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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 31. 1003. XXI I' J, Laii . ai I , -IJ U- PUBLIG-SBIMTED MEN: -DISCUSS . PUBLIC - QUESTTOS The campafen that is closing has been distinguished for ; f the spontaneous, outpouring: of enthusiasm in behalf of Mr. X Bryan, an enthusiasm which' has found expression in a flood X of letters from the people letters so numerous that they have literally overwhelmed, ine journal oiiice. llie mass of mat- T of Mr. Bryan, has been so great that it has been more than the paper can handle. It has been a feature characteristic of no other campaign, and is' believed to indicate that an unexpected t and unmeasured 'sentiment in favor of the great Commoner 2 will be uncovered in an' Unprecedented avalanche of ballots next Tuesday. . With an apology for non-appearance of many t contributed articles an apology oased on the ground that the paper cannot do impossible things The Journal presents here- X with a number of articles in which many issues are forcibly t and ably discussed. v , ' . , , , T , T Guaranteed Banks tke Tteme of F. S. Myr , Guarantee : Deposits, or ; : 13ury Money. Hta Cry Portland. Oct. 18. To the Editor of k' The Journal--! am given to undarsUud that nearly -every ba.ia In the country m;TC 0rnoU5 terthat has thus been received. all of Henthusiastic In support J only that,' bul. they ere fighting that righteous raaaaura for ; all they , gra worth.' In tr,.fac of this fact.' I ilk . V what will tWfarmeri, mechanics,' la 'borers andether people of , moderate means do with tbelr surplus cash In th future? Will they continue to, patron tie thee banks by placing their money ' In v their keeping without as guarantee that they ahall ever se It agalnT If , thev do they will duaarve a lose every cent they deposit. f hope, there ta not a man to ue rounu wim euro a oog-uae dlepoaltlon that ha wtU ba guilty of .such folly. lf "a . poor man haa any money tnat ha does not need let mm buy a aare ana Deoome nia own osnxer, Inveat In land or lota, or .bury It la an old Blocking rather than become the . willing dupe of men who want hla money without any aecurtty whatever. j have now a few thouaand dollara to apare, out not a cent or it win ever pa deposited In a bank, until Bryan'a gua. , anty .plsn, or aomething like It. ahall ba Inaugurated, and I call on avary in- dependent voter to do nuewiee. When the bank crash oame about year ago the . Republicans everywhere .admitted that our banking lawa were Inadequate and uaeleaa. and they prom Ised that when congresa met a law would be given the country which would put the banking buslneea on a aafe and , aana basis. Have they dona aof Not a bit or It. .They gave ua tna Aiaricn out a bill that Roosevelt pronounced to be ' a moat splendid piece of financial legis lation. But the reat of the country pronouncee it to ba the moat atupld and vicious hotch-potch that aver waa en acted. Even the bankera thameelvea laugh at It This, then, la one of the ; Roosevelt pdllolea that 'Taft pledgea " himself to carry out Thla ia the won derful panacea that the bankera con areas denounced a "financial bastard, a disgrace to legislation and a etlgma on the legal talent of the country.,r Thla la what Taft proposes to give the people instead of a guaranty of deposits in banks. Gentlemen, which ay stem do von tire fart - i . ' Wa hear much of the Roosevelt poll eles. What are thevT One la to make a grand plunge in the beginning, and then quit- without , doing anything; to de nounce thoaa who worst him in contro versy as "llara"; to aeek the aid -of Democrats in malting nis runway ram bill a law. and then denouncing them aa the enemlea of the country; to denounce Mr. Harrlman in one Dreatn aa .ine vil est of men, and the next seek a contri bution of SlOO.OuO 'from the Standard Oil company to help- reelect himself, and when found out to direct Mr. Cortelyou to return the Standard Oil contribution and then tacitly permit its retention and active' use In the campaign. Well may the New York Sun exclaim: "At least the thlnklnr portion of the American people know Mr. Roosevelt better than they did four yeara ago." It Is indeed little wonder that he had stricken from the currency of the na tion Its motto, "In Ood We Trust" ' Never in the history of this nation has a president degraded the, high office ' to which he had . been elected to the tame extent aa president Roosevelt has done. He has descended to. the level of the ward politician. Havlnr sent poor old Taft around to different state lections to dictate to the electors how thev' shall vote, he now ' sends every member of his cabinet out to make .speeches In favor of the man he has foisted on, the party." He Sees no harm in factory men threatening their hands ,: with . loss pf place and -, lowering . of wages If Bryan la elected, -and promises of Increase of pay If-hla man Friday ; succeeds him In office. And now. his 'factotum fls forced to admit that the bank crash and financial panic of last .year waa the result of the Roosevelt policies too much prosperity! One would naturally conclude; that If Portland. Or- Oct, 14. To Jha Kd'itor of Tbo Journal Tho "Oregonlsn". nag at last coma to realise that the aubject of ruaranty of bank depoatta la a vital laaua In tbla .campaign; though being unable to anawar the arguments In la vor of a, guaranty, It descends to it old atyla ' of argumentum aa noroinem directed against Sfr. Bryan, , "-In thla morning's laaua tna man ia tn ioti states mat no one nas at tempted . to anawar Oovernor Hughes' analysis or mis auDjeci. out n rlnntlr failed ta read Ur. Hughes' analy ia. or ha would not Invite attention to o weaK an argument againai in guar anty 'of deDoaita. . Mr. Hughes states that slrrca January 1. 105, to the prea ent time tte net josaes xo ins aeposi tors In the state of New York amount to less than $1S,000, although the da poslta In all the national, atate, savlnga banks and trust Companies of New xorg In 10S amounted to 14,417,000.000. Ha an a tax of 1 per cent on - these de poatta would amount to 4,iv,vuu, which would not ba half enough to pay tha depositors. In the 10 banka that cloaed their doors last fall, owing their depositors over z,ouo,uuo. In tha first place, under the guaranty plan there could not be a panic, bacausa all banka would ba under such 'rigid in- spectlon that thy could not make tha excessive loana and Inflated credits aa they were laat year. Wild cat bankera being forced to submit to the watchful surveillance of the law, would speedily quit business. During nearly all tha ? 