The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-15
BRYAN CLAIMS OLD MARYLAND Receives an Ovation at
 Baltimore. 25,ooo HEARD HIS ADDRESS Discussed the Leading Issues of : the Campaign. When Mir. Bryan Arose to Speak. Pan- demonium Reisned--The Crowd
 Rose En Mnsse, cheered and
 Waved Flags.

Baltimore, Sept. lt.--William J. Bryan. Democratic candidate for Pres ident. to-day for second time claim ed the voters of Maryland.
 AtiAnnapolis. where he discussed the issues of the campaign and tonight in this city In the 9th Regiment ar mory before an audience which 1t Is conservatively estimated exceeded 25.- 900 people. Mir. Bryan received an voation. The crowd cheered vocifer- onsiy and displayed impatience over the preliminaries which Included an address of introduction by Governor Roosevelt and charged him with being the most extravagant executive the country ever has known.
 When Mir. Bryan stepped to the front. pandemonium reigned. The crowd rose en masse. cheered and waved flags, the band all the while playing Dixie" Mr. Bryan devoted most of his time to a discussion of the same issues that he has presented elsewhere but he added little local color by explaining that In some of the cities of the East. the Democratic party was at disadvantage because 1t mot only lacked the means of get ting Democratic policies before the voters, but was subject to mlsrepre- sentation as to such policies. He stated with emphasis that there was nothing In the Democratic platform that neea alarm any legitimate in- terest. Among other things he said:
 'Nrhe Democratic platform differs from the Republican platform in that our party distinctly declares what 1t opposes and what 1t favors. When you read the Democratic platform you know exactly what to expect for the two candidates are pledged to the plat form. You not only know what the platform includes. but you know that it excludes everything else. The Re- publican platform Is amhlguous and uncertain. When you set through reading 1t, you are ln,sths- aapk as to what the President will do"
 Mir. Taft. he said, had already amsnded his platform in several par tleulars. but no one knew what other amendments he might add before tho election and what additions he might make to 1t after the election. When any one came to construe the Repub- llcan platform, he said. a guessing contest was entered into and no one could tell whose guess was nearest the truth. President Roosevelt. he de- clared was elected on similar plat form.
 And as his platform promised noth- IHB m partlcular, nc Ielt al liberty to recommend Q number of things tha Republican leaders objected to." The result was. he said. a constant conflict hntween the Executive and Congress.
 Speaking of the policy of the Dem ocratic party Mir. Bryan said that Democrats believed that popular ques- tions should be submitted to tue pub lio and that the decision of the pub 'jo was binding on officials.
 As the Republicans do not present specific propositions" he asserted "a Republican victory could not be con strued as a declaration In favor of any particular reform or against any existing abuse"
 lie said that Maryland by right was a Democratic State and that no Democrat could find in the Denver platform an excuse for voting the Re- publican ticket
 Hut" he said, Republicans who recognize the abuses that have grown up under Republican rule, can find a reason for joining with the Democrats to restore the government ta its own foundations, for the Democratic sem timent in the country Is far larger than any party and the Democratic sentiment demands that ths laws shall hA made In the interests of the whole people and that the government shall be administered in such a way thae1he rights of all shall be protected and that the several privileges shall be no longer granted to the few"