Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
GREAT THRONGS
CHEER AS BRYAN
ENTERS CHICAGO
REC0RD-BREAKING RECEPTION
rendered LEADER
WHOLE CITY GOES WILD IN EX-
TENDING WELCOME
commoner Arrives Amid Blaze of
Glory-City Lighted by Red Fire
and Roman Candles.
Has Big Day
by Associated Press.1

IA HHlCAGO, Oct. 19.-W. j. Bryan ar
l rived in this city tonight at 8
~ o'clock in a blaze of glory after
an all day trip through the state.
A dense throng assembled at the
Union station to greet him as his spe-
cial pulled in, an hour and fifteen min
uteS late, and a procession of fifty au-
tomobiles escorted him to Pilsen park,
where he addressed a great @hrong
AS he emerged from the station a
great quantity of red fire and Roman
candles were set off. the crowd all the
while wildly cheering.
AS the long proceSSl I of motor cars
! passed down the straats their occupants
continued the pyrote :hnic display.
! From Pilsen park the Democratic
candidate was escorted to Arcade hall,
where another big crJwd was on hand
and accorded him an ovation.
Many Are Laborers
Many in the Pilsen park audience
| were labOring people.
| IF | am elected president said Mr..
| Bryan, land the more L travel and
mingle with the people the more con-
Vinced l am that [ will be elected-if
| am elected intend to have a secre-
! tary of labor as member of my cab
met. The affairs of the working man
of this country are too great not to
have representative on the presidents
advisory body"
| The feature of Mr.. Bryan's journey
| through his native state of Illinois to-
day was the assertion, repeatedly
made, that the Republican party was
now preparing to purchase the election.
| The statement first made at Alton,
caused a distinct sensation. The DEM
ocrats, he said, were asking only for
| 100000 with which to finish the work
of the campaign, while the Republicans
were asking for $1,000,000.
| He delivered sixteen speeches in all,
| some of them of considerable length.
| Stops were made at Eas- st. Louisy
Granite City, Alton, Carlinville, Girard,
| Virden, Springfield, Lincoln, Blooming
ton, Pontiac, wight, Joliet and sew
eral other places not on the schedule.
Speaks to Workinsmen
William ]. Bryan began his speech
making in Illinois with talk to a
large crowd of workingmen at the rail-
way depot in East st. Louis this morn
ing Mr.. Bryan spoke for thirty min
uteS.
"This is an auspicious beginning for
my day in illinois," said Mr.. Bryan as
he surveyed the crowd. 81 believe that
it portends defeat for the Republican
ticket in this state.'
Mr.. Bryan directed his remarks pri-
marily to the workingmen present.
You will find" he continued, that
| d lew udyS dSO NH OhOAiilcid w III
troduced to an audience by the head of
the match trust. who took occasion to
| denounce the labor organizations in
| the presence of the vice presidential
candidate, and, my friends, Mr.. Taft
has been known as the father of gov
ernment by injunction
"That phrase has been used so often
that took the liberty of using it; but
a few days ago Mr.. Taft protested that
he was not the father, that he had only
used the writ others had used before
him, and / am so careful to observe
propriety in the campaign that l am
not going to call him father any more.
mo; 1 am not going to call him that
| because he says it is not true; but,
my friends, he used the writ so often
and so gladly that I am sure he is a
| blood relative of some kind and | am
going to let him decide the degree of
relationship, and when he does that l
| shall use it,"
| He Scores Taft
| "Mr. Taft has shown no apprecia ton
/ of the situation; he does not seem to
understand the great power of monopo-
| listic corporations. More than that, it
| Is only three years ago he went before
| a committee Of the house of representa-
! tiVes and there argued in favor of the
| passage of bill that would give to the
| Philippine commission not merely the
power to grant perpetual franchises in
| the Philippine islands but the power to
| guarantee a perpetual income with
| those franchises. And l would like to
have you ask yourselves what concep-
| tion man can have of this genera
| tion's duty to the future who would
| permit the generation yet unborn to be
| bound over to furnish tribute to those
who, in this generation, are able to Sc
| cure a franchise from a distant pos
| session RPmamhpr that the commits
| sion over there is not a commission
| chosen by the Filipinos, but commits
sion chosen by the administration here
and yet Mr.. Taft seems to lack ut
| terly a comprehension of what may be
| done under these franchises that he Is
willing we shall fasten upon a people
who are helpless in other hands, a
promise to pay tribute thousands of
years yet to come. That, my friends,
was the thing that he advocated, and
| his testimony is a matter of record be-
fore the committee. insist if we are
going to stop the abuses prevalent in
| this country today, it must be by
recognition of these evils and by the
| application of remedies that go to the
root of the trouble and protect society
from greed and avarice."
Address in Alton
| Standing on the exact spot where
Lincoln and Douglas concluded their
debate in 1858, Mr.. Bryan made thir-
| ty-minute speech at Alton, ILL.,, to an
immense crowd, and openly charged
the Republican party was endeavoring
| to purhcase the election and dare not
| tell in advance how much money they
are asking to have on hand on election
| day.
| Mr.. Bryan told his auditors that the
tide was running toward the Demo-
cratic party and referred to the straw
votes taken in different parts of the
country to substantiate the statement.
| He said
what does Mr.. Taft's position mean
in regard to the campaign contribu-
tions? 1t means that if you knew be-
| fore the election what contributions
they are getting you might not vote
| the Republican ticket, and what does
| that mean? Why, it means that II you
vote the Republican ticket and find