FREE DELIVERY.
Rejected Beneficial Measures and
Enacted Dissurout Legislation.
A Trinity of Beneficent Republican
Laws Froo Homesteads Na
tional Irrigation Free
Deliver.
The Democratic party has gone on
record ns having strenuously opposed
establishment of rural free delivery
service, on tlio ground that It was ab
solutely Impracticable nnd too cxpon.
Ive to meet Democratic approlmtlon.
Yet the 'only time thin name Democratic
party has held tho reins of power dur
ng the past forty-live years, It In
creased the national debt lit tho rute of
half ft million dollars a day during its
entire term of olllce, nnd each day we
lost a half million dullars In foreign
trade. The value of furm products de
creased more than live hundred million
dollars. ,
Dlaaatroa l)iiiioeratlo Hrslme.
The business of this notion, In two
months after tJie enactment of tho Wil
son law decreased nix per cent. Hanks
closed their doors, business houses us
Signed, the balance of trudo was
gainst us. Wo had deserted mills,
smokeless factories, silent machinery.
We had tramps and beggars and Indus
trial armies uud starving women and
children. In the nildHt of plenty, with
bountiful crops rotting nnharvestod In
the Acids, at a million hearthstones sat
Famine, pitilcKs and cruel 1 It shut
the door of Industry and clothed labor
la rags.
It fought under the dishonored ban
aor of free silver. It Bubscrlled to the
driveling stupidity that a nation ran
create values by law, that the govern
wont could stamp a lie upon fifty cents
worth of sliver und make It a dollar. It
opposed keeping onr flag In the Orient
and advocated that It be lowered in re
treat and trailed lu the dust of dls
honor. And yet this same party which
lias not learned anything or forgotti
anything lu lifty years, opposed the ex
tonslon of the rural free delivery serv
Ice on the ground of expense.
People ( inn I ii u Into Their Own
At least UO M'r cent of our peopl
are so situated us to be served success
fully by the rural delivery service,
They nnd their fathers have been the
pioneers of this country, In blazing
the trail of civilization and In sirbju
rating the land for the benefit of nil
the people. They uro the legitimate
heirs to all the benefits this govern
ment can legally nnd consistently be
stow upon them. They are the natural
beneflclnrieH of three of the greatest
pieces of Republican legislation known
to recent jVlwerican history that trin
ity of lnvrtiivuklng townrd the creation
mid develop it of homes on the pub-
u.
t)ou law, ii
I the establishment of u
rural frw
very, lieh nnd nil of J
tlK'so have
on fought by tho Demo
cratic party nnd In after years two of
these measure havo been claimed by
that party tin Its offspring. It Is more
than probable that Is-foro the expira
tion of another lifty years, tho Demo
cratic iKirty will claim the credit for
having ewlailillshed rural free delivery.
Democrarjr'N "Iliad-Slit lit."
The party's remorse over Its repeated
(allures and its attempt to deceive
the people sometimes comes to the sur
face and appeurs lu a more or less piti
ful light For Instance, at nil modern
Democratic conventions the Democrats
how their veneration for the memory
f Abraham Lincoln. Although while
he yet lived, while Is was doing the
deeds for which they now praise him,
the Democratic party, north nnd south,
exhausted the vocabulary of vitupera
tion in traducing and maligning and
reviling him. They praised tho gront
McKiuley only after his death. The mo
tive lu such cases may be appreciated
while the morals of a iolltlcftI imrty
which w'ks to have Its former opposi
tion to a public measure forgotten In
the loud clamor of lis present appro
bation, canuot be approved.
Republican Perfect. tke Work.
The rurul delivery service will be
tout limed under succeeding Republican
administrations until It will be fully
provided for the entire United States.
It drives home the Impression uion our
people that this great government care
fully looks after their Individual Inter
cut a and pcr.vimal convenience as fur as
oMHlble, Through this service the gov
ernment delivers at the doors of rural
citizens their mall ns promptly and
conveniently ns It delivers the sanio to
the rctililents of cities. The servlco Is
cue of the greatest ineaim for the dis
semination of knowledge aud Informa
tion to tho jicoplo of the couutry, they
tinve ever enjoyed. I5y It they are en
abled to keep lu touch with the markets
of tho country and with current events
In all parts of the world. It has ripened
Into a permanent service which will
continue to Improve nnd eventually
reach the door of the humblest citizen
In its growing benefits.
