The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-24

TENTION is DIRECTED UPON SOME OTHER MANI
THAN THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE HE Isl
BOUND TO GO DOWN TO DEFEAT THEY KNOW
THAT TAFT'S CHARACTER AS A PUBLIC NAM
CANNOT STAND THE CLOSE INVESTIGATION OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
That is why the republican managers headed by the
only president who tried to force his choice his
down the threats of unwilling American cleo
torate stirring up dust
But this stirring up of the dust is not going to blind
anyone.
going forget that the republican party is today re-
sponsbe for the present tariff schedules which raises the
price of every article the farmer purchases to enrich the
trusts which President Roosevelt has been railing against
These millions too wise to be scared away from the
cod solid fact that while Roosevetsm being doomed
in the west in the interests OF Taft RoOsevelt1sm is being
cussed in Wall street in the interests OF the candidate
There are ten million patriotic Americans, OF all
creeds and vOcaons who not going to forget that
Tats Philippine government is today and has been to1
the last eight years stencil IN the nost1s OF clVzato
There are three millions of organized American work
men who are not going to forget that Taft as federal
Judge became the father Of the Injunction and that to per
nit such man to fill the vacancies which will occur In the
supreme court the next four will be to sound the
death knell of trades unionsm in America.
The fact that tive weeks ago Taft amid the cheers OF
ten thousand of his parsans met and greeted FORAKER
and told the world that the hatchet had been buried be-
tween himself and the vena Ohio senator and that few
DAYS later after Foraker fall he tried to profit by the ex
posture, interesting merely as showing sdeght upon
contemplate character of the man who claims the pres
sona choice of the present occupant The fact that by
baseess nsnuatons the president OF the Cted States
past master in the art of tricky politics. who has never
denied that his campaign four years ago financed by
the Goulds and the Harmans and the Rockefeers and
the Morgans of Wall street. is endeavorng to besrc the
character of governor who has the love OF new
born commonwealth is interesting merely as showing to
what dasardly extremes the republican managers would
90 to foist this BUREAUCRAT upon the country.
But these are not the issues of this campaign.
THE ISSUE, AND THE ONLY ISSUE WORTHY
Il OF THE NAME TODAY, is WHETHER IHE AMERl-
| CAN PEOPLE ARE TO BE COERCED INTO ELECT
ING TO THE PRESIDENCY A MAN WHO HAS NEW
Err BEEN ANYTHING ELSE THAN THE COUNTER
PART OF A RUSSIAN BUREAUCRAT, FAVOR
SEEKING AND FAWNING TO THOSE ABOVE HIM:
IAND ARROGANT, EXTRAVAGANT AND DOMI
NEERING TO THOSE UNDER HIS AUTHORITY; A
IMAM WHO WAS UNABLE AND INCOMPETENT TO
WRITE HIS OWN SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE, AND
A MAN WHOSE MANAGERS FEAR TO LET SPEAK
| HIS MIND BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
No lying headlines in partisan newspapers, no I'M
founded insinuations by those high in authority no sop
thief cry raised by routed political hghbnders
shadow this issue.
It remains towering above everything else inmoved
and inovabe awaiting the sober verdict of the American
electorate.