East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20

lDlSHt RucStlOlS iiVh N"hNAs oHA"
Wins a Laugh.
Not one cheer greeted Senator Full
ton, not one hand clap, not one ap-
proving murmur last evening when
he finished his attack upon the demo-
cratic plan of guaranty of bank de-
posits, and il was not until the sem
ator retorted to query from the gal
lery, cleverely lodging the question
of why the postal saving plan had
never before been advanced by the re-
publicans with the stereoptyped re-
ply OF what has the democratic par
ty done?" that his audience reused
from its unresponsive mood and
shouted at the thought of the dscom-
torture any doubling Thomas must
| have suffered from that reply
The meeting, which was held under
the auspices of the Taft and Sherman
club. was prefaced by a parade OF
that organization, headed by the Pen
dleton band, which acted as an es-
cort to the speaker. There were so
of the old guard in the parade and 10
boys of the young mems club.
The audience filled the first floor
of the theater and consisted of about
800 people. The speaker was intro
duced by President Richards of the
Taft and Sherman club.
In the beginning Senator Fulton de-
clared that he was the original Taft
man on the Pacific coast. that he had
never remarked that Taft was a weak
sister, and that he was in favor and
in sympathy with the my policies
of Roosevelt. He declared that the
men who had dared to propose such
questions to him were by nature
towards, and by instinct liars. From
them Senator Fulton turned to pay
his respects to Mr.. Bryan.
Attacks Mr.. Bryan.
Opening under the guise of abso-
lutte fairness in declaring that Mr.
Bryan had no connection with Stand
ard oil or that he knew anything of
Mr.. Haskell's alleged connection, Mr..
Fulton said that he would be belit-
fling himself and insulting the intel
ligence of the people to accuse the
democratic standard bearer of such
dishonesty, yet during the course OF
an elaborate speech completely boxed
the compass and accused Mr.. Bryan
of intellectual dishonesty" declared
that "he has not that high integrity
Of character that is necessary for a
statesman or a political leader" and
that he was a man of "half baked
ideas" false prophet, a failure and
with but one fixed principle, that of
personal advancement to the presi-
dency.
Business Depression Threatens.
The speaker opened his discussion
ielving into history, and the theories
Of government advanced by the two
great parties. BY adroitly presenting
his case he for more than an hour
preached the doctrine of the general
prosperity of the government under re-
publican rule, infering that to elect
Mr. Bryan was to invite a closing
DOWN of all business and. a recur-
renee of panic and depression.
He referred to the last Cleveland
administration as the longest four
years in history and declared that
with the announcement Of republic
can success at the polls in 1895 en-
tered upon a period of prosperity
greater than any people of the world
had ever known and that such pros
perity had continued unbroken from
1896 until the present day.
Hearers Do Nee Respond.
After an hour of revelling contem-
plation of the glories of the republi-
can past Senator Fulton took up the
question of bank guaranty, declaring
that the depositor must pay the
amount needed for such guaranty and
representing that such sum
would be equivalent necessarily to
from % to 40 per cent Of the depos-
its An opposite theory advanced
was that the conservative banker
would pay the tax "fOr the insurance
Of the deposits in the vaults OF his
plunging competitor" When the
senator had finished his discussion of
this proposition not one suggestion Of
applause greeted him, until he re-
verted to a general attack upon de-
mocracy.
Back to Protection.
Senator Fulton disposed Of the dem
ocratic doctrine that the tariff was
the mother Of trusts by stating that Of
the 250 trusts recognized by the Am
orleans as bad, two Standard Oil and
Anthracite coal, were in lines not pro-
tecter by tariff He rapidly turned
to the question Of labor and again
urged the protective tariff as a cure
for such evils as labor was heir to, !
under present. conditions, declaring |
that it was far more important to the |
Iaborlng man than any injunction
law or other relief asked by labor.
Again reverting to Mr.. Bryan, whom !
he designated as an absolute failure, |
The speaker brought his remarks to a
close with an eloquent laudatlon Of
he virtues and talents Of Mr.. Taft.
Mr.. Fulton was frank in his declara-
ion that he had no time to discuss the
democratic platform with the excep-
ion Of the attacks upon Mr.. Bryan
md the guaranty plan devoted his dis
'ussion entirely to generalitles Of re-
publican history and prosperity and
praise Of the protective tariff.
Railroad Employees Examined.
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