The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-16


The denomination last night In honor
Of William II. Taft was a fitting
climax 90 his Kentucky trip. when he
spoke 10 more than 100 900 people.
Marching clubs escorted him to the
Coliseum, which was damned. while
a larger crowd waited outside. unable
20 get In.
For the second time since his work
on the stump began, Taft made refer
esee TO government guaranty OF bank
deposits. which Bryan Is engaged In
urging In the west. On that subject
he paid his respects TO his opponent
as follows:
Bryan has another proposition
that Is going 10 be a panacea for
everything. and that Is a guaranty Of
bank deposits. BY that proposition
he is going TO make every respectable.
honest banker become security of any
body that desires to go into the bank
Ing business with the liea of getting
a large line OF deposits with very
small capital. and the result OF that
don't think Il takes a very clear
headed business man to see.
In Oklahoma. which Is the place
that they try out these experiments.
they are now finding that banks are
being organized with capital OF $40.
900 by people that have failed In the
banking business before. by men that
are under charges OF embeszlement.
but who are able to get deposits by
saying 70 the depositors: 7 am a.
god fellow ana want you 10 help me
out Put your money In my bank.
because this million dollar bank up
here OF Mr.. Smiths Is my security
that you win get your deposits back
shows Bryan's Incompetency.
Nov, that Is not joke. that Is
a real genuine statement OF the condi-
tion to be produced by that guaranty
Of bank deposits proposition. do
not cite II as a real and vital Issue inI
the campaign because II can't be. but
do cite II as instance lof the econo-
mic Views OF Bryan and I do cite Il
as another case In which to prove.
with HIS views, that 90 put him into
power as chief magistrate. you win
take away the confidence OF the sensl-
BILE men Of the community. who con
troll investments and when you do
that you are going TO bring US to four
years more OF financial depression"
The Protective Tariff.
At Huntington. w. Va. Mr.. Taft
said:
THE Republican party has pro-
posed TO revise the tarlff on the basis
OF protection to our Industries. and
10 have a customs duty which shall
measure the difference between the
cost OF production here ana the cost
OF production abroad. and to make
thorough. honest. just revision. which
shall always preserve that difference
and so preserve the industries that
have been built up on the protection
system. II Is no more necessary tol
argue to a West Virginia audience
the necessity for such system than
II would be TO a Pennsylvania audi
ence, because the prosperity of West
Virginia depends on the protection
system. and as that prosperity has In
creased. Republicanism has naturally
increased in West virginia. so that
we have come TO regard West vir-
ginia as solldly Republican as Penn
sylvanla or Ohio.
I'VE are Just getting over a panic
and a financial depression that has
probably laid on some OF your work
ingmen and halted some OF your
great enterprises. but gradually we
are recovering from II. II was due
TO a worldwide exhaustion OF capital. |
aud TO the fear engenderedi In thel
investing public by the revelations OF
Encouragement OF corporations and
the lawlessness of our great corpora
tions In this country. Through theI
courage aud energy and foresight OF
Theodore Roosevelt. II has been made
possible for us TO go on TO pros
perlty never before seen. Now | ask
you, my friends, which party should
you select In November for the pur-
pose OF increasing confidence In the
investing public? (volces: The Re-
publican party. 7 ask you. my Re
publican and Democratic friends,
whether IL you had capital TO invest
you would regard the business future
as certain II you were to put into
power a gentleman who u years ago
recommended the free coinage OF sill.
yer, the reputation OF half of our
debts. and the cutting OF our wages
in two. gentleman who. am In
formed. prophesled that II Mckinley
we're elected, the grass would grow
in the beautiful streets OF your city.
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