'ear of 1907 tha loana and discounts of he clearing house banks of New York cltyi were larger than the . deposits of tnoae names. i nis was a warning to many business men and bankers who were prepared when the crash finally Mr Hughes says that of the 10 banka tnat railed owing tneir depositors ibz 000,000, nine have reopened and will pay 100 cents on the dollar, and the tot I net loss to depositors will be but S15.000. and he implies for such a loss a guar anty Is not necessary. - .That there waa such a small net loss after the enor mous expenses of tha receiverships. shows concjluslvely that most of the banks were not In very bad shape, hut were In need of mora rigid Inspection, sucn aa tne guaranty law .will require. Bank Fsnlo Xa Distrust.. As everybody, knows a bank panlo la an exaggerated alarm which takes pos session of a comflnunlty. Inducing a gen eral feeling of distrust, and impolling to hasty measures, often precipitates a murai Kreaier disaster man was at nrst only feared. ; Rumors aoon start and sometimes tha most conservative banks are rorcea to close. ! That the panic of a year ago would have been avoided under the guaranty Plan Is clearlv ahown bv tha, arttnna of , the depositors at that time. Prao- Bryan Spells Square DeaJ Says A. W. C. that Tanic under a purely Republican I ticallv an th mnn in Hni.tinn in ministry brought about such direful re- the eastern states, and particularly New suits, It would be very unwise to con- York, whera the panic started, is cur- tlnue It And I do not believe the peo- rency. The bankers and newspapers re- ple will vote to have it continued. Yours peatedly described It as a "currency truly, , , k .; ORO FINO. panic." , What is currency? Currency is paper money, gold ana sliver certifi cates, national bank notes having an In trinsic value of about 140 a ton, but being- guaranteed by the United States, xnoy ana legal tenner ana circulate) at ace vaiue as money. -t i A gold note strlctlr spaalrlno- iai a Portland.' Or.. Oct JS. To the Editor K "eI!tyln W of Tha Joumal-ProgTeaalve RepubH- & gtaTe. tasur gold "to Tthe Value of cans and Independent voters Joined the Its denomination, and heing a govern- Democratlo yqters of Oregon in June f2nMlJ?3-ee,l2p?',.Ui clrou.,ateB "5 IL.. ji .1- m .rf.- legal tender. This gold Is not owned biiu uwiw ivi 1 oy me government, as is popularly sup- by direct vote of ths people by a huge posed. -but Is held by the treasury sto majority of 48,506 yotes. and followed jTaem V ae Vt. anybody in SlMi' rrflMgoVSolM61 rl8I."Vefu;e tike? S a mo f itted man in Oregon, regardless of pol- ment .,Uestlon. tbe valua of these a-ov. ,UTh.0r."th- reason Republican pol.tl- M.tB!?f 2 .S" ,Z2l tnevJ!otThiPth.rvo?e7 , ottMBtltl ,enJn the drenching win snd cold 'In donyt blow h mm iiy and cold thJ the hope that the unguaranteed bank .l 0 y . might open and they would get these ne8lnca Jths Oregon election the Repub TdlTnboSr'd." WHLf.. lican national convention in open aea- tInSt,tg,iJltirSt slon declare against thla method of S?t-? m ? f-Jantt'i!?d. aSl electing aenatora br a vote of about 8 S'ilv ' JV. rwr he ,?ht to 1. but aquara deal Republicans, who ?' hlthWa. 5S? Zg2L? pimlum. Intend to do the right thing by their i h SJi..S!?-. KoW- " country and vote for Bryan, who has w1"tth p''? i"f, u" rovern; been a pioneer advocate of this reform! 7 "Ji"r aJ,it?5 .p ",u th"f can point to President Roosevelt's ms- fu,h.J'dfel.dJ8str. ?5A f c,corln to a .sage to congress when the senato was IS7,trl5"iISd bI .,f,S,a,a the toy holding up measures ha waa advocating frTi--LPT 5 mLSf our. monty Is in which ha aald. "There can be ru truS C2r'r52r,wi Th p)p, ara ?tnJ j- nni.. ...Ti hoarding these rovemment mnnntMil IV1WIU U 1WVIUUM VUUVIW UUt.lt. . ' .. senators are elected hy tha people dl- deposits in preference to depositing them raotly ana oecoras directly responsiois to the people.". v It Is apparent to any one that there Is no mora important issue tnan tna election of senators br tha people in this campaign, but tha Democratic party offers other measures In the interest of the average- man in tha jTuarantes of Tha Journal I have aMn it r.rt. ire deal, (nothing ,,,. .. . " m " ' r " with the honeat bankera. Mr. . Hughes complains about ths par cent of depoatta that would ba held out or circulation for tha guaranty fund But la It not vastly batter to have 1 per cent or even 10 per oant of tha inuneT locasa up ror a reserve wmcn would ruarantaa os agalnat panic, than nava pr cen or our money noaro ad away out of circulation and a till nave a panior la tha face 'of 'auch facta. hn can Mr. Hughea for a moment argue that there would ba a universal demand for deposits in government guarantees Danasr wnat wouia tna depositors gain If they ahould ba allly enough to make a. runt They would be paid In legal wriiuva, vuirruc wmcn 19 worinirii ex cept for tha aovernment's a-uarantea. In other words they would present a caniiicais vi aeposu on a government guaranteed bank and aet a oartlflcata oi aepoau guaranteed! Dy tna govern menu - . Did anvbodv In tha wIMaat fllrhta of fancy aver Imagine aeelng a crowd of naggara, nungry, anivering people stand in Tina all nlaht before tha TTnlted eiaies treasury to exchange gold oer tiftcatCa for gold? Or silver certlfl catea for silver? - Millions of dollars' worth of post office money orders have been bought dv me peopia in ravor or tnem selves, showing their absolute confidence in that form - of government a-uaxanteed aeposua. Tha moat foolish of all the arm menta against the guaranty of deposits ia mat it would encouraare wildcat hanK Ing. There haa not been a alncla sav. Inga bank failure In the state of New I org ror man veara. and not one went down in the recent panic. -WhyT Be cause there Is a very strict law regulat- inr tna investment or savinas dennsits. and requiring strict supervision by the banking commissioners. The record of no failures of savings banks in that state