The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-01
SECRETARY ROOT SAYS BRYAN
WOULD DESTROY BUSINESS
RIGHTS.
OVER $4,000 PAUAOE
Took Seven Hours For Procession to
Pass Reviewing Stand--Demon-
ctration Lasted All Day
Root Gets Ovation.

fallen tonight ere the end of the gian
Republican parade which began at II
o'clcck this morning filed by the re
viewing stand uptown and disbanded
passing into history as one of tbs
greatest political parades ever he.
! in this city. Beginning at daylight a
/ demonstration in honor of Taft and
! Sherman the parade came to clcse
as a torchight procession. 1t took
seven hours and fifteen minutes for
, the army to pass before the reviewing
lstand. II Is yariously estimated there
were 10000 to G0,000 men in line tho
, number probably being nearer the lat
ter figure.
With Secretary of State Root as
, the chief orator, the Republican
speaking campaign for the national
ticket in New York city was practic-
ally was brought to close tonight,
with a rousng rally in Durands S Rid
ing Academy Intense interest was
manifested in the secretarys words,
and as he described what he main
tanned would be the manifold dangers
with which Bryan's election would
MANAGE the country, the big audience
roared It's approval.
The secretary had warm greeting
when he entered the hall and yer
liable ovation when he rose to speak
He said in part:
The probability of Mr.. Bryans con
troll Of the courts presents the nest
serious danger wlGch would follow
his election. He has already given
us evidence by his public utterances
that he would. if he could. recon,
stghct the courts in such way that
thes should ,answer to the demands
OF what he deems TO be public opin.
ion. II elected president he will have
an opportunity to reconstruct the
supreme court of the United States.
which stands as the great and lads.
pensable bulwark of Constitutional
right. When the next president is in
augurated four Cf the present JUS
tees of the supreme court will have
VIII be seyentysix, "A second seventy.
five, a third seyenty-one and a fourth
seventy years Of age. Before the
next presidential term is finished
fifth will lack a few days of. being
seventy-two aud a sixth will he in
certain that the president elected in
will have the appointment
Of large proportion Of the members |
Of the court 10 fiji the vacancies
which will occur. aud it Is highly
probable that he will have the ap.
pointment of a majority of the mem.
bers of the court. What protection
would Constitutional rights have
from the court constituted by Mr.
Bryan?
What Bryan Stands For. /
| call rs = witness upon this ques
ion Mr. Samrel Gompers. On the
18th Of this month he published an
open letter addressed to Men of
Labor, Lovers Of Human Liberty" in
which he said:
The facts are that the judiciary.
induced by corporations and trusts
and protected by the Republican
party Is step by STEP destroying gov
'rnment by laws and substituting
therefor government by judges.
who determine what. i'm their opinion
s wrong: what. In their opinion. is
evidence; who. in their opinion, is
guilty. and what, in their opinion. the
shall be IL is sought to
make the judges irresponsible des.
,ots. and by controlling them. using
his despotism In the interest Of cor
,oTatc power
The letter then described an m.
'uEseccful appeal 10 the Republican
,ariy and proceeded to say:
"Labor's representatives then went
q the Democratic party. That party /
made labor's contention its own u
,ledged It's candidates for everyi
,ffice TO those remedies which labor
lad already submitted 10 congress.
rbe standard bearer Of the Demo
ratio party. Mr. William J. Fryau.
inferred fully Slto the essence Of this
truggle and declared that the real
ssue in this campaign is. Shall the
'eJple ruieg'
The Republican party and its can
.idate stands fer upfolding and fur
her extending into our country q
IospCtic government vested in the
judiciary
The Democratic party and Hsi
stands for 60 ernmont by
aw vested IN the people
Mr. GOmpers is Mr. Bryan's chief
lll N this campaign. The circular!
a. issued tn Mr. Bryan's iu-erest
or the purpose Of attracting % him
he labor vote Unless Il is denied. /
Nd II has not been denied. this is 10
e taken as an authentic statement (
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