Hur UoneHeent Heculta Kolluw.
It has removed the nightmare of
loneliness nnd of Isolation from the
couirtry aud brought to It ninny of the
benutlu of city lift.. It has allayed the
plrlt of discontent and restlessness
which drove many of the better class
f young people to the cities. It has
appealed to tho densely jmpulated cities
whoae uoxlous atmosphere hastens the
dread disease of tuberculosis uud In
duced them to raise the cry of, ' Hack
to the laud, back to nature," and move
cut upon the extended plains, peaceful
Tullcys and the Inviting plateaus of the
country.
Kurul free delivery, the national
lirigsiion act ami the government
hoiiHKtend law are the three Jewels of
legislation In the crown of the Hepubli
can party, whose chlefest and priceless
fi'iu, Is Its ii.'mlitlou of huuiuu slavery
"Doc" Bryan Seems
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Fl PfTfeU A TOW
l -nWi -VMHirwr i2E3l :
From the Chicago Tribune.
LOST OKI"? BIG CASE.
Bryan
FooiShowing Before
to'll'lff'l'flWf' Ilft-K-TOTlfc
a New Yi
lawyer punctures Mr. I?ry-
an's legal rW-ord us follows:
"Mr. r.rymh's quallflcntlons for high
executive olllce imist be Inferred from
hla record in the four lines of work lu
which ho has engaged namely, those
of lecturer, Journalist, lawyer and colo
nel. "As u lecturer he Is certainly at least
tho cuunl of Mr. Koosevelt. As a Jour
nalist he Is probably tho equal of Mr.
Wattersou or Mr. Hearst. In either
cupnclty he is probably the superior of
Mr. Tuft.
"As a lawyer he can best be Judged
by his most famous case. This was the
Nebraska rate case. Ills State Impos
ed a tariff of maximum rates upon the
railroads and hired blm to defend It
In the Supreme Court. The ease was
brought by ix'isons Interested in the
railroads ngalnut tho ollleers of tho
State to get an Injunction to prevent
the enforcement of the law. This rais
ed, of course, tho question whether
such au action Is not an action against
the State nnd therefore forbidden by
the eleventh amendment to the United
States Constitution. It Is the same
point which many of 1 ho Western nnd
Southern States have been eud6avorlng
to make during the past yenr for tho
purpose of preventing injunctions
against their two-ceut fare laws.
"The Attorney General of Nebraska
took tho point in this Nebraska rate
case, but Mr. Ilryun overlooked It when
he came to nrgue tho case In the Su
preme Court. He made no defense
against the injunction on this ground.
He was bcutcu in tho case, and Its de
cision has beeu the basis for the devel
opment of tho diK.-trlne of Interference
by the federal courts with rate legisla
tion. If Mr. Itryun were President
would he be likely to get the nation
Into dilllculty by similar oversights?"
The t lioln of Aitrnti,
The Issue settles down to u choice of
agents, und here the Judicial temper,
the Industrious energy, the repose of
temperament, the unhurried uud less
iwctaculur art of uehlovhig results
commend Judge Tuft as the safest lead
er. Not lu nil things does The Uepub
llcau agree with him, but the measure,
of his merit Is large, lie has done
things, wlrlle Mr. llryan, the foremost
political orator of his time, has been a
brilliant -aud magnetic propagandist.
His service to the country In this Held
has been larsie 'but who will make the
better President? The one man would
be so situated us to Inspire aud coniiM-1,
In so far ns a President can, congress
to tho forward march the other might
tie cheeked and held back by the senate
In u way .to make the reactionaries
glad.- Springtleld Republican.
. "During the lt vrn yeara
th trtnblltnn have nut
iaail a littv that n Democrat
i on lil dare propuae to repeal."
St-uutor Albert J. Ilverld-e.
n
Unfortunate in Both
Appointees.
INSURES AGAINST DEMOCRACY.
