The Irish standard., 1908-10-24

1aVor the banking plank in the Demo-
cratic platform and want a reduction
Of the tariff.
1.-THE ORIGINAL BRYAN MAN."
| The most eloquent, most instructive,
and most convincing speech from a
Democratic standpoint. heard in Min
neapolis during this campaign, was that
delivered last Wednesday evening by
Geo. Fred Williams. of Massachusetts.
popularly known as 1.-THE Original
Bryan Man." In a speech of two
hours duration he held his audience
spellbound by his oratory, while lis
cussing the national issues of the two
great parties contending for suprem-
acy. and frequently elected peals Of
applause from his delighted listeners.
After paying a graceful compliment
to Taft on his amiable social qualities,
he took him up in his public capacity,
as judge on the bench and govern or
OF the Philippines. and showed that he
had never done anything to merit an
election to the presidency of the Unit.
ed States. He had held appointive Of
fees for the past 81 years, but had
never been elected by the. suffrages Of
his countrymen to any responsible po-
sition. While Judge. he distinguished
himself by hostility to labor organiza-
tions and by opposition to trial by
jury. the palladium Of liberty, extorted
from King John by the English bar
ons at Runnymede, and to whose ben
efits the greatest criminal in the land
is entitled. His recommendation Of
Attorney Doyle, Of the Standard Oil,
to President Roosevelt, for the circuit
bench in Ohio, was an indication Of the
manner Of man Mr. Taft is for the ap-
pointment Of Judges Of the supreme
court. when the present incumbents
retire from Office.
He charged Taft with being the man
most responsible for the government
of inferior races and for the flag Of
liberty flying over subject people
against their consent. His granting
ct perpetual franchise to the street
car company in Manila. to escape the
rayment of 100000 for alleged dam
ages to that corporation during the
war, was evidence of the solicitude Of
Mr.. Taft for the welfare of the Fill
pinos-a people who are deprived of
the rights of trial by jury at his hands.
Mr.. Taft was "a mans man" for the
presidency. dictated by Roosevelt, ana
nominated by his officeholders at Chi
cago. Though Roosevelt in former
days. before reaching the White
House. posed as a civil service reform
er. he is now enlisting the co-opera-
ton of horde Of officeholders, North
and South, and the members of his
cabinet, to force Taft on the American
people. In this connection. Mr.. Will
liams said:
President Bryan will not call OH a
great railway magnate to contribute
$250,00o to the campaign fund, he will
not drag the robe of his Office into the
mire of partisan politics, he will not
use the prestige of his office to destroy
honest men, he will not teach that
brute force is virtue in which the
youth of our country should be I'll
structed. and he will not undertake 70
dictate his successor nor designate as
undesirable citizens men who are on
trial for their lives"
The speaker took up the banking
system of Wall Street, which he said
was responsible for the panic Of a year
ago, and whose effects he had seen in
the fifteen states he had visited dur
ing the present campaign. AS a stock
holder in New England bank. he a.
vored the guaranty Of deposits. and &C.
knowledged that 1t was he who draft
ed the plank on banking in the De"1-
ocratic platform. for the protection cf
100000 men. women and childr III,
who deposit their money in banking in
stitutions at the risk of losing it. He
was surprised that the bankers in thair
convention at Denver condemned the
plank. but he was sure that many
bankers. Notwithstanding, especially
those in the small towns, favored the
policy.
In conclusion. Mr.. Williams paid a
glowing. tribute to Bryan. amid out
bursts of applause. Bryan was no