The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-21
DIe CORRUPTION FUND.
BRYAN CHARGEs REPUBLACANs
WITH TRYING TO BUY ELEC-
AZ. uON.

ne Rep~b,lcaa Can for One Million
Dollars Moro Regarded - Con-
cson1ve Evidence % Their Intention
- Use Money Freely ON Election
n D~y - They Have Doac IN Former
Yeasa N2,
Chicago. Oct is.--wiliam J. Bry-
IN arrived In chicago tonight at 9
o'clock In biass Of glory after an
all-day trip through Illinois. A dense
throng sssmbisd at the union depot to
greet him - his special pulled In an
hour and Is miutss late. and In the
crowd 20 DO him honor were large
de>sgAticn from the Cook county De-
necracy. members Of the nationa'
ecmnittss, and al the local Demo-
cratic candidates. ineludins the oandi-
dates for oonGssss. who escorted him
IN 90 aufems>(lss 20 Pilssn park.
where ne ad1sscn6d gfea1 throns.
A ne emerged from the station .
great quantity Of rsd fss and Roman
csndIss were sst Oh. ths crowd all the
while Wildly chSssin9 A the long
proessuios- ~ mqsss eafs passsd dowa
~. s(s<sef 49, eoenppnss continpSl
~ CVsvsoeAnie 6Dsp16 nUso1D1DoDpea
part ne Democrats eandidats was
fessortsd 70 Arcade hall where audth-
sr BIG erswd was on hand and ac-
corded him an ovation. Many In the
Pllssn park audience were laboring
people.
'1f am elected president--" said
rnr. Bryan. ''and the more I travel
and mingie with the people. the more
am convinced that win be elected
L.->.if I am elected I intend to have a
scretary OF labor az a member of tile
>binst The Affairs of the working
m OK this country are too great not
ave a representative on the presi-
- advisory board. From this
hry I should seek advice on
o1on OF Interest to the working
- up the subject Of publicity
11lgn funds. Mr.. Bryan said:
4co q large audience whether
u0;la favor Of the Republican
4, g opbIishing contributions af-
noaigr or the Democratic
v@oolshing them before.
.s1e ~ faSor Of the Republican
S "ea ~ heir hands. Not one
hand ~ >nrhy,d"
tThs sseaoke = Ar. Bryan's journey
through hb rll1v, MAJ. =, 1,uno,. 10
day vas a. jasessstion. repeatedly
made. that - asps>ucsn party was
now preparing y psreh.,. the e,.c-
tion. The stattssst. -, n.as a.,
Alton. caused y 4i~;... .,.
The Democrats. ~ ala. v.rs a,r,nr
only for 100000 WIN wh,en 70 An.
ish the work of the csmp.,., III.
the Republicans were ssk,ns a. =,
100000. What do they p..a ,so
money for now?" he inqu,rea 80
answering his question. ne d>c,.-.s
that II was for use on elscs,o, a..
a :" they have used It year after
year"
The trip TO this city from upco,,,
was made via So. Louis and the Dem.
ocratic candidate for president =,
along the line of travel through ths
state was accorded enthusiastic dem
onstration by large. cheering crowd
He delivered Is speeches In all. som
Of them Of considerable length. stop
were made at East st. Louis. Gran
lite City. Alton. Cariinviiie. verger
springfield. Lincoln. Bloomington
Pontiac. Joliet. Leont and severs
other places not on the schedule. a
Bloomington he met his former run
ming mate. Adiai T.. Stevenson. tn
present Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. and both spoke to an immens
audience.
The confidence Of Mr.. Bryan In hi
election was expressed when. q
speaking TO q demonstrative crowd a
Lincoln. he declared that ne woul
be In Washington after the 4th o
March.
One o. Ahe surprising features o
the trip was the monster demonstra
ton accorded him st Joliet. But I
days aso he spoke IN the same place
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