The Irish standard., 1908-10-17
BRYAN AND TAFT.

BRYAN AND TAFT.
At this writing tits difficult to say
with any degree of certainty, whether
Bryan or Taft is in the lead north OF
Mason and Dixon's line. We rely all
most entirely on the Republican pa
pcrs for information on which to base
estimates of the success or failure OF
the two candidates for the presidency.
The most we can say is that Bryan
seems to be growing in popularity
among Republicans as the campaign
goes on.
At the great meeting in Chicago last
week, which Bryan and Taft attended
Bryan was heartily cheered by Repub.
licans as we'll as Democrats, and he
fascinated the Water Ways conven-
ton by his superb oratory, while his
rival was obliged to read his address
from manuscript. If the election de-
pends on eloquence and magnetism,
Bryan will win by large majority.
But the election must be won by 9TH
er means.
1t is gratifying to note that the stu
Taft, not only because of his oratort-
cal superiority, but because of the
principles advocated by him, as enun-
ciated in the Denver platform. In the
University Of Minnesota. many stu
dents of Republican proclivities have
declared for Bryan and organized a
club bearing his name. They believe
ir the election of United States sepa-
tors by direct vote of the people, ac-
cording to the Democratic platform.
and also in the publication of cam
paign contributions before the elec-
tion and not after it. They suspect
that the predatory interests are be-
hind Taft and Sherman, and that they
should come out openly like Carnegie,
and give their names to the American
people as the contributors to Bryan's
fund have done.
The students are educated young
men with generous impulses and they
want fair play for the Nebrasl1an,
| who was cheated twice out of the pres
idency by the oligarchy Of wealth and
special privileges. They admire Bry-
| ans last letter to Roosevelt, one Ct
the finest specimens of political con-
troversy since the days of Junius, In
which he asked the President to pub
lish the names of contributors to the
| Taft fund. and declared that the rep
resentatives of the special interests,
whom the people are trying to curb in
their depredations, were surreptitious-
lv aiding the Republican candidate.
! Quoting Scripture, he told the Presi-
dent that "the OK knoweth his owner
and the ass his Masters crib" and
that the plutocrats know which cam
didate to support to advance their own
selfish interests.
| Judging from the sentiment for Bry-
an in Minnesota, a rock ribbed Repub-
lican state. we are led to believe that
he will be the next President of the
United States. On the question of the
guaranty of bank deposits, Bryan will
get thousands of Scandinavian votes.
The great leaders of the Scandinavians
in Minnesota are advocates of the
banking scheme for the protection cf
the people. We refer to Senator Knute
Nelson. Republican. and to Ex-G,W-
ernor John Lind, a Democrat, as well
as to Governor johnson and others.
The Austrians. Poles. Italians and 9TH
er nationalities will vote for Bryan be-
cause of the banking plank in The
Democratic platform. for they send
thousands upon thousands of dollars
to- Europe every year for safe deposit
instead of trusting their money with
American banks like that of Walsh in
Chicago.
The voters of other states seem to
favor the banking scheme. and the
foct that the bankers condemn it con-
vinces them the more that it is prop
er safeguard. How many hard work
ing. Industrious men have not lost
their money in the past twenty years
in banks conducted by unprincipled
and dishonest financiers. Take the
case of Walsh's Chicago bank alone