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-.'Dim I'crmc- Supporters of Bryan Assert Their Manhood find Quit the Continuous Office-SceKer. Thousands of Bryanitcs Turn to Taft tn tho Campaign NearG the End neither the "Cleveland Demo crnt3" Nor the Independent Voters Take Their Places and Bryan's Defeat U Certain. " Tho thousands who formerly voted for Bryan, hut who refuse to endorse Hint candidate's latent plea to he elect 'd President, include thinking men of all occupations mid conditions In life. They nre now couvlneed that Bryun in loo unstable and Impractical to he en trusted In power. They like to bear Mm talk, hut they tremble at the thought of hlni In tin; Whit" House. ' v ' As the campaign has neared the fin Ish the defections from the democratic party In favor of Taft and Sherman have gained in volume and It has been imy to hcc the steady drift away from Itryan. With his old followers leaving him. the "Cleveland Democrats" still refusing to heed his advice, and the absolute failure to add new recruits to his cause, the chances of the Nebras an for success have decreased steadily s Nov. 3 npproaehed. The Fear ot Bryan. The fear that the election of Bryau ill turn back the bauds of the pros lierity clock, no one knows how many y-ars. Is obvious all over the country and the feeling Is shared by business n.ei: and laboring men nlikc. Stimuel Itosentlial of Baltimore, of the firm of St rouse & Brother, one of the largest clothing manufacturer in itie country, has expressed the belief that the prosperity of the country and the steadiness of business deiend on the election of Taft. Although a Dem ocrat of many years' standi. ig, Mr. Ro senthal says he will vote, for the Re jii.l lic.ui candidates. In Omaha n railroad man owe in . tin' ranks was listening to Bryan make one of his big campaign speeches, lie stayed until Bryan began to attack i:HMvelt and to ask "what has Roose v'lr. ever done?" The railroad man rjuit the meeting. procured a Taft badge and pinned It on Ills coat in place of a Itryan button, which he threw away. He said he had Intended to vote for Iiryun. but that Taft would get his bal lot. C'nrllailo Not for Ilrynn. . Some of the Brynnltcs have Imh-ii pre dicting that John . Carlisle would take a stand for the "Peerless," , but kii far their prophecies have failed and it is said by iiufctvho are close to that adamantine defender or sound govern- 'lection of Bryi"-. Joseph It. (i.VjsLloutcuntit Governor during the administration of John l. Allgeld ns (iovernor of Illinois, and a lifelong Democrat, has announced that lie will vote for William II. Taft. Mr. tiill. now a resident of California, reg istered at the rainier House, Chicago, hi his return from a visit to his old home at Murphyslioro. where he still owns a daily Democratic newspuier. In the lobby he met l.en Small of Kan kukcy. field general of the Yates forces during the primary light. "I have been n Democrat all my life," Haid Gill, "but I am going to vote for Taft. Why? 'll, the reason is short and simple. Taft represents the true Roosevelt prin ciples and Bryan represents almost anything for Itryan." An Incident frou Nrliruaka. Frank Currie of Gordon. Neb., for merly a State Representative, relates Hie following, which is extremely 11 liimiiM'.ing as regards comlitioit.s In "Bryan's own State": "In my travels over Nebraska I have la-en able to tind hut one Itepuhllcau ho says lie is going to vote for Bryan. .Another little incident shows the way the wind Is blowing. , Recently at din ner twelve voters were seated. Eight liad voted for Bryau in lShu and four of the twelve hail voted for him in but each anil every one declared that this year they were going to vote for 'Part. 1 thought for a minute they might he trying to string me. but after talking It over with them I saw they were all slm-ere In their convictions." John W. Reynolds, a Confederate vet , rr:in, writing to the Baltimore A inert .ran. says: "I! is true deplorable condition ex ist through some parts of the couutry, luit at the time Mr. Bryan was at the liclm In Ciuress they existed every where. AnU the manufacturers, the me--iii(ii's and limners und laborers of the country, it was the period that few have forgotten. Never will I, as a South! in man from the grand old 4tstc of North Carolina, lour years in lie service of the Confederacy lighting for a Oiiuse I believed to be right. If I ...