The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-18
A BRYAN TIDAL WAVE
WEST IN REVOLT AGAINST RE.
PUBLICAN PARTY.
Guaranty of Bank Deposits Issue
Making Thousands of Votes for De-
mocrats in the Agricultural States.
BY WILLIS j. ABBOT.

By WILLIS j. ABBOT.
Certainly never was q national CAM
paign opened so tarylily or pressed so
lazily. This criticism applies equally
to the Republican and the Democratic
organizations. Two hundred yards
from the room, in which ] an writing
are lie western headquarters Of the
/ Repdbl1c:tf national committee, estab-
| lishcd with fine comprehension Of
the titness .of things in the Harvester
lbuilding, owned by the harvester
| trust, \ whole, floor af this building
! is occupied by the branch lc:ldqnar-
ters. 1t is populated by typewriters
anu clerks, who sit all day swapping
! stories and smoking cigarettes. About
once III ten days the itiner:!nt Hitch
cock drops in. looks wise. gives OUT
an encouraging interview and rushes
| forth to Hot Springs or the Middle
4 Bass club. SkepticS do say that this
lethargy in the Republican licadqunr-
| terS in Chicago is like the sleeves OF
Ah Sins poker jacket planned with
intent to deceive"
or the two rival organizations the
Democratic committee has made the
greater advance lis press bureau has
| been in active operation for L month,
though it may properly be said that the
national press bureau OF Washington,
though wholly unofficial, began under
my management this same work not
less than two years ago. The bureau
| of organization, under the direction OF
Hon. John w. To.nlnson Of Alabama,
has made notable progress in the Or
gauization OF clubs throughout The
country. And apropos Of this matter OF
club organization wish here to urge
all who desire 10 cooperate With the
national committee 10 communicate
with Mr. TolniinEon at the hcadquar-
ters in the Auditorium annex, this city,
and receive the necessary instructions
and blanks.
A Financier's View.
Done let the big" bankers or the
"grent metropolitan newspapers" which
pull ciiestr7lts from the ljrc for those
bauks deluic YOU with the idea that
! all fiuaucierS are against the Demo.
| cratic plan TOr the guaranty OF bank
deposits. For example, the president
of the Bankers National bank Of Kan.
! sas City, Han. addressed some time ago
! letters 10 ali the bankers uf Kansas,
asking their opinion Of the plan. Up to
Aug. ~ 12I bankers had replied. Or
these eighty-sevcn, or three-fourths,
were in favor OF the plan; seventeen
were noncommittnl. and only twenty
FIVE were opposed to Il. No wonder the
Republican state convention, IN open
defiance Of the Republican, national
convention. adopted it rs its own.
But more. In statement 20 the
New York Times Mr.. George II. Colin
former deputy comptroller of the
currency. fakes sharp issue with that
pnper on IT'S attitude toward the plan
for projecting the peoples savings. AZ
to the authorship OF the measure nc
wrote:
| And Mr. R~v:n is no: th' only advocate
rcr :, th". last .y,.'#;uI ,i Congress tflr
| Fowler, Rcnui,liran ch:irn,nn or the com
mil.re OF hInhlri.: and currency. miro
dureI I'LL l".G-1. which provided Tor tiit
guarantee or all Individual DEPOSITS. al
bank notes. all bank deposits and al GOV
rrnmcut deposits withu'!l discrimination
or preference" This bill Was referred 10
the bunking and currency committee
with it's Republican majority. and by II
favoraby reported to the house on Fen
q. 1905. So Mr. Bryan is not unique III
his advocacy OK this bank deposit guar
anty idea.
What Mr. Bryan. Mr.. Fowler. merchant:
and dcpositors generally want is some
thing which, will prevent p rcpcusfon OF
the financial catastrophe. uf last October
when tho business oi the whole country
was Frustrated. You say that mot sin
glc depositor In any New York bank los
anything by the ''embarrasSment OF last
October but how long did these deposiio1E
have their funds tied mp Whe-" tAe!
could not use them? And who can meas
ure the suffering and hardShips caufed by
the huge bank failures IN New York cIiS
last fall?
Why the West Rcvolts.
This issue has made It's greatest nd
vance in the great agricultural states
OF the middle west. 10 one who has
studied the history of the govern
n.ersc actiam- d"rinc the twelve DAYS DAYS