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JEANUABY 7, 1910.
90SSTINQ THE GUARANTEE OP DEPOSITS
ACTS
The following Is from the Lincoln (Neb)
QTournal:
J7ln ' N HS?ke11 of Oklahoma has ap
pealed to Governor Shallenberger of Nebraska
fnnlnTril0r K to join interests
ferif ifnLhe guaJa-ntT of deposits acts of the
wtl88 named He aBks for a conference
between the governors for the purpose of mutual
co-operation in an appeal case. The Nebraska
compulsory guaranty of deposits was declared
nfiEPSy & ? cI?cuit cTrt of he
United States. The Kansas law, a voluntary
guaranty, has also been knocked out, but the
Oklahoma law, the first one passed with a com,
pulsory provision, was upheld by the state su
preme court and is now in the United States
court on appeal. The following telegram was
received yesterday by Governor Shallenberger:
"'Guthrie, Okla., Governor A. C. Shallen
berger, Lincoln. Nebraska, Kansas and Okla
homa have mutual interests in the banking law
question. Our test case originated in state
cqurt. Our law fully upheld by our supreme
court. Case now in United States supreme court
on appeal from state supreme court. Will prob
ably be reached about February or March. I
believe all three states are mutually interested
In the Oklahoma case and therefore have decided
"to invite conference and mutual co-operation
between Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Kind
ly advise me if you think well of this conference
and co-dperation.
" 'C. N. HASKELL, Governor.' "
Governor Shallenberger replied as follows:
"Hon. C. N. Haskell, Governor of Oklahoma,
Guthrie, Okla. Dear Governor: I have your
telegram relative to the matter of a conference
to be held by those officially interested in and
empowered with the enforcement of the guar
anty of deposits law In the states of Kansas,
Oklahoma and Nebraska.
"In reply I .will say that it seems to me that
the suggestion is a good one and I will be very
glad to assist in any way. The laws of the three
states have all-' been attacked upon different
points and the federal courts in Nebraska and
Kansas ha,ve enfoined the laws of these respec
tive states for different reasons, and, as ypu
suggest, it seems to me highly to be desired that
the lawyers having In charge the cases for the
different states, and the executive departments
having in charge the enforcement of the laws
should mutually confer and agree as to a general
policy.
"I will be very glad to hear from you further
in- the matter, as doubtless you have given It
attention, and I would like to know if it i your
idea to hold the conference In one of the respec
tive states or to confer at the time of the meet
ing of governors, called for January 18, next,
at Washington, D. C.
a "Awaiting your further communication, I have
the honor to remain, yours very respectfully,
A. C. SHALLENBERGER, Governor."
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is a thorough democrat.
GETTING READY FOR RED FIRE?
In a' Washington dispatch to the Chicago
Record-Herald Walter Wellman says: "One of
the curious phases of the Roosevelt gossip,
speculation and expectation is the request which
Ambassador Reid has made that he bo permit
ted to remain at London till the former presi
dent visits that city on his way home from
Africa. It is understood that President Taft
will good-humoredly grant Mr. Reid's request."
Can it be possible that Mr. Reid wants to bo
on hand so as to see that the "red fire" is prop
erly displayed? There are multiplying signs
that the Taft forces are somewhat alarmed at
the present threatened Roosevelt invasion. For
instance, Mr. Wellman says:
"It is more or less an open secret in admin
istration circles that President Taft'o political
program is well defined, comprehensive. It has
to do with the present and tho future. It is
arranged with particular care to prevent the
threatened invasion from Africa. The friends
of the president say he is entitled to a second
term and that then they have no objection to
Mr Roosevelt coming in again. They even go
so far as to say there is a tacit understanding
to this effect. But this the Roosevelt partisans
deny Hence the fear of the administration
neonie that Mr. Roosevelt will not be content
to wait until 1916 for his triumphal return to
the White House. Eight years is an age to a
man accustomed to having things done In a
hurry."
