FRIDAY, SEPT. 18
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
BRYAN AS PROPHET
FAILS TO QUALIFY
DliaiUri He foretold Nevtr Com
-.,,- . V 10 Pl. . ,.
OMOSITE IS ALWAYS TEUE.
Gold Standard Doss Vol Slay, Hot
De II Writ Tutur la Blool
A a prophet William Jennings Bry
an bai never been suece. Tut ca
lamjtle which b ha foretold would
bat brought unlimited disaster to the
country If they had am been realised.
UiU the tiever came to ba. Tha bar-
rQlif j.tctur which ha painted war
iur)y flgroeiit of bla Imagination,
b(fa on ' absolutely no foundation
U li wall to have American remem
bar tbut proi'twlP uttered by tha ora
A A thd flint lit it at Ka AtastAlintslA
ivi v iuv twiio iiiiiait ww umviiHivu
fully 100 per cant, for all algna lndl
cqt that ba feels tba fataa onca mora
aqd U about to begin' prophesying
again. A male Cassandra, lr. Bryan
might by this time have loaroad that
the forecast or aril will never ba be
lieved by tboaa who hart fouud that
In Ui paat his vaticination tiara boon
but empty air. . ;
"Driving Country to Eula."
FQJ luatauce, when Mr. Bryan waa
member of the Hous of Reprenta
Urel In 1902 be waa Uolutely certain
that protection waa driving the conn
try headlong to rack nd ruin, and in
hla speech di-llrered March 10 of that'
year ho drew the following agoblxlug
plctunn :
"Protection baa been our caoJJlbM
tree, and aa one after another of oUT
formers hns been driven by the force
of circumstances upon that tree and
baa been crualied within IU folds Ji
s
companions bare stood around an
outed. 'Great la protection r
in every State, to far as then
Uca bare been collected, the pro-
Moo of borne owning farmera la de
Uiialog and that or tenant farmera
L$MlDf- Tbla meana but one thing.
iFlBHM land of landlord and tea-
Vl lOd, barked by the Mstory of
ty nation that baa con down, I eay
f 9U that no people can continue
free people under a free gorernment
ta the great majority of it cttlaena
fi tenant of a email minority. Tour
irkteu (protect Ire tariff) baa driren
the (arm owner from hi land and
substituted the funn tenant"
ow far thla picture portrays the
America of to-day or the America of
407 7ftr aluce be mad that apeocb
I fly Amerloau can anawer. Bran In
Mr. Brynn'a own State be can find an
1 (newer right at hla doom, for the farm
Pl.d of Nebraska bar doubled In
rain.
"Murderoua Qold Standard."
But during tbo four yea re succeeding
that speech Mr. Bryan's agitation greff
(to lee nor did the demon which be
4fl(J raed In hla own Imagination hide
With diminished bead, for In 1800 he
gain aaw destitution threatening the
country. lie had a remedy for It, 1
panacea, a fetich which be held up for
Worship- free sliver. Here are some
f the thing Mr. Bryan ald would
n happen If the gold standard were con
tluued:
"1 reply that If protection has slain
tH thousands the gold standard has
lain It ten of thousand." From
speech at Democratic National Conven
tion, July, 1896.
''Do not let the Republican beguile
yen about the future. The future I
Written in blood crushed out of you by
fold." From speech at Erie, Pa., Au
gust, 1806.
"Ah, my friends, there la another
reason why people hare gone Into the
cities and left the farm. It la be-
onuso your legislation nas been oaus
ft tbo foreclosure of mortgages upon
he farm. Mark my words 1
f the gold standard goes on and peo-
81a continue to complain, the gold stan
Afu atoatee Instead of trying to Im
prove the condition of the people will
be recommending that you close your
IioWla ad that the people will not real
ise bow much they are suffering."
From speech at Monmouth, III., Octo
ber, 1896. . ...
But whom has the fold - standard
slain? What future did It write In
blood? What district school did It
closet Again the condition of the
country make calm roply confuting
the Impassioned orator,
Campaigning again In 1000 Mr. Bry
an decided that .Imperialism was an
other danger to the country. If It were
continued the Fourth of July would be
forgotten by all Americans and the
"spirit of '76" would become a thing
Qf the past Speaking at Lincoln, Mr.
Bryan said;'.:." ::;:v':,,r V-'.r
1 tees Deattt of Patriotism.
The fight this year will be to carry
out the sentiment of that song we have
so often repeated, 'My Country, Tls of
Thee.' If we lose, our children and
our children's children will not succeed
te the spirit of" that, song, and celebra
tions of the Fourth of July will pas
awny, for the spirit of the empire will
be upon u."
