The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

m many or our pi8Bcnl ooh-~fa tka-. tieulariy those in our greatest eiuss Had charles w. Morse permitted real directors to. direct the banks ne cor. trolled in New York 1t is hkeiy he would have been able to secure ioahs of hundreds Of thousaads or doiiars to his office. his girl stenogrpaher, and the elevator boy in the ouiioihs he owns7 . regulation now in force inlidents Of this sort are 90 common that no panic comes without bringing many of them to light Under the system which the Democrats urge the money of the de- poshors at least would be secure, even though the men who used banking funds for speculative ends went down in a general crash.
 From a St. Louis business man comes this story, and incidentally he Is a man whom I know to be trust worthy and not violently partisan. The Meyer Brother Drug Company of that city is one of the largest commercial institutions in the West In working up trade 1t pttrsues this plan:
 A letter Is sent to each of its GUS toners so that it will arrive few days before the travelling salesman ap- pears upon the scene. He carries carbon of that letter. If he falls to
 
 hts carbon copy a brief memorandum as to the reason given by the customer for not being willing to do business al that moment.
 A few days ago 8 tabulation of number of these letters was made ana particular attention was paid to those upon which some political reason Tor hesitancy in buying vas noted. was found that one of 1o5 letters thus nn AmE thpV did not wish to do business until after cleo tion. One hundred and two declared that if Bryan was elected they would send. in liberal orders. Three promised in- creased business if Taft should win.
 It is fair to say that the field cov- cred by this company is largest in the South west. At the same time these facts afford proof that the Hepupllesn threat of commercial depression in the event Of Bryans election Is utterly without a reasonable basis.
 have e letter from Perry Belmont, president of the National Publicity Law AssociAt ton, in which he expresses much confidence in the outlook for the Democratic ticket in New York this year. He send me some expressions on the publicity issue which am com pelled to coDdense. but which seem 70 me pertinent to any fair discussion or an issue on which the two parties are sharply divided. MT. Belmont says: The publication of contributions and expenditures by the Democratic na- tfonal committee is the best possible evidence of the great reform which has been accomplished since the last Presidential election and will be wei comed as such by every fairminded man. The action taken by that com mittee is not q. mere campaign man tA Ia A fn0fFal htffrnfna of the resolution favoring such publication unanimously adopted last December by the committee, and of the declaration to the same effect by the Denver con- vention.
 "rt ,accords with the strong position taken by the minority in Congress ur- der the leadership of Mir. Williams in the House and Senator Culberson In the Senate. 1t is in harmony with tho patriotic letter of Mir. fern, the Demo- cratic candidate for the Vice Presi- dency, written on joining the organi- zatIon three years ago. and above all it indicates the success of the organ izea movement to which Mir. Bryan has given his constant and powerful sup port since its inception.
 Public opinion undoubtedly favor ing campaign publicity legislation. why was Mr. Taft's urgent letter to
 
 ate committee having the bill in charge, completely ignored. although the RepubIican' members of the conn mittee has reason to believe that he 1 (TAft) would be the standard bearer l of his party?
 "Why did the oligarchy ruling Con- sress refuse to take up for constd- eratfon the bill still upon the House calendar with a unanimous report from IAL EIaOfinn nf pFQai- dent and Vice President in-f favor of campaign publicity before and after election? Did they fear references in l Congress to Mir. Harriman's contribu- | tfon and others similar in origin and purpose unflattering to the Presidents | qualities of attracting votes without campaign expenditures. or to his repu- tation as a politician skilled in purif- cation of politicsT cal situation in the United states is presented today in the State of Illi- i nois. There the Democratic candidate for Governor, Adlai E. Stevenson, has by long service and unblemished char acter and a lovable temperament made a host of personal friends and hardly a political enemy. Not through his own action, but largely by a sponta- neous recognition of his eminent it. | | candidate he has drawn about him the most powerful group of Democratic politicians in tho State.
 His opponent has antagonism in his own party. MT. Stevenson has none. ] The indications are, therefore, that on l November Mr.. Stevenson will be elected Governor of Illinois by a prodi- rious plurality. Mfr. Bryan himself recognized this fact weeks ago when 1 he said he was content to have the { ticket which in 1900 had been Bryan and Stevenson read in Illinois this year. stevenson and Bryan.
 Democratic observers are studying the situation in Illinois with interest They feel it is absolutely safe for Stew ens6n, and they wonder how far he can go with his admitted popularity to add to Mir. Bryan's strength in the l State.
 Every Bryan vote will be cast for | Stevenson. So far as Illinois is con cerned. it could be taken out of the l doubtful column if 1t could be made