Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
TAFT AND OIL co
Chairman Mack Says That Con. irIbulIsns From Standard
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BRYAN'S LAST WORD


 New Yorw, Oct 31.-Natlona Chair man Mack said to-day that he had positive proof that negotiations were going on between the Taft managers and the Standard oil Co to get the support of the Standard oil people and to get a contribution of $1,O00.- 900, which, he said, Is the same amount they gave out in the three previous elections. This statement was made positively. notwithstanding the supposeN bluff of President Roosevelt, uhen John. D. Rockefel- Ter probably gave the news out be- fore 1t was really time.
 Bryan's Last Appeal.
 William J. Bryan, the democratic candidate. in winding up his tour of the east to-day made public the fol- lowing;
 Appeal to the Public.
 As the campaign draws to close, certain issues stand out clearly. The democratic party attempts to inau- gurate an era of honesty in politics by compelling the publication of cam paign contributions before the elec- tion. It seeks to bring the govern ment nearer to the people by secur- ing the election of United States sem ators by direct vote. It seeks to re- store competition through legisla- tion which will make private mo- nopoly impossible. It seeks to recon. cile labor and capital by legislation which will bring employer and em- ploye together in friendly co-opera- tion and to this end 1t proposes the creation of department of labor with secretary of labor in the cabi- net; an amendment to the antitrust law which will exclude the labor or ganization from the operation of that law; the limitation of the writ of in- junction so that it will not be issued in labor dispute unless conditions are such as would justify an injunc. tion even if there were no labor dis pute, and trial by jury in cases of indirect contempt. It seeks to se- cure legislation which will create a guarantee fund sufficient to secure all depositors against losses. It seeks to secure reduction of the tar m by gradual steps until the tariff laws will no longer be made In the interest of the few and at the ex- pense of the rest of the people.
 "The democratic party, in other words, seeks to secure honesty in gov ernment through honest policies and popular government through direct elections. It desires to secure peace in industry, competition in trade, se- curity to depositors. and justice to taxpayers.
 "The democratic party appeals to the awakened conscience of the na- tion and the sense of justice in the human heart and to the growing de- sire for brotherhood.
 With deplocratic victory for the national ticket, with a democratic a popular verdict believe we can compel the senate to yield to the ex- pressed will of the people and permit the passage of the more urgent of the reforms.
 'The democratic party offers the only prospect of remedial legislation, and while 1t does not go as far as some reformers would like to go, a democratic victory will secure aa much of reform as is now attainable lin fact the only reform that is within reach. We have a right to expect, therefore, the cooperation of those who favor the reforms set forth in our platform
 ''The attempt to terrorize the American voter by the threat of a panic will not succeed. We have had three panics in AS years, the panic of 1873, the panic of 1893 and the panic of 1908 and two of these panics came under a high tariff and each of them came under republican presidents. MT Taft says that panic will come if am elected. Let him give bond that this panic will go If he is elect ed. When he says that a democratic victory will bring panic he ex- presses an opinion. When say that disastrous panic came last fall without waiting for a democratic vic- tory l state a fact that cannot be dis puted. Our platform presents a plan for the restoration of prosperity upon a permanent basis-a prosperity in which all will share The republican party has no plan that contemplates either the present relief or continued welfare of the people.
 "The republican candidate has the prestige that comes from the fact that his party is in power. He has the aid of an army of office holders; he has the support of all the mono polies and law defying trusts: he has a large campaign fund. the source of which his committee refuses to dis close, and most of the leading news papers are allied with him and the interests which he represents. in- sist that 1t Is not fair for the presi- dent to use his office-an office that belongs to all the people-as If 1t were party asset or a personal asset and enter actively into the campaign. It offends the sense of justice and ought to arouse protest from those who believe that in the selection of the chief executive the people should be absolutely free to choose whom they please.
 WILLIAM JENNINS BRYAN"
 Brynu Attacks Rockefeller.