Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28

tSar. Baker is president or the f7rsta Nal
tional bank eff New York;
Mr.. Baker-Yes, sir. -
Mr.. Bryan--Why hasn't II been RENE
/ died? Because the managers of the bad
banks don't want to be restrained; be-
cause the good bank is not anxious to
have the other ones restrained so that the
good bank can point to the recklessuess
of the others ana thereby draw away
deposits. - ~
We wifi have to meet this issue some
time. and we rnay as we'll do SO frankly
and boldly now. II you tell me that you
need an elastic currency, VIII take your
word for II, but IL you tell me that you
object to n unless you hold both ends OF
4 the elastic win tell you that you do not
need 1t as much as you thought you did
Trust the government. the representatives
elected by the people. If yeal want
this elastic currency, let the government
! issue Ii and control It, and you will have
no difficulty about the security. 4 Then
lay upon the banks THE responsibility Cor
making the banks safe If t4is banks
say that they do not want to be held re-
sponsibfe for other banks nv answer is
that II your bankers win not trust each
other they should not expect the people
to trust them with their money! =
This is the most respectable crowd that
l have ever talked to in my lifeAthat is,
measured by New York standards.AaIt is
no more respectable, however,, than the
people among whom I i've The man who
| tolls by the day, who goes out IN the
! morning and works ALI day; who coma
mences I'm the spring and works all sum
mer, though his hands be hard from work
and his clothing not Of the latest cut, he
is respectable man, and have been ad-
| Il ~AA {aTl
OVER the country. but thfsis the most high
ly financial audience that Ishave yet adj
dressed And If have exceeded my time
limit and spoken with an earnestne SIS for
which 1 should aroSogize Just remember
how long have Waited for this oppor-
never have It again. ~"tA ~
The stenographic report of the meet
ing now in my possession indicates that
Mr.. Bryan's speech was punctuated and
followed with long and continued ap-
plause. N.
The Republican National Convention.
From the headquarters Of Chairman
New and Secretary Dover of the Re
publican national committee here the
news leaked out that the officials of the
last at least five days and apprehend
that it may extend to eight At any
rate, the string of tickets which will
be given to each person entitled to adj
mission is going to have coupons for
the sessions of the eight days. Should
it last that long 1T will be the longest
national convention on record Even
ho In Nf,
the indornitapIe phalanx of 306 stood
desperately back of General Grants
candidacy, did not extend to such
period. The significance of the prepa-
.rations being made by the national
committee for long convention is APP
parent. 1t indicates Athat the practical
politicians-and the Republican ma
tional committee is eminentfy practical
are quite convinced that the admin
istration plan of nominating Taft on
the first ballot is not going to prove eff
fective and, further, that they are, dis
inclined to believe that after brief
deadlock on the Taft propositions the
convention can be stampe6led for the
Roosevelt third term It furthermore
indicates that the policy of the anti
administration forces OF 1forcing con
tests in the southern states, u policy al.
ready put into practice In Florida. is
going to be systematically pushed and
that there VIII be enough contesting
delegations to occupy two or three days
time before the permanent roll Of the
convention iS'made up.
1t is by no means certain either that
contests are going to be confined to the
southern states, A Wisconsin RepQb-
lican, one Of the followers of Senator
La Toilette, tells me that there is much
irritation among Republicans of shat
state because of the effort of the ad.
ministration through its ofieeholders
to secure a Taft delegation there. He
points out that as soon as Governor
Hughes declared his willingness to be
candidate the administrator forces
and Secretary Taft himself announced
with JUNCTION that they would make no
contest in a state which desired to
present favorite son of its own: The
state of Wisconsin wants to present
Senator La Toilette, yet the oficehold-
ing cabaI is opposing his friends at |
every point. Why this differing atti:
tude toward the fatorite sons of two
states? OF course the answer ID, easy.
Roosevelt and Taft are probably weak
er in New York than In any state of
the Union. d..
New Workers usually agree that it |
would have been impossible to get a
Taft delegation in the face of the
Hughes candidacy, wherefore Mr..
Roosevelt, who is notlAng if not a poll
tician, called off his men and grace
fully left the field to the governor.
But he thinks that in Wisconsin there
may be chance, and therefore there
are no smooth words addressed to the
people of that state in applause Of
their favorlte son. Na
Washinoton n, n fe H-f