The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-01
They WANT TAFT
Bureau SendiDg Out Hot Air FaYoring
CLARK and Harmen
But FAYORS NEITHER

Morgan and His Gang of Wall Street
Allies Are Trying to Fool the Peo-
pie Into the Belief That Taft is
Too Radical for the Trust Barons.
Morgan and his Wall Street gang
are trying to fool the people again
this year as they did some years ago
when he fooled the Democrats into
nominating Mr. Parker with the
promise of good contributions to
their campaign funds. AS soon as
Mr.. Parker was nominated the Wall
street gang pulled for Roosevelt,
raising for him a huge campaign
fund, but they did not raise finger
10 help Mr.. Parker, who was too
straight man for them, but who
was the most conservative Democrat
in the race. They pretended to favor
him to mislead the people, which
they did
Morgan and his gang are now try
ing to work the same old game. His
bureau at Washinton is sending out
much hot air abou. his being oppos-
ed to Taft and favoring Harmon or
Clark. OF course he favors neither of
these gentlemen, but he wants to
make out that TAFT is to much op-
posed to trusts to suit Wall street,
thinking that this kind of talk will
restore Taft to the good graces OF
the people, and that they will re-
elect him. This, of course, is exactly
what Morgan and his gang want
done They think that by making
Taft ont a Radical the Progressive
Republican movement will be check
ed.
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The Morgan bureau at Washing
ton recently sent out hot air re-
port to the effect that POSTMASTER
General Hitchcock had returned
from the aviation meet in New York
with the knowledge that if President
Taft's renominated and reelected it
will have to be in the face Of the
House of Morgan. Not only has no
tice been served on tie Taft leaders
that they need not expect any fnan-
cial help from j. P. Morgan and the
men who are actively allied with
Morgan in Big Business, but the
word has gone out from Mr.. Morgan
himself to make war on TAFT.
From reliable quarters comes the
news that when Postmaster General
Hitchcock went to New York to at
tend the aviation meet, he sounded
certain of the lieutenants Of Morgan
as to whether contributions would be
Forthcoming to help reelect Taft
In stead Of getting aid and comfort,
or the promise Of any, it is declared
that Mr.. Hitchcock was turIed down
cold. In effect, the word has gone
forth from J. Pierpont Morgan him
self that there is time to make
peace and time to fight, and now
is the time to fight.
The report then goes on to say:
1T is not without reason that fol
| some days past strange rumors have
been fitting about in high political
circles here that Wall street has
turned against President Taft. So
far as the powerful influence of Mr.,
Morgan is concerned this is true. Mr.
Morgan is displeased over the atti-
tude of President Taft with respects
to the trusts and combinations. It
will be recalled that in recent months
men like George ". Perkins, Judge
e. H. Gary Of the steel corporation
and others have urged persistently
that the Sherman law be amended,
and that legislation be worked out
10 permit great combinations Of cap
ital to exist under the shelterlng su-
pervision of the government
"In contrast President Taft has
not only said the Sherman law IS in
no need of amendment but he has
gone further than this. He gives ut
terance in his Waterloo speech to
what is interpreted by Mr.. Morgan
and his powerful allies as notice that
they must submit to reorganizations
of the combinations they control or
prosecutions will reIentlessly be car
ried on Attorney General Wicker
sham has taken an uncompromising
attitude with respect to the rigid en-
forcement of the Sherman law and
is insistent that trust magnates who
violate it be thrown into prison.
'Under such circumstances, Mr..
Morgan and the men about him are
not only preparing to resist Taft,
but they are giving attention to the
question of what man to put Ito the
White House to succeed him. They
They do expect to be able to prevent
the denomination Of the President.
They do expect OBJ able to prevent
his rejection.
Governor Judson Harmon is the
first choice of the powerful financial
group which Morgan IS the center
But it appears that this group has
done some casting about to ascertain
the strength Of Harmon. Harmon Is
regarded as an ideal man for presl-
dent. His record Of enforcement OF
the Sherman law when he was at
torney general is sufficiently devoid
of anything strenuous to satisfy Mr.
Morgan and his friends. Rut gov
! ernor Harmon would be useless II
defeated and it is feared that the
progressive sentiment in the country
is so strong that Harmon would go
down to sure defeat.
Coincident with this, strange ru-
mors are arising that the Harmon
leaders are discouraged. At the
same time there is increasing talk
of Representative Oscar Underwood