THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 31. 1003.
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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
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