East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-03

Prospects of democratic success
were never brighter in oregon than
they are today" said John II. Ste
vcnson. of Portland, who arrived in
Pendleton this mornino on a trip
| through the Eastern oregon country,
as the representative Of the democrat
lc state, national and campaign COM
mittee headquarters I'M the metropo-
lis. Stevenson is looking over the po-
litical situation from the democratic
standpoint and comforting with state
and county committeeman and promi-
nent democrats throughout eastern
oregon.
"If William j. Bryan does not car
| ry the state in November, II will be
because public sentiment undergoes
decided change from what it is to-
day" continued Mr.. Stevenson. "The
public pulse Is beating strongly for
! the great Nebraskan now and unless
iHii signs fail he viii continue to gather
strength up til the hour the polls
close. There is unmistakable evi-
ience of apathy among the rank and
! file Of republicans and this can be at
| tributed to no other cause than that
| the people want a change of admip-
/ istration. Conditions throughout the
country have grown from bad TO
worse i'm the line Of trust and monop-
| oily formation and the oppressive pow
er Of the money kings eliminating in
panic. all under the most absolute
republican administration and under
tariff as high as the Chinese wall
and the people are getting tired of it.
For the last four years we have
heard nothing but talk about the hos
tlity of the present administration
towards the trusts and yet today the
trusts are stronger than they have
ever been; are actively supporting the
republican ticket and the records show
that in seven years there have been
but seven convictions for violation Of
the antitrust law. This doesn't ring
true as the trust-busting record of
self-asserted trust-busting admins
tration and it is little wonder that the
people refuse to get excited about it.
Down in Portland we are getting
the most encouraging reports from all
over the state regarding the attitude
of the people toward the reforms ad-
vocated in the democratic platforms.
The bank deposit guaranty law is
particularly strong with the people
and the fact that the republican plat |
form is silent on that point and the
administration spell-hinders. iuclud- |
ing Judge Taft, are opposing it with
all cir might, is costing the repub- /
lican ticket votes every day, for it
shows where the two parties stand .
with regard to the money power.
And right in this connection it is .
worth while to remark that while the
bank deposit guarantee plank is de-
nounced by the republican speakers
as a democratic vagary, there are
three republican members of the next
Oregon republican legislature. who
are squabbling for the privilege of in
PRODUCING 4 bill in the legislature this
winter providing a guaranty law very
similar to that now operative in Okla
homa. This shows one thing and that
is that he people know what they
want. In Nebraska Governor Shell
don refused to accept the nomination
Of the republican party of his state
for reelection unless a bank guaranty
law were advocated in the state plat
form and the Kansas state convention
slapped the administration square in
he face by adopting a plank calling
FOR the very thing the administration
speakers and writer's are denouncng
rs a democratic dream.
Another thing that is making us
,otes is the fact that Mr.. Bryan will
publish a list of the contributions to
he democratic campaign fund before
not after-election, while Presi-
lent Roosevelt has tried to explain
Why the republican national conven-
ion repudiated the plan by dizzy
majority and Judge Taft has openly
md publicly endorsed the presidents
and which, by the way, :
Is is evident from the presidents
etter to Mr.. Bryan, is one of those {
that doesn't explain. The |
'eople, too, are pleased with the |
plank demanding the cleo {
ion of United States senators by di-
ect vote of the people and they are '
lot going to forgive the republican /
for voting it down. after 5
t has been favored five times by reso- !
ution in the house OF representatives {
nd endorsed by the legislatures of
of the states of the union. I