The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03

of wheat was Eve per cent greater than that of 1907 while cotton was three and one-half per cent better off.
 For the reason that the panic ex- posed the wantonness with which cer- tain high fnanciers" have juggled the people savings to their own vast profit, the arm of the law was eS- tended after several gentlemen who until the crash were spoken of as veritable kings in the business world.
 Charles W. Morse, the "ex-ice king" for example, was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for manipulating th he funds of the National Bank of North America, whose books were clos ed last year, at the height of the panic. Alfred H. Curtis. its president. was likewise convicted sentence being suspended on the ground that he was Morse's tool. F. Augustus Heinze, once known nationally as a copper king was indicted for similar practices in the Mercantile National Bank, of which he was president. R. E. Thomas. an associate of Heinze and Morse, was al- so indicted. In Chicago. John R. Walsh was found of misapplying the funds of the Chicago National Bank. The Remarkable Presidential Gam
 paign.
 Few Presidential campaign have de- yeloped so little uncertainty as to who should lead the two great parties. and which candidate should be elected. At the very beginning William H. Taft having behind him the support of the Chief Executive, appeared as the only Republican possibility" In like man. ner. Bryan dominated the Democratic party.
 or all the Republican aspirants Taft had the longest and most varied train- Ing to fit him for the post. He had been a Judge of the Superior Court of Ohio, Solicitor General of the United States, United States Circuit Judge. president of the Phillipine Commits sion, first Governor of that archipel- ago. and the representative of the President in pacifying Cuba. settling Panama difficulties and gaining from Japan her promise to prevent coolic emigration to the United States. At the time of his nomination he was Sec retary of War.
 Charles F. Hughes. the reform Gov ernor of New York; Philander c. Knox, United States Senator from Pennsylvania; Vice President Fair banks of Indiana Speaker Cannon of Illinois and Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin were boomed by their vari- ous States. but at no time did they keep apace with the Taft movement.
 Senator Foraker of Ohio fought Taft and Roosevelt hardest and most bitter ly. It was charged by the Taft sup- porters that ForAker's continued light in the Senate for an investigation of the Brownsville affair was chiefly to alienate the Southern colored dele- gates from the Roosevelt Administra- tion, for which Taft stood. Shortly after the campaign had got under way Foraker was finally overwhelmed and forced off the political stage by Will liam Randolph Hearst, who produced letters showing that the Ohio Senator had received certificates of deposit" from Standard Oil.
 Taft was nominated on June IS, In Chicago. On the first ballot he ob- 9S0. Hughes. Knox. Fairbanks, Can non and La Toilette received the votes of their respective States. Jsmes S. Sherman of Utica, N. F., was nominat- ed for the Vice Presidency. obtaining Sl6 on the first ballot. Mr. Sherman Fin 1884 was Mayor of Utica, and since 1ss6 he has served his district as Congressman, with the exception of one term.
 William Jennings Bryan was nomi- mated the third time by the Democrats as their standard bearer at the Denver convention on July 10. Bryan had nine-tenths of the votes on the first ballot, Judge Gray of Delaware and Governor Johnson of Minnesota re- ceiving even less support than the "also rans" of the Republican conven- tion. John W. Kern of Indiana was nominated for Vice President.
 Labor was a more prominent factor in the ensuing campaign than ever be- fore in a Presidential contest because of Bryan's ability to incorporate in the Democratic platform the now famous anti-injunction plank which President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor wanted. Yet the appeals of Mir. Gompers to labor to support the Democratic ticket did not seem to have helped much on Election Day Mir. Gompers had said that he would influence 100000 votes. As a matter of fact, Bryan ran behind Parker in Eastern labor union cities, like New York, Boston and Baltimore. and with only slight gains In Western indus trial centres. like Chicago, Cleveland. St. Louis and Minneapolis. The cam paign showed conclusively that work ingmen prefer to vote according to their own individual convictions
 Another plank in the Democratic platform, which Republicans say cut down the Bryan vote in Eastern in- dustrIal centres, advocated the gua- rantee of bank deposits. Oklahoma has a law to this effect, which is said to have proved satisfactory. At various bankers conventions. however. the proposition as a national reform was almost unanimously condemned.
 Taft was elected on November by an overwhelming majority, obtaining 22I electoriAl votes Bryan 9ot 1g2 The popular plurality of the Republi- can candidate was l.162,200. Bryan ran behind his ticket in most States with the result that i've elected Democratic Governors although giving their cleo toraI votes to Taft These five Cover nor are John A. Johnson of Minnesota. Judson Harmon of Ohio, Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana. Edwin Norris of Montana and John Burke of North Dakota. Other Democratic Governors elected are John F.. Shafroth of Col orado. Albert W. Gilchrtst of Florida, Ashon c. Shallenberger of Nebraska. W. W. Kitchen of North Carolina Martin F. Ansel of South Carolina, Malcolm R. Patterson of Tennessee and Thomas NJ. Campbell of Texas.
 Republican Governors elected are George R. Lilley of Connecticut. Simeon S. Penniwell of Delaware, James H. Hardy of Idaho, Charles S. Deneen of Illinois, B, F. Carroll of Iowa, Walter R. Stubbs of Kansas, Eben S. Draper of Massachusetts, Fred Hadley of Missorri, Henry B. Quinby of New Hampshire, Charles E. Hugss of New York, Arm J. Pothier of Rhode Island Robert s. Vessey of South Dakota, William Spry of Utah, Samuel G. Cosgrove of Washington, William