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Candidate Bryan isa"t saving a
word this year about tbe Wjlson-Oor-
man bill Which he helped ! to enact and
which President Cleveland denounced
as "a creature of perfidity and dis
honor. " Can it be that Mr. * Bryan is
ashamed of the only important "meas
'
ure he ever helped' . place on the
statue book ?
There is much speculation as to the
sort of platform the perpetual candi
date will adopt in 1912. But whatev
er it may be the paramount issue will
inevitably be W. J. Bryan.
The Democratic Campaign Text
Book can hardly be reckoned among
the season's "best sellers , " but its
originality as a work of fiction can
not be denied.
Mr. Bryan's running mate , Mr.
Kern , predicts a Democratic victory
in Ohio. Somebody has been paint
ing little rainbows on Mr. Kern's eye
glasses.
Mr. Kern has lost his railroad pat > s.
Happening at this time of the vear.
when the walking is bound to' get
worse and worse , this is indeed a mis
fortune.
Mr. Taft calls Mr. Bryan's speech
making ' 'an oratory of fancy. " Only
a few pears , ago Colonel Wattersim
called it an oratory of infancy.
The West reports bumper crops of
all kinds , including Taft votes.
ARGUMENTS BY YATES
The guarantee -defKH&s law -rill increase the number of
hanks , and the increase ha iie mmiber of banks iil increane bunk-
Exceaare onmf iftioa lendk toward unsafe and unsound
methods.
Tbe OklaboHa * wewi mto triT--ct laai I ebruarv. since which
time aererfr-Sve banV charUns have been iceoed. Of these , sixteen
were rcm Miaaiioas of stale banks , tweire of national banks into
tate baakeaad iortjeTim new banks.
The tmttk comni kioer became aiarmad at the increase in
hanks and refoscd a charter for a ioonh bank ra a town of 1 ,000.
The courts hare decided that he cannot refose a charter when
the law provisions are compbad with in the aipplicmtiotL.
The Oklahoma baaVs are penotU d br their law to pay but ?
per cent on deposits , jet the son of Governor Hasbell. ranning a new
bank in a town that has ionr new banks , advertises in the papers
that be will pay 4 per cent.
Political friendships apparently psnnit of the -violation of
this law. aliboafh in a siwiliar instance the president of the bank
admitted that he paid ihe extra 1 pr cenl oat of his own pocket.
Oklahoma bankers advertise on their checks that the state
-uaraufcees their deposits , jet the state has so little confidence in
the baaks and its own law tliat it reqaires seoority on state deposits.
Tbe banker is the borrower and the depositor the lender.
The lender scrattnbses the borrower closely and the baaker vrbo gets
the kian or deposit most be honest. Bat honesty is not enough.
Hie banker most have business ability.
So great has been tbe integrity and business ability of the
bankers that in the past forty-ilve 3ears the loss to depositors from
iailnre > has not beea but one-twenty-stxth of 1 j er cent , or less
than 4 per cent on the $100 deposited.
If a fake ipiantniee fund is permitted to take the place of
itai and character in business , no estimate of losses can be made.
The Republican } arty. through iu- :
repref ntatavr s in the ikst session of ,
the kr Tfc iai i * & & 'T * & * approval
oi GovemfK- > eld < j iave t/ > the peo- '
pie < i tb rzLstZ * : ibe "terminal tax" " j
law for i3 r saore exjuitable assess- J
meal ' 4 railroad property in the
cities and villages oi tt > e state. Itj
- > rasclanaed thai these corporations j
rwssx : wwt f Tin : laebr jnst share of
ifiae InwdesLV oi town jroverojaeai un-
t&ie i ikTBaer = y * sa and tihis laeas *
aartwafe fs Htd ais. 2 psxjf > er rejaedy.
are all that AVHS
by the completion
roJL > of the termin-
n3 tax fcw lie entire state. The in-
rsdlway vahjatk ns for mun-
laxatkjffl in tbe cities and vil-
j $ Kebraaka asioants to the
< 4 SLSJSJ ia for tbe year 15 > 0o.
is increase alone over
ia = ytacrs. . valuation. To reduce this
actnad tsuc payments we find that
k r iittsancc. forty miles as an
taus-levy in city or village ,
fe wilj pa3 * into tbe treasur
ies. erf XebVaiikit u wnsjthis year a sura
a re atinv oae hundred and fifty1
tbotfeauad dollars more than the taxes
3 < aid for tbe same purposes last year.
Before .SeiHemlker 1st Mayor Dahl-
ma of Omaha characterized AC. .
.Shallen berger. Democratic candidate
ittr Governor , as a man who had in
previous campaigns tryed to sell out
IS * . S. Bryan in an attempt to elect
himself. He also characterized him
as a tool of the railroads. Now if
Mr. Shall en berger was a tool of the
railroad before September Lst. is hej
hot the s > aine kind t > f a man Unlay ? '
Mayor Dahlinan is one of the leading
Democrats of tbe state and a close
personal and political friend of Bryan.
