Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03
SENATOR FORAKER'S DOWNFALL.


The ablest comment that has been
published on the downfall of Senator
Foraker appeared in leading cdi-
Lorial of the New York World. We
give IL in FULL
The World has no sympathy with
Senator Foraker; but neither is II
disposed to exult over his downfall.
The causes of his political ruin make
II not a private but public tragedy.
II is no mere personal or party
matter when one of the OLDEST Sena-
tors in the Congress of the United
States is found to have been secretly
employed by the Standard Oil Com
pany, to have been paid lobbyist of
the Standard OIL Company, even to
have borrowed money from the
Standard Oil Company for the pur-
chase of a newspaper which was TO
have been used to mislead public
opinion. II is no mere personal or
party matter when the exposure of
this Senator's secret relations with
Standard Oil helps to discredit every
thing which he advocated In public
affairs, the good as well as the bad
II was Senator Foraker who led the
fight against railroad-rate bill
which places In the hands of the
President such tremendous powers
that the greatest inducements are Of
iered to the railroads to control the
Presidency. 1t was Senator Foraker
who deiied the whole National Ad-
ministration Of his party and fear
lessly championed the cause of the
friendless colored troops whom Mr..
Roosevelt arbitrarily dismissed with
dishonor from the service. II was
Senator Foraker who led the fight
within the Republican party against
Mr.. Roosevelt's attempt to name his
own successor through the agency of
an army of Federal office-holders. 1t
was Senator Foraker who, more than
any Democrat in Congress, did the
work of the Democratic party in pro-
viding an able, intelligent, agrees
sivc Opposition to 9one-man govern
ment aud autocratf,S power. :
Unfortunately, the stencil OF Stan
dard Oil now extends far beyond the
Senator himself II clirgs to every
thing he represented and smothers
every action, however courageous o.
dis interested
A large element of the public will
believe that he fought against the
Rate bill only because the Standard
Oil Company opposed It.; that he
championed the colored troops only
because the Standard Oil Company be-
licved II was an effective way OF, at
lacking the President; that he was
against Mr.. Taft's nomination only
because the Standard oil Company
was against It; that he resisted per-
lsonal government only because the
Standard Oil Company, was incensed
by Mr.. Rooscvelt's course in prose.
cutting 1t.
For years to come demagogucs on
! the platform will cite the Foraker be-
trayal of trust ms an argument in IA
vor of every sort of wildcat lcgisla-
ton that attacks property. Socialist
orators will refer to 1t as proof that
capitalists control the Government
and that Congress Is only the tool oil
the money power. Anarchists Will
rejoice In II as evidence that the Re,
public is rotten.
Senator Foraker's punishment has
been swift, thanks to an enlightened
and irresistible public conscience
Mr.. Taft has severed relations with
him. The Republican organization
has abandoned him. His State will
repudiate him II he Is candidate fol-
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