Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-19
Why BRYAN CAN WIN

Just as "A matter Of habit the republi-
ing that this years election will be Il
walkover for them in ease Bryan /,
noninted. They had that habit i'll 1892.
when Clevelund defeated Harrison. anu
after Harrison had defeated him four
years before. They have acquired the
custom naturally enough from Il long
term in power and because Bryan has
been defeated twice before. But they
are ignoring the fact that conditions
this year are against their comfortable
theory that they are to control the gov
eminent indefinitely.
Since the days of the Blaine COnkling
fued the republicans have had ITO such
bitter animosities within the party rs
they have today. The president has
alieniated all the old.time leaders; he
has defied the men who have heretofore
controlled both houses of congress: lie
has forced unwclcomc legislation upon
them when he could, and read his
opponents out of the party whenever
occasion offered. More dangerous than
this. he has presumed to select his own
successor and designate Taft openly rs
the successor to the throne, whereas his
predecessors have been content 10 let
the party choose its candidates unco-
creed by the enormous power Of the
executive.
On the other hand Mr.. Bryan is
stronger with the voters thar he ever
was, and justly 81. The principles he
advocated in 1896 and 1900 have been
vindicated i'll public opinion and adj
opted in part by the Roosevelt Repub-
licans. The claim that a democratic
administration would H. followed 10y a
panic has been made ridiculous by the
panic of last fall under a republican
administration. in the midst Of the
greatest prosperity the county has Yer
known: a panic which produced a bond
issue in the time Of peace, and whose
dangerous consequences We're averted
only by the utmost eSertions of the men
whom Mr.. Roosevelt had been char
acterizing in terms Of the meanest
c~pprohrium.
The revision OF the tariff. the mother
C: trusts, i likely % be one of the main
issues. The republicans. driven 10y the
Pressure Of public opinion, have pro-
Ydcd for Il commission, composed of
stand. pat politicians. which is osten-
sibly 20 investigate the tariff and re-
commend the line Of revision. BY the
time the 4 dsts have made their usual
liberal contributions 10 the republican
campaign fund, the form of tariff rcvi-
sion, in case they win. will have been
determined, as usual Il tariff in favor of
the trusts only.
The average American citizen knows
exactly what that means, and he is not
apt To overlook it when he votes.
Elimination of trust monopoly by cOurt
prosecution has dcScncrated into Il
farce; destruction of criminal trusts by
any method under republican control is
not to he expected. To reach these
aggrcgations of criminals t restore the
individual to his rightful place i'll
national life, to stop the ~dchauchcry of
politics and the robbery Of the produc-
ers by monopoly, is II fixed idea with
the American people; and they will
deliberate Il long while before they will
entrust the execution of that idea to q
party whose success has been dependent
almost solely on the money derived
from the trust contributions.
These are some of the consideration:
that lead his followers to believe thai
Mr.. Bryan will make II strong race
Personally, ne is clean, able. not to bt
swervcd from his convictions by any
device of expcdicncy. He is unques
tionably the most distinguished privat,
citizen III the country today, and Ii,
enjoys the confidence of the people a.
few men ever have. His chief critic!
are newspapers like the New Yurl
World, and men who. like it, are idcnti
fed with MI that is obnoxious in publ,
life today. Their opposition is only al
added casun for believing that he vii
lead the democracy to victory.-Sal
Lake Herald.