New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

who live in places which are accessible 70
fs vernsnt eran @ snail farnsh a6soiuSs security
tnrougn a Possalt satnss 2A - fs s saresr Sosf-
Office and have the guarantee OF the government
accompanied BY the possession and control OF the
money itself so that neither the dep0sltSr nor ne
the banking and savings bank system meets every
it has been proved safe and praeti.ca6le ey the
T1lInairIa of - sound Ans1ce or Of common sense
What evidence OF Democratic fitness 70 % n.
its candidate for the Presidency? It IS win pro-
found satisfaction that we recognize tas putty ana
not withhold our admiration from the skill and az
for high Once can furnish no evidence Of 65ness
5+ ID = rsIi.s % sT+i-si IISn viat he proposes 10
DO in the future. we must test so faE as - We can.
OF his proposals. not BY his manner Of presenting
them
BRYAN-s SERIES OF ISSUES.
It skfg e Mr. BFyan b. % t0 .chs ssg Saa5 7f 5a I.
form well by what IL contains; 0uI VIC
Can an omission OF to-day wipe out public utter
ances Of the past and remove them rroIn nieo-s
The same eloquent voice which now with 50
ment ought to be conducted was heard in 1lr-
Bryan's candidacy Of 1895 ursfns upon tas Al amer e.
soIute necessity for our prosperity the free and
a to one Vas he tight them was his judg-
ment sound then? Would it have been wise Ior
the people Of the country to elect him PreslcenI
-hen in order TO carry out the policy TO Wnich No
then devOted2
candidacy he was heard 70 declare that the para
90 ~ ti-a5 gor1a sr1erica1s NAV be OF the burden
OF the Philippines what must be our estimate OF
the political wisdom and sense OF proportion Tor
Imperialism aiIed the horizon and obscured the
sky the paramount issue before the Amer
/ on August 80 1905 Mr. Bryan announced UPON
ate rejection that government ownership OF rail-
roads was the cure-aH demanded BY the puolc
i frra- s ha- cd
/ declared that there will be permanent RELIEF
5etWeen indiVidua1s and between places and from
extortionats rates until tHe TaliroaoS @ s[ 'S bS
/ the government in the interest Of the peoplss
! substance
REGULATION OF RAILROADS.
The Republican party believes in the regulation
or railroads. 1t believes that their managers ought
spasnodc and sensational but steady arm and
persistent. excessive and discriminating
be stopped; and il is now and has been for a
considerable period engaged IN sucn en1orceInenI
with marked efficiency and success 1t proposes
for the Presidency candidate who declares his
purpose 10 continue and complete that endorsements
OF the law, and whose competency 10 do SO win
beieva a. II -acf7cabIs E4a ~ae.-1i- II - boy1d -
Hcan party for not accomplishing that vast and
II is natural to observe that If the people OF ths
country desire railroads 20 be regulated. and the
wise 70 intrust that regulation 70 Mr. Taft. who
dom and n es1fiJsnegg 9g the III law rat5er Tan in
the hands Of one who believes that all effort 70
me chief importance OF this subject however.
rests IN the light i tbrows upon t4s eanqlqs'es
essential characteristic OF system OF govern
ment that it aims to AFFORD individual opportuni-
" for enterprise rather than exercise paterual
control. Americans have al felt from the earliest
threatened liberty and tended dun the inttiattvS
only upon the most long continued Consideration
and with many doubts that We have yielded step
latton made necessary by the increasing complies
Of the doctrine that the functions OF government
should be confined WITHIN the narToVssI possl2!s
Bryan to-day processes to be Under his Inspiration
etTe5sfou Of governulentaI functions II Opposed
the use Of governnenf moneys Ior 1n.srnal S as "a
railroads II opposed the national bank act. Tr
denied the right cf the national government 70
pose protectfve tariff II has steadFastIy main
tanned the broadest construction OF state rtEhts
and the narrowest constructon OF national rights.
Yet Mr. Bryan. while inserting the name OF
poses that the federal government shall not mere
" regulate the operations OF railroads which are
and own and operate Itself all the great railroads
81 tio1 In9 c5 grs eTts- n the state q New YORK
with the federal government owning and FEDERAL
pnSeT pSers ~ IN ovrnersD t6 Ne Yor New Haven q
Hartford. the New York Central the West ssorss
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. the Erie.
T9 Plss Leg1gn rsflrosds conse he situatio II
Illinois with the government control-ing all ths
L
souri, the railroads that c4ntre in ST Louis Add 20
that Mr. Erv4n's proposal that great tnterstars
rrans7Ctsd-snd al great business
fz Interstate busjness-wfthoIt the permission ot
the federal government evidenced bv license:
and YOU cannot fail realize that he Is prepared
/ 70 see the state dwarfed into tnstgnidcance and
the farmer the rnar. the manufacture. the r1er
chant al individual enterprise. nCf r1erelv sub
far+ 70 zovsrnr7art restraint against 7rouz7Oing.
but dsnendeut the government. and upon n
ra0rra4ze5 zove-ur1sut a WASHINGTON for thefr
very existence That e reform II IS revolution
- IDEAS - nare--ai g0ve-nT7a-st
l f-or, which Ane-fca bad hapniIv escaped WITH
Ot free Individual onpO~rtl-isv ar8 sT1-
\ +a-o~fse and tFe ideas ont ~ which South
S-7erfca has hAAn bravelv struggling eor Esuer-
/ r-ion- 40 this is to- be done N the name e
/ T7-0r-as Tef-a-snn-
/ Nov Mr. Prvar proposes tfat urda- slyre-yisfN1
- +ra narfonaI govsru~rent eve-vbciv shsr prn-
tide for the povu-eur - everybody else's ds5ts Sv
I hf= bank Se~ostt guarantees sch~-nS
IL nrr1er+ - Mace IN his h7ns'T rNe g-eNr
tba PreSideu~v. ard- ~hov~ 0fl - r wise
i - him r7fbPr th4r NJ TaSr the eVnnrt
cncAd r5a The allsaz - 80 f1Ir vara1cses - -.
Srr>- Court 81 the TT1itea St0sss 7~''~h nav BE
/ expected S'rriug tN~ reVt 7'~7'r'stratic1s
THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD
i What fs furnished BY the record OF The Demo
cratic party large % show that 70 is competent
/ maintain tse prosperity have. ard exsclIf9 .
the promises OF reform Il tsudsrsP No proof what
l ever OF that Is offered AT the evidence we havs
| Is the other way The ma iO-itv CT have not yet
/ forgotten the second administration OF Grover
/ Cleveland which ended only March T. 1897 The
/ Democracy then had trs opportunity 20 show the
I possessed the Executive cf7ce. a majority Of the
| -enate and a majority Cf the House It's oppcr-
tunitv exercise that control for the public 5eneft
1 vas wasted Discord and confusion reisned ttrouS-
cut the entire four years. incapacty 20 reach prc
| tical conclusions or to take any e1ecttye action