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The Commoner.
VOLUME 8,- NUMBER 41
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til ho gets thorn. (Laughter and ap
plauso). Why do you deposit In a
bank? Because tho law Bays that the
hank canbe. organized becauso tho
law says that it must have a cortain
amount of capital; because tho law
Axes tho penalty, of 100 per cent on
tho stockholders; because tho law
says that a certain rosorvo must bo
kept; because the law says that ,tho
bank cannot. Idan more than a cer
tain polr cent, of its capital and sur
plus to, one person; because tho law
provides for Inspection. . The law
raises tho presumption of socurity
and you put your money in tho bank
becaubo of tho law, and not because
of thqj man In tho bank. Ho may dlo
tonight, ,ov go to Canada tomorrow
(Applause), It.ls not the man who has
your money; it Is the bank that has
it. ... .
Tho bank, borrows your money for Z
or 3 per, cent, loans it out at 6 or
7 or 8 or .9 or 10. The bank gets
rich oiit of your money. Now, let tho
bank make It certain that your mohey
will be returned, when you want It.
(Applause).' V. "'.
There is no argument that can ho"
made against this demand for more
security. Mr. Taft says that if you
mako.-ho banks Bocure, bankers will
bo reckless, I have moro faith in the
bankors than. that. Ho has not fi, suf
ficient ncnuaintanco with them. I
knowvthein bettor. What does his ar
grumbnt moan?
It mbnna, if it means anything, that
the sftfe,ty of your banking system,
depends upon tho insecurity of the de
positor, and if that doctrine is sound'j
uiuii you ougni to sirilce out -every
law that adds to security, for accords
ing to that logic, the loss security the
depositor has., the safer is tho banicing
systei ojt;th& country.. t(Applausd.j,iHa
says Quit if all banks are secured, and
all boMks would havo to staifduack
of oach bank, that tho prudent and
Sionost bankors will have to pay for the
imprudent and dishonest onqs. My
friends, Knm- not going to say any
thing Cgo hi&sh about the bankers as
that. 7jl atnnot going to admit that
there are 'dishonest or imprudent
bankers, but I will say this,, feat if
these bankers won't trust each rotfior.,
wiujr uuo.Rot ue surprised if flopo!
wron? No, my friends, those excuses
aro not sincoro; these reasonings are
not sound.
There Is only one reason why a
banker should oppose this system and
It Ib becauso he wants your money,
but Is not'wllllng that you should be
secured when you give It to htm. (Ap
plause.) Anil, my friends, you will find that
when this subject is understood tho
selfish interests, of those who oppose
it will give way to the just demands
of the public. But that is only one
question, and I have dwelt loner on
thajl: than I expected to, because it is
botfi a stato, and a national issue.
I want now to' lay down' a propo
siti atid it is, thjit tho republican
leaders have betrayed the rank and
Old ;of their, own party. Why should
a republican hi Nebraska follow tho
lead of the' republican party in the na
tion, wnen mm, puny m n.o ymuui
shows' its indifference to the known
sentiment of republican voters? Let
me -give some illustrations in proof
of, the assertion , that the republican
leaders have betrayed the voters of
their owii party. Our convention de
manded' publicity as to campaign con
tributions. It demanded it in conven
tion by a unanimous vote. The same
question was presented at Chicago
to tho republican convention and that
.cpnyenuon Dy a vote oi imiu io uuu
oted down tho proposition. I insist
that! when those leadera rejected that,
they rejected What the republican
voters desired in this country. The
republicans ai'e as. honest as the dem
ocrats. No party has "a monopoly on
corfsOience or on, morality ,or op hon
esty!. (Applause.). '.And,', my friends, I
ami going1, to provo ' to you ttiat the
republicans do not indorse the action
of their convention. I am coiner tn
'putjtt to a yote. I am .going to see
uuit'iduu uiyuu wiij, py raiguig your
hands,' Indicate" that you believe, that
the democratic convention acted wise
ly In irdorsing the doctrine of pub
licity, and when .you have voted I am
going to see if thero ik.a republican
in ma audiOhcb ' Who will hold up . his
hanj;ana by so fioimj Indicate. 'thai-'Jie
nantv in roieethiir tho" fthP.frio , f r,i.
licify, : NoSv, How niany of ybu' believe,.
emu, jui liouvuuuon aiu ngntr .Let me
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Luis KUb r.imirf nnniibrv.oii-,r a. ft a: i ,.