-. . ;n- i snail ensi my vole lor the Hon. "W II. Taft and Sherman for the pres idency and vice presidency." California Supporter Turn Awnjr. It. M. Hotaling of Sail Francisco, nho has been a liberal contributor to Vcmocratio campaign funds, refused to tut so this campaign and announced he fenl tToiie over-to the Rcpiihli;iii cause. Georte li. Jones, former prcidcnt of the Democratic Negro Jefferson Club f St. Louis, started his audience cheer ing st the meeting of the precinct or ganization of the Missouri Negro Re publican League Club at 349 Chestnut treet, when he told why be left the Democratic ranks. He promised to try (a induce the members of the Demo cratic organization to follow blm. Edward J. Maxwell of New Tori City, who has supported every candi date of the Democratic party sine 18t4. has come out ia a long public Jjjjjjl 4-- 0 Copyright, 1008, by the Mali and letter, telling why be has quit Bryan. In closing he says: "Many other suggestions occur to me, but tliese 1 have mentioned suffice to determine me, not to abandon Democ racy, but to vote for a candidate for the presidency whose election will go far to insure the prosperity, peace ond happiness of tills great people. "KDWAUD J. MAXWELL. "New York. Oct. 14, 100S." Kverj" Cam a n I ' linn Tnft Convert Efforts of the Buffalo News to ascer tain the sentiment In the smaller towns of western New York reveal the fact that in every community are many for mer Bryan men wlio declare tbey will vote for Taft and tbc assurance of prosperity. Brig. Gen. Horatio !. Gibson. I.'. S. A., retired, of Washington, snys: "I am a Democrat, but I don't see how the Democrats can support Mr. Bryan. He does not seem to stand for any of the real principles of the parly, and if 1 had n vote for the pres idency, I certainly should not eai't it fu- hi in." , P. L. Jones of Ardmore, Okla., has written to the Ardmore Statesman, say ing that although a Democrat he will break a custom that has wen o rani; lly pride siuce the Civil War" and wilf vote fjrr Taft. Bryants connect Inn w!.th Jones. Frank ,11. Jones of Chicago, Vffo wax First Assistant Postmaster GeiVral for four years under Mr. Cleveland, said: "Mr. Bryan favors the guaranteeing of bank leHsits and has committed the Democratic party hi its platfor'n and in his public speeches to this un sound and dangerous doctrine. It must lie admitted that on economic ques tions affecting the farmer, the me chanic, business and country generally, either Mr. Bryan is dangerously un sound or he is willing to mislead the people and threaten their prosperity by advocating measures he knows to be unsound, merely liecause for the mo ment his views seem popular. "I do not want to see the prosperity of this country threatened by unsound exieriiueiital policies such ns Mr. Bry an's past career proves he is too prone to indulge In. "Business eonfidem-e must he main lained, the fni'torh'S kept busy and labor employed i'.:'d Mie fanner must not be disturbed In the prosperity he Is now enjoying. ."The calm, forceful, intelligent and conservative attitude of Mr. Taft hi all of the important questions affecting the public good assures us of continued progress, "To risk Mr. Bryan is dangerous to our business prosperity. Encouragement to Swindler. "Banks would he pretty nearly as nu merous as barrooms If Bryan's scheme for guaranteeing national bank deposits should ever become a law," said Josiah D. Dinkel, of Boston, who travels over a largo part of the country In the In terests of a financial publication. 1 come into contact with prominent bank ers nil over the Fulled States and I Inne not talked with u single one wlu is In favor of the scheme to guarantee deposits, mainly for the reason that they cannot see how anyone would be protected. They ulso think that the plan would encourage, rather than pre vent, dishonest methods. Why, Just think how It would work out. Any faker who could, by hook or by crook, get a bank chnrter and iiersuade people to deposit money In the bank, could pack his gvlp with the deposits and de camp. The worst of It is that he could get away with a comparatively clear conscience, because he would know that tho l.'nlted States government, or some other banks, would reimburse the de positors for what tbey bad put In." In one of his Kneeclip l.