The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Last Week of Campaign a Busy
One in Kansas.
Republican Committee Puts Up
Huge Posters.
DOLLEY AND KEMPER.
Former Charges Latter With
Trying to Use Odd Fellows.
w. i. Biddle Brings Amazing
Story From LeavenwOrth.
DOLLEY AND KEMPER.

The last week of the Taft Brayn cam
paign in Topeka. and in the state at
large, promises to be billboard cam
paign.
A few days ago, the Democratic state
committee billed Topeka and other
towns with posters about by feet in
size, advertising some of the claims Of
the Democratic party.
Monday afternoon, the Republicans
came back with a huge poster about 10
feet long and eight feet high, whoopinS
II up for Taft.
The Bryan poster has a picture of
Bryan at the top. with a couple of
United States flags for d background.
The Taft poster not only has a very
fine picture of Taft, but it also has one
of the grin" pictures of Bryan. Nearly
anybody's face looks foolish when it
wears a broad grin. and Bryan's is no
exception to the rule.
There is a large amount of reading
matter crowded into the Democratic
poster, which makes it very hard 10
read from any distance. The Republic
can poster. though very much larger.
contains less reading matter, and the
type is holder and blacker.
There are several different kinds OF
Republican posters being used, but
they are alike in size, and in the two
pictures one of Taft. and the other the
= TlnUiHB picture OL all lie AtoN
ing matter on the bills is of various
kinds. They will be posted in 100 diff
ferent towns of Kansas.
The following is the text of the DEM
ocratic poster:
picture of Bryan)
WHERE DO YOU STAND?
The Democratic platform demands
that United States senators shall be
elected by direct vote of the people.
This plank was defeated in the Re
publican national convention by vote
of S66 to ia.
The Democratic platform provides for
ascertaining the actual value of all the
Interstate railroads as basis for fix
ing rates alike just to the people and to
the railroads.
This plank was defeated in the Re
publican national convention by vote
of 917 to So
The Democratic platform demands
the publication of all campaign con-
tributfons before election and all dis
bursements after election so that the
people may know before election day
whether the corporations and trusts
are using undue influence in the cleo
ton of president.
This plank was voted down in the
Republican national convention by a
vote of $50 to "a.
Shall we tax large incomes so that
wealth shall bear its just proportion OF
The Democratic platform says yes.
The Republican platform is silent.
The government demands security
for every dollar it deposits in national
banks. Shall the bank deposits OF
the people also be secured against loss
by bank failures?
The Democratic platform says. yes
The Republican platform is silent
and the Republican candidate for
president denounces such security to
the people.
A decade ago congress appropriated
one billion dollars for expenditures
The present congress appropriated
quite two billions. Shall this alarm
ing extravaganza continue?
The Democratic platform says, no
The Republican platform is, of course
silent.
The Democratic platform demands
that the tariff shall be reformed
downward. The Republican platform
says the tariff shall be revised Cup
ward if necessary to guarantee reas-
enable profit to the trusts.
The Republican Poster.
The Republican poster is printed il
red and black. the first and last line!
being i'm big red type. The wording
OF one of them is as follows: