The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-23
BRYAN BUSY
In NASHVILLE
Nebraskai and Judson
Harmon Speak.
DEMOCRACY IS NOW UNITED
This Was Key to the Two Ad-
dresses. 3,..
whne Repabiieass Are wrspsisg
otAsr Party n cemeatsns Ola {
wounds And iCompiete vic-'
tory is Predicted.
= d. T.
DEMOCRACY IS now UNITED

Bryan rounded. out a very busy day
in Nashville with an address BEFORE
ditorium tonight. He was accompa-
MED by Hon. Judson Harmon, who also
Mr.. Bryan in his speech tonight took
occasion TO say that the idea that
prosperity was an inevitable result Of
Republican ascendancy and adminis-
ttration had been rudely exploded in
the last few months and contracted
the ridicule heaped upon his advocacy
OF the silver dollar with the prayerful
anxiety with which capitalists had 30
recently grabbed for clearing HOUSE
He scored imperialism. the cost OF 1t
and the wrong. He id.~not blame
President Roosevelt for the panic, but
scored the laws and their executors
who would compel the people TO stand
and shiver every time Wall street
gambler got cold"
The tenor OF his speech was that the
Democrats everywhere are united
while the Republicans are divided. So
that the railroad regulators. the tariff
reformers. the advocaters OF arbitrs-
tion between capital and labor and
the trust busters" are, he said, IN
an overwhelming matority.
He praised the new constitution OF
; Oklahoma, particularly the feature
safeguarding the bank deposits. He
predicted that this feature Is going to
be initiated by Kansas Illinois and
other States as soon as action may
be had. He said this was the OILY
redeeming feature OF the Fowler cur
reney billsin Congress. ;
speech OF Alr. HaTmon.
Mr.. Harmon said:
THE result OF the elections does not
depend alone on the Ideas advanced by
the contonding parties, but one Of them
sometimes holds advantages ever the
other which help 70 turn the scale. The
Republicans have during the last
twelve years had two such advantages
ever the Democrats. ~.
srhe Arsk 4 false pEstsnse whfeh
circumstances have enabled them to
use with Effect. just fifteen years ago
the wolf was at the door OF Hepnbl1s
can Administrator The times wete
bad and getting worse The public
funds were rapidly disappearing A
large amount OF bonds were engfavea
ana on the point OF being iseuedy but Il
was finally managed 10 ekimp along
through the few femaininS weeks.
Then the Democrats, took charge +
They found the bottom Of the treasury
staring at them and. this pile OF nice
new bonds all ready for use. And ed
the troubles increased. and the crops
failed and the income tax was overs
thrown, the Democrats had finally, I'd
father those bonds in order to main
tain the credit OF the country. straights :
way, with the assurance which only
Republican politicians can carry or
they laid everything to the Democrats.
hard times. bonds issue and an.
Then, when conditions were rapidly
improving. the Republicans came back
again and at once set up the claims
that they had monopoly of good tinaqs
and were kindly letting the country tn
on them. II you viii come North with
me, win show you. worked in c0lors
on factory roofs the words. Roosevelt
Fairbanks and Prosperity which have
been there with names changed since
1895. They have made thousands OF
people believe that prosperity - . reg
euiar candidate on their ticket which
the wicked Democrats try to defeat
along with the other two.
Now this ~ not pleasantly. have
known many men Of apparent intellt-
gence who believe Il. ! have had
means OF knowing how 1t has cut into
our vote. We Northern Democrats are
not inthrifty. Most OF US have farms
or homes or savings invested In securi-
ties. The aggregate, OF small holdings
IN savings banks and in stocks and
bonds runs to tremendous figures.
know one corporation in Cincinnati
which has 5000 stockholders,
Large number OF these small invest
ors as well as OF wage learners. though
Democrats, have been voting against
us in National elections just TO make
sure against loss, like the old lady
who was not certain about the exist
ence OF the devil, but would not take
any chances by speaking disrespect.
fully of him. -
Now. In spite OF good crops. good
business and good prospects. smash
comes another panic spreading loss
and suffering everywhere and to many
ruin.
Excused ny Mr.. Taft.
II don't care now to discuss the rea-
sons Mr.. Taft has reasons plenty as
blackberrteg and. of course, speaks for
the administration, but II does not now
lie in the mouth of his party to deny
responsibility after all these years of
brag. The Secretary ought at least to
have admitted In fairness that Il was
not the Democrats who brought on the
trouble. But then there was no need
to say so because everybody knows that
no Democrat has 50 much as pushed a
broom In a Government once for all
most eleven years.
And issuing bonds in time of peacel
The Democrats had to issue bonds to
discharge a duty imposed by law. and
here are the Republicans issuing In
terest-bearing bonds with tout auth GRITTY,
not to meet the needs of the Govern
ment, but Just to raise more money to
deposit in banks without interest.
THE pet humbug has burst In their
hands and great is the wreck thereof.
1t is a dreadful blow to confidence The
people cannot be sure NOW that what
they plant will grow next summer. All
frauds prove to be boomerangs at last.
The second advantage the Republic
cans have had over us IL at least an
honest one, because we gave IT to them.
they have hung together while we have
pulled apart,
but now they are at 1t hammer
and tongs among themselves. It is
more than the mere clash of personal
ambitions Any sound party can stand
that and eveq thrive on 1t. because 1t
Is a proof Of vitality and hope.
I'VE care nothing about the causes
further than to know that they are
trong and deep seated. The Repub-
tieans never took the trouble to In
Democratic quarrels. They lust KrinnAd