does not attract wildcat bankers to open and solicit deposits by saying, "All savings banks are sound here In New York, come deposit with ua: we will pay mora Interest than the others." Xonast Bankers Admit xt There Is ndt an honest banker in America that will not agree that a banking law can be drawn that will practically preclude all failures, and not hamper in any way honest business or honest' banking. It Is in framlnz and enforcing an honest banking law that honest banka will have a say In the management and be represented on the directorate of every, other bank. When the people demand the enact ment of this law they are met with tha en me selfish and foolish arguments that wore maae against tne pure rood law. You remember when that law waa un der discussion its onnonenta wnnlrt aav. "Let the people find out for themselves wnai may are eating, ir they buy cows' udder for potted chicken that Is none of tha government's business; they may i me it Detter, ana ir it muxes tnem sick let tnem try something else next time. Ia it the government's business to guar antee what people eat and drinkf Some ricn pacxers contended that as they had spent vast sums in advertising, and by using pure ingredients had built Pronil.tiW party' Pre- ',. , , 0enta Live Issues Portland, Or Oct. 7. To' tha JCdltor of Tha Journal In your taua of last night you had tha record of tha "straw vote of. tha Ankeny oar barn man. It showed 171 ' for Chaf In and 8 fir Taft Of couraa tblg Is not aa tha men expect to vote on November 8, probably, though tkay would show their sound Judgment tf thay got the thraa ' odd ansa ' to vote with tha majority and confirmed tbe at raw vote, i What I wish to eall at tention to Is tba fact that while tha men wars unwilling to ba recorded yt thay realised that whatever ' thay did would have soma Influence In tha pub lie mind and so thay choaa to name qpa for whom thay naad not bluab be fore gny parson. Therein thay ahowad aound judgment and If they followed It up. on election day It would be squally as sound. ror this reasont Tha Prohibition party, does present a live laaua. Mr. Bryan has ena good thing in his plat form which is bank guarantee, but tha Prohibition party stands for both that and postal savings bank advocated by .tie itepuDiicans, ana it is out a ques tion of tlma whan the country will coma to both. Mr. Bryan stands for soma definite things In his tariff 'policy while tha Republican standard bearer feara to name what ha atanda for, If ror anything. However, me uregonian geta hold or tna KepuDllcan platform and mistaking It for a Bryan speech ridicules tha tariff position and when called to account doea not oonaldar it worth while to correct becauae in prac tice there Is so little difference. Tbe actual revenue derived from actual 1m porta under ths Wilson and Dingier bills varied two per cent. It waa af ter a ahuffla-of tna cards and a change of tha trump, but the game was played oy ma aama ruies. ine rroniDiiion party stands for a tariff commission which will adjuat tha tariff at any tlma It Is needed and not "by Us friends" but "for tha people." Prohibition Is tna Xssna. Prohibition Is the live Issue of this campaign In splta of the. fact that the license parties bava Ignored It The feople do not and if any one thinks hey have aak "Uncle Joe'' or our own "Charlie" who waa a member of the senate 1 sub-committee of the Judiciary committee which had to deal with the sama question which Is now worrying uncie joe,' ana. aeau wun it in tne same way. , Mr. Editor. I wish you would deal editorially at times with the other side of one phase of the liquor question. The llouor element and . oartlea and editors frequently call attention to the fact , that prohibitory laws (with li cense oartv officials to enforce them) tend to jawiesanvaa. cui wnon itic -overnor of New Jersey had to threat en Atlantic City with the militia to make that license" town regard the law and when Folk has to do the same thing for license in St. Louis, there was no comment by the dally papers of that phase of it Look at Klamath county, In our own state. The local option law openly de fled, men convicted In the police court constantly for drunkenness and stat ing where they get their liquors, the 'King Can Do No Wrong; Not American Idea Portland. OcL IT. To tha Editor of Tba Joufnal It Is with extreme regret and considerable hesitancy that a think ing man Questions, even In his own mind, tho Blnoerity and integrity of a president of tha Unites Slates. On ths other hand It would ba a restriction to frtd.'m, of thought and a detriment to advancement In our civilisation for tna monarchist idea tnat "the klnf can do no wrong" to gain tha asoenuancy In this brfld of tha free. II is tne of ths teachings to tha chil dren of Ibis country that a proper re spect, for authority In all Its phases Is one of tha prerequisites for Individual success and respectability ajid to tha stability of our government and it re quires a deep Conviction to overcome thla early training, However, whan tha president of tha United States enters a strictly partisan contest in which tha judgment and oplnlone of tbe paopl are lalrly squally divided. In tha attempt to hava his ideas prevail, wa feel that we hava a right and that it la In a way saloons actually running wide open in spite of the fact that the local option up a large business at good profits, they would be areatlv wroneed to have a law that would place unknown brands on the same Plane of ourltv and oualltv with theirs. Some even contended that aa all roods would have the purify label It would Invite unscrupulous "wildcat" packers Into the business. One bump tious fellow who had a eo Hired control of a large plant by marriage, said If the bill carried he would liquidate his flant. This was not quite as bad as he manufacturers of food adulterations who said their business would be ruined, that Invested capital was being struck at and that their employes would be without work, and the widows and or phans who held stock in their plants would be left penniless. However, with the very necessary aid of the Democrats", the bill was finally passed. Who is there today that will deny that It is the most wholesome rtec of lnrfalatlnn that has been enacted In many years? The