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iSSlSffiX??" ;Helr.hahdd.-) -Uow. i tfirfe
courage mb&ilo
their
said j
cause a few crimfnnis wmii fni, .i
vantage of tho system, every honest
man who suffered in case of.. loss by
Are should not have the bonefitif in
surance. That 'was their arguhient
then, and that is their argunfent ' to
day. .-How was it met then? Why; tho
answer was, "Give honest men se-
!2&'?Sa 'i I,UW!BU the dishonest
ones.". .(Applause.)
$?& d.g?' "G,ve the depositors
lawf -J " uISooeys: the
Tho urgii'ments that theymake
against :theiusurancQJ of the doposi:
torsjehn be made against every sys
temtlmthas.bQen vented for tho pro.
iS?-1 PWP- Why, yoiv.can
makeit .against government. .tiave
we not officials who are dishonest?
n tnK ($ ?teal miblc money, do
le5: fKvB0 lholp Pontons 7 And
li WSfe ' PWGr of taxation; often
abu$ut shall we ,abandoV gov
,?ffiM, s, we cease to elect the
omclls 'because some of thorn , go
jui unuus., t .
large porl6n"of kihe ' audience
;efefblican wlio will hold up his
1 and by' so doing indorse the ac-
toothloi. it sortfiua tho uiuuh. ulKSVs tho ial .
rhyQatTwomy.nvoQouU.H hottJo. 1 . .
-Ono
raand and bv n rlnimr inrirkvaQ , nn
,tion of the reriuhlinan 'nhnnHnri in
voting; (lbwi)i piiblfcVtyf Ib, there one?"
(Three, anqs were raised.).
TMQ nd prio are three; uq. more.
Are ,thre any more? Anv moro rfi.
publicans, want to join the three? I
want.? give you all a fair chance,
and if. any other republican wants to
add himself to the immbrtal three, let
mo ilow tell you. that Mr. Taft him
self did not daro to indorse the action
of hik convention. (Great applause.)
Mr 1aft in tho first speech that he
made after his nomination repudiated
thOvaCti0n Of KiS nmivorfflnn nn Mint
subject 'and promised to do what he
cpuld to' get a publicity law enacted.
(Great, applause), it will be interest
ing1 to remember that thero are three
republicans hi Omaha that have the
audacity to indorse the action that n
republican . " candidate repudiated.
(Great applause.)
But, my friends, Mr. Taft didn't go
mr enough, He wants publicity after
the election., (Laughter.) We want
publicity before the election; but the
republican convention did not want
publicity at any time. (Applause.)
Now, I am grateful to Mr. Taft for his
repudiation of the convention that
nominated him. But, my friends, I
regret that h.e did not go far enough
to .indorse our ppsition. " We say
"Show ..he books before the' oiection ,;
and pur committee lias shown its
books and invited criticism. Our na
tional committee gave its list of con
tributions. This morning's paper pub
lishes the list of tho democratic con
gressional committee. The republi
cans promise to publish after the elec
tion the contributions made to their
national committee, but they have not
promised yet to publish even after the
elections the contributions made to
their congressional committee. I, ask
now, whether they nre going to pub
lish after tho 'election the contribu
tions to their congressional commit-.
tee, or do they Intend to use that
committee to' hide the contributions
that they dare not publish at all?
(Applause.)
Mv friends, the bible speaks of the
pestilence th,ai; , walketh In darkness,
and I know of nothing In modern
times that better describes the secret
contributions of predatory corpora
tions than that phrase, when they
seek to mortgage the administration
in pdvance. (Aoplause.)
Why is Mr. Taft opposed to public
ity of contributions before tho elec
tion? Why. he says that if they were
published before the people mieht try
to misrepresent the motive of the con
trbutors or the attitude of the candi
date ahd .make a false impression.
Well; my friends, he means one of
two 'things, either that if you knew
where they were getting the money
and what amount, that there would be
just criticism among 'OT intelligent
people, or that, there wquld be "unjust
criticism among ,an ignorant people,
and T. will let you. decide, to which
clasa you belong. .
Why are they afraid to let the peo
ple know of thelf contributions? Be
cause they are afraid that if yon knew
uefdiie- tlte lection, you would not
vote the' Yepublican ticket. But.' what
does that mean? It means that when
you find outf after the election, you
will. ibo;;'fio.rry that you voted the re
publican' ticket.: (Applause.-)'
' wj !ppea)'1fto tho conscience' of tho
nation. W'e begin a new era,. Wd
anv 'Lnt, there bla lierht. and let noli-
tics ib'p iion.es.,and' let the govern
mem r.omivUjj.ijOuio uauuo ut wie lJe.v-
ple.' (Applause,) . . ,'
H There is another, subject upon, which,
me repuuuean- teauers netrayea me.
rank and file of the republican party.'
