Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-05-07

sion, held a boiling convention. The
regular party convention sent delegates
uninstrueted
The West Virginia Republican con
vention instructed for Taft
The South Carolina Republican con
yention was favorable to the Roose-
welt candidate, but did not instruct the
delegation to Chicago.
Hearst Sounds His Trumpet.
Calling upon all Republicans and
Democrats who are tired of reaction
and talk to join him in smashing both
the old parties, William r. Hearst,
speaking at the first dinner of the In
dependence league leaders from all
parts Of the country at New York, as
sailed Roosevelt, Taft and Bryan in
the same breath. He called the presi-
dent sfhe most active and artful cam
didate of them all" and charged him
with shifting from one side to the 9th
er of many questions He bit at Bryan
on the same score referring to the
Nebraskan's change Of front on the
government ownership question and on
the referendum and ridiculing the sur
render to Sullivan in Illinois These
men of words" he said. ARE not given
to action These parties of promises
are not given to performance. He
pointed to the failure to pass a cur
rency bill and denounced the Hepburn
bill as "the browning if.5ult to labor.
Neither of the old parties could be
trusted to reform the tariff He in
dorsed the Roosevelt programme of a
bigger navy.
Johnson Talks Politics.
The passive candidacy Of Governor
johnson Of Minnesota for the Demo-
cratic nomination has been favored by
his lecture tour in Michigan, during
which several interviews have been
widely quoted in the anti-Bryan press.
Federal Capitalization and predatory
wealth he regarded as the two great
dangers Of this republic, saying that
the tariff itself is in restraint of trade.
While denying that he is for free trade,
he says that settlement of the tariff
along reasonable lines would settle the
trust question In his opinion there
should be restraint of monopoly, but
not Of intelligent cooperation of man
ufacturers to lessen the cost of produc-
tion. The johnson managers now claim
most of the uninstructed delegations
and say that Bryan will have less than
a majority.
Taft Says Bryan Will Win.
In his speech at a Republican dinner
at Bridgeport, Conn.,, Secretary Taft
discussed the questions likely to be up
permost with Bryan as the Democratic
nominee. anticipating that result of the
Denver convention. He charged Bryan
with having helped thrust the Philip
pines upon the country by advocating
the treaty of Paris.
Taft delivered q set address before
the Civic Forum at New York and an
swered questions from the audience
His subject was 1.-THE Laws Delays
To one questioner he replied that there
is no necessary connection between the
high prices and the tariff He denied
that he was q stand patter on the tariff,
but believed in the protective theory.
The much discussed answer which he
had made at Cooper Union some weeks
ago to man who asked what a man
out of work should do-namely, "God
only knows; don't" came in for some
revision when that question popped up.
He asserted that there was still much
need of labor on the farms out west,
and he would favor helping in every
way possible to bring together the I'M
employed and the demand for labor.
He had always been in favor of wom-
an suffrage, but thought it is a radical
step until it was certain that it would
be approved by all the women. AS to
the laws delays. he would have the ap-
pellate jurisdiction Of the supreme
court limited to typical cases and not
more than one appeal allowed
Socialists Approve Taft.
The New York section of the Social
list party has issued statement com
mending the sentiments expressed by
Secretary Taft to the Conductors
union recently at Chicago namely
that it is right and inevitable that
both labor and capital combine and
that great controversy must yet set
tie the question as to the relative share
of each in the products of industry.
Say the Socialists, ssHere we have the
remarkable spectacle Of a Republican
presidential aspirant coolly dropping
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