-itweek Mr. Taft remarked that "The tendency of Mr. Bryan's mind Is toward a theory that addresses itself at once to tbe ap proval of an audience and not one that fits into the drafting of a statute to accomplish anything." This view helps explain why Mr. Bryan gets so much applause from an audience and so little support at the polls. The sober second thought Is too much for him. St. Louis ti lobe-Democrat. Bryan is an apostlt of fallacies. Ills great service to the country consists tn being defeated. -Governor Hughes. THE READY RUNNER. Express Company. BRYAN AND FREE WOOL Not Anxious to Raise Price of Wool for Benefit of Sheep Raisers.. But Would Lower Prices' of Woolen Good3 for Benefit of Wearers. In 1 894, while a member ot the House of Representatives, Mr. Bryau wrote the following letter to a, constit uent : COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS, House of .Representatives, . Washington, I). C. Feb. 0, JS!)l. Mr. V. Neiiinun, Oakland. Neb.: Dear Sir Your favor at hand.' I think you are right in saying that if we prohibited the use of shoddy, either directly or indirectly, It would increase the price of wool to soiue'xtent by In- reasnig me demand ror it, Nut It Is expedient always to do cviythlng u tne taxing . light to used ror any sucn pnrffljw. 1 nm not so much Interested In raising the price of wool which will only benefit those who raise sheep, as I 11111 in low ering the price of woolen goods, which will benefit all those who wear them. Yours truly, (Signed) , W. J. BRYAN. Bryan's Sophlntry Shorn, The American Sheep Breeder in n recent Issue exposes the fallacy of the iiryan contention as follows: Bryan's free wool sophistry Is knock ed lr a cocked lint by facts and figures ns far as the "dear public" is con cerned. Mr. Bryan doesn't believe In building up a great national Industry like the wool industry, at the exiiense of the general public. Really, how lunch does the dear public have to pay to maintain tho wool industry of the t.'iiited States? I-t ns get down to facts and figures. -There are something like one million men engaged In grow ing wool, with nbaut five hundred mill ion dollars of capital Invested, with an nunuul wool production of say from ni'ty to sixty milliou dollars. This fig ure is hosed on on average of IS cents per pound for the wool grown. In ad dition to that, say fifteen million mut tons are produced at a selling price of around sixty-five to seventy-five million dollars. A fair valuation of the annual production of wool and mutton would lie one hundred and twenty-five lnili ioi.s. What the annual loss to this in dustry would be under a free wool reg ime Is well known. Instead of the average of say IS cents per pound f which is an extremely low figure for wool under ordinary times) and the av erage of about half that prii-c for wind (on n free trade basis) would mean a loss to the wool grower of at least twenty-five milliou dollars per year. Wool growing in the West, under Cleve land's aduiinlstratin. ruined thousands of flock masters. Montana wools sold as low as seven nnd eight cent pt.r pound under Cleveland. Two year ago these wools brought anywhere from eighteen to twenty-five cents er pound, and even higher figures for exceptional clips. free Trad No Benefit to onumcr. Now let us find out the cost of cloth ing, and the so-called saving to the con sumer. For a spring suit of all-wool clothes, three nud one-half yards of cloth are required. One yard of clotli weighs ten ounces. This would require a trl.le over two pounds of wool. A fall uit requires three and on... half j:'T'i: at fourteen ounce- to the yard. or forty-nine ounces. The cost of cloth ing represents 05 per cent in labor and 13 per cent Id material. The ordinary suit of clothing has 00 per cent of wool and the balance Is shoddy and cotton. Suppose the tariff on wool were re moved, that wool that had been aver aging IS cents per pound fell 50 per cent; the saving on a spring suit of clothing would be a trifle under twenty cents, providing the manufacturer and the retailer cut dowu the price of the garment to tbe extent of tbe reduced value of the wool caused by a removal of the tariff. On a fall suit of clothtne, based on the same figures and condi tions, the cost would be reduced to tbe evtent of say 27 cents or thereabouts, This means all-wool clothing, and does uot take Into consideration any shoddy or cotton, which everybody knows Is used extensively In low-priced gar ments. As a matter of fact all woolen clothing, or clothing mode out of mixture of wool, cotton nnd shoddy never has, and never will, lie sold to the consumer for one ienny less under I fee wool conditions. Every school boy Knows that the cost of his clothing un der Cleveland's free wool relgu was not one cent reduced by the removal of the tariff. Any reduction In the cost of wool used in the manufacture of an ordinary suit of clothing would be so infinitesimal that, any manufacturer. jobber, wholesaler or retailer would laugh at the Idea of the public saving anything by the removal of the tariff on wool. It is the veriest nonsense to consider this proposition for one mo nient. We have, for our own satisfac tion reduced the possible cost of nil the woo!e. clothing used In the United -ii..