The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-27

the moral sentiment of the country
and betrays the. conscience of the
American people. There Is great
question of conscience before the
American people. 1t Is honesty In
politics. You cannot tnve honest
government without honest politics
and the Democratic Isrty is in.
augurating new era IN American
politics The investigations, the dis
closures. the reveletions have shown
what enormous campaign funds bave
been secretly collected and corrupt-
ly used. and an awakened people
demand thet that should stop, but
the Republican senate and house
refused to listen TO the demand and
a Republican national convention
rejected the plpnk that was aimed
at dishonesty In politics. Our COM
mittee applied the doctrine of the
platform i'to, the present campaign
and has done what nc national COM
mittee ever did before---it he's taken
the reople into its confidence and
laid bare the. source OF its cam
paign contributions.
81 submit to you that our plan
appeals to the moral sentiment of
the country, to the awakened con-
science Of the nation.
"And, my friends, want TO
make this prediction, that whether
we win on lose, this reform that
We are inauguratinIg viii become
the law OF this land end the Re-
publican party will be compelled o
at least yield to the moral senti-
ment. IT," he said amid tumultu-
ous applause, Fthere be Republicans
here, let me say to them that they
may defeat me ir they will, but
they cannot deny TO me the credit
that history will give me for help.
ing to give an impulse to honest
politics"
1.-THE Republican leaders do not
regPTd constitutional limitations. :
he argued, "and in this respect the
present president and the Republi-
can candidate for president are not
exceptions to the rule. President
Roosevelt has disreearded constitu-
tional limitetions. This government
Is not government of one man.
This government is framed upon the
theory that absolute power Is not
lodged anywhere except with the
people themselves"
Taking up the Presidents letter
regarding labor. Mr.. Bryan said
the president criticised Mr.. Comp
ers the other day for criticising the
court. 81 submit" he declared. s'tbat
Mr.. GcmDers has never criticised tho
courts more severely than President
Roosevelt himself mas criticised the
courts" - ~
fhe Democratic candidate chaFg.
ed that the president was now
suihg caily bulletin assuring
the people that Mr. Taft wes the
friend of labor.
my friends he said, there Is n
certain mutuality about frIendsb,n.
poon SIDES have been consulted and
MI Roosevelt consults one side when
he discusses Mr. Taft as the friend
OF labor. / care not what he NAV
say about Ar. Taft's friendsbin for
iaDor' Mr.. Taft's record shows that
ne Is not In sympathy with those who
toh In this country. Here IL some
thihg that ! hope VIII engage his at-
tohtion for the rest OF the cano,iy,
~ Is decision rendered by him IN
the ease of Thomas versus the G.. N
y. q t. p Railway.
I'm that case Mr.. Taft rendered a
decision, authorizing the receiver ,o
make cut of 10 per cent In the
wages OF the railway employees and
NE rendered that decision in 1894
when the same question came before
other judges. The same opestion
came before Judge Caldwell and he
refused to authorize a cut of 10 per
cent In the wages of the employes
ana when these employees who were
~ ouu5c ldIt ueClSIOQ
MADE application to have wages ne
stored to their former amount. AFR
Taft' In rejecting their appeal, used
this language; Their appeal is ex.
a'fiy like that of an appeal from an
empioye to an employer, except thar
while the employer may be moved by
consideration OF charity a court as
hhited IN the exercise OF its discre-
tion to such action as may be CON
sistent with the preservation of the
property and its due administration
IN the interests of those who own It..
'He denied these men any legal
right to appeal and merely, without
setting a precedent, permitted them
TO state their case and then informed
them that an ordinary employer might
as matter OF charity hear them and
need them; that in his court he had
10 consider the questions of property"
The candidate elected wild enthus-
iasm when he said that in the West
MT Taft was running on his amend
mehts to the Chicago platform, while
In the llast he was running ON the
original platform. t..
"In the East" he said Che is a