The age-herald., 1900-08-09

Indianapolis, Ind, August S.-At night a mass meeting was held at Tomlinson Hall which was presided over by Hon. Carter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, and address ed by MT. Bryan and Hon. Webster Davis. In opening the meeting MT. Harrison made a brief speech congratulating the Democracy upon the promise, and the as- surance, of success of our ticket at the had gotten tired of Mark Hanna and his band of freebooters," and were turning to the Democratic party for relief MT. Harrison also referred in condemnatory terms to the operations of the trusts as the great and growing evil of the day, and treatening the very existence of our insti- tutions He denounced imperialism and militarism as repugnant to all who be- lieve in a republican form of government. The speech was generously applauded
 In conclusion MT. Harrison said he was the seventh son of a seventh daughter and that he prophesied the election of MT. Bryan. He then introduced MT. Bryan, whose speech important because it outlined Mr. Bryans ideas of the advant- ages enjoyed by the Democrats in the present campaign over those of 1896. When the applause which greeted MT. Bryan had COT cluded, he said
 MT. Bryan's Speech
 "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentelmen- I am obliged to Mayor Harrison for his kind prophecy. He is the president of a Democratic Club in Chicago that has cele- brated Jackson's birthday during each year since 1896. I have been present at each meeting. of the club and he, as pres ident of the club, has nominated me for President on four successive occasions He has got so into the habit that if you do not elect me you are going to enaSsrras Mey- or Harrison very greatly. Daughter and applause.) Put speaking of Mayors, I want to say that we are in much better position this year than we were in 1896, because of that we have control of the city govern ment of many, If not most of the large cities of this country. (Applause.) Mayor Harrison presides over the city second in size in the United States. I had a sas- picion that there were some repeaters in Chicago in 1896. Indeed, suspected that some of the Republicans up there. were following the idea expressed by a gentle. man after the election. He was told that there was some repeating. He said well l supposed it was twice as honest to vote twice for honest money as to vote once for it. Uaughter.)
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 I've have control of the city govern ment of the largest city in Indiana. (Ap- plause) I am glad we have that much in this campaign, for while we do not want any unlawful votes cast on our side, we are glad to be in position to prevent their being cast on the other side. We have control of the city governments of New York city and Buffalo, the two largest cities of the state of New York We have control of the city government of Jersey City; we have Baltimore; we have Cleve- land, and in Toledo, although the mayor does not call himself a Democrat 1 know he won't let any Republicans cheat in that city. Uaughter).
 We have control of Louisville ky; we have control of Detroit; we have control of Milwaukee; we have control of Kansas Cityj we have control of Denver, and we have control of San Francisco.
 Tt Is great advantage to have con- trol of the machinery in these great cities. We have an advantage in this campaign a wonderful advantage-over the campaign of 1896, because then the papers were fun of announcements of Democrats who were leaving the party and now 1t requires an