BRYAH TRUE TO SILVER ICOL
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE
The Tribune
North Platte, Neb., Tuesday, SeptTTF
NO RETREAT
Dcllef In .His Panacea Will Remain
Unshaken.
Declared to Do a Paramount Iisuo
In Democratic Arkansas.
SUPPLEMENT TO
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A FEW OF THE IMPORTANT LAWS
ENACTED BY THE GOTH CON
GRESS, FIRST SESSION.
Flnnnclnl lnw whereby banks In pe
riods of llnnncinl stringency inny Issue
currency to the amount of $500,000,
O00, depositing ns security therefor,
bonds, commercial paper or other ns
sots, such emergency currency being so
taxed ns to Insure Its retirement as
noon .ns the stringency has passed.
Public buildings bill, authorizing
ninny needed structures, purchase of
sites, etc., Including site for Depart
ments of State and Commerce and l.tt
bor, adjoining Treasury and White
House grounds.
Nntlonul monetary commission
created to devise a sound monetary s.w
tcm for the government.
Two new battleships, at cost of
$0,000,000 each, exclusive of armor
and nrmainent; ten torpedo boat de
stroyers, three steam colliers and
eight submarines.
Consular service reorganized, abol
ishing unnecessary consulships and con
oid generalships, and establishing those
most needed.
Widows' pensions Incroasul from ?8
to $12 a month, and certain unneces
sary restrictions abolished.
Investigation of tariff, preliminary to
revision, confined to Ways and Means
and Finance' Commit tees.
Model child labor law for District of
Columbia.
Employers' liability bill enacted to
replace that pronounced unconstitution
al by Supreme Court.
Government liability law; providing
compensation to all Federal employes
for Injuries received In lino of duty.
Ktllelency of army medical corps In
creased by nddltlonal otllcers and crea
tion of reserved medical corps.
Increasing army pay, olllcers approx
imately $."00 a year and enlisted men
about forty per cent Increase, applying
to both retired and active lists.
Increasing navy pay, olllcers and en
listed men practically equalized with
army. Unlisted force, increased 15,000
men.
Uestrlctlons on land of the five civil
ized tribes removed, adding $1150,000,
000 to taxable property of Oklahoma.
Numerous additional lights, light
houses and buoys.
Granting 11,000 pensions to deserving
i veterans of the Civil and Spanish wars.
Creation of commission nnd appro
priation of $1,ROO,000 for representa
tion of tho United States at the Tokio
Exposition.
Prohibiting desecration and Improp
er use of the ting.
Appropriation of $29,227,000 for tho
Panama Canal.
Anarchistic and seditious publica
tions and intoxicants nnd cocaine ex
cluded from the malls.
Secretary of War authorized to ex
pend $2."0,000 for the relief of suffer
ers from cyclono of April, 1008, In Gcor
gin. Alabama, Mississippi and Louis
iana. Interstate Commerce Commission
authorized to prescribe regulations for
the transportation by common carriers
of explosives, to promote the safety of
passengers nnd employes.
ltnllroads engaged in Interstate com
merce prohibited after Jnnunry 1, 1010,
from using any locomotive equipped
with an nshpnn which necessitates any
employe getting under the engine.
Sixty-two laws authorizing construc
tion of bridges over navigable streams.
Five laws authorizing construction or
dnms in navigable streams.
Nine- laws nffectlng Federal courts,
judicial dlstrtcts. etc.
Seven laws affecting customs, grant
ing Increased prlvlllgcs to certain
ports, etc.
Twenty-live laws affecting public
lands, mnklng special grants, etc.
Seven laws for the District of Colum
bia, Including prohibition of all betting
within tho District, and providing for
free examination of sputum in suspect
ed cases of tuberculosis.
Investigation of wood pulp Industry;
House committee reported no warrant
for altering tariff at this time and no
conclusive evidence of u trust, but suf
ficient ground for further Investigation.
One hundred and lifty-two public
Inws were enacted.
There were 'J.JIOO Invalid pension acts
nnd about TOO private pension acts.
Ullls Introduced in House over 22,
000; In Senate, over 7,000.
"MISERY AND DISHONOR."
Andrew D. White's Picture of What
Would Follow Bryan's Election.
"Just as 1 was again free came W.
.1. Hryan's effort to capture tho Pres
idency, which, In my opinion, would
have resulted In widespread misery at
home and In dishonor to the Ainerlcnu
name throughout the world." From
thu Autobiography of Hon. Andrew v.
White, LL.U., former President of Cor-
nell University and Aniimssnuor to
Germany and Russia.
