The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-09-19
HIS THEORIES RIDDLED

~ lie speech with which Cover
nor hughes opened the OHIO
campaign at oungstown last
week has been generally declared the
keynote speech. And a tine key
note it was, too. With that mastery
ability iur keen analysis, which char
actcrized Mr.. Hughes investigation OF
the Lie Insurance scandals, he sub
Jectcd Mr.. Bryan'S pet theories TO a
searching intellectual test and lett little
ui those theories but Shrcds and
patches.
lie completely riddled Mr.. Bryan's
proposal Tor controlling corporations
Is the whimsical cxped:ent OF forcing
those controlling Is per cent oi the
total product To take out licenses and
subject themselves To the oversight OF
the Government. and its further step
ii compelling those which control
more than 20 rcr cent. 10 sell ont To
some unknown or imagined purchaser.
He reduced the proposal to utter alb
Surdl'y; r;diculcd II As another dclu-
sion OF ratio; pictured the idle and
impaired plants and the uncertainty
and confusion which would result. and
lilN NllilNNdlt lNlb WHICH SUN Nllh
scheme would mean To the workers OF
the country. and asked OF the mighty
,hrong oi workIngmcn present this UNI
auswcrablc question:
In a desire to correct the evils OF
business are We to place an embargo
upon honest cndcavor whose actlvi-
ties present none OF the abuses re-
quring remedies
The plan To- guarantee bank deposits
was dcnom'natcd plan TO make the
honest and prudent banks meet the
losses for which they are in no way re
spunSiblc. Take the insurance bus:-
ness. said the speaker II the good,
sound banks re Ia sustain the losses
accruing from unSkillcd and dishonest
banking. why should not the sound in
,urancc compares be held responsible
Tor the losses from weak insurance
companies; The propos,ion is plain
~ absurd: aud unreasonable men
would scout the idea that the conscrv-
alive and wcll-managcd insurance
companies should bear the burdens
due to the sins aud errors OF the in
capable. That would be placing a pen
atty upon honesty and efficiency, which
Is not the object OF government or OF
any moral or sensible agency III life.
The strongest feature OF the speech
was the clcarucss with which he
brought out the fact that IN Bryans
licensing plan and III his proposal Tor
the guarantee OF bank deposits the
Democratic leader, apparently without
seeing where he was gong III policies
al immense significance to the whole
nation, had proposed with reckless
ness with which il is difficult 10 have
patience, policies that would not cor
rect any abuses, but would inevitably
punish the innocent and interfere with
the conduct OF legitimate business.
The kccucSt part OF the address was
that devoted to the inherent weakness
al Mr. Bryan as safe leader. Mr.
Bryan, he said, originates doctrine to
the effect that the platform IS bind
ing as to what it contains as well as to
what il omits," with the notion that
the country must not discuss free sill
yer and the other indeiersi5ic Bryan
iSmS Quoting Lincoln. Governor
Hughes says that in the absence OF
formal written platforms the antcce
dents oi candidates become their plat
forms" In the election this fall I'VE
are to choose men and not abstrac-
tons" and the demand is for a man
rock ribbed in sound conviction and
fundamental rr;nciple" H. however.
the people were 10 vote for "abstrac-
tions" or protested policies. what are
they to expect from MIR Bryan's Gov
eminent OWNERSHIP Of railroads. free
silver national initiative and reicrcn-
dunn They have all been cast over,
and the country is asked bv the Demo-
cratic party TO forget them and the
new Bryan policies. IL they. too. arc
not rcpudated little later on. would
be inst rs dangerous &c the cast off