Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
Chicago Letter

IHiCoSOs ILL.,. Oct. e. rabh n.
jones. Secretary of the American
Trust and Savings Bank Of Chicago,
who served under President Cleveland
for four years as First Assistant Pust-
master General, an5 who has been
Ident fed with the Democratic party
for thirty years, has Geclased h,mself
as warm supporter of MIR. Taft. In
signed interview given 20 the Re
publican National Committee Mr..
jones gives his reasons for renouncing
Mr.. Bcyan and the, Democratic party.
The interview is as follows:
q shall vote for Mr.. Taft because
believe hls election will insure pros
perity to the farm er, the M chanic,
the busin SIS man and to the Country
generally.
Gle is wise, safe, conservative
and courageous thinker Oh economic
questions affecting the people and the
public welfare
''He has had large and responsible
experience in public affairs and has
discharged his msny important public
nuties well, faithfully and patrint-
icslly with reps atsd proofs of his
great administrative ability.
"He is a strong, forceful, straight
forward MAJ, direct and frank in
steeuh d a without subterfuge
or evasion L, . man of the peo-
nl7 full cf " Thy for his fellow
Ter. hIns pTl ssi0n and unfail
{ lings and dev ei to the best de-
velopme' Of thi ;untry on just and
fair lines tbat shall insure everyone
bis just snd fir proportion of this
Cuuntry's prosperity.
1.-THE Ccuntr needs Mr.. Tai
carry Oh the Roosevelt: policies on
calm, though full, conservative b {
positive lines influenced only by what
he believes TO be flr the best and p =
;nanent goud f the people snd the
maintenance f this government upon
4 Iishteau2, UP light and 6i,njfied
clsne.
II have great r.sPce: for Mr.. Bry
g personal CT a 2cter and patriots m
| md as , public peaker he has few. #
any. ecu u l regard him as an
Ins0uEd an. g@ECus thinker on
| ec, nome GJ-si Unspund because
his public IT y Sc for the last
twelve yea or u.os9 prove il. Dan
srous .oecsu.e h las the courage Of
his convict cas-, ara las a wonderful
spell b ming ora, osIc9l pew er in ad-
vocating ard I'D anciag his views,
but no position b as taken on econ
omic qusstions for the las; twelve
years (unless it b. the tariff and OIL
this he has wobblad sOme) ras stood
the test Of time, thought aud investi-
cation and one by one they have been
repudiated by the people CT this coun
try as unsound and dangerous to their
best interests.
"The Democratic party was a sound
money party, but under the DONNA
ton of Mr.. Bryan it was forced into
the unsound position of voIating the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at Is to l, the adoption of which as a
policy of this country meant the col
lapse of business, the cheapening of
the purchasing power Of wages and
blow to this country it would have
taken years to recover from and if we
are to judge by recent letters of Mr..
Bryan this cheap money virus is still
in his system.
"Mr. Bryan favored and so far as l
know still In his heart favors govern
ment ownership of railroads, rank
paternal doctrine totally antagonistic
to the teachings and beliefs Of the old
Democracy, unsound and dangerous on
econUmlc and administrative lines in
Government such as ours and totally
inconsistent with our form Of Govern
ment.
"Mr. Bryan favors the guarantee
ing of bank deposits and has commit
ted the Democratic party in its plat
form and in his public speeches to
this unsound and dangerous doctrine.
1t must be admitted that on economic
questions affecting the farmer. the
mechanic, business and the country
generally, either MIR. Bryan is dan.
georuSly unsound or he is willing to
mislead the people and threaten their
prosperity by advocating measures he
knows to be unsound. merely because
for the moment his views seem popu-
lar.
81 do not want to see the prosper
ltv Of this Country Threatened by I'M
sound experimental policies such as
Mr.. Bryan's career proves he is too
prone to indulge IN.
''Business confidence must be main
tanned, the factories kept busy and
labor employed and the farmer must
not be disturbed in the prosperity be
is now enjoying.
''The calm. forceful, intelligent
and conservative attitude of Mr.. Taft