Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-10-15
DECLARES FOR BRYAN
Former Republican Mayor Of
Railway Comes Out Boldly.

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Railway Comes Out Boldly.
GIVES REASONS FOR CHANGE.
Says It Is Time the People Attached
Themselves to Party That Can Be
controlIed-Legislat Which Can
Never Be Obtained From Repub-
licans.
Former Mayor James 3. Furber Of
Railway, who was elected on the Re
publican ticket in 1905, has come out
in support Of Bryan and the Democrat
ic ticket III a letter which he has sent to
one of the Democratic candidates in his
home city. Mr. Furber, who is a lead
/ ing business man and who recently re-
turned from an extensive trip through
out the south and west, has always
been a prominent Republican. and his
action in coming out for Bryan has
caused CONSERVATION in the Republic
an ranks in Union county He says in
his letter:
7 shall not only vote for yen in No
vernber, but for every capable and
honest man who upholds the Denver
Democratic platform. | have been
/ counted in the ranks of the Republican
party and have been elected to office
on Republican ticket with promise of
support by Republicans, but have
learned, as have hundreds and thou
sands of others, that support as prom
ised by Republicans means support
only 50 long as the bosses and the in
terests' are protected just as soon
as man shows an Independent spirit
the party has no further use for him.
| Just so soon as a man proposes to
work for the people and gauge his Off.
cial action by the measure of protec-
ton it affords the common people, just
SO soon he is marked for the side
track.
When the time arrives. as it has in
some localities, that voters are made
for the party instead Of the party be-
/ ing as it should be, a mere convenience
for the people, then it is time for the
serious minded to attach themselves
to that party which is not beyond the
control of its creators.
THE fact that the capable. honest
and honorable Mr. Taft is heading the
/ Republican ticket can be no excuse for
asking our support 50 long as the pol
icies Of the party are dictated and con-
troIled by Wall street and trust off
cials.
The Republican party had the sH-
prenle nerve. in the face of the public
discomfort, to place at the head of an
/ executive committee man whom the
government was prosecuting for vio-
lation of the national antitrust laws.
Almost every act of the Republican
party in recent years has been con
trolled by the interests The only
exceptions are where and when the
big stick has been strong enough to
down their opposition and enlist
enough Democratic votes to pass much
needed legislation.
We don't want banking legislation
delayed until Aldrich, the friend of
the bankers and ally of Rockefeller,
has a bill that suits them.
We don't want trust legislation and
prosecution delayed until the Fora
kers, Drydens, Cannons, Shermans,
SheIdons and others of that kind are
satisfied to proceed.
We don't want parcels post delayed
until Tom Platt and his express com
i pany have their Golfers so full they
can contain no more
| We don't want railroad legislation
and regulation to depend on the opin-
ion of Depew and his associates in and
out of the senate
We don't want any legislation post
poned until the people to be legislated
against are satisfied with the bill any
more than we would delay legislation
against burglars and highwaymen un-
til they had secured all there is in
| sight.
| The cry that the election Of Bryan
| will bring about hard times is as silly
| as it is vicious, for If the Republican
| party can save us from such times
has it not been free for years past to
show US its skill in that direction?
rs the Democratic party response
Bile for what we have been made to
suffer during the past twelve months
What would we think of man capa
BILE of preventing a railroad wreck if
| he should stop to dicker over terms
while the trains were rushing to their
doom? What can we think of a party
or party managers who tell us they
can prevent panics when we have been
suffering for months with the most
serious financial disturbance expert
enced in years? Why doesn't the doe
tor begin his clever work If he has the