The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
NEW YORK SEETHING
REAL BATTLE GROUND OF PoLITI-
 CAL CAMPAIGN.
Bryan and Taft and All the Lesser Lights are Thunderlng of Issues to Admiring Thous-
 muda

New York, Oct 2s.-Midweek of the last week. of this remarkable Presi- dentiaI campaign finds the political battle at it's height and the ''heavy artillery" of the two leading parties at work carefully in New York city and State.
 That New York is regarded by both as of vital importance in the canvass is evidenced in the presence of both Presidential candidates and the Re- publican Vice. Presidential candidate in or near this city.
 J. W. Kern, the Democratic candi- date for the Vice. Presidency, continues his tour of. Indiana MT. Hisgen, can didate for the Independence Party for the Presidency. was in Connecticut to- day; Chain and Watkins of the Pro- hibitionists, spoke at Atlantic City and Baltimore, and Eugene V. Debs preach ed the Socialist cause in Illinois. Of the Cabinet, Secretary of State Root spoke tonight in Cincinnae. and Secretary of War Wright at Richmond. Va. At the same time. in every nook and corner of the country, speakers of lesser note. members of both Houses | of Congress. candidates for all manner of offices, State and local and just plain "spell-binders." in halls, from cart tails and barrel heads, pounded
 
 enemy" prophesying unlimited pros- perity if by the verdict of the people in their wisdom his ticket wins, dire calamity if the people in their ig- norance elect the candidates of any other party.
 Norman E. Mack. chairman of the Democratic National Committee &C., companied w. J. Bryan today as far as Poughkeepsie. Mir. Mack desired to confer with Mir. Bryan and took ad- vantage of the opportunity for unin- terrupted conversation on the train. MT. Mack returned to this city tonight.
 Mir. Bryan was in excellent spirits when he started on his trip up State.
 I've had a delightful and busy time during my. stay in New York;" said he, "and have learned sometn ing. have learned. that we waste a great deal of time in sleep. Always before have supposed a man must have eight hours sleep a night. but find that you New Workers thrive on five hours"
 What do you thin of the signs, Mir. Bryan?" the candidate was asked. as he climbed into an automobile for the trip to the station, where he was to take the train.
 T think the signs are improving all the time."
 Do you expect to carry New York Slater"
 I certainly do. And I expect to carry the entire middle west, as well as some of the eastern states. We will have enough and more. Nebras- ka is sure. and so. I think. is Ohio"
 When Mir. Bryan reached the Grand Central station the crowd In the big train shed pressed toward the entrance only with the greatest difficulty that the candidate and his party could make their way to the private car which was awaiting them. At almost every step Mir. Bryan had to stop to shake hands and when he finally got through the gate dozen railroad men met him at the steps of his car. He shook each one of them by the hand, and then mounting the rear platform stood waiting for the train to pull out.
 Good luck to you Bill" shouted a man in the crowd and the candidate smiled and nodded his head. In re- sponse to repeated demands for speech" Mir. Bryan said: 'I have thoroughly enjoyed my visit to New York City and am very much gratified at the evident success of the Demo- cratic party. We have united Demo- cratic party before us and a fright ened Republican party back of us With courage and confidence We will win this fight"
 AS MT Bryan IlnlSned speaking the train pulled out. the Nebraskan re- maining on the platform swaiving his hat until the train went out of sight.
 On his return tonight to this city after accompanying William Jennings Bryan on his speech making trip up the Hudson Valley as far as Pough- keepsie. National Chairman Mack made 1t known that he would not re- turn West before the close of the cam paign.
 Mir Mack said that instead of leav- Ing for Chicago tonight as he had i'm tended, he would remain at the local headquarters until Sunday night and would then depart for his home in Buff falo The National Chairman will be in his home city early Tuesday morn' ing and leaving afterwards for this city. will receive the returns of the election at the New York headquar- ters
 Mir Mack said that Mir. Bryan had received remarkable demonstrations on his trip upstate today