man who would demand repeal of the pure food law would be looked upon as the enemy of his family and tha traitor of his country.. The Republican nartvtls annonlnr tha enactment of a bank guaranty law Just as It opposes the dlrecf election of tinned states aenatora av tha nAnni. and for the same reason." because these laws are demanded by and will work for the good of the plain people, the people who feel the responsibility of cftisen- snip, tna people who finally- pay tha law anectflcallv reaulres district at torneys to prosecute, requires Judges to instruct grand Juries to Investigate the observance of this law. and yet the lloense party officials of that county do nothing to require observance of the law. This will be quoted by the Unuor men as an Instance or the rail- ure of "prohibition to prohibit" and the simple minded will accept it as an srarument against prohibition. A rea soning man knows, of course, that It is simply the result, of putting into office unscrupulous nominees of li cense parties who cater to the liquor vote. And tnerein IS -tne prima hcuct- sity of a Prohibition parly, the sec ondary consideration being- that they have a. platform of sound economic sense and nominees who dare-Jo state where they stand and wnat tney win do. and Mr. Chafin even tells convinc ingly how he will do It. Pointers for Voters From Bryan's Speecnes bills. F. S. MYERS. A Clarion Call to tne Veterans of 61 Dairy. Or., Oct 28. To tha Editor of mora or leas) to laboring men In in- ,n Tn Jonl that many of tha veter- junotion cases, pnysicai valuation' oi uis oi ti nava decided to vote for Mr. railroads, exclusion of , Asiatic 1mm I- Bryan at tha comlna- alaHnn' rh gratlon and tariff reyialon whlchlwlll 7, coming election. That la knock out tha protected trusts that arc "y Intension, and I am not aurprlaad to exacting outrageous prices on ths neces- find my comrades of tha same frame of sltlea of Ufa from every man, woman , and child in tha land. tnma. . Bryan's election wtU Insure a start tn Of all American cltlsens ths Union 111!' ?ih,?V. AmlanTi?!! tara the mOSt dOVOtad to tlon to bring tha trusts to tlma, and will . demand a senate which will represent tha welfare of hii country. His patriot- tha people Jo heltv him. Where la there lam ahould always rle hum th a man who" bsltwvM Taft .has tha back- ,hin of part. Ha and., r.rtvtl bona to make a fight on these lines? - . A. W..C he Buffered often for tha simpleat na leessitles of Ufa. ba barad his breast to Say. Voters Are Coerced ZmTrTZmu Ballston. Or. Oct SI.-To ths EdHor b I!?,"-7' " of Tha Journal Are we getting to ba a nation sf Blavaaf T wmiM annate V Judging from th. number of men tnambarment had llttla thought of tha nation. That wall of men who stood between tho Union , 'and Its dla- of ona masts who are afraid to vote their QotJonmg tha politics of those who sentlmenta for fear thay win loss their oucnea eipowe wun mem; hay. were Job.v I meet men who atate the will ' in tmon tnat was enough. hava to "vote for their own Interest 'I . And If that Union was worth all that and on pinning them down one finds aacrlflca. eurelv tha Dreaarvatioa of tha tha poor scared souls are afraid that If T? " y" ' . , ln uryaa ia eieciaa tne "ricn reiiows will l al-Hr r" v lui.mrami . vugm w draw In tha money", so that all bust- j claim their, most loyal allegiance la rltVulll1 tvVcreln. snlrlt la I tlma of peaca. TlmoB sad Partle. har. feeing used by tha friends of Republican Jchangad since tho war for tha Unloni monopoly wrce me int. young ror but the need ror men with patriotism Taft an grounds the moat ridiculous. . . ,.T - For Instance, one Tamhtll man tells hla , r and stand p for woedchorrrs they can keep cutting till tho principles that ar essential to election and then tf Bryan la eiected the prase routon of good government ba wiu bare to "doae-the works - And much eese,ry new aa it waa the poor wretches believe they will loa the nation called them from tha their winter s Job unls Jart gets In. pursuits of paaea to war's dread alarm. TIm ' r. vn I a r Mr. M f mil thla la IK, ! M ! a In accordance with this theory I hava apon and ta r the mae 1 He grip of a. - r-l r ' 1 WP w,n. , non h m tltht a It wi.i take landed. V. t .le Lincoln lived Ms tdeala luttoei t joon IV- jw-r asv cherished precept. Wbm tha Omm thins With r-i'h party whienjie aiorjd awl camd Sttf-red coer-i hy Mg ar1 IMtle WrT aaerf-d Ms stanOards for those I.ep-ibiKs no,twlia thv c-rtatnly whlrh pat the dollar ahors ths man. I saw. a i)4 t far f Mr. Hrvsa o ssabt ether s aaorla Itrm for corryins Joer If kt Unit In the v(' H'-'is. forward th loeaia for say rwinlm , WALLACE TAIEJ. aak a. And. as I stvdy tha text of his sronder when the poor coartily voter irrts his mononoty masters to let p if ba 'pa voting for t want St" 1)1 a re vol Ir,. I vivn porti-o ono oooo U'lth lata arnd rf vtln aTlritl co"1 to oo worn vim no-oi and ta Gettysburg addrsss I find a great gulf fixed between Its doctrines and tha Re publicanism of today. His principles were thoaa of true Jefferson Ian dem ocracy a neuer tn and reliance upon tha people the common man. And such are tha doctrines pf William J. Bryan loony. . - The battle linea of today are ranged upon tha Question of democracy or Plu tocracy, which element ahall rule in our countryT ine ttepuDltcan party of our day Is arrayed against ths masses and stands ror tha classes. Tna common peopia must look to the Democracy of our tlma for their champion and they una mm in tne person or tna great v-omraonar rrora ixaorasaa. Taft am Aristocrat. Mr. Taft Is essentially an aristocrat, born and reared In tba lap of luxury, holding office for long years by ap pointment. Me never cams in contact with tha men who earn their living by tha sweat of their faces, and ha cannot sympathise with them. Neither can ba appreciate tha sacrifices mads by tha eo Idler for hla country. It waa this lack of sympathy of tha touch of tha eioow tnat lea nins. in coia oiooa, ta aasauit tna memory or tna soldier s idol Oenaral Grant In charging him with having beon a d run sard, with baying beon dlacharred fromN the army as a a run Kara; a charge as cruel as it was nntrua. Aa a man in -tha ranks who followed Grant through tha Vlckaburg campaign, I rosent thla attempted black