The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-08

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u1InistrAtlun and Mr. Bryan Fv<oie
| vera ~, far short of the wishes Of TIE
| American people that they repadi-
| .tea both by a tremendous majority
a, the fsrss opportunity at the pous.
This Is a representative government
The people can only rule tnronkn
,hsir chosen Representatives. wisely
| carrying out the policies which the
people have Endorsed al the polls.
Has not President Roosevelt bean
carving out the wishes and desires
OF the American people with the ut
most fidelity and With courage ana
wisdom that has commanded The al
miration and respect OF the patriotic
of all parties? Pray. IL the people
have not ruled and are not ruling
now through the Roosevelt admins
tration, when ever did they rule since
this government was founded? Mr..
Bryan's position seems TO be that II
the people elect him then they will
rule, but II they elect anybody else
| that then they will not rule"
Mr.. Butler then discussed the rec
| ord of the Cleveland administration
| in the prosecution OF trusts, and de-
clared that Bryan's trust remedy was
| an absurdity that could not be en-
forced.
Bank Deposit Guarantee.
| Next, Mr.. Bryan says that one Of
| the great reforms that he will put In
| to operation will be to guarantee
| bank deposits added Mr.. Butler.
That sounds plausible at the flrst
blush, but this is but another Illus
tration of grabbing at popular
sounding panacea without having
worked out its practical details in
craftsmanship way. II he had done
this, he would have convinced him
self of its unsoundness in principle
and of its ineffectiveness IN opera
ton. His plan would tax the honest
banker to pay for the default of the
dishonest banker. His plan would
say to the people, put your money In
dishonest bank and you will be as
safe as If you put it in an honest one.
This would encourage dishonesty. 1t
would put a tax ON honesty and put
a premium on dishonesty. The loss
es annually under the national bank
ing system have been only one TWEEN
ty-sixth of ! per cent. Put Mr.. Bry-
ans scheme into operation and the
losses would necessarily and newt
ably greatly increase.
!. ION the other hand, If there were
established postal savings banks, as
the Republican party proposes. agree
ing to pay low rate of interest to
depositors, it would not only encour-
. age the people making banks more
careful to retain the confidence OF
the people than ever in order not to
, lose the deposits which they now
have. This new Bryan panacea is
, an Oklahoma scheme, and is already
encouraging wildcat banking In that
, State. 1t was tried once in New
York and was woeful failure. Mr.
vocating this reckless, dishonest and
vicious scheme by Haskell, and Il
Mr.. Bryan is now led by such men as
Haskell, would he not put such mer
in his Cabinet If elected?
Bryan and Labor Vote.
d ''Mr. Bryan claims that the labor
q vote should support him, because ht
= and his party are better friends o.
D the labor men than the Republican
y party. l challenge Mr.. Bryan AND
e his party to look through their rec
D ord and show anything that the!
II ox 1oh To-
r on the statute books to-day for the
q protection of labor has been placed
r there by the Republican party. Thu
= Democratic party has never passed ;
g law for the protection of labor, ant
v labor has always suffered under Dem
: ocratic policies.
a.! "Mr. Bryan complains that Mr.
t Taft was the personal choice of Pres
o ident Roosevelt for President. I
b Mr.. Bryan had been President dur
ing the last seven years and had beel
fortunate enough to give an admin
istration as wise and as successful
and as popular as the one whicl
President Roosevelt has given tn
people, would he take the position a
; the end of his term that he be indit
I. ferent as to what Democrat shout
be nominated to carry on his POI
e icies? The mere statement of tn
position shows it's absurdity.
~ 'The people wanted to renominat
and re-elect Roosevelt. They did nc
want to swap horses in the middl
81 of the stream but since the Pres
u dent would not yield to their dc
mand, there was not a sincere admin
~ err of his policies in the country tina
u did not want to know what man j
&c America the President himsel
10 thought was best fitted and qualifie
and could be best trusted to carry O
the great work.
&c eff the President had selected NJ
- Bryan, would we hear any complain
. from Mr.. Bryan to-day on that a,
% count? What does Mr.. Bryan thin
the President should have favored /
preference to William Howard Taft
-v Taft Best Qualified.
&c "The fact is that the President an
the great masses of the America
people were of one opinion that til
G. man in America to-day best qualifie
IT, by natural ability and by experienc
J. and by a long and successful recor