Biff Wool Firm Fears loto Should
. .. , yr7j. . ,
RIlberinoD.r.ros., dealers inAiw wool,
Chicago,? 'fte offered a premium of
$10,fXK) for a fWO.OiX) Insurance policy
against the election of Ilrynn)
The firm Is one of the largest of Its
kind In the west nnd handles annually
1-.()00,IK0 pounds of wool. Tlie- stock
being carried over election Is about 10,
000,000 pounds.
"We could easily afford to pay the
large premium," said Mr. Sllberraan,
"for If Mr. Tnft Is elected we can af
ford It, and If l'.rynn Is elected ' our
lows probably will be $100,000. We
would lose nt least 1 cent a pound of
we sold immediately after bis election
or if we held it six months It would
cost us a cent a pound for storage and
care."
Mr. Sil'!orman Is Uepubllcun and Is
coiilideut of Tuft's election, 'but said
that his offer to pay u 10 per cent
premium on n policy maturing in less
than three weeks was entirely a busi
ness proposition unaffected by his po
litical views. Chicago Tribune.
A Democralle Mule."
Hurk! what means that rumbling
O'er the lund. .
Cun it bo a platform tumbling
O'er the lund.
Tho "Mule" is looking awful thin,
Tho Pryanltes have lost their grin,
They feel their chance Is mighty slim!
O'er tho land.
They fed that "Mule" the best hay
O'er tho land.
They felt sure ho would make It pay
O'er the land.
They rode him up ngalust the wall,
There ho bucked and let them full.
He needed oats not bo much gall
O'er the land.
That Democratic. "Mule" is great
O'er thevland.
His leaders make u great mistake
O'er the land.
They try to work him night nnd day!
That's, what 1 hear the neighbors say.
He hardly can get tiuu to bray
O'er the land.
That fool".Mulo" works to beat the hand
O'er tho land.
He seems to be In great demand
O'er the lund.
The time will come, not far ahead
When lie will wish that he was dead!
And will go home nnd go to bed.
O'er the lund. O'er the land.
Then thut old elephant, you know
With his mujestie step, so slow;
Will give that trumpet blast aud ronr.
That will be heard from shore to shore!
Aud for the poor "Mule" he may sign
And wnlk away, with nil the pie.
M.K. Spteluian in Topeka Capital.
The election of Taft will give an Im
pulse to nil new enterprises ; the ele-
tlon of Itryau would lo a hold-up of
business. s-rtiaps for years. hat good
seaman fails to slew up lu a fog? St.
Louis Ulube-Deiuocrat.
''"t " ' I
ra s . mum
His Remedies and His
BONAPARTE GIVES DATA.
Replies to Daniels's Second Letter on
JL , Trust Prosecutions,
led tot," neTTcfT..o' J8S
tntels, cnu.duan of the press ti
piled to I Ji leitef T,'i JoWp
Daniels, cnu.iiuan of the press tiureara
of the Democratic national committee,
nt Chicago, In which' he complained
that In the attorney general's answer
to his first Inquiry ns to trust prosecu
tions he had not differentiated between
the prosecutions under the Sherman
nntl-trust law and those under other
laws. Answering the Inquiry specific
ally, the attorney general states that
under the Sherman antitrust law pass
ed in 1800 there have been sixty-five
proceedings In all, fifty-six under Repub
lican nnd nine under Democratic ud
inlnlstrutloiis, forty-six since Mr. Roose
velt became President, In Scplomlier,
l'JOl, and nineteen during the preceding
eleven years.
Among the prosecutions of the Demo
cratic admlulNtratiou the attorney gen
eral says Is Included resistance to the
petition of Eugene V. Debs for n writ
of habeas corpus. It is also asserted
that five out of nine proceedings under
Democratic rule werem directed agalns,
lubor organizations and their leaders,
nnd that under Republican rule thert
have been In all three such proceeding
out of fifty-six.
Taft I'reaeuta the Facta.
Those who have been reading Mr.
Tuft's speeches during the present lum
palgn must have observed that tho Re
publican Presidential candidate Illus
trates his argument continuously by the
citation of circumstantial evidence, lit
Is not glveu to a fanciful, glittering
generality sort of speeciumrUlng. As
ho himself has expressed It, be does not
"float away Into the cerulean blue."
