The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-13
REPLIES TO HUGHES.
Calls Attention to His Veto Of
Two Cent Fare.
Special Train Chartered by
Bryan Volunteers.

Emerson, Neb., Oct. 1S.-Following
the trail of Mr.. Taft and Governor
Hughes through Nebraska, w. ]. Bryan
is addressing large audiences and en-
deavoring to undermine any good Ell
feet which their visits might have ac-
complished. The route of travel is
through a farming country ana the
Democratic candidate is telling the
farmers that he is anxious to secure
Democratic house of representatives in
order that remedial legislation may be
secured.
my ambition to be president, he
said, at Pender, lis not an ampltlon
simply to hold that office, enjoy Its
honors or distribute the patronage con-
nected with it. 1t is to assist IN Sc
curing legislation that l think the coun-
try needs 1t is to secure the remedies
that L have been advocating Tor long
while"
MT. Bryan sailed into Governor
Hughes because OF his criticism regard
ing the trust plank of the Democratic
platform and held him up as the enemy
IF the two cent a mile railway fares,
while all over this western country
Republican governors signed bills pro-
viding for such rate. MI. IaIt at
titude with respect to puDhclty OF cam
paign contributions was Vehemently
denounced. No little amusement was
created at Fender when an old man in
the audience who said he was FRO
hibition Republican interrupted Mr.
BRYAN and declared that I'VE don
care where the money comes from.
The candidate retorted that seemed TO
be the policy of the Republican party.
Tekamah. Neb., Oct. 13.-In series
of speeches made on the first day of
his campaign in Nebraska wnlcn Will
end Thursday night, William j: Brydn
appealed directly for the farming ana
laboring vote on the ground that ne is
the logical candidate of the producer
and wage Garner. He opened this line
with his first speech at Blair and has
continued it throughout the day. the
candidate also appealed for votes for
the state ticket.
In his remarks at Blair Mr.. Bryan
said he wished to answer one argu-
ment made IN the west by Mr. Ia1t
and Republican speakers to the 1arm-
ers. "They tell the farmers" he said.
.that because they have had good
crops and good prices they ought to
vote the Republican ticket. If you
will remember back eight years ago
they were talking to the laboring man
about the full dinner pail and every
where YOU went you saw pictures or
the full dinner pail and they told the
laboring man that just as long as they
had enough to eat they ought not to
think
He declared the argument was not
being used now because the bottom
had dropped out of the pail and it was
empty.
He told his hearers that the Demo-
cratic party this year was being sup
ported by a larger number of laboring
their disappointment has been embit-
tered by the fact that they were de-
ceived eight years ago. But now it is
the full farm basket and they are pre-
Stunning OH your ignorance as they did
on the laboring mans ignorance and
they tell the farmer that because the
basket is full he ought not to think.
He ridiculed the Republicans for, as
he said taking credit for good crops,
sunshine, fertility of the soil and for
rains. 1t is a sacrilege, he said, for
the Republicans to claim credit for
the bounties of the Almighty and every
farmer knows that. There was not, he
said, single policy that the RepubH-
can policy stood for that was good for
the American farmer.
At Tekamah, Mr.. Bryan again re-
ferred to the speeches of Governor
Hughes, and said that this man
Hughes, who comes out here and tells
you what you ought to do is the same
| man who vetoed the 2-cent fare bill
in his own state"
he employed much the same argu-
ment regarding Governor Hughes that
he used yesterday in his speech to
the students of the Nebraska uni
versity.
The train in which the Democratic
candidate liz travelling was especially
chartered by the Bryan volunteers and
left Omaha at s O'Clock this morning
On board are all tho fusion candidates
for the state offices and such other
Nebraskan5 as care to pay their pro
rata of the cost of the train. Should
the program mapped out for the day
be strictly followed Mr.. Bryan will