He is in a position to know what Shal-
lenberger is and to know what he has
been doing , and his statement based
ujxin a knowledge of the conditions
should be reliable. And if Mr. Hhal-
lenberger is a tool of tbe railroad.he j
must be the man who is getting the'
railroad support in this campaign.
Moreover , if Mr. Sballenberger has
in past campaigns sold out Bryan for'
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bis own personal gain , will he "not , if
elected governor , sell out the people
in order to promote his own interest ?
A man who will be a traitor to his
idol and to his party can hardly be
trusted to be true to the people. "
The Republican party lias reduced
the state debt of more than two mil
lions created by Democratic extrava
gance and mismanagement to le.s *
than half a million and will wipe it
all out within the year if continued in
power. Will not that record gain Un
vote of the tax-payer for the Repub
lican part } ' ? It certainly ought to.
J t was most tactless of Mr. Parker
t refer to "Democracy's past mis
takes" aud the candidacy of Mr.
an almost in the same breath.
The farmer who farmed from " 93 tote
to H > 0 will never forget the prices he
received for farm products in those
disasterous Democratic years. He
can also think of the prices his pro
ducts bring in these prosperous Re
publican years. The difference is
that one p art3 * closed up his markets ,
the other opened them , has kept
them open and expanded them. Will
the farmer believe that this Tvas all
luck and chance and take another
chance on Disaster by again voting ;
tbe Democratic ticketfor Democratic
pricesr
X. T. Gadd will make an ideal
count } * attorney. He believes in the
enforcement of the laws at all times ,
and the enforcement of all the laws.
The Jaws are all right , all they need
is a strict enforcement of them. Mr.
Gadd is the one candidate that will
enforce these laws , and he is the man
for you to vote for for county attor
ney regardless of party. Anselmo
Enterprise.
Our citizens have thorough confi
dence in Mr. Kinsey , they have known
him for twenty years to be a man of
honesty and ability and many have
learned to rely on his cool judgement
in business aifairs. His friends and
neighbors will not desert him on the
third day oi November. Arcadia
Champion.
Mr. Olney insists that the Republi
cans have been in power too long.
So they have too long to suit the
Df-mocrats , but not too long to suit
the workingmen who remember vivid
ly the empty dinner pails of the last
Democratic" administration and the
era of prosperity and high wages that
has endured through three Republi
can administrations.
The Republican party , Mr. Bryan
says , is in full retreat. Perhaps it
could make better speed if the road
wasn't so cluttered up with deserting
Democrats.
Bryan is not talking about the Tar-
ill' . His vote in Congress for the
Wilson-Gorman bill brought its own
sad eloquence of subsequent disast
er.
Reports from the front , state that
Candidate Bryan looks somewhat
worn. His political policies present
a somewhat similar experience.
Mr. Bryan challenges Mr. Taft to
take the people into his confidence.
It isn't necessary. The people long
ago took Mr. Taft into theirs.
Events have nullified ' "
ever } "proph
ecy ever made by Bryan. Such a
prophet merits no trust for the fu
ture.
Mr. Bryan and Hit I" " " *
Mr. IJrysm lum HIM ; ! that a man
worthy to ItwlH n-at " < "hou.lJ (
In- willing loilir for il. In 11100 Mr.
IJryan Maid that if anyone wild lie
had change ! lim mind about In ; ' ; hl ) *
. Vet Mr. Hryan
VIMhe wan a faMller.
made the platform of thin yi-ar. ami
that platform IUIH omitcd nx-ntion of
fn-i-Kilvcr ; ami Mr. Hryan nays that
a candidate m bmiiHl by what the
platform omits as well an by what it
contains. Then-lore , Mr. Hryan has
either diKcanled Iree HilveraK a be
lief or he has omitted in UI'IK year as a
matter of political expediency , still
believing in the doctrine. If lie still
believes in free silver it is obvious
that he no longer thinks it necessary
to die for it. If he does not believe
in it , then he has been convinced that
he made stupendous mistakes in 18'JC
and 1000 when he lorced the issue oi
his party. Kansas City Times.
Bryan's Sinccrily.
In the presence of an enormoui
audience , composed unmistakably of
his devoted friends and admirers-
people who believe in his intelligence ,
his knowledge and hissincereity Mr
Bryan was willing to deceive by in
ference and to mislead by imputation
and satire. One of his qualities which
has been most discussed is his sincer
ity. Upon this there has been sharp
controversy. His opponents have
usually denied it , while his friends
have hotly maintained it. Truth re
quires it to be said that Mr. Bryan's
speech of Saturday night can only en
courage his opponents in denying
his sincerity. He skimmed lightly
from issue to issue , and in several in
stances , notably in the matter of jury
trial in contempt cases , he distinctly
misled his audience.
