Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-09-14

.'ublicans who have established their
chief headquarters there.
Concerning the South.
ZIP from the south ut break Of day."
as the old war poem used to have 1t.
there came news from the press agent
Of the Republican national committee
that he had Travelled all the way to
Hot Springs, Ark, and was convinced
Of the fact that the solid south would
be broken by Taft. AS against this
expert opinion might be cited the views
of senator tulbcrSon of Texas, former
Governor Bcnton McMilin of Tonnes
SSr ana thlmp Clark of Missouri.
senator tulbcrson laughed aloud at
She suggestion tiiat the electoral vote
IT single southern state would be
,ost 10 the Democratic ticket. Even
Nest Virginia and Maryland, which
have ceased 10 he considered rs tech
uhallN southern states. he believes
viii this Time swing into the Demo
cratic culuwu. There could he no bet
ter fudge at This situation in the south
thlN he for h is one of the most popu-
'ur Wvn south of the OHIO and IOto-
u.lc rivers, the Democratic leader in
the United States senate and Il trained
political observer. Governor McMillin
for his part spoke only for Tennessee,
where lie has lived his whole life and
which he has served in many honor
able capacities. The Republicans are
chasing raiuhows in Tennessee" said
he. We'll it does no harm as far as
we are concerned They come down
there with their money, and the boys
are always glad to welcome northern
capital" And finally Champ Clark,
fresh from Missouri. predicts Il 10000
majority there for Bryan.
The German Vote.
One of the best equipped politicians
in Chicago. who is equally conyersant
with political conditions in the state
nciGhboring to Illinois, told me the
other day that if the national ticket
could this time get 30 per cent of the
German vote it would carry the states
of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. In
Chicago alone are 100000 German vot-
ers Not since 1892 have we ever been
able to poll 10 per cent of this vote.
In that year it was carried less by
Cleveland than by the fact that John
+. Altgeld was on the ticket with him.
For this reason earnest efforts are be-
ing made this year to secure this vote.
with an apparent assurance of success.
The example Of the StaatS-Icitung of
New York in declaring for Bryan has
now boon followed by the Abcnd Post
Of this city, the strongest German pa
per here. As there are not fewer
than 100000 voters of German CEtraC-
ton within the influence Of these pa
pors, The probability that their support
will prove effective is great
The Bank Guarantee Plan.
\ we'll informed newspaper CORE
spondent not Il Democratic or Il Bryan
man, who has just returned from
trip through Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa assured me that the strongest
issue presented by the Democratic plat
forll 10 the farmers OF the middle west
is Mr.. Bryans plan for the guarantee
Of deposits in every bank by a modcr
ate tax upon the assets Of all banks in
the same district. He assures me-and
it is indeed my information from let
tcrs received that it is not merely the
depositors, but bankers themselves in
those sections, that approve this prin-
ciple. The case is cited of one national
banker who has already surrendered
the charter of his bank and made APP
plication for Il new one as a state bank.
In Oklahoma there is Il general revolt
of the national banks against the rul
ing of Attorney General Bonaparte
that they may not even voluntarily
obey the state guarantee law. Eight
banks have announced that they will
become state banks to take advantage
of the law, while others declare their
purpose to organize branch institutions
under the state law.
But, more than that, all through Kan
sas, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dako-
to candidate for the state legislature
or senate on the Republican ticket are
making their race on platforms dcclar-
ing explicitly for the guarantee sys-
tenn. The Republican candidates are
quite as eager to take advantage of it
as are the Democrats. This is the
more instructive to those who believe
that a good idea does pcrincatc the
people because the Republican national
platform refused to accept the princi-
pie of guaranty of deposits and Sccrc-
tary Taft in his speech of acceptance
especially denounced it,
There is general feeling among
western bankers particularly since the
recent Roosevelt panic, that the east
ern bankers are attempting to break
down the state banks In order to form
a chain of national banks controlled by
the great fnancicrs of Wall street
This is belief long held by financial
people which has now come to be
generally accepted by the masses. 1t
is supported by the fact that every
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