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m The Commoner. SEPTEMBER 27, 1S07 15 ii vx R n "THE GREAT rOSTPONEU" Secretary Taf t in his eagerly await ed speech delivered before the Buck eye Republican club at Columbus last night, furnishes the" complete denial to the taunt that the demo cratic pjirty "has no iBsue" on which to make next year's campaign. He disposes of. the jibe that Roosevelt has stolen all of Bryan's thunder by proving, to his own satisfaction at at least, that Roosevelt's policies and Bryan's are entirely dissimilar. His object in doing this is not to please the federal element, since the radicals link Bryan and Roosevelt. Contrai wIbo, he makes a lingeringly tender appeal for "conservative" support for his party, his president and himself. Particularly does the secretary appeal for conservative support for the presidential candidacy of William Howard Taft. For just as he shows that Roosevelt is conservative where Bryan is "radical" so he shows that Taft is conservative where Roosevelt Js radical. And in the process ho effectively and completely escorts himself out of the political house of Bryan and LaFollette, and slams the door behind him. 1 siinnorta the interlocutory de cree in court review of the rate bill which Bryan and LaFollette op posed. He favors agreements as to rates between competing railroads, sub ject, of course, to the assent of the , interstate commerce commission. He asserts, in opposition, to Bryan and LaFollette, that the total of out standing railroad securities is "not much, if any, in excess of the pres ent physical value." He proclaims the doctrine that the importance of government rate making is "much exaggerated," as serting that discrimination is the chief evil. 'Here he is entirely in accord with Foraker and the late lamented railroad press bureau. On the trust question Secretary Taft is a mere, echo of Mark Hanna. "Combinations of capital are neces sary;" the government should 'not interfere "unless ;" there are "lawful trusts as well as unlawful;" "good" trusts as well as bad; "the mere aggregation of all plants in one ownership does not suppress competi tion;" the anti-trust laws should be amended so as to distinguish better between "lawful" agreements and those that are pernicious, etc., etc. And so naturally Mr. Taft takes issue with Mr. Bryan in his announcement that the trusts should be extirpated, "root and branch." Secretary Taft differs from both Roosevelt and Bryan as to a federal license for interstate corporations. Ho looks on that policy with suspi cion and distrust. Ho takes issue with both Bryan and Roosevelt by opposing a federal Inheritance tax and a federal income tax, unless and until the government revenues require them. He does not favor either now. As to the tariff, he favors Its re vision "by the republican party" only "as sooii after the next election as possible," if congressional commit tees shall deckle, after investigation, that it ought to be revised! This speech, with its declaration of principles, will be a comfort and a stay to that element of the repub lican party that has fought Roosevelt inost bitterly, it will appeal to that element of pretended "democrats" that has been searching for "a godd southern candidate." But it will prove disappointing and discouraging to millions of good republicans who had hoped to make their's a progres sive party, radical and militant In its opposition to wrong however strongly intrenched, and injustice wherever found. Omaha World-Herald. it Is safe to eay, bo contont without tho coffco duty, but if the savings bank is established an agency will bo In oxistenco which will help to fit them for n higher political fitatug, and thoy should welcomo it on that an well as on other grounds, Chi cago Record-Herald. Your Nerves Arc the life, the vitality, the energy of your body. It is tho nerves that cause the heart to pulsate, the lungs to inhale tho oxy gen, the brairt-to direct the motion of every organ or the body, the stomach to digest food, the liver to secrpte the bile, the .kidneys to filter the blood, and the bowels to carry off the waste. "When tho nerves of tho stomach be come weakened or exhausted, Indiges tion, Constipation and Inflammation re sult, because the stomach is inactive. This is true of all the organs of tho body, and proyes that to cure disease you must strengthen the nerves. Dr. Miles Nervine is the great specific for the nerves, and In bringing them back to health never fails to euro all cases of Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Neuralgia, Headache, Spasms. Backache, Muscular Twltch ings, St. Vitus Dance, Epilepsy, Stom ach. Liver and Kidney Troubles. "For over two years physicians and health resorts failed to relieve me of a complication of stomach, liver, kidney and heart affections. Six bottles of Dr. Miles' Nervine cured me." G. W. ARCHBOLD, Grocer, Decatur, Tnd. The first bqttle will benefit, if not, the druggist will return your money. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS FOR THE COLONIES When the government opened its postal savings bank in the Philip pines It had serious difficulties to contend with. The saving habit had never been fostered among the na tives, and what efforts had been made in that direction by the Span iards were of a character more apt to discourage than to develop it. The Spaniards had been more interested in getting the money of the natives than in anything else, and they had even used the savings deposits to aid them in suppressing the last Fil ipino rebellion. The natlyes had not only seen their, money disappear, knowing they would never get it back, but they saw it used as a weapon against them. Despite this the success of our postal savings bank has been marked and, indeed, the officials report that their expectations are more than re alized. There has been an increase in the number of depositors each month without exception of Individ ual deposits. Large accounts are not expected or desired in the bank, but the more numerous the small ac counts become the better the gov ernment will be satisfied. Thus far the natives have not kept their bal ances steadily, but have shown a ten dency to withdraw money from time to time, and then to start fn at once to replace it. Already the bureau of insular af fairs has under consideration the ex tension of the savings bank to Porto Rico. It is only within a short time that Porto Rico, heretofore without any spot in our administrative estab lishment to which it could, look for authoritative communication with our government, has been assigned to this bureau, and if the first result of the Innovation will be the grant of a savings bank service to the Isl and it will beyond any question be a great benefit. The citizens of the United States may indeed watch the extension of government savings banks with a personal interest of their own, for every fresh success in the colonies will be a fresh argu ment for the establishment of such banks on the mainland. The people of Porto Rico will doubtless welcome the savings bank, but it is not what they are Uirectly seeking at the present time. 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