Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-24
PHILADELPHIA CROWD CRIES.
FOR CANDIDATES WIFE AND
REFERS TO HER AS THE -NExT,
FIRST LADY OF THE LAND"
NO ANSWER YET
TO THE, PRESIDENT.
iN HIS SPEECHES BRYAN REFERS
10 RooeEvELT's ATTACK ON
eoMPHERs, BUT NO wa,rrrni
REPLY is MADE.

phla, Oct. pa laroa as.
railroas aseic crowd including man~
thlifoad employees greeted Prvan
~ West Philadelphia station tod.r
tal,- |as interrupted in the midst ng h;si. /
en- ~ clles Tor Mrs. Bryan. and wja,,
sna sn a appeared on the platform ~ ~
No, na,. .1ele an., were cries If ''Hurrah for tha
next ut hrst lady of the land.o Pana.tn',I Ne ~,
aleers Ior Mrs. Brya-, caused har :.
appear second time. ou ner 10
oryan was here about 10 n,,
ana IN his speech talked on tho 1ahss
9ussllon; Much applause greeted HE
hotla oslai at,on can stand defeat much
oettef than the laboring man oo,, ~
.ptu .p TO nave Republican success T.,
thls campaign" IN
Bryan Is Sarcastic.
wilmington, Del, Oct. ga IarYa
crowd gathered at the station hare 70
eay 70 see Bryan. The train was ,atn
anu al, Bryan had only time to make ~,
iolioW1ng remarks: s''N
am watching the pewana
very closely these days. Ineticed vac
asFaay = stnat RS'oses welt had deDoss III
I,S1oihpers as labor chief and suhsti.
lueea senator Knox. was anxious to
see tne papers this morning to learr
Il ne had Geposed me as the Demo.
cIauc candidate for president and
substituted some one else"
Roosevelt "Ruttlng In.v says BRYAN
trenton, N. j.. Oct. 2s.--Bryan had
out ten minutes time to meet the
voters OF this city, his first stop In
New Jersey. The candidate was
greeted by an immense crowd He AZ
once launched into an arraignnent of
roosevelt for, as he said. "he Ia br1.
elhg into this campaign again"
The action of Roosevelt he said
In attacking Gompers, who has had
the confidence of the Iaborire men go,.
! years ,is to my mind an evidence tbar
( ene republican managers have lost
an nope OF holding or securing the
lapof vote. and that they arc now
| trying 10 secure the support OF the
corporate interests by denouncing the
! leaders of labor organizations.
Bryan Defends eompera.
Hinton, w. Va. Oct. 23. = Enthu.
slastlcally received everywhere, VIII.
IN >. Bryan yesterday carried his
warfare into West Virginia. The line
OF trayel took him through Ohio. Kan
aWha and New River Valleys and he
was afforded an opportunity to speak
TO many farmers and miners.
Passing on into the coal district No
devoted much attention to the laboY,
question, and, while not specif1callv
referring to Mr.. Roosevelt's letter en-.
tered defense of President Samuel
Gompers of the American Fed ration
Of Labor. He repeated his warninp to
labor1ng men not to be coerced Nv
their employers into voting against
their Wills
at Thurmond he got rousing re.
ception. A picturesque feature was
the erection of grand stand up the
side OF a mountain, having a hack
ground OF an immense banner with u
portrait of the candidate over which
were the words. Shall the People
Rule?"
Looks for An Apron Wave, Anyhow.
The people cheered yociferously his
every utterance. He spoke of the fact
that in most Of the industrial and
mining centers he had visited or
passed he noticed women standing
along the streets waving their aprons.
Il am of opinion" he said, "that IL
don't go in on tidal wave this time
surely will on an apron wave"
| Early in the morning Mr.. Bryan
was handed a copy Of newspaper
containing President Roosevelt's criti-
cism of himself and Samuel Gompers
concerning their position with refer
ence to the labor question. Shortly aft
erward he began the preparation OF a
reply, but his time was so taken up
during the day that he found It impos-
sible to complete it.
i Mrs. Stevens AWakes Enthusiasm
i q. ,