Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-22
DEPEW'S VIEWS
On BRYAN And
ROOSEVELT
LATTER WITHOUT REMEDIES
Does Not Believe That a Bolt
Could Succeed

Chicago, June PIT suppose | have
been asked fifty times since l came
here what is the difference between
Roosevelt and Bryan" said Ex-Sena-
tor Chancey M Depew, in an inter-
view Both represent this unrest
which is universal. And l want to say
that my observation in my half cen
fury of politics teaches me that unrest
is produced by prosperity. 1t never
exists in adversely, when millions are
looking for jobs; but when people are
prosperous, when there are more jobs
than there are workers and wages are
Icing increased and everybody is do
ing we'll, then unrest comes because
nobody is satisfied with what they get.
THE country was never so pros
porous and there never was SO much
Unrest. The whole Roosevelt prob
lem is whether he represents that un-
rest and concentrates in himself the
leadership of it to such an extent thai
he can draw behind him that element
in both parties because the conserva-
tive element in both parties would be
against him, as they were against
bryan.
The how does he differ from
Bryan? In this Bryan revealed the
formula of his pill That gave four
months for doctors of political sci ,
cnce and political economy to discuss
whether that formula. would produce
| the results he promised. He said TAX
ing free silver will do it; that was the
Pill then At another time it was sill
yer at the rate of 16 to 1 in our cur
rency. And so he urges the popular
election of United States Senators, the
income tax, the referendum, the init
iative andt he recall.
Now, Roosevelt gives no formula
Whatever. He simply says With my
experience, with my training-nearly
| eight years in the Presidency-withm my
observation in two years of travel,
giving me an understanding of condi-
tons in other countries, | can coun-
teract these evils and see to it that
very man gets about what he is en-
titled to-
But you've got to trust me- In 9th
er words, the needs of different parts
OF the country and the needs of differ
ent individuals are as diverse as are
the characteristics of human beings.
and you must put me in my labora-
tory and allow me to select my tools,
and then | can turn out what every
one of you want
There is nothing so attractive as
mystery, nothing so eternal so hope.
There is nothing so difficult to assail
as promise OF salvation. In other
words, it is Christian Science applied
to politics."
Senator Depew was asked if he be-
lieved the convention would result in
split in the party serious enough to
produce a bolt
There will be no split" he replied
Il was one of the men who voted for
Greeley in 1872, and that was the most
hopeful bolt that ever was seen be-
cause it, apparently had the public
behind it, and it was indorsed by
the Democratic party. If the election
had taken place in August Greedy would
have been elected by two-thirds ma
jority, if not three-quarters; but North
Carolina in the September election
went for Grant against Greeley, show
ing that every detection of that kind,
except it is based upon great princi-
pies like the silver question, is as UNI
stable as water. Nine hundred and
nlnety-nine in every thousand went !
straight back to the party, and the
rest of us went back in the next ell |
ection.
There is no great principle here at
stake on which to make an appeal. |
The Taft Administration has been
Republican administration and under
the ordinary rules governing the party
action he is entitled to a second
term"