ening of nia name and fame; and tf for no other reason, would not cast my vote for him. But. unfortunately, there are other and patriotic reasons why ha should not receive tho vote of snen who lovs their country more than they do any party, taft stands for naught that tewda to tha uplift of, mankind or the purification of politics, la a snera crIUs af avert thing proposed for tha bet t er ne nt af Dobilc affairs, snd la sraneraily wiwrtala la what ba doe advocate. In auch a crisis tho me of tl can hare no hop of better government through Ms eiection. WMIa m tha r-naractar. thm porposwa, fho snaaaurv advocated br Mr. Bryan, are to be foond th einwm. tlaas and patriotism of a Wsshlagton, th flrmiMM of a Jmr-mnm and the hnvt- rt y, g-ntl-na, mf 1 4wce la wev.4 or a Lir-eoin. ua rme tna po''-Ci heart with bro fr Ms eemftrr. CliARLXa W. BiiXUItAM. . utr Rrvnn rfl lined a storm of applause h.n In HiHcuaslns the ruaranty of bank deposits as advocated in the Denver platrorm. ne quotea, in reiyitniun m r Tart's atntement that the guaranty of deposits would weaken tha national banking system, an excerpt from a United States consular report, as fol- "The well known thrift of the German people has Its foundation on facts. The savings banks of- Germany have some 18,000,000 pass dwrb ui amount of deposits la JS,213.o00.000. These deposits are practically all .guar anteed by the various municipalities of amnlro All h the condition forms a bulwark of 'confidence in the security of private wealth and earnings mat cannot be shaken by hard times, panics, bank failures, etc. h.m ia a fact." said Mr. Bryan, "which I present In answer to Mr. Taft's opinion. ine tjerman jjujuo accused of carelessness In their banking business any more tnan tney can in other business." , our duty, to investigate his motives, bis sincerity, ana tna consistency or his ar guments, and ona who unqueetlonlngly sopta tha president's dictum because It oomas from tha president. Is in the rear m.tne progress oi a ires civilisa tion. Praaldant Rooeevelt has enjoyed an unprecedented -popularity In tha r'ert history of thla oountry. When una lysed In Ua finality thla popularity has Dcen dus to a general belief in hla am. cerity, which has been so much pio tested by himself and his admirers. It Is of courss understood that sincerity Includes honesty and Integrity. A man cannot be sincere without being hon est, nor honest without Being sincere. No mora can a man ba alncere anl ba habitually and constitutionally Incon sistent. Roosevelt sa oraaldant la now bring' Ing all hla Influence to bear towarJ electing Mr. Taft aa his successor, and ss his most forceful argument he Is predicting widespread calamity and dis aster In the event of Mr. Bryan's elec tion, apparently reckless of the cona- quenoas sucn predictions may nave, coming from ths president. Although he haa presented no logical reasons for nis predictions, nor nave any others oi ths calamity howlers, yet It Is apparent that II Bryan is dereatea it win beuoon that calamity argument, which Is such a powerful one with which to friiiten a large part of the people. We have un fortunately only recently aeen how easily public confidence is destroyed. Xooserelt Inconsistent. A brief review of aome of Mr. Booso- velt'a actions since he has been In public life should enable us to for Borne definite idea as to his sincerity in his most recent campaign utterances. and whether of not he Is so preemlnont- ly qualified to choose and dictate as to wno snau pe president. or tnese run sons alone attention is called to some events of his history which were mat. ters of publicity at the time they hap pened. Among . tne first sensational acts as president we remember his vehement public reprimand of (General Miles at a public function at the White House, because Miles had made some comment upon the Schley courtmartlal proceed ings. Roosevelt said at that time: You. the commanding general of the army, have been guilty of a breach of discipline which would not be expected from the lowest subaltern In the serv ice." How many of us remembered at that time, or since, that when our army was lying before Santiago in 1898. when affairs of the war with Spain were still in an unsettled and precarious con dition tha government at Washington almost , overwhelmed with Its difficul ties that this same Roosevelt as an dfflcer in that army, signed a "round- rotrtn addressed to the war department direct, demanding the withdrawal' of the troops from ths island or Cuba, ir it were remembered at ail, now many knew that that act of his constituted a breach of army discipline committed in time or war, compared to wmcn wen eral Miles' offense committed in tlmo of neacA waa most lnslamlficant? President Roosevelt . has literally preached morality to the nation since he has been president. He has Insisted that the business negotiations of our trust magnates, railway managers and labor leaders, should be upon such a high moral scale as would be derived rrom a strict compliance witn tne goi den rule. Unfortunately this Is a con dltion that does not exist and probably never win exist. The individual human being is too much subject to the temp tations ncsn is heir to not it is a con dition wrmav all wish for. and insofar as the conduct of our government is concerned, we expect a very reasonable compliance with this high standard of honor and morals. Reflect then upon our acquisition of the Panama canal Ktrln It has been charaed and never denied and It Is undoubtedly the gen eral belTef at. this, time, that the revo lution of Panama ag-ainst her sovereign state of Colombia, was instigated by this government, and that the independ ence of the PanAmalan republic was ac- knowledged by It in- return ror yie ces sion of the canal strip to the United Slntes. Do you believe President Roose velt had any .Justification for ths wav he acquired that piece pr ter velt went Into that office. It waa In affect that Mr. Roosevelt wis not to be considered bound by anything ha might aay verbally to any cltlsen. No matter how reputable the peraon might ba. ana In splta of tha fart that ha might ba In the habit of carrying on vast public and private enterprises where his word would be as good aa his bond, his un daratandlng of what the president