The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
COL. BRYAN
 IS ARRESTED Nebraskan Exceeded Auto Speed Limit. HE NvADES RHODE ISLAND Denounces Taft for Attitude on
 Labor Question. The Democratic st.ndsrd Bearer ones Again Challenges Taft to Put
 Himself on Record as to
 This Issue.

Providence, R. l., Sept. f9.--Cam- paigning through Connecticut ana Rhode Island, William J. Bryan tonight in this city, concluded his nrst inva- sion of the political campaign in the East.
 Tine day was without It's incidents, particularly after Rhode Island terri tory was reach cd. where MT. Bryan and party at one point were arrested Tor overspeeding their automobile. The Itinerary as arranged by the Rhode Island State Committed. provided TOT stops at River Point and Woonsocket and necessitated trip by automobile ford, South Norfolk and Newton and Son. Early in the day. the Deno- cratic candidate delivered short ad-
 dress to large audiences. using as the
 basis of his arguments the Democratic platform.
 The really interesting features of the
 day began when the party reached
 Rhode Island soil. and the Bay State Limited train on which 1t was travel ing was stopped at Appodaugmin, the town of warwick. the home of United
 States Senator Aldrich. Automobiles carried the party over four-mile trip
 to the home of Col. P. H. Quinn, at River Point, one of the leaders of the state Democracy where Mr. Bryan de- livered his first Rhode Island adaress: On the first lap of the Rhode Island trip. the car in which Mfr. Bryan was travelling baked before the goal was reached, and he was forced to walt un- til the, engine could be repaired.
 After the River Point demonstra- ton was over. the party in elk auto mobiles had headed for Woousocket, the home of Col. George W Areepe, of the National Democratic Commit lee. Colonel Bryan's automobile again baked. The car was left with the chauffeur by the roadside and in one Of the following cara Colonel Bryan started for Rubber City. But the troubles of the day were not over. Rhode island has laws regardirs thas pace at which automobiles can travefy Not only 1hat. but the guard of the peace have provided automobile traps at several vantage points. notabiy along Eimwood Avenue. over which Colonei Bryan and his party we're des- ; Bryan's Gar Held Up. The result of this communication of law and automobile traps was tnat the car which carried Colonel Bryan was held up by one of the automobile police and the party put under arrest. After certain formaiities. such as the taking of names etc, had been gone through with, the party was allowed to proceed. Another car containing newspaper men suffered like fate.
 At Woonsocket the open air speech of Colonel Bryan at Clinton oval. was heard by great crowd, the address covering the same ground as at River Point and other places and at 5:47 a train was taken for Provi- dence where the campaign speech Of the New England trip was delivered o-night at Infantry Hall In the pres ence of crowd that filled the largest auditorium In the city to ovcrdowing and crowded the streets In the imme- diate vicinity.
 The address at Infantry Hall was much in line with his addresses dur ing the past few days. He arraigned the Republican party for It's position on the trust and the labor question and criticised Mir. Taft for amending his partys platform. He reiterated his charge that the campaign expenses of the Republican party are being paid for in large measures from corpora tfons which have broadened under the protective tariff system.
 Concerning labor. he denounced Mir. Taft for his attitude on this highly important question and once again challenged him to put himself on rec ord as to his position on this Issue.
 Colonel Bryan and party left on a late train for New York. from whence the itinerary tomorrow includes a trip to Esopus, the home of Judge Alton Parker and Wolferts Roost, the home of former Senator David Ben nett Hill.