The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-16
REPUBLICAN LEADERS SHOULD
BE IN COURTS FOR vloLAT.
ING ANTITRUST YAWs.
THE WEST COOL TO TAFT
FORGERY OF Ex.PRESlDENT
cLEVELAND'S NAME BY
REPUBLICANS.
Mr.. TAFT Carries Three Press Agents
on a Luxurious Train, and Has 10
Send Out Postal Cards TO Get
People to Greet Him in
the Cities.

the Cities.
Chicago, H., september, lSpecial)
Congressman Ollie James OF Ken
lucky. who made the speech Of III"
Denver convention In secondlng the
nomination OF Mr. Bryan, has ar
speaking dates IN Illinois, In
diana. Ohio. Kansas and Nebraska
Mr. james Is popular speaker ana
there are as many demands FOR his
appearance on the stump as any 9th
cr campaign orator While "A visitor
at Democratic national headquarters
this week, he said
Bryan will be elected president In
November by the greatest landslide
the country has ever known. me
record breaking crowds that greeted
MIR. Bryan in Judge Tairs home city
and state bespoke the sentiment Of
voters throughout the nation
Ex.President Cleveland's Name For
gerry.
The dishonest and corrupt method
the Republican party is rcsortinE to
In its desperation to defeat Mr. BY
an should cause all honest men TO ne.
bukc it," continued Mi James. The
circulation of the pretended article by
Grover Cleveland against Mr. bryan
shows to what extent the Republican
party is willing To- go IN order to en-
trench In power for four years longer
the agents OF the monopoly and the
servants Of plutoCracy They were
willing not only to dcsoCratr tho mem.
c'g If Mi Cleveland but to forge ms
name to an assault upon Nj. Bryan as
we'll as an arraignmont Of the Demo
cratic party. \ party that is Wiling
20 dCscCrutc the dead and prostitute
the memory OF great "NprCsii"nt
will hesitate at nothing that Is nrc'5.
sary We may expect them a"din 10
invade the trust funds Of widows ana
orphans held by insurance companies,
We may expect them again To write
other letters to My Dear Hartman,
who was Il director In 30 railroad cor
porations. corporations that had ere
atcd . trust upon transportation ana
monopoli2rd the highways Of com
mcrce, telling Hartman "" are prac.
teal men and asking him tu gather up
quarter OF a million dollars To be
used to elect the Republican party
Standard Oil Buys Newspapers.
What difference can the people dis
tingllish between the Standard OIL
Company sending $4,000 to Senator
Foraker TO buy up newspapers and
furthe~ the cause of the Republican
party, and Hartman, who AT the be
hest Of President Roosevelt got the
trusts and mOnUpoliCs to contribute
$3.50. 10000 to he used directly on the
voters, except that in the iirst In
stance Senator Foraker returned III,
money to the Standard oil when h,
found out he could not purchase the
newspapers but Roosevelt allowed
the Republican party to use the mon
cy that Hartman contributed Il
aid in mis- election. II the presidon
desires in some way TO make amend!
| he should at least see that his part!
returns the money which Hartman
| contributed. to the widows and or
| phaus of the insurance companies
| whose funds were depleted by con
scicnceless band OF pirates In the in
teres. of the Republican Iarty.
| Republican Treasurer Trust Magnate
THE treasurer OF the Republican
| camuaign fund is a well known trus
| magnate. "A director In many mOnopC
| lies. he Is n force and power In Wal
street. Mr VIM Nelson Cromwell who
we are informed, contributed $4,000
to the Republican campaign fund.
also n directu: In many trusts tina
the Roosevelt party should have be
fore the courts answering indictment
for violating the antitrust law rattle
| than contributing to the Rcpublica
campaign fund,
MIR. Du Pont has resigned, the pI
ocrs tell us, from the chairmanshi
OF the speakers bureau ! presum
he resigned from the speakers BIT
reau so he could give more time {
the preparation Of his defense for tn
violation of the antitrust law"
The fact that the alleged letter froI
OK President Cleveland, published o
iginally In the New York Times, Is
forgery. created no surprise at Dem,
cratic headquarters. From the Yer
first the publication of this letter I
one of the most partisan papers SUI
portlng Judge Taft was regarded as
campaign trick. After exploiting III
forgery In Republican papers, can
paign managers OF the party had TIL
misrepresentation of the dead pres
dent circulated rs campaign doc
ment. The New York Times has bee
forced to admit that 1t DETAINED NJ
Cleyeland's memory when II publisht
the fake interview. Very natural
Mrs Cleveland and the executor
| IN. late pX.president 4 estate hay
come forward and exposed the mo
yillainouJ misrepresentation of Il
memory of n dead president with
the history of the nation.
Newspaper Mans Views.
Speaking Of the exposure Of Il
Times story. M. Ioscphus Daniel
chairman OF the press bureau, sal