Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-26
GREAT LEADERS
OPEN CAMPAIG
INDIANAPOLIS IS SCENE OF
IMMENSE GATHERING
TRUTHS OF DEMOCRACY LUcIDLY
EMPHASIZED
Addresses by Bryan, Bell and Kern
Produce Unprecedented Demon-
strations of Applause and
Admiration
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GINA d lew WGGhS a6Oy WASAAs @~A9SSS
ting the national application of his
ramarks, he pleaded with the inde-
pendent Democrats of that state to
vote for a. change, because party
too long in control becomes rotten and
corrupt.
Unwarranted Assumptions
You will be able to show that the
boasted prosperity upon which the Re-
publican party carried the country
-four years ago has rested upon the
unwarrantable assumption that the
bounties of nature and the demand
for American products abroad have
been originated and controlled by the
Republican party.
You will be able to show that the
tariff is a fair example of Republican
policy. that the taxing of the many
for the benefit of the few has resulted
in an unequal distribution of wealth,
and that history supplies no instance
where the unequal disposition OF
wealth has not resulted in an equal
subdivision of power which has al
ways been used for the general op-
preston of the masses.
Democracy Capable
You will be able to show that the
cry of conservatism now raised by the
Republican party Is a counterfeit OF
the grossest character, and that II the
people accept 1t as pure gold they Will
awaken to find that 1t has turned TO
mere alloy, for it is a conservatism
that stands for retrogression and no
progress, and If 1t were long to pre-
vail would not only mean universal
stagnation, but the hands of the clock
would be turned backward toward the
period when man stalked the earth
with bow and spear, clad in the skins
of the wild beasts, and preyed upon
everything that crossed his path.
You will be able to show that the
Democratic party is capable OF bring
ing about wholesale reforms without
alarm or danger to those who nave
hecome the innocent possessors of the
inflated securities which Republican
prosperity and solemn promise TO
keen il up induced them to purchase.
Passing from a survey OF condltlonS
and principles to the consideration OF
candidates you will be able to snow
that, taking the Chicago platform, the
uncertainty of Taft on great pupllc
questions, and the known corporation
bias of Sherman, together they con-
stitute the Republican party's official
apology for the uproar that has oeen
created among the big interests during
the last six years.
You will be able to show that Tart
is attempting to reach the Wnlte
House through a mirror maze, Wnlcn
Is likely to leave him on November
lust where he started on the 18th or
June. After reading Taft's letter of
acceptance you will be able to show
that his candidacy is like one of those
neW-fangled signs that we see so often
upon the streets-When you are ap-
proaching it reads one thing and when
YOU are leaving it spells something
else.
Roosevelt VIII Be Hunting
And also, in this connection, you
will be able to show that in places
where Roosevelt is supposed to enjoy
great popularity 1t is sung into the
ears of his admirers that II Tart is
elected the spirit of the departed
Roosevelt will be found crouchlng pc
hind the throne and directing new on
slaughts against the corporations; and
that in sections where Roosevelt has
incurred the gravest censure by reason
of his strenuous policies they are
Whispering in the Standard Oil, the
steel trust, the transportation com
panies and others of their ilk tnat
after the 4th of March the shade OF
Roosevelt will be found wandering
through the jungles of Africa in pur-
suit of bigger game, leaving Tart TO
deal complacently with the offending
corporations Even those who belleveo
that before Taft was nominated Tor
the presidency he was thoroughly
dipped in Rooseveltian waters, now
have a lurking suspicion that some
bodv held him like Achilles, by the
tendon of the heel, so that he might
not prove wholly invulnerable to cor
poratic assaults, in the event of MS
election. To those who regard Roose-
Welt as a second Cromwell, who is
handing down his iron rule to Tart
as his natural successor, 1t VIII De
sufficient to suggest that when OllVer
passed the commonwealth to Richard
it was but the forerunner of the restor-
alton of the Stuarts and the downfall
of the commonwealth.
Subserves oliearchy
OF your opponent, Sherman, you will
be able to show, without violating the
ethics of politics, that his career IN
congress has been distinguished only
by his subserviency to the oligarchy
in control of the house of representa-
tiVes, and that when Cannon consent
ed to the passage of Sherman at the
Chicago convention he was simply put
ting his o. X. on another measure sat
isfactory to the committee on rules
and the interests they represent. IN
comparing our standard-bearer With
the leader of the Republican forces
you will be able to show that the
Democracy presents as candidate for
president a man who in sunshine ana
in gloom has kept the faith with his
people; a Waterman in the night VINO
has lighted the signal fires and sound
ed the tocsin bell, whenever the In
vasion has threatened his slumbering
countrymen; a patriot who believes
that the love of country must be
closely akin to the affection that how
ers about and sanctifies the hearth
stone of American homes: a scholar
who has patiently examined the his
toric lore of his own and other lands
to discover the social and economic
laws that control the life of human
societies. a statesman who knows that
can endure only In the
observance of great moral truths, and
that the acquisition of enormous ma
teriaI and intellectual wealth unre-
strained by the, sanctions of the con-
science, only hastens the decline that
must ultimately end in death.
In closing with a mention of Bryan
and. Kern Mr.. Bell aroused a demon
which again broke forth from
the crowd until Mr.. Kern arose to
reply.
Mr.. Kern said:
Gentlemen of the notification COM
mittee: For the kindly and courteous
manner in which you have conveyed
to me the official notification of my
as the Democratic candi-