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posts, he having been assured by the
leaders that this is a decidedly popular
subject in this section.
The Democratic candidate tonight
elaborated on his denial Of the alIega-
ton Of former Congressman Hearst that
he had lmportuned the latter 10 support
him for the Presidency this fall. he
(Bryan) IN return promising to support
Hearst in 1872 Mr. Bryan said:
THE statement Of Mr.. Hearst IS alb
soIutely false in every particular.
met him at his house and also at the
house Of DR.. John ". Cox last fall or
winter. but at neither place nor any
where else was there any conversation
that could, by any possibility. be dis
torted into such a proposition"
Receives Public.
But The meetings here were compare
lively sidelights on the days doings.
Bryan held half a dozen public recep-
| lions. and he also found time TO confer
| with tbs party chieftians Of this, the
! Republican section Of Maryland
The first week OF the invasion" of
the East mas been most encouraging 10
| the Democratic candidate. His night
/ speech was the thiTty-first since he left
I Lincoln, a week ago, and in that time
1 he has traversed Nebraska, Iowa, Ili-
nOis, Indiana. Ohio, West Virginia, and
/ part OF aMryland. Beginning in Balti-
more and Annapolis on Monday he will
/ 90 on into New eJrsey. New York, and
/ New England, and then into Ohio for a
! real battle royal"
! There are many reasons why Bryan
/ feels encouraged Twelve and eight
| years ago, while there was plenty of en-
| thusiasm in the Democratic ranks at all
/ Of the Bryan meetings. there were fully
/ as many Republicans in attendance as
| there were Democrats, and the cheering
/ for Mckinley caused many a row. This
year this is all changed. SO far on this
| trip there has been no mention OF the
| Repu bIican candidates name. and there
has been positive evidence Of lethargy
and apathy among the Republican party
workers.
| The suggestions that State issues be
! ignored in Ohio, as made by the Repub-
/ ucau editors there, was another thing
AlletI DANeATTA ID HNlAH fls' a. fftNE
| by his friends that this, too. was a con-
! fessiGn that the State situation was IN
satisfactory.
Many Contributions.
! Then campaign contributions are an
| unerring barometer. In the past a few
men have paid money into the treas
| ury. but this year the number Of indi-
vidual contributors Is record-breaking.
In small sums and large, money is
| coming in, and the list of those who
have aided will be the largest in the
/ history Of any political party IN this
/ country. This of Itself shows the in
terest that IS felt throughout the cOun-
! try, and, as many OF the men that
| come through" are wOrHngmen and
| farmers, Bryan's friends argue that
this vote is. sure to be cast for him, and
this alone will spell victory.
The loval support of labor leaders like
! Samuel Gompers and other heads Of the
Federation of Labor also pleases and
encourages the Nebraska candi late. and
# can be stated as a fact that every
renort so far received by the national
committee and transmitted to Bryan is
better than the one that has preceded
il
( Both OF today's meetings here were
enthusiastic. The attendance was large
and there was the usual wild enthusi-
asm. especially when Bryan assailed
what he termed 'AIr. Taft's evasive pol
lev" There Is no question about the
popularity Of the Bryan arguments
along this line. when they are addressed
TO Democrats. as they were here today.
Defends Platform.
The feature Of the night speech here
was a defense Of the labor plank Of the
Democratic platform. Bryan declared
that Taft had seen fit to uphold the law
which permits the summary punishment
Of labor leaders in contempt proceed
ings. and this, he declared, was not only
unjust. but robbed the defendants of
needed rights.
The proposition that a prosecuting Of
fetal could have legislative. judicial.
and peremptOry furnishing power, he
riddled as leaning toward tyranny. and
he declared that so far as he was con-
cerned he could see no reason why the
demand of the Democratic platform
along this line should not meet the ap-
proval Of all fair-minded men.
The statements that Bryan will at
4 tack Socialism, as such, in his speech
: in Carnegie Hail. is hardly true. IFe
VIII discuss some of these issues. and
will show where the charges that the
Denver platform 500 radical are I'M
founded. so far as his view point IS
concerned. but he will stop there.
Bryan eft here tonight for Deer Park
and tomorrow will deliver his lecture
on the Prince Of Peace in the church
r there. He viii reach Baltimore at 7:sj
Monday morning.