might say or mean waa not to be accepted un less ths president gave his views In signed and written statements. Think of that. If you please. A president of ths United Slates, one held up to us and arrogating to himself tha position of monitor and model, so inconsistent, In temperate or Injudicious In hla conver sation that he has to officially repudi ate reanonaiblllty for same. Would not any ordinary business man of vour ac quaintance feel that he would be tlur- ougniy discreoima to nave to resort to such restrictions In hta Intercourse with hla. fellow oitixena? It la presumable, K , ,h. n,.M.nl wti.1.4 ma dealra tha apology made by tha above newspsper, since he at least assumes full responsibility for what ba may writs. Although a matter of no great nubile concern, yet as Illustrating Ma charac ter, does anyone doubt who read ths rather startling and voluminous corre spondence which was published st ths time that President Roosevelt led ths lady. Mrs. Bellamy Storer. to believe tnat she waa in her way carrying out his personal desire and Implied Instruc tions In attempting to usa tha Influence of thla government In tha matter of ob taining a cardlnalata from the pope of rcome ror a certain caiauc arenmanop or this country,' and that when ba found that he had Indiscreetly overstepped tha bounda of diplomacy ror one In nis position, he ungallantly and unjustly enmea tne wnois oiame to Mrs. Htorer. Oregon ian Asked Atout Its Past Record How About STominationf What do paople who' are capable of forming their own opinions think of Roosevelt's, sincerity when he prohibits tne interrerence or activity or federal officeholders in partisan politics by ex ecutlve proclamation, yet adopting the meana ha has in securing tha nomlna tlon of Mr. Taft and in attempting to elect him? It. la by auch a man aa this that wa are told "all who believe In making a zar-reacning errort toward a better ment of our scheme of social and ln- dustriaf life" should vots for his selec tion ror- tne presidency. . In tha light of Roosevelt's history in Its relation to him as a sincere man, it Is very doubtful if h at this time be lieves In his and the Republican party's argument of calamity in ths event of tryan s election. A victory for Taft In this election may be taken by him as an approval of nis aamimstration. out since it would also be an Indorsement of Mr. Cahnon's congress and Mr. Aldrlch's senate, which nave consistently antagonised Dim, such approval would mean nothing. With Roosevelt It Is. perfectly natural to de sire the great and unprecedented power of dictating his successor with Its con sequent entailment of power upon him self. Yet neither of these reasons would spparently account for Ms excessive partisan zeal and the mora recent des perate efforts he has made to continue nis ruie. The belief Is forced noon one that there Is a deeper snd more significant reason of whWh we at present know nothing. I have become thorotia-hlv. though reluctantly convinced, in my own mind, that there are matters of such Public Interest Dertalnina- to Roosevelt's administration, which would be dis closed In the event of Bryan's election, as would greatly affect Roosevelt's sta tus In the opinion of his countrymen snd In history, that he feau-s to have them know. To usa his own sentiment: Let Mr. Bryan turn on the light; he will be re sponsible for that only, and not for what the light discloses. J. R. H. Charcoal Kills Bad Breath Whether From Decay in the Stomach or Teeth, and Will Stop Stomach Gases. Willow Charsoal Bast Tot Uae. I haa been uaed for absorb ing foul odors and neutralising- nox ious gasea for canturlea. rtimnnt- the powder manufacturer. learned that willow shoots two to three reara of age maae mi dobi crarewu. t la most porous. ' tr.iM breath, whether from stomach or teeth, pyrosis (or gastric pain), diar .hsv mrtA oonatlDatlon simply cannot exist under tne action oi cnaroooi. rhiwaai oxidises all gases, or tn other worda. changaa foul smelling odors Into oxygen, thereby doing awa a,ith all foulness and rendering even ..wh nauia beneficial to tha system by giving it more oxygen. Tha lungs pur- Ify tnS Diooa wain VAjpvn iiviu uiv n. Dying patients hsva oxygen s1mlnls tMui to their system artificially and live for days under this treatment. Btuart'a Charcoal Losongeo are made from willow ahoota and aweat honey. Thus thay aro palatable, strong and natural- No medicine la seed what- vor but tha peculiar Ktuart proroaa gives thent a decided charm and effi ciency which endears tbem to sll con sumers. Ona may see them aa on llkea Eat- ana vary one la awhile Inauraa paro breath, while tha common method is to eat two or three aftar meala and at bad tlma. Thay work vary fast and their aso Is -a most excellent habit to iraL la a abort tlmo yoa will lro that I heir Influence baa improved bow el action woodorfullyv stmply by gir Ing ta tha bowel a waste product to carry off that haa so gaseous forma tion to ant ana mtvr its nerve ans BiefflfcraiHa. Every drrg1rt earrtos toart"r Char coal Ixtsensea, prtra It rents, or snd s roar name and addreos and we wi'J send Too a trial packag-e by mall frew-i Adrae A. Ptssrt Co, It Btaart j sullJlBg. Marshall. Mich. in which rltorv. -other than that "the ends iua. lifted the means"? Could not almost any of the "malefactors of great wealth " so' designated bv Roosevelt, go before anv mortal or immortal trmunai with perfect, equanimity, or m trutn pride, if such a rule were to prevail Mr. Rockefeller, the one most universally condemned, has specifically pleaded this as Justification for his business meth ods. President landed Criminal. President Roosevelt has repeatedly condemned unlewful or unethical acts nf those In hi eh positions in our com merclal and Industrial life ss being the more reprehensible and Iniquitous be cause committed by those in such high positions, from whom more Is naturally expected. The greatest evil that ever existed in our industrial . system waa that of rebating by the railroads. It mfam th. mother of moat all tha ills ac cruing to the railroads themselves, ana a veritable incubus to all commercial business. What did Kooseven ao wnen s member of his cabinet was found to have been guilty of that practice con fessedly so? Allowed hint to retire wltn