Show CORPORATIONS AND THE ELECTION If the dispatch h the other morning that contracts I amounting to or half that sum were entered mitered into prior to election on condition that Mr j Taft should be elected but to be rescinded in case of his defeat was true that is sufficient to account for his election The campaign n was of no avail Looked upon from a a. sinister st standpoint it was si simply ply buying buying buying buy buy- ing the election by the great railroad and other cor cor- Looked upon from the standpoint of business only it shows that for certain reasons the great money magnates and the managers of the great industries of the country had a a. fear that a radical change of the administration would produce such Uncertainty uncertainty un un- certainty in the business world that it would not do doto doto t to replenish depleted stocks or 01 undertake vast improvements improvements im im- hu- hu no matter how much they might he be needed But nut the certainly to insure the election of Mr 11 Taft for it enabled the great corporations to control the votes of quite men and that without compulsion or further argument than merely mere mere- I ly to o circulate among them the statement that if one man should be lC elected their situations ons would be he safe and their wages secure whereas if another was elected immediate and radical retrenchment on all ines lines would be necessary When we reflect that votes if changed in New York Ohio and Indiana would have elected Mr l Bryan we see seem in a moment the potency of placing such an un alternative before men who depend upon their I dail daily wages to support themselves families It is useless to sa say there was no reasonable occasion I for the fear expressed because reasonable or not it itras I was ras there That is not the worst of it That combination corn com I can awaken cu the tho same fear in an any c campaign mp I 01 or in other words the great money combines of the country can without spending nn any mone money control the elections Had they pleased tho they could have declared declared de do- dared they were weary of Roosevelt elt policies and I could see sec no hope of improvement 1 until there was a change Mr 1 rr Br Bryan an would have been elected by hy a n larger majority than was wash Mr h Taft It was natural probably for those centralized interests to fear a n radical radical radi radi- cal change in the tariff schedules in case of a DemoI Democratic Demo Demo- cratic victory an and this question the Democratic I I leaders lenders should carefully weigh before they undertake another campaign Had Irad the tariff plank formulated i at Denver made a demand for a n revised tariff carrying carry carry- jug ing incidental protection it might have bave won them the election ejection As it is it is wonderful that they will year after year ear practically demand a tariff for tor revenue I only and this b by ta taxing ing only such things as arc are independent independent inde inde- pendent of protection It is claimed that thai the silver question was settled in 1896 but hut the tan tariff question seems to be perennial and never ne dies I |