La Junta tribune., 1908-10-03
POLITICAL eoreoyaa.

The betttnB men In New York are
placing wasers at four to one in
favor Of TAFT and Sherman.
Yes. Mr. Bryan. the people will
rule. and they will select one William
Howard Taft for their special agent
at Washington.
In reply to the Roosevelt letter.
Bryan attacks the Roosevelt policies.
And yet he claims to have orisinat-
ed most OF them.
Mr.. Bryan shows wha, an uncon-
scious humorist he Is when he tells
Judge Taft. after the latter has been
10 long In the public service. to go
and make a record for himself
Over In Missouri there is a man
who vowed he would neither cut his
beard nor his hair until Bryan is
elected. Fine side attraction for the
Nebraskan to take on his lecture tour
next season.
Bourke Cochran. the New York
democratic leader. defined Organism
ten years ago as: '.Sonorous dec
lamation based upon fundamental
misconception OF facts And the
definition still holds good.
The delegates to the republican leg
islative convention of Bent and XII
owa counties met In Las Animas last
week and nominated DIR. G. ID. Dulin
to succeed himself as representative
to the legislature from that district.
The democrats Of justice precinct
No. 6 will hold n convention In the
office OF J. NJ. Teters. Wednesday
evening. October 7th. for the pur-
pose OF nominating two Justices Of
the peace and two constables for the
La Junta precinct
Mr.. Bryan declares that President
Rooseveits letter indorsing Mr.. Taft
is Irrelevant and immaterial" That
is what the troubled lawyers for the
defense in the Rocky Ford State
Bank case have interjected during
the past week, frequently after fire.
quently. while obtecting to the intro
duction of hostile testimony.
Ths Inmates of :he Wyoming in
sane asylum At Evanston. Wyo., have
formed Bryan and Kern Club num-
! bering over twenty members. 1t is
headed by James Kenworthy. who
was sent up from Casper several
years ago. The club strongly favors
| Inr nf
the members having lost thousands
OF imaginary dollars through the
speculations OF visionary bank offici-
ais.
The republicans Of Justice Precinct
No. held a convention In the club
rooms Of the Taft~Sherman Club last
Monday night and nominated Judge
H. H. Clark to succeed himself As
justice Of the peace In the La
Junta precinct, and A. II. Wieneke
and Gerald Daimler for constables.
This action assures the success Of
the republican ticket in the six pre-
down to constable.
| One OF the prominent democratic
bankers In an address before the
American Bankers Association, in
session in Denver this week says:
II do not think we can afford to
stand for government guarantee of
bank deposits 1t is paternalism.
socialism. II Is contrary to the
very principles OF our government.
The whole theory is absurd and l
hope this association will say SO and
denouncc il. Ii is bid for
reckless banking, and ] think We
opinion on it,
In Oklahoma where the guaranty
of bank deposits plan originated. no
new national bank has begun busi-
ness, because national banks are
outside the provisions Of the law.
but about forty new state banks have
organized and some national banks
have been converted into state
banks. There are one national and
two state banks In Ralston. a town
al 5S7 souls. A few miles from Raj
ston Is Fairfax. which has two ma
tional banks and q state bank to
serve It's population Of 40. and. as
though they were not enough. another
state bank is in process Of orEaniza-
tion.
| That il = dirty bit Of business to
try to make political capital out OF
the trial Of the bank officials At Rock,
Ford. Some too-previous ones have
said that the democrats are In for
prosecuting the case and that the re-