Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-27
FINDS COMFORT IN
FOES TROUBLE
Candidate Kern WeepS Over
What He Terms Desperate
Condition of Republican
Party,
ny Morning Journal Special Leased wlrol

Mansfield, Ohio, Sept 26--J. w
Kern. the democratic vice presidential
candidate, addressed a large audienc,
at meeting here tonight. which
marked the opening of the democratic
state campaign.
Former Governor James Campbell
democratic nominee for the United
States senatorship, also spoke.
The meeting was hold in a large
tent near the business center and was
the conclusion of an all-day celebra-
ton, which attracted to Mansfield
democrats from all over the state The
streets tonight were ablaze with red
fire and resounded with the music OF
u dozen bands which had figured
earlier in the day in a parade of clubs
and delegations Mr. Kern left for
his home in indianapolis after the
meeting and will pass Sunday with his
family.
In his address tonight Mr., Kern
said.
1T appears that all the misfortunes
of the republican party. which have
been accumulating, are breaking out
all along the line in this campaign
Rent by dissensions in New York and
New Jersey; torn by factions in West
Virginia and Delaware; panic stricken
in Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin,
California and Washington, with In
diana Nebraska, Colorado already
conceded to the democrats; Illinois In
the doubtful column. and the backs
of the president and their candidate
for president sore from the effects of
Senator Foraker's recent castigation.
with the attendant lemorafiza ton in
Ohio. cruel indeed would be the men.
who by word or action, would add to
the SORROWS of this once grand old
party
This campaign Is OF great moment
to the business interests of the coun-
try It is we'll to emphasize the fact
that the business interests are divided
into at least two general classes,
which may appropriately be designed
as legitimate and illegtimate, or per-
haps, accurately, as lawful and uu-
lawful.
"The democratic party is at war
with these illegitimate businesses in
this-the gambler who makes pancs,
the trusts and monopOlies which defy
the law of the land and the tariff
barons, who, under the forms OF law
plunder the people
Mr. Campbell quoted from Hughes
speech at Youngstown recently where
in he said of MIR, Bryan and the tariff
issue:
He insists on an overthrow of the
entire system of protection, thus
threatening the disturbance of trade
and the serious disturbance of indus
try.
with 2,000,0 900 idle men and 300.-
900 idle freight cars" said Mr.. Camp
wait for a disturbance Of trade when
Mr. Bryan has overthrown the system
of protection There is very serious
disturbance of industry at the present
moment and unfortunately for the re-
publican party It cannot be charged
to Mr.. Bryan. The truth is. however,
is that Mr. Bryan is not guilty Of de-
string to overthrow the entire sys-
tenn of protection. He wishes only to
revise the tariff for the benefit Of the
people instead of for the aggrandize-
ment of the trusts. The republican
party has revised it twelve times and
each time the revision has been up
ward, The democratic party intends
to revise the tariff in the next con-
gress and it will be revised down
ward"