Another l.ubor Lender for Tnlt.
(New Hrituln Record.)
Hen Chaiiln. editor of tho Railroad
Employe, n labor organ, is out for
Taft. This will no doulit etui tor tut-
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o i ulrI ivw nrnm soil to lie-
.liver the solid labor voto to Wllllum
Declaration of Faith Mado to Cover
the Past, tho Present and tho
Future.
It would be extremely unkind to
say that Mr. Rrynn Is llekle in his
political belief. Ills best friends
would be the last to make such an
assertion, for they realize thoroughly
that their leader, when he has once
implanted n conviction llrmly In his
mind, clings to It like grim death.
This Is especially true of Mr.
Hryan's attitude on the silver ques
tion through which he llrst rose to
pr.miliioneo. lie has very little to sny
about that question at present, but
that lie Is absolutely certain that
It Is a subject of the greatest Im
portance and that his own particular
Ihmnclnl panacea Is the only safe
guide for the United Stall's may be
plainly seen from the following ex
tracts from his collected wisdom:
In an address at the Jefferson Club
banquet at Lincoln, Neb., December
20, 1000, Mr. Rryun said:
"Tho principles for which we con
tended In the last campaign still live,
nnd we who believe In them must
continue to light for them. An elec
tion docs not change principles; It
only determines what principles shall
for the time being be applied."
In the North American Itevlew, In
the same month, .Mr. Hrynn recorded
this declaration of faith:
"To consider tills election ns de
cisive of the money question would
be as absurd as to have regarded the
election of 1800 as decisive of the
tariff question. It would be more
reasonable to regard the late election
as conclusive upon the question of
Imperialism or upon the trust ques
tion, both of which were discussed
more by our people than the money
question.
"Tho Increased production of gold
has lessened the strain upon gold,
and had to some extent brought the
relief which Democrats proposed to
bring In a larger measure by the re
storation of sliver; but there Is no
assurances whatever that the gold
supply, oven with the new. discoveries,
will be sutHCteiit to maintain the level
of prices. Favorable conditions have
given us an abnormal share of the
world's supply of gold, but the
scarcity of the yellow metal abroad
Is uUondy lending to the export of
gold, while the lncrense In the Issue
of banknotes Is evidence that wo nre
still short of money here. The -Re-publicans
defend the gold stnndurd
not by logic, but by glvln;
It credit
for better times. When prosperity
fulls, the gold standard will lose Its
chnrni."
PERFORMANCE VS. PROMISE.
Response of Republicans to People's
Wishes Contrasted with Demo
cratic Proposals,
(From Gov. Hughes' Youngstown
Speech.)
"When we consider the Inevitable
contllct of many opinions and the Im
portance of the questions Involved tin
iccord of progressive legislation Is ex
traordinary. The creation of tho bu
reau of corporations, the railroad rate
bill, the employers' liability bill mid
the laws passed for the better prntci
tlon of labor constitute a record ol
legislation which no Just critic can af
ford to minimize, and which attests 1 1
ti .narked manner the response of the
Republican party under Its forceful,
leadership to the demands of tho people
"If all that Mr. Rryun has favored
during the last twelve years had been
enacted Into lnw wo should havo been
overwhelmed with disaster, and would
regard It as our chief business In the
future to tlml a way of escape from
the meshes of 111 considered legislation
hi which wo would have been entangled.
It Is fortunate for him ns well as for
us that he was defeated, and whatever
may be his present political potential-
,ty" may U(J 11Hc.rlbed to thu fact that
hitherto ho has not been permitted to
carry out his program, No doubt much
remains to be accomplished in the way
of necessary reform, but tho record
already made by the Republican party
Is n noteworthy one, and we must make
further advances with care and needed
reflection. Our progress will lie In
trusted to safe bauds, and we shall be
fortunate In having u sailing master
who knows his chart and who will take
quite ns much account of reefs and
shonls ns of the speed of tho vessel.
We hnvo got our direction, wo have
a most precious cargo, nnd we must
havo it snfo ami experienced pilot."
ltatu I.nir Aiiiriulmentii.
The rnto lnw does not go far enough.
Tim nrnetlcc under It hnH already (lis-
clos0)j j,e necessity for new amend-
...p.l(H nIui wilt doubtless suggest more.
Suca l8 U)0 tnI0 method tho empirical
. tontatlvo method of securing
proper remedies for a now evil. Hon.
Wm. II. Tuft, at Columbus, Ohio.
Three (.root Netv World Deeda.
