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jrrpw ?p? W'? tl(T -"M -jT" ' V V . -T , -X The Commoner. OCTOBER 16, 1908 9 rffrr - J Hi' I ' net ,1'OlU. ornm STRAWS WAITED TILL FpRAKER GOT "KETCHED" To the Editor of the New -York World: Tho attitude of the author of "my policies" in be laboring Mn Foraker after he was down does no credit to a brave man. In another rdspect 1 ho reminds me of tho Georgia colored woman who was "skinning" her boy that had been caught in her neighbor's watermelon patch. As she industriously applied the thong she said: "And yer stole dat watermelon, yer did, an'. "yer got kctched, an.' yer got ketchcd, an' yer got ketchcd!" After tho Ohio senator had burled the hatchet with Mr. Taft and had been' invited to make campaign speeches in Ohio and Now York for the republican ticket -and after' he had been "kotched" by Mr.- Hearst; then the president began to use "his big stick." Why wait until "ketchcd?" The president knew all beforehand and said nothing. A. S. J. STOVALL. . Elberton, Ga., October .2. of hio time, and asked Mr. Harriman to raise a quarter of a million at once as a fund "to carry New York." This sum was raised and put by Roosevelt's managers where it would do tho most good and New York was carried. What otherwise was tho result? Judge Parker know of but could not provo tho contribution and was publicly branded, by RooBcvelt as "a wilful. and malicious liar." Later Roosevelt conferred tho same- distinction upon Mr. Harriman and further branded him as "an undesirable citizen." SELRAHO? " New York, September 23, 1908. ' of Nowark, and others spoke. Ex-Sqnator Win ton, who was stato chairman of the Palrnor and Bucknor gold democracy in 1890, safcl that moro thai 15 per cent of tho gold democrats of that year in New Jersey are enthusiastic imp porters of Bryan. Chairman Nugent predicted a land slide for Bryan in tho stato and ntitlon. Now York World. ' VHISGEN IN THE 'PALMETTO STATE ' . .'.To the Editor. of the New York World: Several months ago I was impressed with the. professions of the Independence party. They seemed.. o bo fighting for the people, against .the bosses, against the trusts and for tho en "largeinept of. individual opportunities. I thought such, p. party would jbe wholesome in the south, ' where now only one party exists, and .where .,by,reaspn,pf,the, monopoly things are sometimes . - carried n, wltft Ji . fjigh hand. So . I went, .as a. delegate .. to. Mv. jHearst's party. I had not been , in, Chjcaga h'a,if.&n, hour before discovering that I. was jn. the, wrong. p'ew, 1 was convinced that "the, arm and. purpose was,inerely io niagnify and glorify 'ftrr..Hears.t.and the effect, a,id to Taft. '. Many, delegates,, agroqd. with ,me .fully on -the way and, ajfter'. reaching Chicago, but when the , convention, met; were .assailing Bryan like vet- ; ef an .' Hearst, .heelers. , What cajised the light ening change It .don't know.' It has become moro 1 'apparent every moment slnco 'that. Hearst and . TaftaVb' working together. Hisgen will not get over, 10,0 yotes in this. state- ..... Vm :,:-.-.v'..-'r: J-CGAIU.INGTON.rf Hi . .., - Greenville, :S) 0 October, 3V. ... " . " i" '. - " " "... . AN OHIO FARMER FOR BRYAN . ' p tire Editor of the New 'York World: I Atn a 'farmer arid Veteran, and I shall cast my .vote 'for that peerless leader Bryan. I canTnot ;f6rget'the insult. th,at' Mr. Taft gave to General, 'Grant and the veterans in his speech on May.jJO lasTat the tomb' of that great and noble soldier. Which do rule, the people or the big four Speaker Joe Cannon, Sereno Payne, John Dalzell and Jimmy Shernfan? These are the stand patters .hat; , dictate, what legislation shall he 'considered. Is the tariff a benefit to the farjner? "is the farmer protected? He sejls his crops in an open market and buys in. a market that is protected from 20 per cent to, over 100 per cent and pays a higher price for his implements than ' 'the farmer pays in Europe. What the farmer 'waiits is relief, not. taffy. If. protection protects, wh;y lias-wool dropped from 33 cents per pound in 1907 to 17 cents in 1908? Did the people .rule in selecting the delegates to the republican convention, or did Hitchcock and his office-, .holders and the steam roller? ''.: - H. B. KIFFER.. K . ; -New Philadelphia, 0., October. 