Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Bryan and Hughes.


Mr.. Bryan, who will soon take the
stump for the st. Louis ticket, says Of
the Chicago ticket:
1.-THE republicans have presented a
ticket composed Of men of high char
acter, acknowledged ability and large
experience. No time will have to be
spent in defending them against per-
sonal attacks-they are immune. They
represent standpat republicanism-the
republicanism that looks after the cap
tains of industry and takes advice from
the monopolist and the exploiter. 1t is
q very respectable republicanism. but
the kind that caused more than half of
party organization. Both candidates
belong to the Taft wing of the party.
Mr.. Hughes vetoed the two-cent pas
senger rate bill, which even New York
legislature was willing to support. He
was the only governor who asked a
legislature to refuse to ratify the in
come tax amendment to the constitu
ton. And the legislature. supporting
his views by small majority, denied to
the state the glory of the victory. He
led Mr.. Taft's fight in defense of the
trusts against the democratic attack in
the campaign of 1908. He is salts
factory to the big corporate interests,
and yet his semi-independence of the
bosses and his advocacy of the primary
make him less Objectionable to the
progressivcs than almost any other
prominent republican"
Mr.. Bryan has not forgotten Mr..
Hughes part in the campaign of 1908.
It stamped itself on his mind as on the
country's. The part was in every way
notable. No adequate reply was made
to Mr.. Hughes statement of the Taft
case; and at the close of the campaign
when the votes we're counted Mr.. Hughes
was credited with having obtained
good many of them. Mr.. Taft felt
himself under obligations. and mani
Tested his feelings.
The trust question of this campaign
differs somewhat-materially indeed
from the trust question of the first
Taft campaign Mr. Wilson is urging
no war on business, big or little. On
the contrary, he and his friends are
assuring business that it has nothing to
fear from him. He wants the interests
will see that business, so far as the
government is concerned, has fair and
square deal.
As to the trusts, Mr. Bryan, however,
is something of standpatter. The
trusts have not grown in his estirna-
ton. He makes no classiications. In
his opinion, there are no good trusts.
All are bad. He started out with that
belief, and holds to it-stands pat on
it. He does not change his mind with
facility.
1t remains to be seen how Mr..
Hughes will deal with the present trust
question, and also how Mr. Bryan will
deal with Mr. Hughes deal Mr.. Hughes,
who has spent his life near big bust
ness and studied it at close range, is
familiar with it, and discusses it with
large information. Mr.. Bryan dis
cusses it as rhetorician, and conse-
qucntly in general terms. He applies
language to it, but has never done SO
with any practical result. Mr.. Hughes,
on the other hand, at the time of the
insurance investigation in New York,
showed what a knowledge of business
united to knowledge of law and a
purpose TO make business conform to
law and straight methods could do.
Mr.. Bryan will have difficulty in fix
ing anything like trust brand on the
republican nominee for President.