Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-31
TELLS OF THINGS
He WANTED DONE
Soys Roosevelt Is Not Playing
Fair When lie Helps Taft aud Ap
pedls 10 the Voters 10 Elect
Him and d Dem0Crd-
TIC COLgH SIS.

Winchester. Ind, Oct. S1.--Bryan
in winding up his tour of the ea
today made public an appeal to the
public. He starts west tonight AID |
Will reach Nebraska to vote and await
the returns of the election. His ap-
peal issued here today says:
"As the campaign uIaws to a close
certain issues stanu out clearly. TIE
Democratic party attempts to inaug-
urate an era of honesty in politics by
| compelling the publication OF CAM
! paign contributions before the eiec-
tion 1t seeks to bring the goyern-
ment nearer the peop.e by securing
| the election OF United States senator's
| by direct vote; 1t seeks 10 lestore
competition through legilauon wnich
will make a private monopoly impos-
sfbie; it seeks to reconcile labor and
capital by legislation which will bling
employer and employe together N CO.
operation. and to this end proposes a
secretary OF labor In the cabinet; aa
Amendment to the antitrust law
which viii exclude labor olganiza-
tions from the operation OF tnat law;
q Limitation of the writ of injunction
so that it will not issue In iaoor DIS
putes unless conditions are such as
to justify an Injunction even II there
were no labor dispute. and trial oy
jury in cases OF indirect contempt OF
| court.
ut seeks to secure legislation which
will insure bank deposits; 1t seeks
reduction OF tariff BY gradual steps
until the tariff laws ale no long
Tor the interest of the few ut the ex-
psnse Of the many.
"The Democratic party. In other
words, seeks to secure honesty IN
!. government through an honest policy
: and a popular government through
direct elections. 1t appeals to the
y awakened conscience of the nation
; and the sense of justice n human
= hearts and to the growing desire for
> brotherhood
3 with a Democratic victory for the
Z national ticket. a Democratic Con-
3 gress and with the moral force of a
) popular verdict / believe we can In
. duee the senate to yield to the ex-
. pressed will of the people and permit
. the passage OF more urgent reforms
1.-THE Democratic party offers the
only prospect for remed al legislati n
l and while 1t does not do as some re-
formers would like to DO, Demo
4 cratic victory win secure as much re-
form as Ia now attainable; In fact
y the only reform that Is wi,h.n reach
We have a right, therefore, TO expec
Is the cooperation of those who favo
the reforms set forth in our platform
a "The attempt TO terror.ze th'
American voter by the threat OF |
panic has not succeeded. We ha7'
had three panics In forty-elght year
1873, 1898 and 1907. Two of thes
came under high tariff and each wa
I un Ier a Republican president.
u Taft says there will be panic 1
- am elected, When he says that
Democratic victory VIII bring pani
70 he expresses an opinion. When l sa'
that we had a disastrous panic las
~ fall without waiting for a Democrati
victory / state a fact that cannot b
a disputed.
"Our platform presents a plan 70
the restoration OF prosperity upon
permanent basis, prosperity
- which all will share. The r publ
can party has no plan that contem
/, plates either present relief or perm
! nent and continued welfare OF tn
= people. Inc Repuplcdn cdHuludtS he
prestige that comes from the fac
= that his party is in power. He ha
10 the aid of an army Of office holders
and he has the support OF all n
monopolies and law destroying trust
az He has a large campaign fund, IN
~, source OF which his committee refusa
"a to disclose. and most of the leadin
a newspapers are with him.
AZ 81 insist that It is not fair for IN
IA, president to use his office, the ofhc
which belongs to the people, as II
at was a party asset. and to enter a.
al lively into the campaign. 1t offend
o. a sense Of justice and ought to arou;
a protest from those who believe II
NJ selection OF a chief executive shou
M De by the people, who should be frt
q. to choose whom they please.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN