The Washington herald., 1907-11-27

| Democratic ideas. They have not failed
70 gather in single one that is worth
/ while But they have baked al tariff
| revision. as party. have come to
think that the Republican party has in It
some elements Of compassion, for in all
| the list of protected articles, they have
/ kindly given us one thing that is not
i hidden behind q high wall Of tariff
That is ice.
Il don't know for sure just why they
/ left ice on the free list bat I think il
must have been out Of pity. for they
I knew that the trusts that would grow
/ up under tlsa tariff laws would make it
so hot for Us in this country that we
would need something 20 cool MS of
The time was when Mr Bryan advo-
Gated an income tax. the Republican lead
ers wanted 10 call him an anarchist. Now
We see the President and Secretary TAFT
taking unto themselves the credit for
having advanced that IDEA. and the coun-
/ try no LONGER sits aghast when such
thing is meadoncd. They said the Supreme
| Court could not stand for such a lax.
and then the President takes a shy az
the supreme Court.
I
solid wall 20 the enemy. Although We
! have not yet convinced the jury that We
are right, we have convinced the advo-
Gates for the other side and they are
prohting by our experiences.
All for Bryan.
'We are united now, and it is Tor
/ Bryan. Bryan. Bryan
/ Thon as F. McNuIty. OF Baltimore, was
the net man introduced. and he made a
/ great hit with "a song about Bryan. 20 the
/ tune OF the Star Spangled Banner and ne
sang an air that is notoriously hard 10
master ia a way that pleased all He
/ gave q copy OF the song to Mr.. Bryan.
/ Representative William Sulzer, OF New
York. followed. and he endorsed what Mr..
/ Hagan had said about Tammauys stand
| ms for Mr.. Bryan. and expressed himself
on the platform needs of the party next
/ year. He declared the coming Congress
/ will do important business. and said the
party is now going on 10 victory. His
/ speech was as follows:
MIR. Sulzer on Finance.
Nr. Sulzer's remarks were on the sub
/ ject OF currency reform. which. ne said.
| was the most important question Of
the hour. Congress should act in this
matter and place ogr currency and bank
! ing systems on stable. busiuesslike, and
/ permanent basis. Said Mr.. Sulzer:
Every intelligent man who has studied the subject
knows That We have the worst currency and banking
systems IN the world. The mcrcst kind of patch
wofk-a disgrace 90 our business intelligence They
must - changed ard reformed along lines based on
the principles Of The currency aud banking laws of
every other great power ~ 'he world where runs ON
banks aIe practically unknown. boarding os rnonev
improbable. and financial strineency and money
uanics of rare occurrence.
Ours the Greatest Nation.
Mr. Sulzer then spoke Of his travels
throughout the United States. which ma
! ton, he declared. was the most prosper
GUS on earth. and added his belief that
the unsettled condition Of the money
market is caused by a few bankers and
a few individuals boarding money. and
most of il the money Of the people. Con.
tinuing. Mr.. Sulzer said,
The national banks must get ont Of the govern
ing business. aud the government must DO IT'S own
financial business Ike other countries. The night
TO coin and issue money Is one of the highest at
tributes of national sovereignty and the government
should not delegate it 10 any bank The government
should coin and issue all the money and every dol
lar should be legal tender worth lC0 cents here and
everywhere else
al national banks in the corntry should be under
the control and supervision Of the government bank