- ur mu year, provinmtiio sell W13 value of, tbe goods were rfduced to the extent -j'f tho reduction In the price or wool. smii ib 1101 worth mentioning.' Everyone knows that our uiHiiufactu rs have to lniHit about twice the mount of wool, we grow !n this conn y. Under ordinary business conditions' the tariff on wool has kept the price up to a fair measure of prolit for the grower. No, gentlemen, we want 110 Hryau und free wool. II Urraa Shooltl Be Elected. (From the Philadelphia Ledger, Ind.) Two letters have been received from leaders who touch on the Intensely practical assets of tbe campaign. A business mail wishes to know wlint, in all human probability, would become of business and of our wonted and desired prosperity If, perchance Bryan and a lir.vau administration should lie chosen, and a blunt, Intelligent worklngman, whose letter Is too long for publication, says that there Is a "lot of blather" In politics,' and he would like to know what the ordinary skilled workman is to "get" if Bryan Is elected and "what Tiift lias to oiler." Those two Inquiries embody it large part of the pertinent question for the mass of the nation, and the gist of the answer may bo given In a few words: If Tuft be elected there will be rest, re cuperation, confidence and prosperity; if Bryan be elected there will lie acute danger of unrest, lack of confidence and uncertainty at least for a long time, and the probability of a prolongation of resuscitation of that stagnation from which tbe country Is now by slow, la bored and painful effort beginning to recover. The country is just lieglnnlng to re cover from the industrial paralysis. The crops ure passing fair; the people of tbe nation arc rich; our institutions are all sound; every known factor ami material influence concerned in the re turn of immediate, abounding, astound ing activity and prosiH-rlty is present save only complete restoration of con fidence. Tbe only known or conceivable influence which acts to retard manufac turing and general Industrial otierailous and tho full employment of all work ers at this time is the lingering politi cal unrest und the knowledge tbtt a presidential campaign must be held be fore the atmosphere is finally cleared, so that "cowardly capital" will trust its head forth again from Its safe deposit caven. Injunction Heatrala Capital. "I am against those guerillas who would dentroy this most vital writ of conscience. The rourt of equity Is the keeper of the people's conscience and tlie writ of iujuuetion is Its most valu able power. It prevents the digging of a dltcb that will damage adjacent nroperty ; compels railroads to furnish cars. It stays tbe hands of lawless corjMiratlons from, - committing acts, which once done would work an Injury that could not he amended. Under the plan of the opposition you take tbe bridle off for lawless wealth and bid It run wild. Scores more of Injunctions have been Issued against capital than against labor. Name me one and I will name you at least 100 against capita'." -Senator Albert J. Beverldge. PLAN RATIONAL ISoted Financial Expert AJvlses Against Inconsidcred Action, All Classes Interested In Establish ing Sound Banking System. Victor Mnrnwctz, recognized as an exMrt upon llnnnclal nnd economic quest ions, says the Bryan bank deism It guarantee plan would encourage "wild cat" banking. These are excerpts from a recent article written on the nubjei't uy .Mr. .Mora wetis: If It were true that the adoption of llus plan would make all deposits In national hanks equally safe and there ny would Inspire colilldence In all li;l tionnl bank deposits, ns Mr. Bryan claims, the plan would prove a 'direct encouragement to "wildcat" banking and would prove disastrous In the long run. It would enable speculators or inexperienced persons to form a bank with small capital and to obtain large deposits on the strength of the guar anty, by offering higher rates of Inter est to dcpoKltora than n conservatively managed hank could afford to pay ; and they could then use these deioslts In pro moting speculative orAinsound ventures. They would only risk the loss of the smalt capital which they contrlh uted and their Individual liability for an equal amount. If their speculations should succeed, they would reap large profits, but ir their "peculations should fall and the money obtained from de positors be wasted, the sound