Is there tny spot in tnese umm
i iid forgotten and the Fourth of July
I meaningless Into on the calendar
One of the most ridiculous of then
jmpliocif was contained In speech
Mr. Hryun made In support of Judge
Parker during the campaign of 1U04,
when bo attacked President Roosevelt
bitterly, This prophecy bad It that
tulllbiry depotlwn was sure to follow
the decrease lu the sko of the standing
army. In this speech Mr. Bryan also
omphaslxed tbo fact that he wis then
and always would be a Arm bollerer in
tbo principle of freo silver. He sum
oled up bis position on this question rn
the following sentence i
"I believe to-day In the principle set
forth at Chicago and Kansas City (14
to 1) and shall continue to Oght for
those principle." , i .
TEX VERMONT ELECTION
Eesult of Victory Indicates Undi
minished, llajorttlea for AepubU
an in fforember.
Raymoml, the Washlngtoo corre
spondent of the Chicago Tribune, who
Is regarded as on of the most reliable
nolltlcal writera In the country, rezards
the result of the Vermont election
oresoglng absolute rlctory for Mr. taft
In a recent special dispatch to the
Tribune Raymond ald:
"Practically speaking, the result of
Tuesday' election 1 more faroraile to
th Republican than they bad any
right to expect, because there baa been
u) determined campaign for tbe purpose
of miking good showing In Vermont
and few of the big guna of the party
have been put on tbe stump tnere this
year.
"There Is, of courie, slUrbt felling
off In the voto of both Republicans and
Dioincrats, as compared with four
years ago, but this waa entirely to be
expected, because at that time Roose
velt was the nominee of hla perty for
1 resident, and the result In Vermont In
(hat year was merely a forerunner of
the tremendous landslide which took
place Hi! over the country. ,
"A It Is, tbe plurality of over 89,000
t ytsterday' election Is 'taken to be
n Indication that, while the campaign
this yur I not to be sedations! one;
the election of Mr. Taft la foreshadowed
by eafo majority.
"If Vermont can be taken an In
dex of tbe condition of publlo opinion,
throughout the country, It meanj that
In tbe November election, wfeaterer
strength the Independence Leajrae de
velops in tbe otber States will come
almost exclusively from Bryan and not
from Taft "
"The Vermont Democrata, while few
li number, are extremely rock ribbed In
their sentiments. They make point of
going to tbe polls year after year and
carry on a hopeless fight merely be
cause they want to set a good example
to the Democrat In other States. Is
1806 they repudiated Bryan and the free
silver heresy, and they did It largely
by staying at home on election day.
The result was a plurality of a little
orer 40,000 for McKlnley, which has
been a record In Vermont elections. In
the State elections pf 1000 and 1004
the Democratic vote waa practically
etationary." ' "
TAFT'S RELIGION.
A Consistent Christian with. No Spot
Upon His Record of Prlrate Con
duct and Publlo Servioe. '
To dispose of questions whluh should
not be asked as speedily as possible let
us say that Mr. Taft is a member of
the Unitarian church. That waa the
church of bla parents, snd be has never
separated himself from it. Ilia wife,
howercr, la an Episcopalian, and he
worships more often beside her in her
church.
These are the facta, which are utter
ly and absolutely unimportant. The
matter of a inon'a religion has no right
ful place In consideration of bis fltnetts
for the presidency. The constitution
of tbe nation, ordained and established
to secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity," expressly
places tbe vary suggestion of such
thought outside the pale of patriotism.
No word can be cletfrer than these
from our country's fundamental law,
No religious test ever shall be . re
quired as a qualification to any office
or publlo trust under the United
Stntea." ' , .
The numerous queries about Mr.
Taft's religious belief shows almply the
extent to which his enemies bare gone
to rouse some prejudice against htm.
Since there was no spot upon his whole
clean record of private conduct and
public service to which they could
point to Taft's dotrlment they display
ed their willingness to descend to any
depth of petty,' cowardly, contemptible
attack that might do him harm.
Philadelphia North American.
Union Labor Vote.
Hon. William II. Buchanan Is one of
the leadlne union men of wentem New
York and In 1907 was the Democratic
candidate for oBsemblyman In Chau
tauqua county. This Is what he has to
say of the effort of Mr. Gompers to
turn the labor vote over to Mr. Bryan :
'I am a union labor man, and I want
to say further that no man cau carry
the labor rote into -the Democratic
camp. I know now. union labor men
feel In this city, and three-fourths of
them will stand by tbo -''Republican
nsrtv because only In that way huvo
they the assurance of freedom from
the business disturbance that Mr. Bry
an promises for at least four years If
he can foe elected. We worklngmen
can't earn wages If statesmen are put
In office to disturb business and make
TRYING TO HOOD
WINK NEGROES
e
Democrats Pursuing Their Usual
Double Paced Policy.
