Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-03
SCORES Committeeman.
Bryan Says Republican Leaders are
Not In Position to Punish Trusts.

a Democratic rally here tonight, Will
liam ]. Bryan, Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, denounced Cole
man Dupont of Delaware and Senator
Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, mem
bers of the Republican executive CON-
mittee, as not being expected to become
reformers because. as he charged, all
of their utilization was with the
trusts"
Having travelled the entire night
and day through Minnesota and part
of Iowa, where he received enthusiast
tic receptions, Mr.. Bryan arrived here
shortly before o'clock tonight. From
the rear platform of the train at vari-
Gus points, he shook hands with hun
dreds Of persons and made several
talks.
At the station here to meet the Ne
braskan were Mayor Sears, State Com
mitteeman Brick, Former Mayor Quick.
Judge Van Wagner and many other
leading Democrats. No sooner did the
crowd catch sight of him as he alight-
ed from the train than he was Justify
cheered by several thousand people.
He will depart at o'clock in the
morning for Lincoln.
Discussing the question of reforms.
Mr.. Bryan declared that the Republic
can party was not in a position to re-
form anything.
why" he was asked.
Because it's conspicuous members
are connected with the very things
that need reforming and the Republi-
can party cannot prosecute the guilty
without disgracing its most prominent
members
If" he said, you will read the
names of the members Of the executive
committees that are now carrying on
this campaign, you will find that ma
jority of them are conspicuous for the
connection with the very corporations
that need regulation One of them,
Mr.. Dupont of Delaware, is today the
defendant in suit for conspiracy in
violation of the antitrust law brought
by the United States and which is
still pending Mr.. Dupont is defendant
in the action and yet he is on the exc
cutive committee to carry on the Re
publican campaign and the chairman
of the speakers bureau of that COM
mittee.
"Now," he said Il want to ask you:
Do you think that MreDupont is in
a good position to pick out speakers
and train them as to what they shall
say? Do you expect any speakers to
mention the government suit against
the Powder Trust il the speaker Is
picked out and instructed by one OF
the defendants in the case? Do you
expect Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania
int of % nnnnoPfp
with all the great corporations of his
state, to become reformer? and YET
he is another one of the executive
committee to carry on the Republican
campaign"
Mr.. Bryan asserted that there were
more trusts now in the United States
than there were II years ago. moi
only this" he said, but the most
strenuous Republican President we
have had in the White House has not
succeeded in putting one trust mag
nate in the penitentiary." The so
called International Harvester Trust
was scored by the Democratic candi-
date, who charged that the Republican
party had not yet attempted to free
the country from it's alleged extortions
Why have not these trusts besl
crushed out?" he inquired. what
prospect is there that they will be
crushed under Republican rule? II
Mr.. Roosevelt is not able to bring his
party into active opposition to this
trust what hope have you that Mr.
Taft will do better?"
Mr.. Taft. he said, was not as strenu.
Gus as Mr. Roosevelt.
Red bis language" he said, "an(
compare it with the fiery denunciations