The Washington herald., 1908-02-19

curing Presidential contest since that
time. the Republicans sounded note
OF promise and note Of warning They
promised that II the Republican party
should be successful and Republican
financial and tarin policies should pre-
vail, the country would be not only pros
porous. but that industrial disasters
would be impossible and al the same time
they warned the country that the exact
reverse would be true in the event Of
Democratic ascendancy. Both OF these
notes were false notes; but how they
rung them, with multitudinous yaria-
tons,
To-day. the aggregate sum OF our
possible circulation IS nearly double what
II was IN 1895 As the money volume grew
business conditions improved. industries
revived. values rose. and wages increased.
IN other words. what we said would hap
pen did happen as the result OF the in
crease in the money volume This pros
perity was really due 10 the realization
OF a Democratic policy II came not be-
cause OF the Republican party. but IN
spite OF IL As a matter Of fact the
progress Of this prosperity was delayed
and It's continuance made impossible be-
cause the Republican party was IN power
Financial system Patchwork.
Upon the TANKS OF this prosperity hung
the dead weight OF Republican policies.
policies often not even remotely related
10 the coinage. which sooner or later was
sure 10 precipitate new veXations and
fresh disasters. You have given Us
financial system which IS but a patch
work, a sort OF crazy-quilt, which turns
the financial well-being or the country
over 20 the keeping 81 a great association
OF banking corporations. without taking
pains TO sufficiently safeguard the people
against abuses and you have fastened
upon US a taxing system under the opera
ton Of which grasping monopoies are
created 70 plumber the people
At last the chickens have come home
ts-roost. We have learned in The PAIN
fui school Of experience that the Republi-
can party is not, after all. the evangel Of
prosperity. Now they may take Of the
armOr in which they boasted and put on
the sackcloth 81 humiliation. I prophesy
that many moons viii wane before they
will again point at Democrats and sing
in strideut chorus the song Of the soup
house. The full dinner pail viii not be
again blazoned as an emblem Of triumph
On the Republican shield. Caricatures
Of worklngmen tramping IN tsttered ap-
pareI will be no longer borne on Republi-
can transparencies as a warning 70 the
waSe-earner 10 fee from the Democratic
party as from the breath OF pestilence-
The DISCUSSES, shams. and pretenses under
which Republican victories have been
won Will not be so potent In the future
as In the past, and this year they must
meet Us Unmasked. face to face
Sees Democrats in Power.
u look around me and hear so much
10 encourage. that I am inspired with a
feeling Of profound confidence that the
day is at hand when the destinies Of this
country will be again committed 10 the
party Of Jefferson and Jackson. When
that auspicious day shall come, as come
II will. we will go forward sanely along
a mounting way, developing great enter
prises and fostering our splendid indus
tries. and though We shall strive to lift
the country 10 a higher eminence than
ever before. We viii not forget TO rever-
ence the Constitution and guard our in
stitutions against all who would under
mine them.
u iAcliiolio Ia A4OiAt N44c ~ ~'''A''N
citation Of New York. a body composed of
prominent business men OF the metropO-
lis. was yesterday presented I'm the Sen
ate. protesting against the passage Of the
Aidrich bill. and petiuoning the mem
bers OF both houses OF Congress 10 vote
against its passage 4 resolution adopted
by the associations committee on bank
ruptcy and commercial law. cOndemning
the bill WAS inCiOsed having been unani-
mously adopted by the board Of directors.