Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-10-24

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Dor dispute itself ought not to be q
sufficient guarantee for the issuance
of writ OF injunction and, when you
go to vote, II will be one OF the issues
which your vote will decide.
Jury Trial in Indirect Contempt.
Fourth. We believe in the right OF
trial by Jury in cases of indirect con-
tempt. We believe that this precau-
tion for indirect contempt is in the
nature of criminal prosecution. The
Judgment is either fine or imprison-
ment or both, and, as man is
granted the right of trial by jury
when his case is of criminal nature,
We believe that he should be given
trial by jury in this case of indirect
contempt where the punishment is
fine or Imprisonment or both. My
friends, l cannot understand the po-
sition of Judge Taft to this trial by
jury In such cases, for is it not so
that a man convicted of crime is al
lowed the right of trial by jury?
Then why should this man guilty of
indirect contempt, be denied that
right which ia SO clearly set forth IN
our constitution? l do not under
stand how Judge Taft can say what
he does against 1t.
His Time Nearly Up.
/ am reminded that / have dwelt so
long on these questions that my time
is about up, but / am not ready to
conclude and l must borrow little
time somewhere to speak briefly Of
two other things.
Guarantee of Bank Deposits.
A word in regard to the guarantee
of deposits. We believe that there
should be more security than there is
to the depositor in bank. If they
tell you that it is only occasionally
that bank fails, tell them that this
ls no consolation to the people who
happen to get hit on the occasion. If
you lose your money in a bank in
which you put 1t, you do not get a
great deal OF satisfaction out of the
plea that you just happened to de-
posit it In the wrong bank. Laugh-
ter.) We say that the guarantee of
bank deposits is means of protect
| ing you from such a conclusion. How
many of the depositors in a bank
have a personal acquaintance with
the officers of the bank? You deposit
your money because the law leads
you to believe that the bank is good
and In the transaction the bank uses
your money and makes money out of
1t and the stockholders gct TiGh loan
| Ing your money. Now, let them make
security so that, In case of defal-
cation of an officer, your money will
be secure.
For Reduction of Tariff.
Another proposition that 1 must
touch briefly upon Is the reduction of
the tariff. Republicans say: ere
vision" We say reduction" Our
objection to revision is that you must
study what 1t means. 1t may mean
reduction up or down or sideways. A
revision of the tariff as set forth by
the republican party is indefinite
You can get on tariff revision train,
pay your way clear to the end of the
line and they can put you off at the
first station and you get no rebate.
Now that we demand reduction, the
republicans say that this reduction
would bring a panic. I want to an
swer in advance the arguments that
they may make to you between now
and election day.
Blame for Panics.
If any man tells you that a reduc-
tion Of the tariff will bring a panic
and that the republican policy will
prevent one, l want to remind you
that we have had three panics in for
ty-eight years and all OF them came
under high tariff The panic of 97q
was a disastrous one. 1t came under
a high tariff and under a republican
President, but you never heard a re-
publican speaker refer to the tariff or
to the panic of '73. The panic of
1898 is the one of which they talk
to you. Why? Because It came un-
der a democratic president But the
republican speakers must admit that
it came under high tariff-the Nc
Kinley tariff-a year before that tar
iff was repealed Whv don't they tell
you about the panic of last fa1'
panic came under high tariff and
under republican President. a re-
publican senate and a republican
house. Why didn't they protect you
from the panic of last fall? Why, my
friends, do they let you go? Why
didn't they keep it off for few more
months so it could be my panic?
(Laughter). My friends, is there one
person who doubts that, If that panic
had been delayed until week after
this election, It would be charged
to me?
If I am elected is there ANYBODY
that doubts that every republican
speaker would have laid it at my
door? Now, my friends, if they would
charge that panic to ME before take
the oath of office, and If it had come
a week after my election, why do not
they charge 1t to the republican ad-
ministration that was in power when
that panic came?
In 1895 they made me bear the
load of the panic during the cam
pafgn. They said things and told you
tnat there would be another one If I
was elected. Let them now take the
responsibility and question their own
panic that came at the height of
their administration; and my friends,
Mr.. Taft was so prominent in that
administration that the President Sc
lected him to be the republican nomi-
nee. Why didn't Mr.. Taft, being so
prominent in the republican admins
tration, do something toward pre-
venting that panic? He says my cleo
ton will bring one; well, nv friends
he said something yesterday that
amused me, and 1t is not the first
time that have been amused at what
he has said.
Fact and Opinion.
He said that as long as his voice
held out he would continue to charge
that my election would bring bust
ness disturbances. He ought to know
the dictionary well enough to know
that there is a difference between a