banks would have to bear the loss. Republican Plan Rational. The Republican party proposes to deal with this banking question In a rational, conservative manner. Having regard to the difference between savings deoslt8 nnd those commercial deposit liabilities which nre merely bank exed Its created as a means of carrying on the business of the country, the Repub lican party proposes to establish a sys tem of ititl savings bunks so that the people everywhere throughout the country can deposit their savings with absolute safety. A proposal has also been made, and, no doubt, will he con sidered by Congress, of authorizing tile national banks to establish savings de partments to lie managed, under the su pervision of the Comptroller of the Cnr rency, according to the most approved methods of managing savings hanks. The Republican party recognizes that the L'nitcd States should have tho soundest nnd safest system of bunking and currency t lint can be devised, and to time end a Republican Congress has npiKilutcd n, national commission, con sisting of Senators nnd Representatives of both the political parties.. Ft com mission Is now.conslJerlng v "nhjec puulic hcuriugvwiri niaUc Herniations to Congress at tlV opportunity. All t'laaaea Kqnalljr lutrrrxteil. All classes of the people and all sec tions of the country ure equally Inter ested . In establishing our system of banking and currency uimiii the sound est possible basis. The welfare of the entire country depends upon u sound and practical system of banking and currency, and the only patriotic course Is to eliminate all party feeling and politics from the consideration of tills great subject. We know that the pres ent system Is not perfect and should be unproved, Int we know ulso that we have proHiiered under tills system and thnt Hicre Is no such pressing need for n change as to warrant hasly or Ill considered action. This plan of guar anteeing bunk deposits undoubtedly will lie considered with the utmost care by the National Monetary Commission, nud If Hie plan can stand careful analysis mil scrutiny II wilt be adopted by Con gress whether the government be con trolled by Republicans or Democrats. But It would be wrong Inexcusably wrong to .treat this great and dilllnilt question of finance a a ouestion of party politics, to be dealt with by popu lar vote In the heat of a presidential campaign. Surely the American people will not niiike this fur-reaching change In their banking system and try this dangerous, experiment, upon the reeom niendution of the Democratic party and of a leader who, twelve years ago, and ugalu eight years ago. urged tbe adoption of the worst financial fnllucy of the age, and. if his counsels had pre vailed, would have plunged the whole country Into disaster and shame. Urran'a Denunciation of Hashes, .About this time In a presidential con. test imrtlsnn siieakers run emptyings. As a melancholy Instance of this behold Mr. Bryan denouncing Gov. Hughes us tbe backer of trusts! No man In Amer ican life Is more clearly entitled to redit ns the defender of the rights of tbe ieople than the governor of the Knmire state. He is a 'reformer who has achieved results without talking cveiybody to death. It inny lie adih-d hat the voter who wants to get at the real fact In the closing weeks of sucli a contest as is now in progress.' when acli side Is busy misrepresenting the other, must dig them out for himself and wry often, too, the aforesaid voter Is tu mad to do It : Springfield Re- pnb.'i.Mii. , Cannot Rlik Brrialim, The American people cannot afford to risk the government In the hands of s political schemer and a professional faker, one who Is constantly bunting for sorao stalking borse on which to ride into power. Naturally the con servative, sensible voter turns In dis gust from Mr. Bryan to the cautious, self poised, wise statesman, William II. Taft, who Is a pillar of national strength. Senator William 0. Bradley of Kentucky. Earliest I r - 1 TUC SUi'ItU COURT. Choico of President WAX InvoWa Far-Roachlng CoJnciuences. (From (Jov. Hughes' Youngstown speech.) "Not only will the cowing election directly affect the executive branch of the government, hut It Is most Im IKirtant In its relartmi to the Judicial branch. Rarely has the choice of Presi dent Involved more far-reaching con sequences, for It Is not Improbable that tlio next President will appoint at least four Judges of the I'tilted States Su preme Court. 