The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-10
FROM THE CENTER OF THINGS

voring the guarantee of deposits A
member of the committee presented
q minority report fayoring some
kind of a guarantee but the conven-
ton voted it down with a whoop.
Among the delegates present and
vociferously voting no on the bank
guarantee proposition was George w
Scott
Yes, the same George w. Scott who
was cashier of the Greeley County
Bank at Scotia-the bank that failed
thirteen years ago and still owes de-
positors 65 per cent of their deposits.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma spoke
in Lincoln recently, and of course he
paid particular attention to the guar
antee of deposits plank. Lest it may
be thought that Senator Owens testi-
mony is ex parte it is hereby made
known that he organized the first ma
tional bank charteded in the territory
of Oklahoma, was its first presfden.
and is still its chief executive officer.
1t is the largest national bank in
| Oklahoma today. His explanation of
the advantages of the guarantee, both
to the banker and the depositor, was
so clear, so simple and SO convincing
that it will result in goodly gains for
the democratic ticket wherever made
! A republican officeholder who re-
sides in Lincoln and is connected
| with a manufacturing and wholesale
business, attended the Owen meeting
at the auditorium. Before the speak
ing began he conversed with a friend
and the subject of straw votes
came up.
The men in our factory were
| polled the other day" said the manu-
! facturer.
How did it RESULT" queried his
friend
! 20, l don't like to tell-you know
I'm republican ofHceholder.
| But the friend insisted and the
manufacturer finally said:
/ We'll, there were 80 for Bryan,
for Taft and one refusing to vote"
There was one band OF twenty
Of the twenty bandsmen 16 are for
Bryan, 3 for Taft and for Debs
Upon his arrival home after an alb
sence of nearly a month Mr.. Bryan
found his correspondence stacked
mountain high. But he enjoyed going
through it, for nearly every letter
was filled with the most encouraging
reports. He was particularly inter
ested in the reports from Ohio and
Minnesota, and expressed himself as
confident of the outcome in New York
Mr.. Bryan dearly loves good
story, and here is one that he heard
soon after reaching Fairview anil
which tickled him immensely:
An Irisnman down in Nuckolls
county declared, while talking politics
| with a crowd of friends that "Thaya-
door Roosenfelt is tn most far-seein'
Sthatesmon this country has seen in
a gineration."
How do you make that outs-
Gueried a friend
Sure didn't he take tn motto. In
God we trust,' off'n tn coins more'n
two year ago.
Sure, now; an don't it prove that
he was not intendin' t. embarass HRS
i chosen candydate?"
/ And here is another one:
Two men were polling train back
east a few days ago and struck an
Irishman in the smoker. The Irish
man declined at first to vote, but
when the men persisted he said:
I'm f'r Willyum Jinnings Bryan.
I'm astonished," said one of the
men. that man of sucn apparent in
telligence and seeming prosperity you
should be for Bryan
And why not?" retorted the Irish
man. Bryan is foine gintlemin an
he is goin' t. be ELECTED"
Il don't see how you make that
cut" said the man. Don't you know
that Ohio is the mother of presi-
cents?''
That may be, all roight,' retorted
the Irishman. But there amt no
, signs that there's goin' t. be an in
crease in tn OF lady's family this
year.
i, Governor Cummins of Iowa per
formed the oratorical stunt in Lincoln
, for the Taft meeting. The Governor
the standpatter, and by inference sup
porting Cannon, the chief of stand
patters, is the same Governor Cum
: Minis who poses as progressive in
Iowa
1t Must Pay the Insurance.
A jury in the Wyandotte county
court of common pleas decided that
William Despair of Kansas City
Kan, is entitled to recover $2,376.5 IS
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