Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-10
300 DEMOCRATS WERE IN LINE
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 but not the kind that MT Sperry is. I believe in protecting the consumer as we'll as the producer. Il believe in reducing the duty on trust pro- tected articles that can be bought for less money abroad than they can here where they are made. The re- publican party says 1t should revise the tariff. As well have the revis- ion of the combination of your safes and vaults entrusted to the National Burglars association.
 When Congressman E. J. Hill was here last week he gave your distinguished townsman credit for having very keen sense of smell, but disparaged his marksmanship. He also introduced a new republican emblem. Hereafter. instead of the g. o. p. being seen on the elephant, you may see 1t on the odorous pole cat. If you want to get rid of the things MT Hill says MT Lilley saw in the road Is 1t not good idea to employ as eradicators men who make business of raising skunks."
 "Time will not permit further dis cussion on my part of the issues. To me this magnificent audience is very significant. The history of demo- cratic victory or defeat is the history of large or small meetings and in- terest. We win when the interest is large; we lose when 1t is small, for We are the stay-at-homes. There is no sign of stay-at-homeism In this meeting. The outlook is most en- couraging. The great crowds that have been thronging to see and hear MT Bryan do not signify idle curios- ity. They mean to me that the peo-' pie have at last made up their minds that they shall rule with Bryan as their chief executive and that elec- ton night will find floating triun- phantly the banner of Bryan and Kern"
 There was a disposition on the part of the audience to have the mayor of the Silver city continue, but owing to the fact that there were other speakers to be heard the chair man came forward and, amid the cheering. introduced Joseph F. John son of Birmingham, Ala, who talked at length on national issues. He said Taft owed his nomination very largc- ly to votes from southern delegates, but that the whole of them didn't represent one electoral vote. Taft, he said, lis great, big, amiable gen. tleman, who never held an elective office in his life, and he has been in office nearly all his life, and don't think he ever shall. When he was on the bench the law was laid down for him and he followed it closely unti. he came to injunction cases. When he was nominated for presl- dent he hurried to Oyster Bay to have President Roosevelt revise his speech of acceptance, and in she event of his election of course Roose- welt will continue to direct his poli- cies. l don't think it fair that Bryan should have to run against two can didates in the republican party, Taft and Roosevelt, even though he may be able to beat both. I have the ut most respect for the president of our country, but when he gets down into the political pit to conduct a political campaign he is no better than you or I and must be content to take his share of what is going. The idea of the candidate for president and the president himself descending to the level of the hustings and calling men liars left and right! Who ever heard of such thing before? Roose- welt dictated Taft's nomination and says he is the logical successor to his policies because he will follow in his footsteps. If this be so then we may prepare for another famine next year. Whenever Bryan puts a plas- ter on Taft the president hollerss just like the man on whom the woman put a mustard plaster in mistake for her husband. If Roosevelt can choose his successor why cannot Taft do the same, and after serving four years would 1t be anything unreason- able to put Theodore in his place, and four years later then Theodore can name Theodore End.
 We never had such a partisan president as we have this year. AL though paid to act as president over the whole United States he devotes his time to the service of one pollti- cal party. I should object to this no matter what party the president be- longed to. We are told that if the tariff needs revision. and all admit that it does, the republican party will attend to it. If they mean this why didn't they do 1t during the uninter- rupted eleven years of power they have just passed through? Why is it that they are constantly promising to do this before election and then forgetting all about 1t until they want your votes again?"
 The speaker touched on the labor question and quoted figures to show that the so called protective tariff does nothing for labor, while secure ly safeguarding almost everything else. He told a few first class stories and closed with an eloquent appear for the election of Bryan, the man of courage, fidelity. great intellect and spotless character.
 Judge Thompson of Nebraska was the last speaker. He said he had the utmost respect for the republican party and its founders, but the party of to-day is simply a tingling bell.