From tho Republican National Plat
formThe American Govornmeiit, In
Republican hands, has freed Cuba,
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It CO Unit I lie l'int iiiiuci uui
Hag. and begun the construction of tho
Pamimn Canal.
THE SENTINEL
-Krom the llalllmore Amcrlcau.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
A Man Who Han Done Things.
Itespondlng to tho call of the na
tion for a mini equal to tho emergen
cies confronting the Hepubllc, the
people themselves have found him and
presented him tc the electorate.
Naturally, the people sought among
themselves for one truly representa
tive to the highest ldeitl of American
citizenship. Their self-understanding
and correct valuation of men led them
to the individual who more thoroughly
than any other fulfilled their require
ments and that was William Howard
Taft.
William Howard Taft, of Ctneln-
.uttl, Ohio, probably Is the way lie
would designate himself. That desig
nation, however, Is grossly Inadequate,
or while Mr. Tuft Is uu American of
Americans, lie is also a cltlzcntof the
world who, ns Invited guest, counselor
ind ndvlser of foreign governments,
ins exerted tut intlueuce for peace ttnd
iiiteruatlonnl good will unsurpassed by
that of any other American statesman,
dvlng or dead.
Thu dignity of private citizenship,
which he enjoys to-dny, Is' In perfect
iccord with hl.t temperament ami In
llntitlon. There never bus been, nor
will there ever be, anything In olllclal
.lonor sulllclently alluring to draw Mr.
Pit ft awny from his lifelong Identity
with the plain people.
s u boy In Cincinnati ho wns rendy
to give and take
In all the stirring
controversies, mental nnd physical,
which give effect to the law of tin'
survival of the ilttest. As a student
at Ynle he displayed all the qualities
if wholesome young manhood which
have mado that university famous, ami
the endearing traits of his character
were honored at the reunion of his
luss during the recent summer by u
-elebrntloii more delightful to him, per-
nips, limn nuy other demonstration of
.atblle favor possibly could be.
In the frank, fearless, boyhood nnd
.ollego life of William Howard Taft
there wns the promise of an ear
nest, gonerous, upright iimnhootl
That promise has been completely and
splendidly fullllled. Tho serious uf
fairs of life appealed Irresistibly to the
young collegian after his graduation,
mil at the early age of twenty-four ho
appeared as Assistant Solicitor In his
homo country.
Mr. Tuft's professional tidvancement
from the position of Superior Court
Judge nnd Solicitor General to u sent
on the bench of the United States Dis
trlct Court was duo solely to a fritnl
recognition of his proved integrity, his
dlllgeneo and Impartiality in tlio ml
ministration of Justice and his loyally
to the loftiest btandurds of Judlcla
conduct. It Is said of him by one who,
as a lawyer, knew hint well : "llu was
tho ircntlest, fairest nnd most upright
of all Judges before whom I have pruc
tlced. lie was as lucnpnblo of doing un
unkind or nu unjust thing us snow 1
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tun....
It Is, however, In his career since his
voluntary though reluctont retire
STANDS FIRMLY IN 'DEFENSE OF HIS FLAG.
nient from the bench that we ahull Hud
the most remarkable evolutions In Mr.
Tuft's development us tut American
statesman.
The country hud gone through an un
sought war, the successful outcome of
which Imposed new nnd enormous re
sponsibilities upon the Nntloual Gov
ernment, and placed tho United States
hi the attitude of a tlrst class power,
obliged to fnco the perils of permnnent
contact with Old World natlonnlltles.
Momentous problems n rose partly ru
clul, partly religious, partly constitu
tional all complex and urgent. They
required an immediate revision and en
largement of American foreign policy.
'hey required also tlio services of a
new school of American statesmen and
diplomats, who should be constructive,
self-reliant and cnpuble of dealing with
grave conditions In u mutmer crrdltublo
to the National honor nnd Just to In
ternational Interests.
Among tho patriotic, broad-minded
statesmen whom this changed condition
of International affairs called into the
servlco of tho United States none has
xerted so wide or so wholesome uu In
tlueuce us Wllllum Howard Tuft.
Porto Rico nnd the Philippines htul be-
conio American territory, requiring
Vinerlcatt treatment. Cuba, nn Inde
pendent natlou by the grace of the
Fulled States, hnd become an object
of kindly solicitude to the Government
ut Wiishlngton, and bus been ever since.
Tho Republic of Pniiumu caniii Into ex
istence, bringing with It the territo
lul understanding essential to the con
structlnu of the Isthmian canal, but
with It also cumo enlarged possibili
ties of discord in Central America
against which the United States Is of
Its own volition the guarantor.