3. - . ";' ' FORAKER AND OTHERS . , To. -the Editor of the New York Herald: ' Senator-Foraker accepted fees aggregating' some -$30,000 "from 'the Standard Oil company six years ago for advising that company as to Its rights, under the constitution and laws of Ohio. Tho most powerful industrial corporation in the 'world, widely useful, widely hated, possibly , but not provedly the supreme violator of law, as Roosevelt charges, paid a $30,000 fee to this conspicuously able constitutional lawyer for ad vice upon points of enacted law whereon; his opinion was the very best obtainable. Senator Foraker states that all obligation on both sides ended with the delivery of the opinion and the payment therefor, Why snouia his word be doubted? Per contra, in a moment or great danger to the republican party in. New York: in 1904 Theodore Rdosevelt called-over .. I . .. - ".. . -mimnKsi tr Trnrriman. his to wasningtou our. !. . "-"t; rr ,per8orial and political friend and ! gf bleat constrictive, railroad and financial genius, BRYAN TALK AT MINNEAPOLIS To tho Editor of the New York World: At the West hotel, where ono would expect all the' talk to be republican, as much Bryan talk as' t Taft talk is heard. There is a largo republican Bryan club at. tho stato university. Tho intelli gent negroes are outspoken for Bryan. Today the president of a local llfo insuranco company told mo that though a life-long republican he should vote for Bryan and that tho vice presi dent would do likewise, because of Bryan's char actor and Roosevelt's dictation of Taf t's nomina tion. A republican from Iowa and another from the state of Washington expressed the view that this is a free country? and no dictation frdjii the president is wanted. They -will vote' for Brynn: Labor is -being organised and will-vote against Taft. l i ;C. L. CtEMANS. V," Minneapolis, October 2. f A FIRST VOTE JfOR BRYAN To tho ISdltorot tho Now York' World: I am ,to cast my first ballot for tho doctors of New York state. Indirectly I am going to voto for Bryan. My father is a republican, my grandfather was a republican and I" was brought up In a republican community, and yet I am a Bryan man. Why? In tho first plaice. I am n Bryan man because were Jpffcfson'.'hcfo ho would be; woro Lincoln here ho would be. In Bryan wo have an exam pi o of both these grct men, a founder of now and sound prlnciploBand tho greatest of paciflcatorB arid omortcipatorB. Vhere cau we find a man better fitted than Bryan to carry out tho policies of his own, wh,Ich Roosevelt 16 attempting to carry out? Ho who 1ms' be.cn thd real president, shall ho not sit In Ihe presldehj's-chair? ', l3p not vote, or Bryan unless you can toll wfry you do. E. F. T. ,anay; hiii, n, y, IP REPUBLICANISMS SPELLS PROSPERITY OUT WITH SHERMAN, AND CANNON ,-rt vmu-hMmu . ,WJlL ' ; t xr- v , ,,r , , V " -' '' v . .. , . t it ,rTd. .o E.dUpr of the New York World: In I r Toithe Editor; of- the Now YoWorldyiir.,' ' 'rf 7F!th'6ro Wai a, monetary depresson that g.nndliisdonuriciation of GoVehiQr " YopWlcah pa; of courso bo followed ly an e5qh'ljy "tt 8r years, ilation of James S. 'Sherman, right-'' ' ..fiT iooo Roosevelt's tender regard Xof publid moYaU ls'V 'Js&tM five yqiirs; Yet high tariff nrovaflod, tho pu ,uw..Mb, ". o uuuu.iw.vuuu ui viujvniui ( f(TU J) UUJViUl PUpi Jao 111 IUJi JJUWCT UIJU HUU UWH XUDIVCll Will stern denunciation hand man of Joseph Cannon and mOuthpIcc'o Of the trusts. If Mr, Roosevelt does riot at once domand his removal from" the- republican ticket' the attack -on 'Haskell, will 'look like a eWea" political trick, t. HlP.'OHADBOURNE. i . Roxbury;:;Mass. l'j(' -i " r'i" Arthur being president, there were 9,184 .business, failures involving a loss of $12, 874, Q00. In tho following year thcro wore 0.Q3W Xailurea, involving $220,343,000. In 1890-91 Harrison being president and vq.Mhe McKInleyi tariff law In force there woro 23,- . ,067 business failures, involving a loss of nearly '' - :' :' ,". ,.w. . .$400,000,000. Tlio so-called panic of 1893 PREDICTS BRYAN LANDSLIDE charged by republicans to tho Cleveland admin- More than fifty democratic editors of New Oration, had its cause flnd its initiation under Jersey mot yesterday at tho Jieadauarters of the-' -xepuoncan uominauon. ir ..-state, demoqratip committee " a democratic editors' asa . -Bryan and iKornx Chairman committee; Jacob Bonnell, of Newton:; James E. Carpentervof Gloucester; Herman C. L. Beeper mitteo Inv New-ank, to t Or riv ' ': :QiierV: If republicanism spells prosperity, ' associdtlori' 'to srip'pai'.t;' rWhhi,' hnseeri (Jfd.!(tta'ttor with tho spelling boo airman 'Nugent, of thgWK' e.Wr. slncp .laal October? JOHN HOWARD. Hyattsvillc, Md., Soptember .9. -y lllll'illlaw'''",'--" ' . :i. $$:&-'. Afraid of the Light if kMAi, AJMjMjJBfej i. .. .JLfc.