Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-24
Went Round the World in 1905.

our naval force.
Went Round the World in 1905.
In 1906 Mr. Bryan went around he
world, and his return was hera.ded
with the statement that in his trip
around the world he had so gained in
formation and knowledge that he had
become safe and sane; that he was
conservative, and all the Democratic
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 railr,.Ad
problem ultimately would be govern
ment ownership. He had pI aviously
declared in favor of a national ini,ia-
tive and referendum, and also in IA
vor Of the election of federal judges.
"All these most radical propositions
have now been excluded iroln the
Democratic platform They DO not
meet such popular approval Us to JUS
tify their being brought coward as
a means of acquiring Office IN this
campaign, but they illustrate the char
acter of the man who proposes them:
they show the instability AMI variable
ity of his views, and they Justify the
fear that SO many people Of this coun-
try have In respect to the danger to
which the public veal may be exposed
should he be put at the helm CT the
pilot.
"And now, with the record of prom
ises and prophecies unfulflled for
period of twelve years, with
this record of a hunt for an
u-h ioI, rs II.
presidency, with this record OF repu-
dlat1on, OF negation and of running
away from national responsibilities,
MI. Bryan comes forward and asks
that the people now give MIN an op.
portunity to put into oparatiou new
reforms in 'cspect to gun, antv Of bank
deposits, wholly untried, wholly theo-
ret1cal, and on their face bearing evil
dence Of their impra ctlcability and Of
having been devised by the ready
brain Of one looking for plausible ar
gumen.s rather than real reforms.
He only in a qualified way ap-
proves tho lastal savLlgs banks rec
commended by the Republican plat
form, which is tried and proved
means of encouraging the wage earn.
er and small farmer to make deposits
In bank absolutely secure; but much
prefers system which takes a mans
money to pay another mans default,
and which, instead of Strengthening
our banking system, will break it
down by destroying the value of the
banking character and offering induce
ment to reckless and speculative
bankers without charcter or capital.
THE record of Mr.. Bryan and his
character as it is understood bv
twelve years acquaintance with him.
have IMPRESSED the business commun-
1ty Of this country and those whose
Judgment determines whether or not
capital shall be invested, that he is
not a safe man with whom to try ex-
periments In government; that he
loves financial theories that are full
of sophistry and are impracticai; that
he advances propositions with but lit
tie sense of responsibility as 20 how
they may be carried out III practice,
and that he gives but little attention
to the welfare of the conservative
business community in his suggestions
of reform. Certainly his REGARD JUST
fies this judgment of him by he husi-
ness men. If he We're to be elected
unquestionably because of his record,
however much now he may seek to
pose as conservative because of
his record, because of the failure Of
the theories which he has proposed
for the last twelve years, his election
would mean a paralysis Of business,
and we should have a recurrence of
the disastrous business conditions of |
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