The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-09-18
Bryan in Baltimore.
MAKES A GREAT SPEECH
The Armory Packed-25, 900
People Hear the Great Com
moner.

for fifteen minutes.
Chairman Vandiver introduced
Governor Crothers as the presid-
ing officer. He made the follow.
ing remarks in Introducing Mr..
Bryan:
81 am deeply sensible of the
great honor the chairman of the
State Committee has conferred
upon me in asking me to preside
over the citizenship of this great
city. 1t indicates to my mind
that the people of Maryland are
awake to the great issues of the
campaign. There Is no longer
any doubt that the electoral vote
of the State will be recorded in
the Democratic column. ZAP.
plause.
maryland occupies the position
of an open gateway between the
North and South and stands at
the head of the great Democratic
States of the Union, and Maryland
wants to stand with these States
for commercial reasons. Not since
1892 has there been such evidence
of united party in the country.
You can feel it. With Parker.
Harmon, Stevenson, johnson and
other great Democrats in line, and
this array of Democrats in. the
State to speak for itself, there is
evidence of great victory in No
vember. 1t is the platform of
principles of our party that APP.
peals to the people. 1t is the best
platform ever offered. Applause.
1.-The great question and the
overshadowing issue is the trusts.
These can only be dealt with by
the Democratic party. You can
not revise the tariff by leaving
the task TO its beneficiaries, nor
can you curb the trusts by putting
at the head of the government
interested parties. The country
wants relief.
"Some of the issues are of pc.
cnliar interest to us. We have
provided for publicity at elections.
We have the best corrupt practice
act in Maryland. Our party is
pledged to enforce it and we have
no apprehension of its being vio-
lated. Our law providing for the |
election. of United States Sena- /
tors by the people was as far as we |
could go.
1--WE have been told that dessl
would follow a Demo
cratic administration, yet this adj
ministratlon is responsible for the
most stringent panic in history. |
The restless and uncertain Roose-
velt will go down to history with
the panic charged against him.
tie is the most expensive Presi
dent the country has ever had.
Cheers.
1.-THE people have now nomi-
mated this great man (pointing to
Bryan), who will carry our stand
ard to victory. l take great pleas
are in introducing to you William
Jennings Bryan" Applause.
The candidates speech was de
voted mainly to those issues which
he has covered in previous
speeches. He said, among other
things, he was obliged to come
here to defend Democracy because
the East is no: so well supplied
with newspapers to present his
cause.
W hen he appeared on the stump
twelve years ago his course he !,
said. was characterized as undig-
nIfied. Since then Taft has fol
lowed his example. He was much
pleased, he said, to have his sins
converted into virtues by imita-
ton.
In criticising the action of the |
Republican convention, which had |
turned down publicity plank, he |
said this was done because it
might prevent contributions from
predatory trusts. He quoted from
the Scriptures. They love dark
ness better than light because
their deeds are evil, and said this
seemed to fit the case exactly.
Mr.. Bryan then attacked Speak.
er Cannon's course in he House
OF representatives. and pledged
a different condition of affairs if
a Democratic Congress was elect
ed. The speech was literally APP
plauded by those who were able 10
hear, and when he concluded Sen.
ators Rayner and Smith congrat-
ulated him warmly.
The climax to Bryan's trip to
Maryland came when he faced an
audience of $4,000 in the Fifth
Regiment Armory.
MIR. Bryan was much better
pleased with his reception this
time than when there in 1896 and
1900.
Then the party leaders fought
shy of him, and few did him the
honor of accepting seat on the
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