That these vexatious problems huve
nil thus fur advanced toward uu lion
orable solution is due more to Wllllum
Howard Taft than to any other hull
vldunl. He has been tho builder and
exemplar of the new American policy
He has given to tlio Inhabitants of our
Insular possessions a convincing iissiii'
ttneu of the Integrity of American pur
puse. To thu Philippines, to Hawaii,
to Porto Rico and to Panama he hns
gone ns a messenger of American good
will and fair plhy nnd in nil those
territories ho Is gratefully recognized
us their friend nnd protector. In him
they huve nn udvocnte of tho forces
nnd methods that make for pence, pro
grrss and brotherhood under Amerl
can sovereignty.
Mr. Taft Is n many-sided man. He
works bind and plays hard. Ho rail I
ates geniality and sunshine, Ah i
Judge he was both Just nnd genth
As Governor of the Philippines hi
courtesy, tact, sympathy und forbear
ante gave to the people of tho Orient
nn exulted Ideal of American dignity
and American manhood. As Secretary
of War bo elevated tho Htandnrds of
the military service and gave Increased
security to the National defensor
I In combines the executive faculty
with the Judicial In the highest tie
grue, and his rulo of life, both publl
und private, may bo summed up In a
single sentence:
I dure to do all that may become a
man ; Who dares do more Is noue."
The call of tho people is for Wll
llum Howard Taft. They know him.
llu Is one of them, There Is need this
enr of a leader of practical exper-
leuee In public affairs whoso principles
and policies are not subject to chungo
over night, nnd whoso record in high
olllce Is n sutllelent guaranty for his
future performance. Mr. 'luft fulfills
Unit requirement In every detail. Ills
ecord Is an unbroken story of nccom-
pllshed results for the public welfare.
No act or utteruncu of his requires
apology or explanation. Ho Is nelth-
er a dodger nor a trimmer, lie bus
encountered ninny tlllllcultles and inns-
tered them all. Ills clieerlucss, brond
humanity, Integrity and devotion to the
principles which hnvo niiido the Re-
public great and powerful distinguish
him ns uu Ideal of American citizen
ship. In the great political campaign upon
which the country Is about to enter no
body will have the slightest excuso for
misunderstanding tuo nitiiuiio or
the purpose of William Howard Taft.
The record of the Republican nominee
Is un open book in which thuro is
neither evasion nor contradiction. He
stands by thu party phi form nnd by
tile history of the party s achievements,
The Republican party presents lilni to
the people us tt statesman and patriot
worthy to rank In succession with the
great lenders of American progress
whose names, from Lincoln and Grant
to McKlnley und Roosevelt, nre insep
arably ussocluted with tho noblest tri
umphs of the Republic.
Minor Montlon.
"What Is Mr. Hryan's renl para
mount Issue?'' asks a reader. Don't
know. Have not heard from Mr. Ilrynn
for several houi-s.-rOinuhu Ree.
Demoernts who had been thinking
rather well of Senator Foruker will
hnvo to revise their opinions. Sioux
City Journal.
Mr. Taft mny not do us much tulk-
lug ns Mr. Rrynn during tho present
cnmpalgu, but this will not prevent him
from saying quite us much. St. Louis
Globe-Democrnt.
After nil, this Issue will sulllce. 'Tuft
or Rryun? The country does not want
Mr. Rryun nt tho Wblto House. It
will now discover no new reason for
Intrusting him with tho great respon-
slbllltles of tho Presidency. Roston
Herald.
The bank guarantee most of us wnnt
Is Unit our checkbook stubs will tally
with the bunk's figuring of tho balance.
New York Mall.
Renl tariff reformers sewn unani
mously agreed In their rofusnl to tnke
Mr. Rryun us a turlff reformer. Now
York Tribune.
Mr lirvnn mlL'lit net further If hi
could explalu to tho country how It stnte, nppcnl to nil good citizens to help
lost anything by defeating him In 1800 sweep this unjust nnd disgraceful clcc
und 1000. Omiiha Ree. Hon luw out of existence."
Tho
Situation Intolerable to Fres
Pooplo.
In his speech of acceptance Mr.
Ilrynn said: "Our platform declares
that the overshadowing Issue which
manifests Itself In all tho questions
now under discussion, Is, shall the peo
ple rulo? No matter which way wo
turn ; no matter to what subject wo ad
dress ourselves, the sumo question con
fronts us."