1'pon these npiolntnient will largely depend the quality of the Judicial work of this great court for years to come. Congress may pass laws, but the Supreme Court Interprets nnd construes them and determine their validity. The Const Itntlon, with Its guarantees of liberty and Its grants of Federal power, is finally what the Supreme Court determines it to mean. Cpon the learning, wisdom and char acter of the judges -of the Supreme Court rests not merely the Just de termination of the important mutters of private right which come before that august tribunal, but to a , very large degree the eounie of our nolltl- col history and the development and security of our Instltutioiir.. Iu view of the vacancies which in the natural course of events will most nrolmhlv o- cut1 during the next few years we must remember that we are about to choo a representative of the people to whom la confided the nomination of Federal Judges. 11 power second to none pos sessed by tho President, the exerclso of which calla for the highest Judg ment. If we should search the coun try for a delegate of the people who could be confidently intrusted with this important duty It Is nrohablo that- na one could command higher confidence than the Refillbllcnn cnivllilnt for President. Himself a judge, learned lu the wisdom of the law, he com manded the respect and esteem ef the entire bar of the country, without re gard to partisan division. By litigants and lawyers alike It was felt that when he left bis Important place tinon tbe Circuit Court of Appeals to undertake his difficult duties In the Piillli,ilnes. the Judicial branch of the government had sustained 11 most serious loss. And lie has long been regarded as one in every way worthy to sueei-ed the pres ent chief justice of the L'nlted States. vuth his fairness and acumen, with Ids wide knowledge or (he bar from which the judges must be recruited. with Ills broadmindediiess and demo cratic sympathy and bis keen Interest in all that pertains to the welfare of tho people, we may lie assured that If he Is selected to perforin this duty the Interests of the couutry will be Impar tially ami wisely safeguarded In Its discharge." s Taft Speaks Well of Alison Work n Orient. Reference ti the recent Mattering in terview nbout Mr. Taft by Bishop Bash ford of the M. 1:. Church' in China led the candidate Into a talk of missions. He referred to n book written by Dr. O. K. Morrison, of the London Times, n which the missionaries are criticised as not being of real use, and slighting eforence is made to "Rice Christians." I'hese, as Mr. Taft explained, are the uatives who ure sithl to pretend to be- :ome converts only to enjoy the bounty of the missions. . "My own observations In the Orient." nld Mr. Taft, "lead me to believe that Dr. Morrison's u-lticlsuis are not Jus tified. The missions are the outjiosts of our western civilization In China and the oilier Oriental countries, und I hnvo found the missionaries 1111 earnest and' apable lot of people If was because of my olisrfvnl Ions of the go.xl dune by them in tlie Fast I bat our government slublislied clubs 'on (lie Isthmus of Piinamii, and put Y. M. C. A. sccretailes in charge. We' also employed seven preachers, Protestant ami Catholic, who have -built up churches. There are per haps t0,K) white people and 10,000 others brought from (he West Indies in the canal rone. It was absolutely neces sary that something of this kind be done to prevent tlie imtiiIcIouh effects of vice, which grows luxuriantly there f not checked.'' New York World. What New HryanUm .Wenna, duced dowu to Its final analyst, his new llr.raulsm Is the most danger ous fallacy tbst he lias yet advocated. His main argument Is that the state and the national government exact of bankers security for public funds, and berefore thnt the ordinary depositor should be likewise secured. The plain answer Is, an Individual depositor bus the same right us the government ta require security for his deposits, but neither tbe government nor tbe deposit or has any right to require one baulc o guarantee a deposit in another uiik." Oscar K. Straus, Secretary Do uirtment of Commerce and Labor. Taft, lUOS llnar. 191. To tbe Editor of the New York World; X was not for Taft nt first. but now I am. Bryan's electlou means continuance of tbe bard times that we ars now having. Taft's election means the return of prosperity. I shall vote for Taft, Sherman and Slemp, hoping to vote for Hughes in 1012, T, 8. Iteddlx, Saltvllle, Va , Oct. 8. "Anything tbat make capital Idle, or which reduces or destroys It, must re duce both wages aud tbe opportunity to earn wages." Mr. Taft, at Cooper Union, New York City MISSIONARIES CAPABI-T II M . 1 1 Acorn- S 1 I