The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26

administration. Although the same
policy was being pursued in the
Philippines as before, Imperialism
had ceased to be then a paramount
issue.
"The prophecy which Mr.. Bryan
made with reference to the warlike ten
denotes of Mr.. Roosevelt and to his
subsection to corporate influence, he
had only to wait. as he had to wait in
previous instances when he made a
prophecy, some two years to find them
utterly refuted. For never in the
history of the world has any chief
executive had such a triumph in max
ing peace as Theodore Roosevelt in
the Russian-J japanese war, in Central
America, in Santo Domingo, and in
Cuba; and never in the history of the
country has there been such COM
plete triumph over corporate influence
as that which the courage, the honesty
and the persistence of Theodore Roose
welt has brought during the present
administration.
''In the campaign of 1904 and in
previous campaigns Mr.. Bryan has
denounced militarism and imperial
ism, but this year he was advised that
the visit OF our navy to the Pacific
coast had aroused such an interest liz
the navy, had made it so popular on
that coast that his Pacific friends per.
suaded him to approve plank in the
platform for an adequate navy for the
protection of the Pacific coast. just
what he means by this is a little diff
cult to tell. What the Republican
party means by it is clear. It means
an increase in the present forces of the
navy, and yet with characteristic in
consistency Mr.. Bryan, as already
said, attacks the Republican party
for making suitable appropriations
for the increase Of our naval force.
sin 1905, Mr.. Bryan went around
the world, and his return was her aided
with the statement that in his visit
around the world he had so gained
Information and knowledge that he
had become safe and sane; that he
was a CONSERVATIVE and all the Demo
cratic party awaited his coming with
great interest. Immediately upon his
arrival, he dispelled this erroneous
impression by declaring that he was
convinced that the only solution of
the railroad problem ultimately would
be government ownership. He had
previously declared in favor of a ma
tional initiative and referendum and
also in favor of the election of federal
judges. All these most radical prop
sitions have now been excluded from
the Democratic platform. They do
not meet such popular approval as TO
justify their being brought forward as
a means of acquiring Office in this
campaigns but they illustrate the
character of the man who proposes
them, they show the instability and
vari ability of his views, and they
justify the fear that so many people of
this country have in respect to the
anger to which the public veal may
be exposed should he be put at the helm
as the pilot.
And now with this record of prom.
ises and prophecies unfulflled for a
period of twelve years, with this record
OF hunt for an issue upon which to
achieve the presidency. with this record
of Republication, of negation and of
running away from national respon-
sibilities, Mr.. Bryan comes forward
and asks that the people now give him
an opportunity to mt into operation
new reforms in respect to trusts and in
res pect to guaranty of bank deposits.
wholly untried, wholly theoretical and
on their face bearing evidence of their
impr and of having been
devised by the ready brain of one
looking for plausible arguments,
rather than real reforms. He only in
q qualified way approves the postal
savings banks recommended by the
Republican platform, which is a tried
and proved means OF encouraging the
wage Garner and small farmer to make
deposits in bank absolutely secure;
but much prefers system which takes
mans money to pay another man 5
default and which, instead OF strength
ening our banking system, will break
it down BY destroying the value of the
banking character and experience and
capital, and offering inducemens to
reckless and speculative bankers with