Ppheldlng Disfranchisement In th
fouta Wall forming Colored f
Sryaa Clttba la foal. "
(from the Baltimore Sun, Dem.)
General WlnfieJd 0. Minoock, who
J a the Democratic nomine for Presl
nt in im, declared the tariff was
principally a "local question" that I
ie say, 1 ronnsyirajua uemocrat migni
be a protectionist for protection's sake,
will a Democrat In Georgia or to
low oaffht bold fast to the doctrine
of a tariff for revenue only, the Massa
chusetts Democrat might be ft free
trader without reservation of anr kind.
while the West Virginia Democrat
might be a free trader only with re
spect to commodities which were not
produced by his own State. General
Hancock's pronouncement waa consid
ered an Ingenious evasion of tbe tariff
Issue, but It did pot produce harmony
In the Democratic party, and tbe gen
eta! was defeated.
Twenty-eight year have passed lac
General Hancock defined the tariff
9ue?U?- vpon which tbe Demo
rat of eacn gtatc wer free to act
with regard chiefly to local Interest.
Th principle which be then forma
la ted seems to have been adopted by
Democrats In the West In respect to
the relation of the Democratic party
to tba negro. Last week tbe West Vlr
glnla Democratic convention embodied
L) Its platform planks demanding cer
tain qualifications for voters, designed
to disfranchise many negroes. Their
platform also contains a declaration in
faror of separate coaches for white
and negro passenger on railroad. To
West Virginia Democrats not only re-
K to hold out the olire branch to
negro and Invite him Into their
fold, but tbey are determined to limit
hi political activity by a disfranchis
ing law anil to bring him under th
ojJeratloo of a "Jim Crow" law when be
travel on the railroad of that State.
Waal are ta Promlsesf
Out la Nebraska and la Kansas th
Democratic campaign managers are
organising negro voters Into Bryaa
dubs. In Oblo no effort will be spared
to secure tbe support of tbe negro
vplers for tbe Democratic national
ticket What pledges hare been given
and what Indumenta have been of
fered does not appear. But It la a fair
Inference that tbe managers have
promised to do "something tor th ne-
!ro," perhap to recognize him to the
latrlbutlon of office, If Mr. Bryan
should be elected, and also to take
such action as th negroes may de
mand In respect to the reinstatement
of the negro battalion dismissed from
the army by President Roosevelt for
tbe attack on Brownsville. Last week
when the West Virginia Democrats
were declaring for a disfranchisement
law and for a "Jim Crow" law, tbe
Democratic oohrsntlon In the Twelfth
Congressional district of Ohio adopted
a platform favoring ''the enactment
of laws which shall accord to all men
accused of wrongdoing, whether sol
diers or civilians, fair and Impartial
trial and an opportunity to be heard
before conviction ' or punishment
This apparently refer to th Browns
ville incident It may also have a
broader meaning and a more extended
application and may be susceptible of
an Interpretation which will make
Southern Democrats open their eyes
with amassment and possibly with ap
prehension. V !
Race Question "Loeal Isauef"
There seems to be no ground for rea
sonable doubt that the Democratic
campaign managers In the West, in the
effort to secure negro support for their
national ticket, are acting upon the
prluclple that the race question Is only
a "local Issue." It Is evident that the
South does not approve this plan of
campaign, but Is powerless to check It
The Democracy of the South It In full
accord with the position taken by the
West Virginia Democrata last week.
And yet It Is assumed by those who
are trying to get negroes to support
Mr. Bian that the South will act n
hoarty co-operation with til Ohio, Ne
braska, Knusaa and linnets Democrats,
who are welcoming the uegro Into free
fellowship in the Democratlo party
aud probably promising to annul the
decision of President Roosevelt in th
Brownsville matter. The theory of
Western Democrata that the race prob
lem Is merely a local Issue If calcu
lated to give the South much concern.
Many Democrat In that section taaj
question whether It Is worth whjle to
elect a Democratic president who may
open wide tbe door of political opp6r
tunlty to the negro. -
Mr. Bryan criticises Mr. Taft for
adding to the Republican platform. In
the meantime the number of "para
mount Issues" which , Mr. Bryan sub-'
traded from the Democratic platform
would Oil several large volumea
Omaha Bee.
Honors are easy again. Every ilw
Mr. Taft buys a new horse Mr. Bryot
THE ISSUZ ACT PARTY BZC02&
Will th People Trust Experiment
alists and Theorists f
(From Sherman's gpeecb of Accept
" : ance.) 7-7''.
