The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-18
Candidate Makes Flying Trip To Delaware and Meets
 Great Crowds
BITTER INDICTMENT
 OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
MT. Bryan Addresses Throne Of 1o,- 900 People on the Issues of the Campaign and Charges Repub-
 lIcans With Being Bought.

Harrington Del, September 11-Speclilc- ally mentioning for the first tlme ehe limited States Steel corporaton' anu charging that its officials, were support ing the republican party in It's canpaisn l., return for the immunity from prosecu- +ior if received. William J. Bryan, in speech here today, hurled another poiiiD into the camp of the enemy. He also looA occasion to refer to the corruptioh Aun1 which has been charged has been useo in Delaware and denounced those "ho would sell their votes.
 Tn order to fulfill his engagement at this place at the hour agreed upon' the democratic candidate travelled over ooo miles. the last e5 of which were in speeial train which covered the distance in e1 minutes. Ten thousand people awaited his coming and his arrival was sraeted with cheers. His audience was made up mostly of country folks, who came from all directions by special trans and otherwise to hear him.
 Several women fainted in the crush when the crowd surged toward the speak CTS stand in an effort to catch MT. Bryan's every word.
 pr. Roland Paynter, the democratic nominee for governor of Delaware, lntro- duced MT. Bryan who at once launched into his bitter indictment of the repuo- lican party for what he said was its 1aii- ure to do justice to the people. He spoKe on the tariff, campaign contrioutions' guarantee of bank deposits and the trusts and declared that the interests or the farn,ers were on the side of the demo- cratic party.
 Swollen Fortunes.
 Speaking of President Roosevelt's refer ence to swollen fortunes, MT Bryan de- clared that you don't find them among the farmers, the laboring men, the mer- chants the teachers, the preachers, the priests or among those who produce the nations wealth. You find them in the hands of just few people, and those are the people who have secured favors and privileges from the government, and when MT Roosevelt brings his indict- ments against these owners of swollen fortunes he brings an indictment against the republican party, for it is the repub- lcan party that has permitted the abuse of governmental power that has led to the accumulation of swollen fortunes.
 He assured his audience that whenever he said anything against the republicans. q do not want any of you republicans to take it to yourselves, for,' he said, you have not any influence with the repub- lican party and are not responsible for what the leaders do."
 His remarks on publicity of campaign contributions before election and on the election of ssnators by direct vote of, the people caugh the crowd, who on a test vote, raised their hands to a man as be- ing in favor of these propositions.
 My friends,' he said did not I tell you you were democrats and did not know il?
 Taft Is Hammered.
 MT. Bryan attacked MT. Taft and his platform generally, but with respect to the revision of the tariff he inquired. why are they in such a hurry? They had a chance all this time and when they promised immediate revision it meant they knew the patience of the public was strained to the point of break ing and they say, if you will just let us in once more we will Immediately do what we ought to have done years ago'
 He said there was proof that the republicans would reduce the tariff and injure the trusts which had fattened under it. "The reason you cannot reduce it." he asserted, "is that the republic an party gathers its campaign funds from these men who purchased the right to get the money back from the peoples pockets The republican leaders expect to get their money this year like they have se- cured it heretofore, but they are not willing that the people should know by publication before election where the money was coming from"
 He inquired: What answer does Mir Taft maker"
 Nothing Explained.
 'Mr. Taft" he said, explained nothing The Steel trust today is supporting the republican party, and the republican com mittee dare not say before election the amount of money it will collect from the officials of the Steel trust to help it in it's campaign"
 He said the republican party had regu- lated the trusts only by being regulated by them. On the other hand, the democratic party insisted that the principle of pri- creating trusts and then spending time trying to catch them, i've say prevent a trust from being organized"
 President Roosevelt had not prosecuted the Steel corporation, he charged, and there was no hope that MT. Taft would do so. It would not, he said, destroy bus liness to make the trusts do business hon. estly
 Coming to the use of money among the voters of Delaware, MT. Bryan asked:
 How can you expect your rights to be protected if you will not by your votes help to protect those rights ?''