Morris tribune., 1908-02-15
SHOWING THE

York and elsewhere. Movements for
instructed delegations in his favor
were started in the states visited by
him. At New York he made a set adj
dress before the Civic forum, taking
for his text sNThou Shalt Not SteaP' and
reviewing the entire field of politics.
Here, as elsewhere, he took occasion
to commend the recent message of
President Roosevelt He said it was
ssbraye message" and "cali to arms"
and that the fight should now be to
pick out the purchased papers and the
purchased legislators. He hoped the
Democrats in congress would promptly
challenge the issues by proposing the
remedial legislation desired.
In his New York address he blamed
the Republican party. but not the presi
dent, for the loss of confidence and
urged continuation of the crusade
against predatory wealth" His criti-
cisms. of Roosevelt had been misunder
stood. He had not accused the presi-#
dent Of initiating the Democrats, but
had merely pointed out the coincidence
Of principles advocated by both. Bryan
frankly defended his former silver
policy as compared with the present
scheme of asset currency. Stealing
upon large scale he described as
'.g'erfors le~ceny'' The Me- yor,,ss
Sick :.ci4 z, !l:'. graduated ,.-t1e
embezzlers than Fagin's school did
thieves"
Bryan Replies to Carnegie.
During the dinner Of the Economic
club of New York there was a sharp
clash between Lyman J. Gage, ex-sec-
retary of the treasury, and Andrew
Carnegie on the one hand and W. j.
Bryan on the other. The former speak
ers denounced our present financial
system as about the worst possible,
but called upon congress to keep it's
hands off the matter until after the
presidential election. In his remarks
Carnegie called attention to the alb.
surdity of the nations giving security
for it's own debt and declared that this
policy costs 5O,O00,00o a year. Bry-
an at once took up the gage by stating
that the financial affairs Of the coun-
try had been in the hands of men rep
resented by the preceding speakers for
the last forty-seyen years; that they
had admitted that they had evolved
the worst banking system ever known
and did not know how to remedy the |
evil. He asked why they should de-
nounce the government for issuing |
$46, 100000, in promises to pay when |
they failed to denounce the banks for
issuing sT00o00,00O promises to pay
He said the cause of the recent panic |
was not the issue of too much paper |
money, but the overissue of stocks and |
bonds that did not represent honesty |
in business "If," he asked 'syou !
blame the government for buying sill |
yer at 60 cents and selling it for dol |
lar, what can you say of Wall streets |
issue of billions in stock that represent |
no value whatever?''
President Ripley Indignant.
President E. P. Ripley Of the Santa /
Fe railroad in commenting on that
part of President Rooseyelt's message
referring to Ripley's letter on the Well
born decision showed considerable re-
sentiment. The statement" said he.
that was a party to a secret rate on
oil in California is absolutely false. On
the contrary, I emphaticaIly and abso-
lutelg declined to grant it, In this
case, as in other cases, the government
has used Information furnished by a
discharged employee, making no at
tempt to verify the charges or ask for
an explanation, but proceeding to make
the charges public in ex parte public
documents"
Taft Wins In Committee.
The Republican state central commit
tee of Ohio has recognized the pro-Taft
Republican county committee of Cuya-
hoga county as the legal body in con
troll Of the party machinery There
had been contest between the Taft
and Foraker supporters in that county
over the election of delegates to the
state convention
Montana's Governor Resigns.
Governor Joseph K Toole of Mon
tana has resigned his Office, to take eff
AeCt ApEu l. III eAL}tdndIlOn OF his ac-
tion the governor refers to his i'll
health. which he says is of such ma
ture that a permanent restoration can
not be effected without an absence of
several months In a warmer climate
and mentions clause Of the constitu
tion which provides that an elective
official shall not absent himself from
the state for more than sixty days. He
intends to spend several months in
southern California. Mr.. Toole was
elected governor in 1896 and reelected
in 1900 and 1904 He is a Democrat
Lieutenant Governor Edwin Norris viii
succeed him in Office
Gaynor Warns Reactionaries.
Justice William J. Gaynor of New
York in a recent address intimated
that most of the clamor against the
president was from wrongdoers who
were trying to use the government to
enable them to undersell and ruin their
rivals in business. On this point he
so iJ. .syXyIaaY1 tho po4l1fc inol11Iiy,er +I,o