The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-17
Received With Wild Enthusiasm Among the Rocky
 Mountains
DARKNESS CONCEALS THE
 PLANS OF REPUBLICANS
Democratic Leader Calls On opposi- ton To Turn the Light On and Tell the People What It
 Proposes To Do.

Denver. Col, October 16.-william J. Bryan was the guest of Denver for several hours tonight. In spite of a threatening storm, accentuated by itful rainfall, great crowds lined the streets through which the candidate rode to the auditorium where he delivered a speech. All along the line of march he was received with enthusiastic acclaim. More than two-score marching clubs from all parts of Colorado followed the candidate and he progressed the
 glow of red fire added to the brilliancy of the occasion.
 MT. Bryan halted the parade thrice to address crowds stationed at points along the line of march, It required three quarters of an hour to reach the auditorium, in which was assembled a great multitude. A feature of the parade
 was an effigy of an elephant repre-
 senting the republican party lying dead from the shafts of democratic as- saults. Each spear was labelled with
 some democratic argument, such IS
 anti publicity" "Ananias club" tar
 if revision'' etc.
 Returns To Omaha.
 Mir Bryan returned to Omaha late 1 tonight.
 Unexpected crowds in many Nebras- ka and Colorado towns and cities l greeted MT Bryan on his trip from i Plattsmouth to Denver today No l speeches had been scheduled. but hard l ly had he awakened, however, before l there was a crowd at tn train demand l ing that he give them a short talk.
 From that time until he reached Den
 yer every stop found a crowd collected
 and to each a speech was made. The publicity of contributions 1 gave MT. Bryan a text at many of the csc
 places, and he varied his speechson ptSs guarantee of bank deposits With ats
 cussion of the publicity plank of the
 democratic party and called on the re-
 publican party to be as honest with the people.
 There were short stays at Wray, l Yuma, Akron, Brush, Fort Morgan. 1 Wiggins and Barr. At the first two
 places no speeches were made MT. 1 Bryan shaking hands with the people. 1 The heartiness of the western hand shake had told on MT. Bryan, and to-
 night his hands are sore and swollen.
 Let There Be Light.
 At Denver tonight MT. Bryan took for his text, Let There Be Light" and said
 in part
 "The republican policies are without
 form and void Darkness conceals their
 plans The awakened conscience of an
 aroused people calls out, Let There Be
 Lightr
 What evils are marshaled behind
 the republican ticket? What debts being contracted? What marriages are
 being given? Let There Be Lightn ] The democratic committee has set 1 the example. For the first time in our <, national history a national committee
 has taken the nation into its confidence
 and given forth a list of it's contribu-
 tions. This is in the interest of honest politics and honest government. It opens a new era. Will the republicans
 dare to defy universal demand?
 "The republican national convention de- lberatey voted down a plank pledgins l publicity, and the republican candidate in
 sists that the contributions should nor be
 made known until after the election, when i the information can be of little service.
 Election of Senators.
 We demand the election of senators
 by the people and this is in the interest 1 of honest government. The democratic l convention declared for the popular cleo l ton of senators. The republican conven- 1 ton, by overwhelming vote, rejected 1 the idea and the republican candidate | has merely expressed a personal inclina- 1 tion toward this reform. "The public demands light on the tariff | question. The republican platform deals in generalities. The language may mean anything nothing. The speeches of their candidate intensity the gloom that the convention threw over the subject.
 Let there be light that the people may
 know if the tariff schedules will continue to be made by a few beneficiaries in their own interests. or by the peoples representatives for the peoples good. What does the republican party in- tend to do with the trusts2 Let it's plans
 be stated Let it's remedies be made known. Let there be light this ques- ton also We have seen one of the great est trusts obtaining legislative permission to absorb a rival Is this to be continued as a settled policy of the republican party? It Is not sufficient to find fault with democratic remedies. What is the
 republican remedy? The people are en- titled to know.
 The Labor Question. What is the republican party going to do on the labor question? Here again
 there is need of light The republican party pretends to be the friend of labor. Let it define the friendship that it pre- tends to show If it is going to oppose needed labor legislation let it boldly de- clare 1t and not betray the toiler with kiss.
 What is 1t going to do on the Philip pines question? It has enormously in- creased the appropriations for the army and navy for wars that ought never to come It has boasted of possessions in the Orient, while the Filipinos clamor for an announcement of the nations policy. Let there be light Let the national purpose be proclaimed that the world may know that we have not surrendered our ideals, or abandoned the principles l of government that have given us our pre-emnence among the nations. What is the republican party going to do for the restoration of confidence among bank depositors? What assurance is 1t going to give that the savings of the people will be protected from loss?
 ''On every question the democratic party announces its plans and sets forth in de- tail the remedies which it proposes. The l democratic party takes the people into | its confidence and submits its policies to | their judgment, Let the republican party be equally candid and open it's books
 and It's plans. Let there be light