He proves his statements with the care
of a .wyer nrguiug a case before a
critical and discriminating Judge.
In the speeches which he has been
delivering In Ohio this week he wt
taken up his own record while a judgi
of tho United States district court upon
Issues lu which organized labor is In
torested. lie claims that his net lr
granting an Injunction In what Is
known as the Arthur case has beer
not ft hindrance to trade -u''lonlsm, but
nas opcrau-a 10 ine nmniing up inn!
numerical Increase of lalsir organiza
tions. In bis ppecen nt Zanesville lit
said:
"I only expressed what tr.? law wa?
at that lime, in an opinion uhicli I'
happened to ine to formulate. Urder
that opinion the trade-unions have
doubled In this country; they never
were In such a prosperous state; the
American Federation of Labor has in
creased 100 jer cent. The labor organ
i.utioiis have never reached the point
of usefulness before that they now
have. They have never exercised the
useful Influence or the power In pro
tecting their own interests before ttf
they havo under the law as I laid Ii
down some ten or fifteen years ugo."
Baltimore American.
John Worth Kern, the De'noerutio can
diilate, who lost his riilroiet puss, it.
cniiiiMiigning in New Jersey this week.
Philadelphia I'rcas
BRYAN SIDESTEPPED.
Seven Pointed Queries Propounded
the Democratic Candidate.
Failed to
Answer Any
Questions.
of the
Prior to his recent speech nt Omaha
Mr. Prynn had propounded to him tne
following pertinent questions by the
Omaha 15ee. Mr. Itryan did not see
fit to attempt to answer nny of them.
The ((neatlona.
1. Ton, Mr. Iirynn, ore making much
of Democratic friendship for labor.
Why Is it that pructlenlly no legislation
to protect labor has been enacted lu
the southern States in which Demo
crats huve absolute control? Why lire
there no child labor laws In the south (
Why nre there no laws to protect wom
en wage earners iu the soiitu iou
nnd your fusion friends had ubsolute
executive und legislative control of
Nebraska for several years. Why was
no legislation to protect labor passed
then? Why did the wage workers of
Nebraska have to wait for succeeding
Republican legislatures to remove the
$.",000 death damage limit, to get an
equitable employer's liability act and
to get a child labor law?
2. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to
make your paramouut Issue, "Shall the
people rule?" The most advanced
stop toward popular rule has been
through the direct primary. Why is
it, Mr. Bryan, that your fusion friends
when in complete control did not give
Nebraska a direct primary law? Why
Is- It that the Republicans of Nebraska
hnd to secure the direct primary law
over the opposition of the Dcnvoerats?
Why Is It that the progressive Repub
lican States have enacted direct pri
mary laws to bring the Oiling of olllocs
closer to the people, while the Demo
cratic States of the south direct pri
mary laws have been enncted avowedly
to disfranchise the people?
3. You Mr. Bryan, are bidding for
olllce on your nntl-trust remedies.
Why Is It tA? H the effective legisla
tion ngninst illegal combinations have
neon enacted liy Republican congresses
:inl for the most part by Republican
State legislatures, while the Democratic
States have no effective anti-trust leg
islation? 4- You. Mr. Bryan, nre bidding for
labor votes by promising to abolish
the writ of Injunction in labor dis
putes. Do you not know that Injunc
tion abuses have been chargeable us
much to State courts as to federal
courts? Can you name a single Demo
cratic State which has passed a lew
to prevent the abuse of Injunction by
State courts? Why was no such law
passed In Nebraska when your fusion
friends were In complete control?
5. Y'ou, Mr. Bryan, ure bidding for
votes on your scheme of bank deposit
guarnntW Oklahoma Is the ouly State
tlnt husVut fuch a law on Its statute
ooks. Why have none of the other
Ooninfi" mt i t,vfci,init1 ilwiriuLt. pil'ir.
a uuceu I "a n uui'inio crnijirwiirr
?irly jw-. Why did you not get your
fusion 'Jiends to enact the bill ns a
state law when they were In complete
control of Nebraska? A deposit guar
anty bill, which you endorsed, was
ffered in congress last winter ns a
substitute for tho Vreeland bill, but
only a hnndful of the Democratic con
gressmen voted for it, the remaining
others voting ngninst It or refusing to
vote. The only Democratic congress
man from Nebraska was one of those
who refused to vote. If your endorse
ment of that bill was unable to make
fhese Democratic congressmen vote for
it last winter, how will you be able
to make them vote for It next winter?
