The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26


excuse and belittle the causes Of popu.
lar complaint and propose to leave
them substantially unchanged.
Mr. Bryan. we are told by HIS op-
ponents. Is theoretical and not prac.
teal lie has, indeed done a tremen.
dous amount of thinking throughout
his career. but he has never advanced
an idea or suggested n step which
was not directed toward the good Of
all True. he has been denied the
opportunity TO try his hand at admin.
istration But now when others have
long been exploiting his ideas, the de.
termination is growing throughout the
country TO give him a chance 70 put
them into practice himself
Mr.. Bryan says reduce the tariR
taxes 20 promote the interests Of all
the people. Mr. Taft insists on raising
some of them and keeping all high
enough to insure profits TO the favored
few, while all others have to take
their chances of loss.
Mr. Bryan says all trusts are indc-
fensible in principle and bad in prac
tice, because they are unnatural com
binations, whose purpose and effect
are to create monopolies. Mr.. Taft
asserts that some of them at least
are praiseworthy and that the trust
principle is a necessary development
of modern methods q industry
Mr. Bryan proposes a banking meas.
ure to protect the People Of the en-.
tire country. restore confidence and
thereby enlarge the stream which
tdrns the wheels of commerce for thu
common benfit Mr.. Taft appears with
n brief on behalf Of some Of the banks,
setting up objections which must
seem largely fanciful TO a people as
honest and fair as ours.
5ryan's Pure Motives.
Granted that there Is room for ar,
gument about measures as yet un.
tried. Suppose we grant, too, that
some Of them may prove di5appont.
ing in whole or in part. Tho fact
remains that every one proposed by
Mr.. Bryan is in the HGht direction
and for the common interest OF all,
and our practical people once started,
always work out the desired result in
the end. His opponents, on the con.
trary, propose nothing. They simply
deal in gcneralities which do not even
glitter. They stand, as they have al
ways stood, for class favors and spe.
cial privileges.
have stated some OF the reasons
which. together with broader acquaint.
! ance with his high character and pure
| motives. account for our candidate.
He stands forth stronger than ever In
| spite of two defeats, because the peo.
pie know how much money 1t took TO
prevent his election and where it came
| from. He was nominated without the
aid Of oHice-holders or Official pres.
| tige. He had no wealth of his own
to spend and neither interest nor am
| bition set the wealth of others allow
IN his behalf The people have shown
| themselves to be wiser than their
leaders.
One might think that the present
Democratic spirit and the progress Of
| Mr. Bryan's third campaign were fore
told in these stirring lines:
Say not the struggle naught ayaileth,
The labor and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not, nor faileth,
| And as things have been they re-
! main.
II hopes were dupes, fears may be
liars;
It may be, in yon smoke concealed,
| Your comrades chase cen now the
fllers,
And, but for you, possess the field.
For while the tired waves, vainly
breaking.
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets
| making,
Comes silent. flooding in, the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the
light.
In front the sun climbs slow, how
slowly,
But westward, look, the land is
bright.
ohio's Eminence.
Ohio has always been generous to
the Union, but she has never lacked
capable and eminent sons for her own
service Throughout the century OF
her existence, whose close we cele-
brated five years ago, her rapid growth
in all the attributes of a great COM
monwealth was never checked. And
this was chiefly due to the independ'
euce In the choice of officers and the
watchfuness of their conduct which
has always distinguished her people
They have never decided or mort
gagged their suffrages to any party
nor allowed title to ripen by undis
turbed possession. This is the main
reason for Ohio's continued eminence
among the states, some Of which have
neglected to their sorrow, these vital
maxins of popular government They
have entrusted their affairs now to
one party, now to the other, thus
maintaining both as effective agencies
for good government, and sometime
changing out CT mere precaution, be
cause, as Judge Taft told the Virgin
ians last month, it is not wise to re
tain one party in power too long,
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