All the state institutions are being
conducted economically under the
Republican administration and at the
same time are proceeding without
any impairment of efficiency. Every
institution has kept within the bounds
of the legislative appropriation pro
vided for its maintenance and there
will be no ' 'deficiencies" for the people
ple to provide for at the next session
of the legislature. This means do
ing business in a business way and
the tax-papers of the state whose
money is used to support the state
institutions ought to be highly pleas
ed with such a showing. A vote for
the Democratic state ticket means a
change in the splendid record made
by the Republican party in managing
these institutions , and no one but a
very thoughtless citizen or a taxpayer
who "don't costs" ' *
er care what it
will cast his vote for a return of the
days when a hungry horde of Demo
cratic politicians lived off the sta te
and created a debt of more than two
millions of dollars through misman
agement and extravagance.
It is pertinent to ask Mr. Bryan
what he would do if a general revolt
against American authority should
occur in the Philippines. The mal
contents in the archipelago are already
contending-that the } ' \ri\\ \ \ have then
independence at once , in case of Bry
an's election. They are justified in
feeling that way , in view of Mr.
Bryan's platform declaration and his
speeches. Should he fail to make
good his promise , they might take
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to the bushes and undo all that the
republican party has accomplished in
years of effort toward educating- thorn
for self-government. Of course , un
der such circumstances , President
Bryan would be compelled to call up
on the hated army and navy to bring
the little brown brother to a sense of
his position again. Such an action
would be enibarrasing to Mr. Bryan
and his anti-imperialist friends up
Boston way , but the healthy prospect
of such a condition only illustrates the
difference between democratic loose
talking and republican sane action ,
and the ditl'erence is equally as mark
ed on practically every issue between
the republican and democratic plat
forms.- Omaha Bee
Mr. Bryan declares that he stands
by his record , lie should stand close
or it will fall over and smash him.
"Shall the People RuleV" shrieked
the parrot , aud the eagle screamed
"You bet" or words to that effect.
A democratic guarantee for the re
turn of borrowed umbrellas would
touch the hearts of millions.
Mr. Bryan is a ready letter-writer.
Yet even he will admit'that there are
others.
Mr. Bryan has sufforeJ two defeats
at the hands of an Ohio man.
TheHO-called colonial
-
po ; .
icy of the L'nited Slates ha
idded to our trade already
something over $100.000.X * .
. " at ClevetamJ.
a year.--Taft .
Ohio.
Jtmufitbe embarrasing t < .
other Democratic spellbinder
to have it ) hear from Bryai.
before knowing what the par
amount issue for the day is
going to be.
The Democrats of Custei
county are working- like beav
ers this year. In fact the }
"
are working harder than eve" '
before , and it behooves every
Republican to get busy with
like energy from now until
the polls close.
"The course of administra
tion has only been directed
_ gainst such organized capita.
as was violating the statute.-
of the United States and n-
other. The business men of
of our community as a whole
are honest and their method
are sound. Taft at Boston.
Mass.
"The administration of ex
act justice by courts without
fear or favor , unmoved by the
influence of the wealthy or the
threats of the demagogue. is ,
the highest ideal that a gov
ernment of the people can
strive for. and any means by
which a suitor , however un
popular or poor , is deprived
of enjoying this , is to be con
demned. " Taft at Columbus.
Ohio.
If we assume control over I
people for the benefit of that
people ( as in the Philippines' ' ,
and with the purpose of devel
oping them into a self-govern
ing capacity , and with the in
tention of "giving them the
right to become independent
when they shall show them
selves fit. the charge that we
are imperialists is utterly with
out foundation. " Taft at
Cleveland Ohio.
"Mr. Bryan asks me what I
would do with the trusts. I
answer that I would restrain
all unlawful trusts with all the
efliency of injunctive process
and would punish with all the
severity of criminal prosecu
tion every attempt on the part
of aggregated capital to sup
press competition. ' ' Taft at
Columbus. Ohio.
Friendships , no matter how
close and intimate , ceased to
be when Taft was called upon
to adjudicate cases in which
friends and social companion ?
might be arrayed upon one
side or the other. Mr. Her-
rpn was angry , for. conscien
tious lawyer that he was. he
maintained that he was. at
least , as near right as the oth
er fellow , and intimated pret
ty plainly that he thought the
fact of being related to Judge
T.ift by marriage had cost
him tne decission.
Congressman Eugene Wal
ter Leake , one of the Demo
cratic Congressmen from
New Jersey , has volunteered
'
to take the'stump in behalf of
Judge Taft. Though he has
been a stanch Democrat all
his life , he is bitterly opposed
to the election of William Jen
nings Bryan , and believing
that the election of Bryan to
the Presidency would mean
the greatest calamity to the
country since the civil war ,
he is ready to exert himself
to the utmost to aid the elec
tion of Judge Taft.
"The course of the Republi
can party since its organiza
tion in 1856 and its real as
sumption of control in IStil ,
down to the present day. is
remarkable for the foresight
and ability of its leaders , lor
the dicipline and solidarity of
its members , for its efficiency
and deep sense of responsibil
ity for the preservation and
successful maintaineuce of
the government , and for the
greatest resourcefulness in
meeting- the various trying
ditlicult issues which a history
of now a full half century have
presented for solution. ' ' Taft
at Kansas City. Mo.