MR. BRYAN IN SOUTH AMERICA
Following Is a United Press dlupatah:
Kingston, Jamaica, January 1. William Jen
nings Bryan, who is touring tho WohL Indloa pre
paratory to a trip to South America, today gavo
to tho United Press a Now Year's Interview, In
which ho spoko hopofully of tho outcomo of tho
strugglo now going on In Nicaragua and of tho
general Central American situation.
Asked whether ho thought Secretary Knox
had gono too far In taking a hand In Nicaragua's
atrugglo and whether the United Statog Is mani
festing a now form of imperlallHin In her attl
tudo toward Nicaragua, Mr. Bryan Bald ho had
not kept himself sufllclontly Informed of tho
latest developments to answer Intelligently. Ho
said ho preferred to bellovo thnt tho United
States was following tho right course
I don't caro to discuss politics' Mr. Bryan
said. "For tho next fow months I Intend to
study politics and loavo tho actual discussion to
others. I am as deoply interested as over and
Intond to make a careful study of political con
ditions In ovory country I visit. I hco as good
a chance for Nicaragua to hocorno a peaceful
country as thero was for Cuba at tho time of
her revolution. America mado Cuba a ropubllc
and she bus progressed wonderfully. Thoso
taking a superficial view of Nlcaraguan affairs
may conclude that tho civil war raging thoro is
proof of the republic's Inability to govern hor
self. Nothing could bo further from tho truth,
as civil wars are sometimes tho strongest ovi
denco of a full capacity for self government, in
dicating a refusal longor to onduro conditions
that militate against tho highest development.
Wo should remember that America had a terrible
civil war, but thero arb nono who will chargo
us with incapacity In self government."
Mr. Bryan will write a number of letters con
cerning his observations during his travels and
theso will bo printod In Tho Commoner.
KIND WORDS
Tho following letter with editorial enclosed Is
self explanatory:
Sheldon, Iowa, December 27, lOGO.CfcttftcaS
W. Bryan, Publisher Tho Commoner, Lincoln,
Nob. Dear Sir: Tho oiicloaod clipping la from
tho Sioux City (Iowa) Tribune, a ropubllcun
paper. Honest expressions like theso aro so rare,
from a republican source, as to be refreshing if
not novel. Thinking you might not havo seen
this editorial, I tako pleasure In sending it.
Yours truly, G. G. BROCK.
BRYAN ILL
Tho announcement that Mr. Bryan is In poor
health will gather around him personally the
sympathy of tho wholo American people. fj
He is known to havo an unusually vigorous
constitution and to have guarded against tho
waste of his vitality through tho Intemperances
and indulgences peculiar to public men.
Yet, ho has been a hard worker, giving out
his strength to tho utmost through all these
twenty yeaTs of his strenuous life. Whatever
political opponents may urge against hfa doc
trines and his ambitions he has given himself
devotedly to the public and tho public Is bettor
for what ho has said and done. All fair-minded
people recognize that much of tho progressive
spirit that is now forcing its influence into tho
public affairs has come through the bold energy
and indomnitablo courage of Mr. Bryan. It Is
true, and tho republicans as well as the demo
crats of the country frankly admit, that Bryan
has forced many progressive measures into law
through the republican party, that has been
compelled to do what it would not have done
without him.
There is no just reason, from anything he has
ever advocated or done, for bitterness of feeling
toward him. His band that has been ever ready
with its friendly grip to high and low alike, has
had with it a warm heart for tho people whose
cause he has defended In his own way. His
personality and his private life have been Bo
olean that no word of personal censure has ever
been uttered against him. His strength as an
organizer of men has been tempered with a
gentleness of manner and an unruffled sweet
ness of disposition that has won him the heart
of tho people.
May his present illness bo only temporary,
and may he live long to exert his wholesome in
fluence upon American politics and government.
Mr. Bryan was delayed four days in Florida
on account of a severe cold, but he has fully
recovered and is now on his way to South
America.
J.
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