The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27

NAURSN i!! smile and a bow and began by saying that he wished to express his sincere thanks to the students and also extend | ing his cordial good will to all those members of the university who might | not be able to agree with him. While | nc could not agree with them he said in believing the doctrines for which the democratic party stood and hoped that in this case al least their ambitions would be defeated he was always in favor of free discussion and debate lmonG the students as conducive 10 Inc best results.
 Continuing with his speech he then aid in substance:
 When the campaign managers de-
 ded that I should come to New York
 wrote to them that I did not wish to speak in any place in Connecticut, The reason for that was that l thought
  in this state that concluded lt would be to my best interests to stay away lt this time.
 The real issue ot this campaign is not very different from that Of the campaign of four years ago II is whether you think the record of the existing government Is such and that ,g ,I, a.. ,r that you ought to make change Now If anyone can tell mo an lntcl- licent reason for such 2 change on the records of the two parties I would feel like withdrawing my name from the canvass The truth of the matter is that except possibly during the civil war. have there been such magnificent administration as those of Mckinley and Roosevelt In the matter of doing great things for our country.
 The republican party first of all on. acted the Dingley Tariff bill ana abolished the Wilson German bill Y has stamped out the heresv of fren silver and repudiation forever hope II has met the great problems arising out of the spanish war. which required pioneering in statesmanship in a brll- liantly successful manner and has ably carried out the administration which those circumstances made necessary.
 Of course in the process of our great prosperity which has attended the career in office of the republican party there have orept in abuses, and hnan- cial vrongdoing Then there has come the awakening of the American con science and in the lead of this has been our grand president Theodore Roose- welt. Now the railroads have come in side the law, rebates and special privileges have heen abolished and they are oheying the provisions of the law instead of trying to evade them ! The republican party is not in favor of eytirpatine the trusts as Mir. Bryans scheme contemplates but in | their control by government, It be- lloves that the good i'm them should ha | preserved that the people should be given an opportunity to enjoy the good | they bring The destruction of the | trusts which is what the democratic party contemplatcs would mean not | only their destruction but the destruc- ton of their independent competitors and would entail loss of work and misery upon thousands of innocent workmen dependent on them Further more the republican party has restored 1 protection.
 Nptty had Bryan says 1t is a republican panic. Re it SO. It occurred during a repuh- | ltcan administration and if it Is right to mako the administration responsible for everything which occurs durins Its term of power it is republican panic We are willing, however to compare it with the panic of 1893 which was a democratic panic. The present panic Is the result of excessive prosperity In all history you will no; find a democratic panic that came from excessive prosperity, This panic is the result of a financial exhaustion all around tho world
 This has been q peculiar panic. II has been a panic in spots. There has been no panic west of the MlsSlssppl know because have been there When I spoke of the panic they did not know what I meant, so naturally did not lay much emphasis upon 1t This is evidence that the panic is not deep seated What we want to do Is to act SO now that we may avoid making it a worse panic and this we can do if we make no false step now What We need is the restoration oi confidence in the business future oi the country We need to have the as. surance that the laws will be enforced but that there will be no crusait against business,
 A very critical factor in determining this Is the campaign which lies before us The fact that MT Bryan if he gets into the white house could still bring about his free silver ideas and undo what has been done in the money ques ton will make careful business mor hesitate
 Mir. Bryan has recently been on a