Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-11-15

DSofSI Dohiy W 49, awe - DSNo
county is Democratic. Dodge county
is for William jennings Bryan, "the
great commoner. If Dodge county
has its way also, William Jennings
Bryan will be the next president of
the United States. And what is more,
if all parts of the United States were
10 vote as Dodge county would vote
If Mr.. Bryan's name LEADS the Demo-
cratic tlcket-William jennings Bryan
would be president by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
Six thousand Dodge county people
crowded into the grandstand on the
Dodge county fair grounds this morn
ing. This IS the second largest grand
stand in the state, being next in size
to the state tair gror nds in Milwaukee.
1t is meant to accommodate 4, 600
people, but today Dodge county, by
compelling many to stand and some to
hang to the rafters, crowded 5000
people into that grandstand.
Enthusiastically Mr.. Bryan was
greeted when he entered into the
grandstand. Applause echoed from
5000 pairs of hands and cheers rang
from 5000 throats when Mr. Bryan
stepped onto the platform. The
band played "Hail to the Chief"
and "He's Jolly Good Fellow"
Judge Martin Luecks introduced Mr..
Bryan and tie latter, after paying
a compliment to Dodge county for
it's loyalty to him IN his POLITICAL
career, discussed in very strong
manner the financial situation in this
country.
Mr.. Bryan began by explaining
that banks could not stand if all
their depositors should at once de-
mand their deposits. Western
banks are generally sound," MIR.
Bryan said, because the banks have
been loaning to businesses which are
prosperous. The banks. however,
have portion of their business in
these loans, as they must do if they
are to be able to keep your money.
If the banks could not invest their
deposits they could not do business
without you paid them to keep their
money.
"Under the law the bank must,
however, keep certain portion of its
deposits in cash, or as a cash reserve
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these cash reserves in the city banks
are not available, and that Is the sole
reason for any trouble, as far as the
Western banks are concerned, and the
present currency shortage in the coun-
try My advice to you people is to
keep on deposlting your funds as
usual in the banks and / think in
time all will be WE'LL
In discussing this banking situation
Mr.. Bryan could not help being a
little sarcastic at the role he was
playing in memory of how the banks
treated him in 1896. He SAID: 81 con-
graduate the Democratic party that
it is not placing the blame for the
present financial stringency on the
Republicans. When there was panic
in 1893, because we happened to have
a panic our Republican friends laid
the blame on US, and l persume, if |
were president now, there would be
some of them place the blame at my
door.
Mr.. Bryan also said that ne believed
he would not be credited with being
prejudiced in his defense of the busl-
ness interests and the banks. as he
said he did not think any one would
accuse him of being under any great
amount of obligations to either.
In offering remedies TO prevent
frrther financial troubles. Mr.. Bryan
spoke of the plans which he discussed
in his Milwaukee address Monday
night of the postal savings banks
deposits. In placing the blame for
the present financial troubles, Mr..
Bryan land il at the door of watered
stocks and Wall street gambling.
After discussing the financial stu
alton, Mr.. Bryan said he wanted to
talk little on a pleasanter subject
that Of the Democratic party. 81
think" he said, 50 this must be an
interesting theme to you. Democrats
of Dodge county, for if you could
be happy in the dark days of 1896 you
must he joyous now at the approach
of dawn
Despite the fact that the open parts
of the grandstand were protected only
by canvas, and nearly half the audi
ence were women, the cold did not
drive any one away, but every one sat
through the hour and a halt speech
of Mr.. Bryan. Fully 500 who could
not obtain admission to the grandstand
stood outside and caught what they
could of the speech. People came to
Beaver Dam from all over Dodge
county ter the address and at least
700 drove from the southern end of
the county, some families driving
forty miles to hear Mr.. Bryan.
A tickling cough, from any cause, is
quickly stopped by DR.. Shops Cough
Cure. And it is so thoroughly harmless
and safe, that DR.. Sh0op tells mothers
oyorywbara To Uiyp If without hesitation