The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-10-14
Irving the Same Game.

The Wall Street crowd will try to
work the same game on the Demo-
Gratis in the next Presidential election
that they did when they pretended to
desire Mr.: Parker's election over MT.
Roosevelt. They spoke we'll of Mr..
Parker and abused Roosevelt, until
after the two nominations were made
and then they come out and threw
their influence for Roosevelt, furnish
ing all the money he needed to fin
ance the campaign. That they will
try to work the same game next year
IS now bes inning to crop out. But it
will not succeed.
Recently a dispatch was sent out
from Washington in which it was
asked "will Wall Street withdraw it's
powerful financial, industrial and
commercial influence from the Taft
reelection .boom?" The dispatch then
goes on to say that is question that
has been agitating the Taft political
boomers for months past. There is
fear that the financiers will forsake
the president, owing to the activity
of the administration in its antitrust
campaign" 1t is further stated that
no feelers have been put out by the
Taft forces in this respect yet.
Then it is further alleged in the
dispatch that retaliation on the pres
ent administration by Wall Street
is looked for by a number of politi-
clans in the Democratic party as we'll
as in the Republican PARTY. Resent
ment against the anti trust zeal of
Attorney General Wickersham has
been at high pitch for a long time.
Wickersham, they say, has been per-
sistent in his warfare against what
President Taft has termed bad
trusts" Other trusts that were not
so designated were brought to the
attention. of the department of JUS
tice and either suffered through pros
ecution, or were dissolved or COM
pletely put out of business.
This is said to have engendered a
spirit of unrest and Wall Street pre-
pared to bluff out the president and
his attorney general. Wall Street
did not succeed and the American
Tobacco and Standard Oil company
were proceeded against. This brought
the whole matter to climax. The
administration hit two powerful con-
Germs as we'll as a group of very
powerful financers. 1t is now ques-
ton of supporting a Democratic pres
idential nominee or getting private
word from the administration that
trust busting and corporation discs
tabiishment will be discontinued as an
official pasttime.
This bait for the Democrats is now
brought out and dangled before their
eyes, as will be seen by what follows
It is reported, says the dispatch, that
the interests represented in Wall
Street, believe they have no hope in
the Republican party, and that il
they should unload Taft it would
nominate only some other Republi,
can even less satisfactory to business
Therefore the Democrats would ap'
pear to be the only party which af'
fords a reasonable chance Of takin:
the more moderate view of the rela
tion of the government to big corpor
ations. The next paragraph show:
how they expect to get the Demo
Gratis to take the bait.
It is claimed that according to the
gossip in political centers, the prob
ability is that Wall Street will droI
Taft. According to one of the mem
bers of a certain political following
Wall Street is now seriously contem
plating what it's move will be in thi!
direction. The presidents addresse:
en- his western trip will be followed
closely as we'll as the activities O.
Attorney General Wickersham thi!
fall. This condition of affairs ha!
started tongues wagging, and thu
apinion seems to be that Harmon vii
,-et Wall Street to support Taft i!
Tenudiated.
The Democrats, as we said above
we're fooled once by Wall Street, bu
they will not allow themselves to bF
fooled again. Wall Street wants Har
mon nominated by the Democrats
but it has no idea Of supporting hin
if he is nominated. Wall Street i:
we'll satisfied with Taft and his wa!
of trust busting. Wall Street know:
that the trusts never had a bettel
friend or more plant tool in tht
white house than Taft, and the tall
about his being opposed by Wal
Street is a subtefuge to fool the Dem
ocrats and the people, but the scheme
will not work this time.
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