The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-19
DEMOCRAT IN Spots
William ]. Bryan Says He Is
Glad to Indorse Roosevelt.
DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
"We Cannot Fail This Time" Nebras.
kan Tells Indiana Democratic Editors
and Chairmen - Party Will Begin
1908 Campaign at Once.

kan Tells Indiana Democratic Editors
and Chairmen - Party Will Begin
1908 Campaign at Once.
Lafayette, Ind, Nov 19.-The ban
quet given for William J. Bryan here
was one of the greatest in the history
of the Jackson club of this city. Mr..
Bryan referred to his recent announce
ment by saying that after serving in
two campaigns he did not feel that he
ought to volunteer again, although he
would accept the presidential nominal
ton in 1908 if drafted and would not
desert. He declared that it was an
honor that he did not deserve to be
called dreamer, though the dreamer
lives forever and the toiler dies in a
day
He was glad that unprecedented dis
coveries of gold had taken the money
question out of politics. But / want
you to know he said, that our argu-
ments on the money question adyanc-
ed in 1896 have been indicated not by
the Republican party, but because God
Almighty took pity ON the poor people
of the world and opened up to them
vast storehouses of gold
"A Democrat In Spots"
He severely arraigned the imperial
istic policy of the Republican party
and said the experiment had already
cost the people an enormous sum of
money. He referred to the Philippine
government as a ''carpetbag" govern
ment held in place by a standing army,
He contended that the United States
should instead of spending hundreds
of millions of dollars on the Philip
pines spend it in reclaiming arid lands
within its own bounds.
IF you ask me if President Roose-
welt is a Democrat" said Bryan, 81
will answer that he is in spots, but the
spots are not big enough or frequent
enough. When l see him taking pianks
out of the Democratic platform, / am
glad to indorse him. l have always
been glad to commend him when he
advocates rate regulation and the in
come tax, The only trouble is that he
does not go far enough"
Mr. Bryan declared that President
Roosevelt should not be held response.
BILE for the present financial strlngency.
Bryan placed the blame on "Wall
street gamblers"
Will Begin Campaign at Once.
At conference of the Democratic
editors and county chairmen of the
state Mr.. Bryan outlined his cam
paign plans. He said the Democratic
party will inaugurate its 1908 cam
paign at once,
1--WE are full of hope and enthu-
-siasm,' he said, land cannot fail this
time. We want volunteers. We want
every member of the party to be a
volunteer and missionary. The people
accept Democratic doctrine readily
when they understand it. 1t is only
ignorance that keeps us from power.
1--WE have one advantage in sthe
coming campaign, and that is the
other side will not have the use Of
the vast sums of money that were Civ
en- in former campaigns by corpora
tions to defeat the Democratic party
at the polls. The recent exposures
have robbed the Republican campaign
management of this immense subsidy.
The use of money in getting votes will
be at minimum in the 1908 cam
paign.
"The success of the Republican adj
ministration has been based entirely
on Democratic principles. Roosevelt's
popularity is due to his virtual es-
pousal of the cause of Democracy"