Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
VERDICT WILL BE
FOUND GUILTY
JONES SAYS REPUBLICANS ARE
ON TRIAL
PREDATORY INTERESTS HAVE
GROWN FAT
Lawyer-campaIaner Cites Proof That
G. o. P. Is Tied Hand and
Foot to the Cor
poratlons

Attorney Mattison B. Jones, who has
made many campaign speeches and
whose work as counsel for Baptists in
Southern California brings him In con-
tact with many members of religious
bodies, has prepared a statement that
the Republican party is on trial. He
says:
"The Republican party has been In
control of this government for the last
forty-eight years, except four years
from 1885 to 1889, and except four years
from 1893 to 1897" said Mr.. Jones.
"That party boasts that the great
degree Of prosperity to which this ma
ton has attained Is due to Republican
rule.
"As I look upon the first fathers Of
this country and study the impulses
that impelled them to the land of the
setting sun; as l recognize the STURDY
and stalwart manhood that has given
character and tone to this country; as
1 realize the struggle for personal ana
religious liberty through which our
fathers fought to eternal tame; anu
as l study the boundless natural re-
sources of this country, l answer that
party when / say that our prosperity
as a nation is due to no one cause
and no one party, but 1t Is due TO the
incomparable manhood and woman
hood of this country and to the benet1-
cent God of the seed time and the mar
vest.
Those PanIcs
again, l would say to that party
that of the three panics which nave
driven men to suicide and women ana
children to starvation, two have their
origin and growth during absolute Re-
publican rule those of 1894 and 1907
and the other one, of 1928, had its
origin in 1892 during President Harr1-
sons administration and before the
November election in 1892, the baneful
conditions of Republican rule having
extended by natural forces into the
administration of President Cleveland.
Hundreds of banks had closed their
doors before Mr.. Cleveland was elected
in November, 1892. and by March, 1893,
when President Harrison went out or
office, the momentum was SO great
the Democratic party could not stay
the mighty tide of ruin and desolatlon
that had risen and swelled during Re
publican rule.
1.-THE Republicans do not like to speak
of the panic of 1907-0S, preferring to call
1t a lull In business. Some of them
say in explanation of this awful panic
during Republican administration that
it is due to manipulations on Wall
street.
Milk from Wall street
"In answer / want to say that wall
street is the udder from which has
flown the milk upon which the Repub-
Sican party has fed for many years
and is feeding today.
IT assert that Wall street and its
predatory corporations have grown fat
during this Republican panic, while
10000 children In Chicago alone go un-
fed daily to their schoolrooms.
During this Republican panic Re
publican secretary of the treasury,
Cortelyou by name, poured the money
of the United States treasury into the
banks of the Rockefellers, Morgans
and Harrimans in New York city to
the neglect of other financial institu-
tions, with which money the predatory
interests have crushed competitors.
when a Republican says to me that
his party Is not responsible for this
panic / tell him that it is responsible
and that his party is on trial before
a Jury of the American people whose
verdict November 3 will be: Guilty
as charged"
With Predatory Corporations
''There are many convincing proofs
the hearty alliance between the Re-
D. ucan party, its managers and lead