0. You. Mr. Bryan, are trying to
make much of the popular election of
United States senators. We have the
statement of Mr. Tibbies, rrtadc three
years'ago, thnt n lnrge sum of money,
vald to be fin.OOO or S20.0OO, was con
tributed by "Ryan, Belmont & Co." In
11)04, through your brother-in-law to
ward your campaign for United States
senator In Nebraska. Is Mr. Tibbies
mistaken In his assertions? If so. why
did you not corrwt them long ego? If
not, why did you not put your name
on the 'ballot ns a candidate for senator
nnd ask a vote of opular preference
Milder the Nebraska law which gives
von that right? Why did the Demo
"Mts refuse to unbuilt candidates for
United States senator to popular vote
In Nebraska In US! is. In 10U0 nnd UVU?
7. Y'ou, Mr. Bryan, uro making
much of publicity of campaign contri
butions. Nebraska has n campaign pub
licity law, but It was enacted, ns you
';now, by a Republican legislature after
our fusion state administration had
failed to puss such u law. Why Is it,
Mr. Bryan, that your brother-in-law
tnd Democratic campaign managers
Have persbitently and wilfully violated
iho Nebraska campaign publicity law?
Why, If you are so devoted to campaign
Tund publicity, were you ko Insistent
hat tho ."iO.('(Hi contribution to your
ampalL'U made by the Bennett will
Mould ls kept secret?
S. Finally, Mr. Bryan, will yon
ilei-.ise tell us why you .l-c:) up the iiw-
'lonest fusion masquerade In Nebraska?
Why do you permit your Democratic
residential electors to he mlshraiidcd
in the oMid-il ballot ns populists? Ar-
.hey not trying to get votes by false
pretenses? Is It not for the purpose
fooling populists Into voting for you.
vtip would otherwise vote for the pop
dlst cat-didate for president? If this
"uslon trick ft played In Nebraska is
lefeiided My you as legitimate, why do
.ou not try to piny it cu other states?
"The Democratic party Is fcoIutoly
iccessary to restore prosperity," du
lared Mr. Bryan In his speech at Max
well, lown. The' last time the Demo
rutle party was In power was In 1SW
Ye were under the impression the coun
ry had h."d some prosperity since then.
V little more than It had from lS'fJ
to lyjtl, too. San Francisco Chroulclc.
BRYAN IN LEAGUE
WITH LIQUOR DEALERS
Gov. Hoch Has 8ome Interesting
Correspondence on tho Subject.
Just ns th? temperance people of
Kansas were beginning to believe that
Win. J. Bryan, the Democratic candi
date for President, would make a pretty
good standard bearer, Governor Hoch
comes along with some correspondence
that Is calculated to put Bryuu out of
the running ns a temperance candidate.
Governor Hoch got into an argument
with a Democratic politician nt Marlon
nnd made some statements he could not
back up with proof on a moment's no
tice. However, he sent to Nobruska
for it und cot everything be wantnl.
The Omaha editor to whom Governor
Hoch wrote not only conllrmed every
statement made by the governor but
he sent copies of letters written by Mr.
Bryan himself In regard to the pn
hibitury amendment when It wus up for
adoption by the people of Nebraska
In 1WK).
In this letter Mr. Bryan says In other
words that he Is opposed to prohibition
but that he wanted the Nebraska' Dem
ocrats to make no declaration on the
subject. This occurred in the campaign
in which Bryan wus elected to Con
gress. The Democratic platform de
clared ngalust prohibition and Bryan
stumped the State on the antl prohibt
tlon platform. All tins is shown In the
correspondence in the bands of Gov-1
ernor Hoch and it is brought out by the
criticism made by Democrats' of Taft
because in a speech in Topeka three or
four yenrs ago be made the statement
that "It Is hard to legislate morals Into
people."
