The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-19
MAYOR MOORE GETS SOME
RED HOT RESPONSES

has the republican party done for
the producing class in the last II
years? There is no bigger swindle
on the American people than the
Panama canal There are no laws
on the statute books either not put
there by republicans or that could
not have been repealed by the re-
publicans. The banking laws of the
republicans are swindles."
Here is another which for spell
ing is not a gem, but it contains
some philosophy. 1t says: I'VE
Student contribute to the republi-
can fund cause a president
Student need a fund"
Here is one from an Elberton
farmer:
81 received your letter asking
$40 for Taft. l cannot send the
money because l am doing my own
thinking and on election day
shall vote for Bryan"
The mayor for postscript to
his requests for money says:
Does it not seem to you that
the very unsettled conditions of
eastern business makes it neces-
sary to have known quantity in
the presidential chair and thus
avoid financial uncertainty
One reply to this reads:
Haven't we had known guam
tity in the chair? How did those
unsettled conditions happen? All
thoughtful men would be glad if
Taft were showed under"
you say there is no need to
recite policies, as the building of
the Panama canal, putting water
on arid lands, the saving of the
forests and the regulating of rail
roads and the great trusts. If you
intend to infer the republican
party put all those things through
| beg to be shown. If | have not
forgotten some things, it was the
republican party that dissipated
our public domain and gave to rail-
roads millions of acres of land that
Also republican ETAOIN n.lnun
were our common heritage. Also
republican land Office receivers
stole other millions of our fine for
ests in the interest of the lumber
trust. | fail to see where railroads
have been regulated. Has Spokane
succeeded in getting terminal
rates. Is Hartman in control of
less miles of railroad than when he
was called on by the president to
contribute $250,000 to the republi-
can campaign fund? Is it not a
fact that Governor Hughes of New
York vetoed 2 cent a mile pas
senger rate? Have you not had
Roosevelt in the presidential chair
for seven years? Is he not known
quantity? Did We not have the
worst financial panic last fall this
country ever experienced? Does
not your argument appeal more to
the prejudice of the people than tc
their intelligence? You failed tC
state Mr.. Taft's position on guar
antee of bank deposits and you
also failed to point to his labor
attitude"
The above letter came from st
John, Wash.
A letter from Palouse asks: III
there is all virtue and strength in
the republican party, and if God
has not deserted it, why would its
policies and customs make things
unsettled?"
A former school teacher of Spo-
kane writes from Olive, Wash:
Il gave your letter to one of my
neighbor who has been lifelong
republican, but Debs' speech has
made him a voting democrat"
One from North Yakima says:
Roosevelt has failed to make
good in every particular. He has
swung the big stick and made a
big noise. but show me a single
trust he has put out of business
or one rascal that he has put be-
hind the bars"