a lauc.atory commenamion irum the nresldent himself, and did not per mit his prosecution under the law. When certain measures were pending during the last session of congress, which were almost universally demand ed' by the public, which public demand was fully realised 'by Roosevelt, caus Inr him to write special message after, message urging the Republican majority to enact tnem, it is a matter or common knowledge that the Democratic leader pledged tna unanimous support si ini party to certain of tha moat Important and urgent of tha demands, and tt would have required only SO votes from Repub lican representatives to put through those measures; did Roosevelt urge the deflection from party rule of thoaa 10 Republicana so that the meas ure so unequivocally and insistently championed by him could become laws? He did not; and wa have no doubt he wonld hava tsken measures to punish any ona who had ao deflected. He quite evidently preferred aeelng those de mands of tha people defeated rather than give an oppoelnr political party A Voi' oice From Labor TT Union Portland, Or. Oct JO. To tha EJItor of Tba Journal Tho , writer of this communication, dealrlng Information on a faw certain points partlnant to this campaign, was mora than halfway In olinad to addresa your esteemed morn ing contemporary duo to a alight preju dice on hta part on account of having read' that paper steadily or a great number of years lone befora your pa per cams on tha scene and "butted In" so to speak., There was soma) prejudice also from tha fact that wo all know how for tha laat to or 40 years tha tal ented gentleman in tha tall tower haa alwava boon willing to shuck off his entire raiment. If need be. In defense of our palladium of liberty ana tna m- tereata of the common oeopla 'by a 1- waya taking a Stand whera tha bullets flew thickest. But. alas, we beoama auaplcloua from tha fact that we ob serve ha Is always willing to expose himself most In off yeara whan no presidential contest Is on. The most radical . free trade paper could not lambaat tho G. O. p. mora . vigorously than this self -same Oregon-, ian for its robbery of ths peopia under tha Dlnglty tariff act. yet, as ths elan. tlon approacnea it is silent as a lamo. on this vital point. Boms artful ma gician waves bis little wand and tha thing is done tha soft pedal being' Jumped on with both feet. Boms man ufacturer In Chicago recently had a flaring ad In his paper denouncing tha Iniquity of tha present tariff In the matter of Shoe leather. Harvey amll Ingly takes his check In payment of the ad and goes right along laboring night and day to give him larger gobs of prosperity which hs plainly makes clear he doea not want. , . . , . Kow About Xamsas Casef . .. ' Now for a few questions. In it not a fact that tha praaent Republican can didate for governor In Kansas positive- -ly refused to make tha race unless the ' Democratic plank of guaranteeing bank funda waa adopted and put in their platform? When it la remembered that Mr. Hoch mads tho race two yeara ago. winning by a bare majority of 1,000 votes' It is evident that ho became wised uo and was strongly averse to committing political suicide. Had he not landed on the Democratic camp . ground all three of the adjoining states could not have furnished sufficient ro- . tary snow plows to have dug; him out. The farmers of Ksnsas know a good , thing when they meet it faes to iface in ths road, and it seams that Brother Hocrr does, too, but he accepted it pure ly in a diplomatic way and therefore we hope for his defeat as we never did take much stock in death-bed repen tance. He Is willing enough to Partake of the other fellow's medicine sufficient to enable him to pull through, no more , or less. This Is trimming down to a' fine art. Is It not a fact that Big BUI in his recent canvass of tho Sunflower stats had not one word of censure for the . Idea of guaranteeing bank deposits?'.. Talking with a party who was recently there and knows I am informed he was quiet ss a mouse, -Had one offered a prise of anything smaller than the pres idency for him to even spell out those three words he would have ' remained ' as mute as an oyster. When ho reaches . his own state, Indiana, West Virginia and tbe far east, the great magician waves his little wand and presto what -a change? He and all his hired help beat It to a pulp. WW Taft Change Tariff? A third and our last auerv. In the event of tho Republican party succeed ing next Tuesday notwithstanding Mr. Taft's promise to revise tho ' tariff downward will he not heartllv concur with the party leaders In Ignoring tha question altogether, claiming- the vote is an indorsement or tho present policy and that the people don't want any change? Some one is Just such a politician as that and we firmly be lieve Taft is cut from the same bolt He started- his speeches In this cam paign hv nrnmlalnr ftrmt that tf ml-ytnA the j the tariff would be revised by a sliding . gn l scaie worKing tne old thing- half to entitled. I death both upward and downward HELPLESS BUT HELPS OTHERS "Portland, Or., Oct. 31. To Editor of Tho Journal X note articls In tha nritrnnli 'T?h. . XTtt,,, , t,,,v r. n Now h revises his former remarks by Rights of a Neutral Public Dur-f-avln, .imnlv "downward" rmm Ing Labor Strikes." It is by George the fact that the Bans culotjto are on W. Alger, and was published in Itelr backs, and this Is a sop to have McClure s magaxlne for Beptembeir. I them enroll under -his banner.! Her- . ask how is it that Mr. Roosevelt and man Rldder. tils', great German editor, Mr. Taft are now laboring so hard to v'ry, truly that the Republican. . convince union men of the country by P" JTI not this aide of doomsday hearsay arguments published in a fjv'se the tariff in favor of the masses, magaxlne and which no doubt ia a. Re-' axiomatic with them to work for . publican publishing company? Now I tV trusts all ths time and do tha peo- would like to know is the George . W. pI?,aVrth,e "am time. .. . . , , Alger a brother of the "Embalmed .Harvey should get the, least : bit j Beef General Alger of the late Spanish gY, ;lhlstlreP'y- .or retort to this we war? If so that settles the argument will rtn.vlta him to a cemetery walk next so far as I am concerned. . ounday atfernoon and