The Bryan letter written to a Demo
cratic friend prior to tho Democratic
convention in Omaha in 1S00 reads as
follows:
"Your favor just received. I expect
to attend the convention at Omaha nod
aii glad you nre going. I will try ami
leave here ut once, so that we can
get together and talk over the plutfonn
before the convention. I havo no doubt
we will agree on tariff opinions, but
I hnve been in much trouble over the
temperance plunk. I. like you aud the
great bulk of the party, am opposed to
prohibition, but thought us the Repub
licans took no stand on prohibition we
had better content ourselves with a dec
laration against sumptuary legislation,
pueh as we usually nave.
"We have n number of men who will
vote for the prohibitory amendment.
They do not ask us to declare in favor
of prohibition, but simply to do as the
Republicans have done leave it to each
Individual to vote as be likes. By de
claring against prohibition we will lose
a good many votes, whllft we will not
gain Republican votes. We tried thnt
last full In this county: declared in so
many words against, jirohlbition, and
the saloons went solid against ns.
"I wish I could see yon before the
convention. Can't you come up hero
Tuesday morning aud go from hern to
Omaha, nnd we can discuss all planks?
Will draw up the plunk you suwst.
Yours truly,
"W. J. BRYAN."
DEPOSIT GUARANTEE AT WORK.
tirowlh of Da nka forklaJionia Are
HuomIoiI ly I'i-Vniotera.
in is to seen"
posits. But the buifts , world wants,
sound banks us well as safe dopositSi
The failure of the dejMisIt guarantee h
meet the need of the business world,,
and Its contrary tendency to cucour.ige
unsound hanking, is evidenced In Okla
homa, where, since the guarantee law
went Into effect, out of seventy-seven
banks organized, forty-two started busi
ness with but $10,000 capital. One pro
moter is said to h:ive planned the or
ganizntion of twelve more. No guaran
tee of dejiortits ani offset the danger of
unsound banks, liven If insurance of
deposits were all that is needed to per
fect the banking system, it must he
recognlr.ed that no wise scheme of in
surance perpetrates the foliy of encour
aging or permitting a continued In
crease of the hazard. Boston Herald.
The Two-faced Ilrran.
To attract votes, silent voles. Mr.
Bryan Is circulating two-political docu
ments of a strictly personal nature. Ono
Is the "Prince of Peace" sermon, which
Is mailed to members of all denomina
tions. It is expected to do efficient
work umong the religious and benevo
lent, to whom It Is a bid to support Mr.
Bryan as a truly virtuous man of lofty
locals und altruistic purposes the good
man who could do no wrong.
The other document Is tin account of
Mr. Bryan's visit to the Vatican, In
which he gives an appreciative and
pleasing picture of Plus X. This is seat
only to Catholic voters.
There is no reason why anyone
should resent Mr. Bryan's unctuous so
licitations to vote for him for reason 4
of religlo: They will react upon him,
for the American people hate a hum
bug. New York Sun (Intl.).
Another I'naatawcrcil Question.
Hon. W. J. Bryan As a lalorin
niHii, a supporter of a family, doiendcnt
njMiii my day's work, I am Interested
in this campaign. The alllinporl.uit
question to nie Is work first, wages sec
ond. i'l you kindly In your next adJresti
state definitely your answer to the fol
i..wiu questions:
Wiu.t particular policy will you pur
sue if elected, that will insure ino:-
lr.cn work and better wages than tle-y
now huve': JOHN 1. SHUSTIi't.
Curtailment of Work.
"When he (Bryan) talks about cnrtatV
ing production he may think he i aim.
ini ut hi? corporations, but what he is
really aii.iine at, whether conscious of ii
or not, is tlio workingmeu, ,for eurtai
nient of output uiwins curtailment ol
work and discliarire of workinitnirn.
"DihUMMHhermcnt of plants moans proa
trntion of business industry. On tnt
ollur hand, we have been making progren
ii this country. We have had forceful
leadership. The people rule; they rulud
when tliey elected Jlclvinley and repu
diated Bryan. They ruled four years ago
when they elected Theodora Roosevelt und
he has been a forceful representative of
the people ever since." Oovernor llogha
of New York.
