Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
COULD HANDLE THREE WORDS OF N0M|NEES1
But Ten Were Too Much for Both Candidates Write to
Lone ArtiNeyman Prosperity Congress.
LIVELY SCRAP ON AVENUE MANY PARTISAN LETTERS
Big Crowd of Civilians Comes Bryan Rdules
Rescue publicans.
WAS ROT A COP IN SIGHT POINTS TO LAST FALLS PANIC
"ou I've Had ENOUGH Said Merely
That the Convention Will Pro-
Urged Him On
MANY PARTISAN LETTERS
Bryan Ridicules Claims of the Re-
publicans.
POINTS TO LAST FALLS PANIC
Taft Merely Expresses the Hope
That the Convention Will Pro-
mote Confidence.

NEW YORK, August 15.-The delegates
to the Interstate Prosperity Congress OF
Commercial Travellers had an outing or
Manhattan Beach today At a dinner
tonight a feature was the announcement
movement received from distinguished
persons throughout the country. Many
Of these had a partisan flavor and it was
decided to not read them.
POSTMASTER Herman A. Metz con-
troller Of the city OF New York. referred
to the replies of regret received from
William H. Taft and William Jennings
Bryan, who had been invited to attend
the outing. With the other messages the
communications were left unread, but
were later given to the press. They
were addressed to William Hoge, chair
man of the congress.
Mr.. Bryan's Letter.
Mr.. Bryan's letter follows:
Dear Sir: am very sorry that L can
not attend the travelling mems outing.
but 1 join with you in the desire for a
return Of prosperity.
monopolize the prosperity idea. but events
have exposed the absurdity Of their
claim. Not being able to defend their
policies upon logical and rational grounds
they attribute all good to republican
administration and shirk responsibility fol-
everything that is bad. For instance. In
1905 they insisted that the panic Of 1893
was q democratic panic, merely because II
came when Mr.. Cleveland occupied the
White House, whereas 1t came imme'
diately after Mr.. Cleveland was inaug-
urated and before there had been any
change I'm any law.
''They are accustomed to say that they
can guarantee prosperity. and that panic
always follows success, and yet the panic
Of 1873 came after the republican party
and 1t came eleven years before the dem
ocrats succeeded in seating President
The panic last fall also came more thar
ten years after the republicans secured
the federal government OF the three
panics that have come since the repub-
lican party came into power, two have
come under republican administrations
and when the Senate and House were IL
political sympathy with the President
and the third came Immediately after q
republican administration and came from
causes that had their origin in republican
legislation.
Everybody wants prosperity, but the
that is monopolized by a comparatively
few. who secure favors at the hands of
that party, while the democrats want a
prosperity shared by all of the people
and resting upon a, solid foundation. I
believe that the platform adopted in
Denver outlines a plan by which pros
perity can be permanently romoted-a
prosperity which will enter the homes
Of all who, with brain or muscle, con
tribute to the nations Wealth. pros
perity which will be shared by each per-
son in proportion as he renders a service
to society.
VERY truly yours. w. ]. BRYAN"
Mr.. Taft's Response.
Mr.. Taft wrote:
Dear Sir: sincerely hope that your
efforts. through the prosperity convention
Of the commercial travellers interstate
congress. to promote a feeling Of conf
dence and optimism throughout the coun
try with respect to business will be 6
success. Confidence is everything.