plead avtth him Air PnA.au.l. i. Vf Taft ikiu.M to point Out the headatonen of r . have called at the convention as Mr. if"' buried therein iput there by the Bryan did and not have waited until the i- 9 p?8 erL"1"e'"Bo by Theodore, the . eve of an election to explain to union '" Jack, v The Giant Killer, men how true they will be to organised Wnr- old John D: and all hla tribe. -. labor after election. They should have blass you,- even their cuticle Is not acted at the Chicaso convention when scraped. v VIATOR. asked bv Mr. Gompers instead of turn- gj p uK uvwii aiiu vuLing; cigin iv una I . l HMlnit 'fln .ntl-lnliinAtlnn ' nl.nU - U, IVTV1V V V S ' nifSN ' ' Roosevelt's and' Mr. Taft's actions spenk louder than words. Whv did vou not act In time and save yourselves all this worry and fear Instead of letting Mr. Bryan act in a fair and Just way. with Mr. uompers ana nis roiiowers? Why did you ndt act? I am afraid your appeal Is in vain, when I consider your past record of 14 ; .. . years favoring trusts and fathering ' r them at all times. If some one suggests . Imprisonment for a criminal trust you w have a most unusual letter from ; find, some one to oppose this penalty Wo burn, Mass. The writer must be a and substitute a fine in place of 1m- very unusual and lovable character. She Srisonment, and that Is the end. Has writes from a wheeled chair, tr. Rockefeller paid his fine yet, I will The name Is Mrs. BenJ. B. Lea the, and ask? And this is the favoritism that her letter comes from 74 Elm street,: all trusts receive. If Mr. Taft is elected Woburn, Mass. We quote the following: there will be a continuation of injunc- "I nt to a lady in Stockton to send tions against union men to favor the aome of your pamphlets as soon as oppressive monopolies who have been she could hear where you were located contributing, millions to the Republican after the quake. I gave one' of tbem to campaigns singe 189 and are today, and a lady friend here. Later meeting me they dare not publish ihelr contrlbu- In the hall, she amillngly told ma she tlone till after election. Every sensible was coming to see me and that she had man knowa that when a contribution is something to tell me. She said that a made to a campaign fund by one of friend of hers overheard a clerk in a those lawleaa and plundering combine- Boston drug store talking with a man . Hons, It expecta to have value received whose wife was very Biclt. In the form of special favors. Just as The clerk asked what, tha trouble . you have aeen It In the past. Union w".' .. . ) men, do not be fooled by thla hearsay He replied that ft waa chronic kidney ' lltoratnra in marnztne. rVimnnr tha disease, and tnat The doctors aal.l that platforms and decide who treated you tbe patient could live but a short tlma fairly. A UNION MAN. The clerk urged Fulton's Renal Com- It Dot Not. to'Tojrwife?1 UM rH K Portland. Oct. Jl. To the Editor of "'As quick as I eould ret it ta her. The Journal Does the law passed in thel "It resulted In her recovery. . last June election changing elections I "One more: A man often used to eall from June to November hold good inlet the store who appeared to be aad. city elections? SUBSCRIBER. One day the clerk naked him if he was sick. He said 'yes' ami that tha doctors said there was no hope for him. It was snoher case of kidney disease, and the clerk sold him toe compound. And he, too, recovered. '1 wanted to have my friends ask for this clerk when stiv call at this store, and I wrote ta friend for his name and addresa. whlchj J sow hand you. namely. mr. rrwi, Kiatraorug store (formerly. Pointers for V oters From Bryari 0 Speecnes presumable tactical advantage in an ap nroachtna camnalm. Under the clr- cumatancee there would seem to be con siderable doubt of his sincerity in tnis Sedges fa Sis Talk- la referring to tbe fact that the Re publican piatiorm as eum-p ov nwn velt himseir declared for a -guarnieeo profit to tariff protected manufactur ers, altboush It aaya nothing about guarantee!!) an eqnaole wage to the tariff protected laborer who la the poor est paid workman in the United Btttee. and ia openly opposed te guaranteeing the ordinary depositor In the banks, a Rartohllran newspaper editorial recently referaed to that fact aa a "eilp ef the pen" by Mr. Roosevelt. De msny ef tha readers of thla Jooraal sow rwn br the edlrt that had to be prtwrml niM from the office ef the rrtdeet ef the United -Ctates seen after Reset . ..ivi.. i.. ...a v.l Jaynes dt Co )I corner Washlha-ton and papers tell us that they are going to HJn.?Yrf tr t1;0-t, 5' . have a great bier rarade in New fork . ?d,"ii"lJ,;,,d1 !rtI City.next Saturday night. They are go- LT . VuHl.l not puhll-h It. X Ing to have Illuminations Thev are trust vou eu restflfv Bolne- to hava bands, and whn I was la - TtRS. BENJ. B. LKATHF- Naw Tork. I- saw them building grand- It seems that long years ago Mr, stands along tbe route for people wbo Leathe' r)ye in California and kr.w will watch tba parade. Why don't they numbers who had recover.! undr iul take the money and famlh lodglnse at tone Renal Compound. f-he fela night for. the hundreds of men whom I is helping humanity In recommend r 1'. saw Bleeping on the benches la the nark? and it ar-pare that she haa bn 1- ' ,- I had ocaalon to ride dowa Broadway tr-nely pnwj1r!n It fir a lone n two nlgbta. one time at I o'clock and We hare good friends all ever t re C" ir asetber tlmo at 4 o'clock la tbe sworn- try, anl thla Is not the f:rt tr,e 1! Ing. and there were not leea than t ee hare beard ef people who. k' .-, men Bleeping la oaa park on smwh the value of ear Rerei Cnntu'. 1. and the were protecting thetneelyee makme It a lafcr ef Live ti 1 t , from the eold bv trine vsoaf-era areuod their iltnbe, WhUe thee men hare t the money with vat-.k-h te boy lodg1n the Ret uhltaa party ia spend ing money for rd fire In ordr te prcxa that it ia the party of grorperlty." elent Ptatetman: There Is a a-reet deal of talk aKnet grwvi rnada. The-e Solid be a f! nlte r'aa for the Irela-UtB-e t ron.r eM adept. Orgon ta ready for geod roada. knowdre ef te eetv r for chronic My d j friend. In the vent-.g tt .r ; tae onef'nee ef hr . i he)rg vs save huri 1 ... The trxia eei i we t i - Uteratara r- - i t i W i ' " ' e-V --.. r " - : ' "