That; is on the subject of the election
of senators by direct vote of the Peo
ple. ; Our convention declared for it
by unanimous vote. The republican
convention turned it down by a vote
of 7 to 1. This reform is the most
popular one in the United States. It
has the indorsement of five houses of
represenatives, each one by a unani
mous vote.. It has the indorsement of
nearly two-thirds of the states of the
union. And yet the republican leaders
dared to defy this sentiment and re
pudiated this' doctrine in their con
vention. How many of you agree
with us that our convention did right
In indorsing the election of senators by
the people? Hpid up your hands. (A
large portion of the audience held up
their' hands.) ,.
Now, is there a, republican hero who
will hold up his hand and declare that
tho republican , convention did right
in rejecting this reform? Let us see
if there is a hand. (One hand raised
in the gallery.).
This man has surrendered. Ho put
that one up. "Do I see a hand?
A voice: Nothing doing.
What do you think of a republican'
convention that acts so outrageously
on an important question that not one
republican in this vast audience
dares to indorse tho convention. (Ap
plause.) Now,, my friends, I was safe
in giving the vote, becauso I knew how
you would vote,, and if one man. had
dared to hold up his hand to indorse
tho action of the republican conven
tion, "I would have told him that tho
republican candidate repudiated that
action of the convention on that sub
ject also, rind said that personally ho
was inclined to be dOmocratic himself
oh this subject (Applause.) But per
sonal, inclination is not enough. It has
been said that the path to the lower
regions is paved wlth-good intentions,
and all of our clergy tell us that tho
young men who go down to ruin are
personally inclined to be virtuous;
they only lack the moral courage to
resist temptation. (Applause.) It re
quires more than personal inclination
,to secure this reforip. If Mr. Taft is
Olected and a republican congress, ho
will send a message to congress and
say, "Gentlemen, I am personally in
clined to faver the election of senators
by the people. What do you think
about it?" And they will answer, "Mr.
President, we are personally inclined
to regard your personal inclinations,
but we feel bound by the action of our
convention that rejected it by a vote
of 7 to 1."
(Continued on Pago 12)
THE PRESIDENT STUMPING
In an editorial entitled "The
President Stumping," the New York
Evening Post, a Taft organ, says:
"Mr. Bryan stated the exact truth
on Saturday, when he ,said that it
was 'a violation of the obligation that
the president owes to the whole peo
ple to use an office that be
longs to the whole. . people as
a party asset for the advance
mtnt of a personal friend and politi
cal protege.' . This was dimly recog
nized by Mr. Roosevelt himself when
he caused it to be ', known that he
would not take the stump for Taft,
as such a course would be improper.
But how he has cht down one of the
.trees in front. vpf -fhp$. White, House
to make, a! stump jf Or' himself- from J
which daily to'excoriateftfr; Bryan
and exalt himself; -with incidentally
(when he .does- not -fofgetPit). a.klnd
word for Mr. Taft." ' "-..
NOT A MIRACLE
iJust Plain Cause mid Effect
;',' There are some quite remarkable
things happening every- day, which
seem almost miraculous. .
, Some persons would not believe
that a man could suffer from coffee
drinking so severely as to. cause
spells of unconsciousness. And to
find complete relief In changing
from coffee to Postum is well worth
recording.
"I used to be a great coffee drink
.er, so much so that it was killing
me by inches. My heart became so
weak I would fall and lie uncon
scious for an hour at a time. The
spells caught me sometimes two or
three times a day. ;
"My friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. I would not be
lieve it, and still drank coffee until
,1 could not leave my room.
"Then my doctor, who drinks Pos
tum himself, persuaded me to stop
coffee and try Postum. After much
hesitation I concluded to try it. That
was eight months ago. Since then
I have had but few of those spells,
nons for more than four months.
"I feel bettor, sleep better and am
better every way. I now drink noth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee,
and as I am seventy years of age all
my friends think the Improvement
quite remarkable."
; "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road
to Wellvlllo," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
now ono appears frpm. time to time.
They aro genuine, true, ahd full of
tinman interest.
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