Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-20
BRYAN AND MARYLAND
Conditions Looking Up a Bit
for NebraSkan.
SOME big UNS" FOR HIM
Republicans Said to Be 0verconfdent
of State.
WAKEFIELD ON BANKING LAWS
Former Governor Does Not Believe
Uncle Sam Should 90 Into the
Guaranty Business.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| BALTIMORE. Md, September 10 1905.
| Bryan is gaining ground in Maryland
| This statement may appear strange. IN
view of the fact that the state has been
| placed safely in the republican column in
previous letters TO The Star, but it is
fact nevertheless. And this recent trend
toward Bryan is not due TO the candi
dates presence i'll the city last Mondal
but to the fact that many have come 10
believe that the Nebraskan is being perse-
cuted by the democratic newspapers of
| this city and state.
| The classes are solid for Taft, but the
masses are f1ocking TO the Nebraskan, anu
unless there is some unforeseen develop
ment the eve of election will find Mary
land again i'm the doubtful column. That
Chairman Hitchcock had received an
inkling of conditions in Maryland was
made evident when he summoned the
state leaders to New York for a confer
ence. Following close upon the confer
ence in New y DIRK came the announce
ment that Candidate Taft and former
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw would
take the stump in this state and would
speak in Baltimore the latter part of Oc-
tober.
Early next week there will be a confer
ence between Republican State Chairman
Parran and Attorney General Bonaparte.
at which speaking tour, to embrace the
large cities Of the state. will be mapped
out for the cabinet officer.
Republicans Overconhdent.
The trouble with the republicans is that
they have all along been too confident of
carrying the state, some of the leaders
claiming as high as 5000 majority for
Taft and Sherman. The campaign for the
national ticket is not yet under way on
| the part of the republicans. and probably
will not be until the end of the month.
The democrats, on the other hand, are
busy all over the state organizing cam
| paign clubs and holding meetings in the
| interest of Bryan and Kern and the con-
gressional candidates. The alacrity with
! which the regular machine democrats
jumped into the Bryan band wagon dur
| ing the week has aroused much comment.
| and many observers of political events
| have been wondering what caused the
| sudden change of heart on the part OF the
| regular leaders.
| Men like Gov. Crothers, Murray Nandi-
Yer. Fred Talbot. Frank Brown, John j.
Mahon have made a flying leap into the
limelight in advocacy of Bryans election.
| and are really at work In the NebraskanS
| interest. Politicians of this stripe are
! famous for keeping their ears close to the
ground, and it has been the proud boast
of a number of them that they are AL
|
Warfeld Springs Surprise.
Perhaps the biggest surprise OF the
| week came in the form of statement
from former Gov Warfield. in which he
scored Bryan's advocacy Of the govern
ment guaranty of bank deposits Mr..
WarfieId was one of the few big leaders
who espoused the cause of Bryan in his
| two previous campaigns.
anil tod
| Gov. Warfield said to The Star CORE
spondent:
THE guaranty of bank deposits by the
government smacks too much OF pater-
nalism NV democracy teaches me to be-
lieve that the less government we have
the better government will we have. Ihat
is. do not believe in the government as
Stunning duties and functions which are
private and individual. The guaranty OF
bank deposits by the government is not
democratic in principle. Such activity is
within the province Of private enterprise,
lust as it should be left to private enter
prise to insure lives. houses, property: etc.
There is already in this country large
| amount of capital engaged in the insur-
| ance of bank deposits. The companies
| with which / am connected, for Instance
| have for some time insured deposits. both
state and Individual, as we'll as trust
| funds.
| Banks Are Safe.
| AS matter OIL ldCi, CoHtlHucu MI
Warfield, 1.-The banks of our country today
are safe and reliable There may still be
some wildcat institutions In the west. but
| for the most part our financial institutions
warrant the confidence Of the people.
Instead of governmental guaranty OF de-
posts. which would result in weakening
our banking system, what is needed is
better state regulation. such as New YORK
has. When 1 was governor l recommend
| ed the creation of state banking oe-
| partment, at the head or whlcn snou!u
he a superintendent. selected for his merits
and. not because of political animation
who should have adequate supervisory
mowers That is what is needed not only
| in MARYLAND but in all states
| ..,Tbo Government should keep out or the
banking business" he concluded am
| accordingly opposed TO its assuming
| function which does not belong 10 II. ana
| encroachng upon a field or aciiNlly WINCH
! is already we'll covered by private enter.
prise. But | am democrat, anu sheii
vote for Bryan
| tuberculosis Congress.
! MARYLAND will take an active part In
the proceedings of the International tuber-
culosis congress, which will open in Wash
ington next week. Among the prominent
| professional men who will deliver ad-
dresses during the congress are Prof. Will
liam H. Welch Of Johns Hopkins Cniver-
! sity DR. Henry Barton Jacobs and DR..
l.. +. Barker. also of the Hopkins.
| The fraternal day mass meeting to be
| held Sunday. September ~. i'm the New
! National Museum. will be presided over
| by John NJ. Deponai, president of the
| United F'raternal Associations OF Mary
| land, and the Baltimore speakers will be
| Grand Chancellor Olive Bryan of the
| knights of Pythias and DIR. Bernard L.
Muse of the Improved Order of Hepta-
sophs Mr. Deponai will be accompanied
| bv large delegation of fraternal leaders.
| who will go to Washington on a special
| car of the Washington. Baltimore and An