Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-07
POLITICAL MONEY
Bryan Makes . Bitter Denuncla' iisn oi Judge Tsil- Spoke
 Earnestly and Wilh vIgor.


 Cedar Rapids. Ia. Oct 7.-"I pre- sent myself as an example of one who has outlived the venomous attacks of his opponents. You heard me called demagogue twelve years ago. You saw them bury me and you heard them chant their songs over my grave and now they have to explain why 1t happened that was not dead"
 With all the fervor that he could muster, William J. Bryan. facing a vast assemblage in the Chautauqua auditorium between Tama and Tole- do. Iowa, yesterday delivered him. self of this utterance. At no time dur ing the present campaign has he spoken so earnestly or with such viz or. His remark followed bitter de- nunciation of MT Taft for refusing to agree to publication of campaign contributions before election. No honest man and no political party conducting an honest campaign" he uCOiaicu, ueou pc oiioiu VI su0 light"
 He said that for the nine months ending September 30, there had been 11,943 failures with liabilities of SITS, 100000 This tremendous loss comes at time when crops are req sonably good" he said. Tt comes whentthe republicans are in complete control. We can assume, therefore, that they have done everything they could do consistently under their pol icies to prevent panic, and yet the panic Is here. It comes, too, when we have tariff so high that even the re- publicans promise unequivocally to revise it immediately and MT Taft has ventured the opinion that the revis- ion will probably be downward. What does 1t promise to do for the protec- tion of the public? What policies has 1t that look to restoration of prosperity?
 'IE fact, the failures of the last nine months exceed in number the failures of the corresponding nine months of 1893 and the difference between assets and liabilities Is greater this year than 1t was in 1893, although the total amount oi the liabilities was greater in 1893 than this year. But it must be re, membered that the Mckinley law was still in force in 1893. It was in force until the summer of 1894 The Wilson bill was not passed un. til the summer of 1894. The fail. ures of that year were not as great either in number or in the amount of liabilities as they are this year The failures of 1895 were not as great in aiiiount or in total Habili. ties as they are this year.4 ' The failures in 1896. were not equal tc the failures of this year in number or in amount of liabilities and yet ir 1896 the republicans were talking about a democratic panic and prom. ising prosperity.
 The republican party cannot es. cape from its record. It is import ant to protect the public because its policies have for their object. no, the advancement of the general wei. fare, but the enrichment of a rela- lively small number of people at the expense of the rest of the people. II we are to have prosperity, w must restore independence in industry The republican party does not promise this. On the contrary il pledges itself to a continuation oi the policies under which trusts have grown and fattened at the expense oi the public.
 If we are going to have prosper. ity we must have reduction in the tariff. The people recognize the tar. if is extortionate. Even the repub. lican leaders are forced to admit this, and yet they are deliberately planning to prevent any revision by electing standpat congress. If the republican party wins, it will not re- wise the tariff in the interests of the consumer; and that means that the present agitation must continue foI four years longer.
 If the democratic party wins there will be an immediate reduc. tion of the tariff. which will satisfy the public demand and remove the tariff question from politics for g number of years. A democratic vic tory means prosperity, prosperity te all the people, prosperity that will be permanent. It means the remedy ing of abuses; until abuses are re mained there can be no peace. ana the sooner abuses are remedied the more easily can the remedy be ap. piled"