The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-14

iFaeiits AMI prlctlcal poiltlcians are
neafly united II saying ~ no patty
cohti Eni,s to Flii d. election on a
piatisrni plank 5ucati Is tha siths
lFaw III the authority os the T,lits' e
states froia the Phillppiae islanas ~
the present time in face OF Ii ,sa-
mitted fact tina. such withltaEsl
would mean either anarchy or a gtan
game on the part Of some European
power.
sryan Dreams; Taft known.
SO far as one can Judge by tie talk
Of tEr Democrats here free tra,!. a;
homo ami Independence in the .'hIlln.
I'm j sin rct be popular with tao aver.
age ;nter.
ASSN ,.,.e that Taft SHOULD 10 the
nominee, the contrast between the
tvo andt,.ates aill be sharp me.
Tile &. .-etary of war lived in the
T.LIlI,I la,s and is personally acluaint-
~: - ne situation the.e. NJ. El!-
an has t,e yelled around the world. sep.
ping off :ere and there, but he's 10
practical :cquaintance with I'll /, Fiji
pine ,..m .e or their capacity Cor sc'f.
sGv*:n"tt:
IL vii! / a difficult natter ~ hin
during The camraign to array hi, self
confessed ignorance and his pa'rablc
t!rpol. with The practical experie It of
\ Eian like Taft, who Is adorned BY
III thu letter classes Of FiTipin; : them
sc vrs. alc who will speak du' 'us The
campaign with all the authority o; one
who AnnNs what he is talking about.
Most :. ,ple nowadays loot OF tae
Philippines as a problem. and both Re-
publicans and Democrats admit that
they would like to see the United
States Invested Of Its ownership, but
there is no reason to believe that cur
rent public opinion would justify any
party attempting to give the Filiptnos
their freedom at once without devislng
a plan for their future protection.
Rryan's Audacity Seen.
With characteristic audaclty, Mr..
Bryan has seized upon the plausible
theory which is likely to be popular
among people who have not given
the subject much thought.
He Identified himself some time
ago with a proposition for the guaran-
tee OF bank deposits. Reports recelv-
ed here for some months back go to
show that this scheme is being serl-
ously considered by some good people
in both the Democratic and Republican
parties.
1t will take campaign of education
to show these voters that insurance of
deposits in national bank means the
bringing of all banks to the same level.
and that it must necessarily put pre-
MUM not upon good banking but upon
bad banking.
Mr.. Bryan knows, as well as any
one else, that deposits would go to
the bank which paid the biggest inter-
est and that the crooked financer
would bid high for deposits because he
would know that in spite OF his fraud
ulent methods other banks would have
to protect his customers from loss.
There is a plausibility about this
to guarantee bank depos-
it's which many Republican leaders
recognize as extremely dangerous.
Sixteen to one caught the fancy of
the multitude because it seemed to
promise cheap money and to be in the
interest of the POOR man as against
the capitalist.
In the same way fallacy like the
insurance of deposits is more than
likely to give the Republicans trouble
during the campaign.
1t is just as unsound in principle as
the proposition to, pay an honest debt
with a so cent dollar, and yet 1t may
take, good deal of education to con.
vince some people of this fact.
Roosevelt PIanks in Platform.
AS regards the Inheritance tax. the
declaration for waterway improve
ments railroad regulation and valua.
ton, and a certain measure of en-
ployers' liability. there is not much
difference between the Bryan plat
form at Omaha and that which is
now in process of consideration for
at Chicago.
Whoever may be the nominee of the