foraker at
once withdrew from the campaign, and
/ the president issued hot statement
| condemning the Ohioan and gave out
an old letter showing how Taft had re-
fused to deal with Foraker; then com.
| pared this course TO that of Bryan and
Haskell Bryan replied. demanding
hearing for Haskell, and then ensued a
party issues Haskell resigned but
protesting innocence as did also Du
Pont, the powder trust head, from the
craftsmanship Of the Republican speak. |
ers' bureau Both the president and |
Taft took the ground that publishing |
names OF contributors before election J
would be 10 invite unfair and partisan |
criticism OF candidates.
Gompers appealed to all unions in |
the A. f. of L. TO give moral and finan-
cial support to Bryan. Speaker Cannon |
was the special target Of the Gompers
battery, and "Cannonfsm" became /
national issue, many candidates for
congress being pledged against Cannon
as the next speaker.
On Nov. the voters Of the nation
had their say. The extent Of the Re.
publican victory can be best remem.
bered by the statement that Taft car.
rled every state that Roosevelt did In
1904 except Nebraska, Colorado and
Nevada. Furthermore, Taft invaded
the solid south with small pluralitles
In Maryland and Missouri and large
gains In other southern states. The
popular vote stood Taft 1857 .676
Bryan. 1898, 1S2; Debs. 4i7.651; Chain,
24i,252: Hisgen. So 1856; Watson. 33,s7l;i
Gilhaus (Socialist-Labor). l5.421; total,
14,s52 239 The total vote In 1904 was
13,510,70S Several states In the Taft
column elected Democratic governors
Harmon IN Ohio Marshall IN In
diana and Johnson in Minnesota. Taft
captured the Democratic stronghold OF
New York city. The Republican major.
ity in congress was reduced 10 AZ,
the total being 2l9 and the Demo.
cratic 172. The senate's Republican
complexion was unchanged.
The early months Of the long session
Of congress were devoted chiefly 10 the
Republican wrangle over the terms Of
currency bin. The Aldrich relief
measure finally went through the sen
ate March 2S despite the all night fill
buster Of In Toilette. TO propitiate
whom the railroad bond feature had
been cut out la Toilette named an
oligarchy Of fourteen wealthy men
who. he said, actually ruled the ma.
fion The vreeland bin. In which
clearing house associations were made
the channel Of the new currency issue.
was passed by the house, and then n
between that and the AID
rich bills. with provision for a joint
commission TO report on permanent re-
forms, was adopted by both branches
and signed by the president
Under the presidents prodding the
Sterling liability bill was advanced by
the majority aud passed unanimously
In both houses. This holds Interstate
carriers liable for injuries 70 employ
al. la ,stafa t.faf f.rfpn {
when the negligence Of
a fellow employee can be proved
The Democratic iilibuster was met
by II gag rule and daily recess until
the majority had accomplished its
purpose This included provision for
two new baiilesliips instead Of the
-four urged by the president. higher
pay for army officers and privates and
a Liability law 10 protect employees In
the service OF the government The
house failed 10 pass the an,i.inJunc-
lion and antitrust amendment 10 the
sherman law desired by the president
Ia the interest Of labor. "ln God We
Trust was restored 10 the gold coins
The total appropriations Of the SEES
sion reached the record figure of 81.
$4,000. .Sli
Congress reasscmbcd Dec Z and re-
-cived the final Roosevelt message, IN
which executive control of lesailzed
trusts was advocated and Judges were
urged to heed the vii ~ legislators ac
'oFding u present day standards A
bitter controversy aroee ever one pas
sage whieh iniimated that congress
Bsd confined the ~ecref sersire 10 the !,
treasury department becap.e members
ih not wait % bc Investigated The
senate moved an Investigation ~ the
.esrei seryiee aud lhe hDpse demanded .
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