The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-07
Guarantee of Bank Deposits.
Taft, the Accomplished.

ends. IL il not a time for nostTums
or for the rule OF party which pro
poses them
Taft, the Accomplished.
The speaking closed with an ad
dress by Senator Beveridge.
Senator Beverage said II tn
course OF his speech:
We are midway In an historic move
ment for righteousness written into
law Shall that movement be carried
out, or wrecked? It's concrete express.
they be saved or lost Had the about
racers In both parties who now are
powerless, succeeded. they could not
have wrecked the movement, but only
have delayed II. For the people would
have gathered Roadway again until
their purpose was worked out
But extrsyasant schemes and emo
tional sgitators can wreck It, The rev.
olution would have failed had imprsc-
tcable men been In command instead
or The cautious and wise, yet daring
and determined Washington Many y
cause has gone down at the hands OF
hot headed and eccentric friends
And so today. In the American peo-
pies mighty, moral advance. thus 'fsr
SUCCESSFULLY led by Theodore Roosevelt.
the srsVest question 10 whether We
shall place our commanders standard in
the hands Of his most trusted captain.
who VIII lead us safely and surely
along the well-marked course we are
following. or in the hands OF those who
VIII lead us on zis.xag marches sitter
ment dissolves In the peoples disgust
and the worlds ridicule
BY their fruits ye shall know
pon the sysa sor. s ., Sss:s ar,sS
humane legislation that has made the
Roosevelt period historic In those
years We passed the railroad rate bill,
which for the first time in American
history asserts the principle that the
government Of all the people can and
will regulate those who carry the prod
meat inspection and pure food laws.
which ended the sale OF poisoned foods
and adulterated drugs; the irrigation
law which Ia making fertile the arid
west and will build within our own
continental boundaries new empire
OF productive wealth.
In these seven years we have enact
ed more important laws for the safety,
comfort ana welfare OF labor than in
aHF two decades since the government
was founded We passed the employ
he heartless rule OF the common law
and gives the railroad laborer or his
family compensation for his injury or
death, the law forbidding railways
II ON requiring employees TO work an
inhuindn number OF hours without rest.
the SAFETY appliance act, which not
limb OF employees. but which increases
the safety Of the travelling public. We
passed the Chinese exclusion act which
Keeps coolie labor out OF the republic
ana dlmlhishes the number OF coolies
Already here. We passed the govern
ment employees liability law. by which
every man who works for the govern
jnent ~ certain of compensation for
injury or his family for his death
while In the governments employ.
Bryan Never Thought or Them.
Al these are Republican laws Each
OF them is a part OF that plan Of states
manship which seeks to write con-
science and humanity upon our statute
books Each OF them was opposed
tnd Eepub.icahs each OF them received
both Republican and Democratic votes
But each or them was urged by a Re
publican president. originated by Re
publican statesmen. and some Of them
We're not even thought OF outside the
"prpIlcdn party. For example even
Ar Bryan never dreamed OF the meat
Inspection and pure food laws. yet that
law means more TO the health OF the
American people than all the curious
devices ne ever proposed
In these seven historic years we
have also advanced thu American name
throughout the world. increased to-
ward Va the good VIII OF nations and
added To our lasting power I'm interna-
tional affairs At home and abroad our
work alreadv done has been so vast
that the world speaks OF It with praise
that work, and the question is whether
We shall go on untll We finish H.
Mr.. Bryan complains that II IS not
finished now. But a brick at time Is
the wav To- build 2 house Would you
trust an architect who promised to
build Il In the wink OF an eve The
instantaneous statesman writes no
sound laws. works no lasting reform.
Aladdin rears none but ina ginary pal
aces
Comparison Of bryan and Taft.
This is campaign OF candidates
even more than of platform. The ques-
ton Is not which candidate IL most
upright. patriotic. brave. for both are
equally so. Both mean equally we'll
toward their country. The real ques-
ton IL which candidate will make the
best president. Which IL the wisest
and steaiiest2 Which man would you
Choose as administrators OF your-estate2
which would you select 10 manage
your business? Which has the be az
training and the most experience?
MI BrEHn mover has handled a sim
gle foreign problem. He has governed
no Philippines. reRenerated no Cuba
built no canal. avoided no alien dan
ger. saved us from no threatened peril
Mr.. TAFT has done all. II was his