If Mr. Ilrynn will turn towards al
most any Southern state which has
been under permanent Democratic con
trol, he will quickly llnd n Held for
practical work In I ho direction of hav
ing the people rule. Lot him, for In
stance, turn towards Arkansas, whero
there Is a campaign In progress Involv
ing, above all other Issttcn, tho reform
of the present electoral system of tho
state.
Tlio Ikniip III ArUmiann.
Of this system, and of somo of tho
Issues Involved In the cnnipnlgn, Georgo
I j. Mullory, Secretary Arkansas Stnto
League of Republican Clubs, In an ad
dress delivered August 21, 1008, at
Mnumelle, Arkansas, said:
"In thu last nntloual content tho Re
publicans of thlB stute polled -12 per
cent of tho totnl voto cast. Roosevelt
received only 17,000 fewer votes than
Pnrker, nnd this with the returns held
back for twenty tlnys by the election
boards before tho results wero an
nounced. If It required twenty days to
patch up n majority of only .17,000 for
Parker, who Is there who will not say
that by every application of circum
stantial evidence Roosevelt actually
curried Arknnsus In 1001.
"The Democrats often sny they grow
tired of hearing the Republicans over
llastlugly talking about the Arkansas
election law. Rut Just ns long ns this
Iniquitous system remains with us and
tho machine that It has created con
tinues faithfully and unerringly to
grind out majorities for tho dominant
party, giving the minority no represen
tation of their own choice on tho
county boards or at the polling places,
Just so long will we cry the Issue from
tho housetops ami demand the common
rights of American citizens.
'I hnvo no hesitancy in mtyhig that
the fertile source of nine-tenths of all
the evils under which this state suf
fers Is tlio Democratic election law of
181)1.
"Tho law that plnccs the whole inn-
chlnery of elections in tho hands of
threo Democratic olllce-holders, often
themselves cundldntcs for re-election, Is
Rnelf the strongest circumstantial cvl
deuce that It Is tho Intention to steal
the election. Add to this the rofusnl
t0 allow tho Republicans, who cn8t -10
pt.r C(.nt of the voto In this state, tho
right to iiunio-lhelr own election Judges
,ui clerks, and the evidence Is nlmost
complete to convince tlio most conservu-
(vo ,Uitn of the fact that Republicans
n Arkansas arc beforehand marked for
defeat, and thut fairness und honesty
,, tho reputation or tho stato will nil
uw Hucrlllced, If necessary, to carry out
tno corruption.
..Ti,0 Democrats hnvo frnnkly given
nH (1,cir excuse for this lnw that It was
cm,tcd for thu purpose of counting out
tho negro. Vet we nil know that tho
worst features of this lnw nre Invoked
lu tlio white counties of the stato
where the Repnbllcniis would Hiirely
win If given nn equal chnnco with tho
Demoernts at tho polls.
inioierniiir Sltnntlo...
"The situation is Intolerable to a freo
people. In 177(1 my forefathers and
yonru fought nnd bled becnuso they
wero tnxed und were not allowed rep
resentatlon. To-dny, tho Republicans,
Prohibitionists, Socialists, and Popti-
lists nre taxed and nre disfranchised,
They all contribute to tho snpriort of
the state Institutions; they bear their
sliuro of tho cost of public Improve
ments; they do all that any citizen does
to pay tho running expenses of city,
county nnd stute, but they nre not al
lowed representation. They pay taxes
but the lnw prevents them snylng who
shall represent them ns tho Iovlqrs of
taxes.
"Moro than thut, this law opens n
yawning grave to every rising mnn In
Arkansas who claims the right of Inde
pendent thought. It stifles every laud
able political aspiration; it stands with
a flaming sword in the path of anyone
who would gnln preferment outside of
tho Democratic purty; It blusts hope
mid kills ambition, and over it all It
Inys Its bllghtlug band upon the ballot
box, corrupting und jierjurlng our Dem-
ocrutlc olllclnls und robbing us of tho
electlvu franchise, the most sacred nnd
valuable prerogative of freo citizen-
ship.
"This is the pnrnmoiint Isstio In our
state campaign ; not tho stute' cnpltol ;
not tho convict system; not the trusts,
but whether Arkansas us a state Is to
bo honest and squuro with hor peoplo
und treat them all with equnllty and
even-hnnded Justice, which Is conceded
to bo the right of every American cltl-
zen under tlio Constitution. Tho Re-
publlcnns who aro working sldo by side
with tho Demoernts In business, tho
church, society, anil In every laudablo
eiitnrnrlKa that seeks to unbuild this
Jennings Ilryun.