The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
PROTECT DEPOSITS
AGAINST BANK
FAILURES
Nebraskan Visits Roosevelt at
Whiteh0uSe
TALK ON FINANCIAL SITUATION
ConsratuIates President on Stand
Against Trusts-Laush Together
Over False Reports.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-President
Roosevelt was visited by William j.
Bryan, and they had conference for
half an hour in the presidents private
office at the White House.
II was not invited to call" Mr.. Bry
an said on leaving, but l called up on
the telephone and asked when the
president would receive callers and on
being informed came simply to pay my
respects to him."
Mr.. Bryan was rather unwilling to
discuss the details of his interview,
but was free to add details to the finan-
cial plan which he proposed few
DAYS ago. In reviewing every meas
ure of relief which had come to his
notice Mr.. Bryan said that nothing
seemed to be intended TO meet the sit
uation as effectively and ut the same
time as simply as the plan he had sug-
gested. This plan. he said, was sim
ply TO have the government insure de-
positors in national banks against loss
by reason of the failure of the banks.
Mr.. Bryan congratulated the presi-
dent on the stand he had taken with
regard to corporations and assured him
his hearty support on every proposition
In which the presidents attitude was
I'm line with that of the Democratic
party. He told the president that there
We're many such propositions and that
h. t,,iII 70 II N thinn in hiS
power to secure Democratic support il
congress for such measures.
He told the president also that his
chief desire was to secure the embodi-
ment into law of the views held by
himself and the Democratic party and
that If that We're done by the president
he would have no selfish repinngs, bu
would be glad of the result, however
reached and by whom. He reminde
the president that he had given him
such support in the past, for instance,
In the railroad matter, and he said he
was willing to do it again. AT IT,
same time he expressed disagreement
with some of the presidents POLICE
and bantered him little about them.
The president expressed his hearty
appreciation of Mr.. Bryan's attitude
and indicated his grateful acceptance
of any support which the Democratic
leader could bring to him.
After this Mr.. Bryan talked with the
president ON the financial situation and
plunged into an earnest argument
favor of his own scheme for The gov
eminent to guarantee the deposits of
individuals in national banks He as
sured the president that he was will
ing to make over to Mr. Roosevelt all
the credit to be obtained from a
adoption of this plan, which he was
sure would produce great results in
the restoring of confidence. All he
wanted was to get 1t adopted.
Mr.. Bryan explained this scheme
with the utmost enthusiasm. The pres
ldent listened with interest and asked
questions. but made no promises. He
expressed appreciation of some OF the
things the Democratic leader said, but
gave no indication that he intended to
adopt the plan. In fact, he told Mr..
Bryan that he had no specific legisla-
ton in mind and thought 1t better not
to urge the adoption of any.
Mr.. Roosevelt asked Mr.. Bryan what
he thought of the attempt of some
fnanciers to make people believe that
the president was responsible for the
tnfa ano Nfr
assured him that the people did not
and would not believe anything Of the
kind.
The president showed his caller n
little book entitled "The Roosevelt
Panic of 1907" in which Rockefeller
and others are deified and the presi-
dent charged with all the crimes on
the calendar. They both laughed
heartily over some of the passages.
Mr. Bryan said nothing about the
third term question, but the president
dropped a remark indicating that his
views on that subject had not changed
since 1904.
This is by no means the first time
that such an interview has taken place
between the president aad Mr.. Bryan.
although It is the first one that details
have come out. Shortly after Mr..
Roosevelt's election, when it became
known that he intended to make a
fight for railroad rate regulation, the
two men met and Mr.. Bryan prom
Used Mr. Roosevelt his support The
president had an uphill fight on his
hands at that TING. with the odds