The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03

recently shown the public what had
for some time been well known to the
department of justice-that many es.
and emphatically advertising them.
selves as independent of all trusts are
simply branches of the very trust to
which they profess deadly enmity.
think there is reason to believe that
certain organs Of public opinion. per
haps under the like guidance. pursue a
similar tortuous policy. They seek to
obstruct the execution of the laws by
vehemently and perpetually demand
Ing impossibilities of those charged
with their execution" Regarding the
selection Of the proper man he said:
81 am not advocating any person, but
the next man should do the same
things that the man now is doing. He
should be man who Is not the serv-
ant Of any interest, class or combina-
ton, but a man who will represent the
people"
Bailey Will Not Resign.
United States Senator Bailey of Tex
rs has issued statement concerning
the published report of rumors that
he would resign and ask the Demo
Gratis of the state again to indorse him
for the senate. He pronounces this
rumor as entirely unfounded and states
that all his friends perfectly under
stand that the opposition to him does
not constitute 10 per cent of the regu-
lar Democrats of Texas. This being
true" he says, my friends would
hardly consider it necessary to my
vindication that ] must humor the
whims Of political nondescripts, Social
lists and anarchists"
Motto on Coin Resolution.
Responding to request" Represent
alive ]. Hampton Moore Of Philadel-
phia has introduced resolution pro-
viding for the restoration and contin-
ued use of the motto "In God We
Trust" on all silver and gold coins of
the United States. The resolution calls
for the destruction Of all dies from
which gold or silver coins minus the
motto could be coined in future.
trays for bryans ELECTION.
The presence Of w. ]. Bryan in Guth-
RE, Okla, recently inspired the chap
lain Of the lower house of the legisla-
ture to pray that Mr.. Bryan might be
the next president of the United States.
Immediately after the prayer the house
broke into storm Of applause that
lasted several minutes. The speaker
added emphasis by putting 1t as a
question to the body. Every Democrat
present answered AYE" Later both
branches of the legislature met to lis
ten to a speech by Mr.. Bryan, and he
was afterward given reception, dur
ing which he shook hands with sew
eral Thousand people.
w. J. Bryan Now Senator.
Governor Broward of Florida has APP
pointed William James Bryan of Jack
sonville to the United States senate to
fill out the unexpired term of the late
Stephen II. Mallory. Mr.. Bryan is a
young man. being only. about thirty
years old. He is q native of Florida.
Knox Defends Franklin's Title.
Speaking at the New England society
dinner at Philadelphia, Senator Knex
took issue with Hannis Taylor of Ala
bama, former minister to Spain, on
the question as to the claim made by
the latter that the constitution of the
United States had been designed by
the noted jurist Peletiah Webster,
who gave the world the half breaking
idea of q federal government operat-
ing directly from the citizen. Senator
Knox asserted that there was evidence
to establish the fact that Benjamin
Franklin was the originator of the IA
nous document. Now Mr.. Taylor has
challenged Senator Knox to a joint
public debate on this subject before
the Bar association Of the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Taylor claims to have
unearthed the document of Feb. 16,
1888, In which Webster announced the
entire plan of the federal constitution.
He hopes to be able to compel the SEN
ator to publicly admit that Franklin
never conceived In any form the sys-
tenn Of federal government which Web
ster invented.
Foraker SCOTS at Regeneration.
In making an address at the banquet
given in connection with the conven-
ton of the Merchant Marine league at
Cleveland, O., Senator ]. B. Foraker
delivered himself of these sentiments:
I'VE are passing through strange expe-
riences. The plainest common sense
with respect to great bust
ness transactions are whistled down
the wind IL they do not happen to suit
the excited fancy Of lot of self con-
stituted representa- -
: : !: !: ! !. {.
lives of an alleged
moral regeneration
of the business ~ N
world. All this Is h$
unnatural, unwar-
ranted and injuri-
Gus, and we are now S
paying the penalty. -
The most stupen- senator FORAKER
dous prosperity the world has ever wit
messed has been checked and chilled.
1t will be months, probably longer, be-
fore we recover, and we will never