Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-13
BRYAN IS CENTER
At GREAT Session.
coMMoNER TALKS TO THE DEEP
WATERWAYS CONVENTION
IN CHICAGO.
GIVE DEMONSTRATION
FOR THE CANDIDATE
Hill Addresses Meetins-Taft Arrives
at Cincinnati Home Of Brother
Prepares to Work on Routine Busl.
ness for Several Days.

Chicago, Oct. 9.-AS William H,
Taft was the star attraction at the
first session of the deep waterway
congress-. so William j. Bryan, in his
turn, became the point around which
all interest centered Thursday. and
the Auditorium was well filled when
the Nebraskan appeared.
Mr.. Bryan's coming was the signal
also for another demonstration on the
part of the delegates almost Identical
with that given the Ohioan. The Dem
Ocratic leader spoke extemporaneously.
One of the first events Of the day
was the reading Of paper prepared
by James ]. Hill. the great railway
builder, in which he dealt with the
mutual interests of rail and water
transportation in the construction Of
vast system of internal waterways.
Mr.. Hill was unable to be present, and
his paper was read by Congressman
Henry T. Rainey of Illinois.
Hill Urges Care for Credit.
Federal power and the force Of
public opinion have been enlisted to
prevent the future waste of the ma
tons resources" said Mr.. Hill in his
address. Nov. one resource, among
the mightiest of all, has not been in.
cluded in the list because 1t is not
material. but Intangible.
Il refer to the national credit: that
potent force to which we appeal in
times of war or other great national
crises, and which should be reserved
for issues Of national life and death
Il need not remind you that our pub
lie credit, though vast, is not mex
haustible. Many of us have seen the
day when 1t was strained to the break
ing point. None Of us knows when we
may need again to rely upon it, and
when its strength or weakness will
determine whether the nation is to
live or die.
"Of all our resources, perhaps, this
one should be guarded with most jeal-
GUS care. first, because of It's relation
to national existence, and, second, be-
cause we can never know In advance
where exhaustion begins
Traffic VIII Need Waterways.
''The future of waterway develop
ment is assured. The traffic of the
country will need, as soon as normal
conditions are restored, all the as
sistance that waterways can give. We
have appropriated $200,0O0OOO for
rivers and harbors since 1900, and
all Of 1t that has gone for deepening
and improving lake and ocean harbors
valuable to commerce has been well
spent. But 1T is not the spending Of
money, but spending 1t rightly, that OBJ
tains beneficial results
When we arrive at the subject Of
appropriations. at the question Of how
and to what extent money shall be
provided for this vast undertaking, we
have touched the vital nerve center of
any. large enterprise, and the danger
point of this"
Taft Is Home Again.
Cincinnati, Oct. 9.-Judge w. H.
Taft reached home Thursday on his
special train from Chicago. He went
at once to the home of Charles P.
Taft, where he is staying. His desire
to register Thursday. which was his
last opportunity to prepare for voting,
fastened his departure from Chicago.
There is an accumulation of Office
matters, which will engage the can
dtdate's attention until Monday, when
he will again plunge into the campaign