AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13798, 2 November 1908, Page 5

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

THE RIVAL PARTIES' Cl.AlM.v By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. NEW M)RK, Oct. 31. Tho Republican candidate Iqr the Presidency, STy AY. 11. Taft. declares that the issue of t lk* Prcsid"utial election is whether tho trusts are to he regulated under the Republicans or extirpated under Bryan. Tho people must choose tho method oi revising the tariff and decide whether they should maintain a home market for American products, giving labour proper rewards, or cripple tho industries by tariff reductions regardless ot the difference in wages at home and abroad. The Democratic candidate, Mr AY. J. Bryan, declares the groat issue, to bo, "Shall tho people rule?" A STANDARD OIL TRICK. (Received Nov 2, 8.18 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Mr J. D. Rockefeller, the chairman of tho Standard Oil Trust, has an- j nounced that he. intends to vote for Mr Taft. President Roosevelt describes this as a palpablo trick ot the Standard Oil Trust to defeat Mr Taft.