Tbe overshadowing Issue of tbe cam
paign really 1st Shall tbe administra
tion of President Roosevelt be ap
proved, sball a party of demonstrated
rapacity la administrative affairs be
continued In power, sball tbe reins of
overnment be placed In experienced
and, or do tbo people prefer to trust
their destinies to an aggregation of
experimental malcontents snd theor
ist, whos on) claim to a history I
A party name tbe) pilfered?
nun a record or lour decade or
wis legislation 1 two score year of
faithful administration; offering Its
fulfilled pledges a a guaranty of it
promise for the future, th Republi
can party appeals to tbe people and,
with full confidence In their wisdom
and patriotism, awaits the rendition of
the November verdict
HimSS TEAT BRYAN
"COTJID DO KO HASH."
Congressman Burke Says Offloe of
f resident I Infinitely More Pow
erful Than Congress.
Congressman James Francis Burke,
?f Pittsburg, In an address on "Th
owers of the president" says i
"Th American people can make no
greater mistake than to elect Mr.
Bryan on the assumption that be can
do no barm In the face of an adverse
Senate. As between the executive and
legislative department of tbe govern
ment the former ha Infinitely greater
power to rule and ruin than tbe lat
ter. ,, .-,, ;(-"'
"Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan ere wholly
different types of men. Each pos
sesses a strong individual character,
which would certainly assert itself In
the White House. What either of
these men would do during a four
years' term In the White House la
causing as much anxiety among
thoughtful Americana as th mere
natter of election alone. . - ,
"A a disturber of money th Pres
ident is without a rival in tbe wofld.
Through tbe agencies under his con
trol he will this year disburse a billion
dollar, showing the great things w
ar doing in adding to the unparalleled
Hat of the world' achievement.
"In view of tbe fact that during
tbe fifteen year of Bryan leadership
th States controlled by hi party hav
decreased from 23 to 12, tbe number
of Senator from 48 to $1, th number
of Representative In Congress from
320 to 164, and In that tuns th Demo
cratic party was In control of th
ground, whereas It is now, as a conse
quence of bis teachings, a hopelessly
heterogeneous mass of Popullstlo ele
ments, the American people can see
little prospect of a constructive policy
It Mr. Bryan should Bucceed.
LABOB WORLD FOB TAFT.
Characterizes Him as True Friend
of the Worklngman.
(From the Concord (N. H.) Monitor.)
The Labor World cornea out strongly
lu lta advocacy of Mr. Taft It charac
terizes him a true friend of labor and
declare that the unfair attacks of Mr.
Gouiperi will have little or no effect In
alienating from him the labor world.
It saya: That Secretary Taft la a true
friend of labor I certain, and all tbe
untrue, ungenerous, vicious attacks
that President Gompers or any one else
may make on bim cannot prevent him
from continuing to be the friend of the
wage worker. Organized labor cannot
afford to have itself split up into fac
tions on this political issue. That Pres
ident Gompers Is wrong In forcing this
most ominous fight is certain, and In
telligent wage workers will certainly
some to thla conclusion."
Campaign Funds.
"We welcome Mr. Taft to this ad
vanced ground," said Mr. Bryan In one
of his numerous Interviews since the
Denver convention. The ground refer
red to Is Mr. Taft's statement that no
campaign contribution would be re
ceived from corporations. ; Mr. Bryan
lateuded to convey tbe Impression that
Mr. Taft bad come to that determina
tion after the Denver convention. In
that the Democratic "peerless one" I,
not honest. Mr. Taft is a law abiding
citizen. Such contributions are unlaw
ful, made so by a law passed by a Re
publican congress at the Instance pf a
Republican administration $f which
Judge Taft was a part six months be
fore the Denver convention. Be hon
est, Mr. Bryan, If you can I
Bryan's Preolnot Republican.
At the recent nrlmarv election LB Ne
braska Lancaster Precinct tfo, 4, In
which Is located Falrvlew, the voting
precinct of W, J, Bryan, cast tbjrty-gve
Republican vote and twenty-alx Demo
cratic. The same precinct last fall
oast forty-three Republican votes and
thirty-five Democratic, a Democratic
loss of slightly more than 1 per cent.
When Mr. Bryan lived In town he reg
istered In Precinct A of the Fjfth Ward,
a polling pla-15 which usually could be
depended uion to vote about the pro
portion of three Republicans to one
Democrat At the time be removed to
Falvvlew he remarked Jocularly that
wn9 golnst to a community where the
nolitkal d vlslon was more even, and
he hoped In time so to reform Lancaster
No. 4 as to make It veor erouo4 to hi
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