The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08

| '0tAohHA GACCttOuE. HAo hVtS AAt-@ gone in hordes to Johnson in his gu- bernatoriaI election and would flock unbroken in it's ranks to the new ieao- CT of Democracy. The intelligent and effective work of reform in the State government of Minnesota called for lengthy comment by the -CongYessman. The purgine of the insurance corporations Of the Northwest. the sane regulation or fne railroads in his State and his general masterIy treatment of the problems | arising under his administration had | received. the commendation Of even the Legislature of his State. Its members had supported him in his logical moves | for reform. fe. strom Delights Audience. | Mir. Stroni, the friend of Minnesota, and man who Is in a position to l watch closely the political doings In | Minnesota, was the next speaker. MT. | Strom has singular delivery and sthe honest accent of the Swede. He proved | to be a great entertainer for his au- dience and they clamored for him to continue after he had spoken for about half an hour or more. He was full of anecdote and story and at the same l time put in a succession of serious | points In behalf of his man that scored | with the audience. .. .s , l Mir. Strom. like his fellow, speakers and Democrats, said she thought well l of Mir. Bryan and wished him we'll. all | ways. He had voted for him every time he was q candidate. | II think he Is a popular man." said he. Popular and ali that. But some how I don't like certain lapses in hls | popularity. and one of these Is on cleo ton day.
 MT. Johnson has proven himself . l winner" continued the speaker. He I has carried State in which he has al- | ways been a Democrat and has always | run as q pure Democrat. and has made | no concessions to the enemy. Johnson s kind of man that wins. have, as say. voted for Bryan many times. but well. I have voted for, him until am | tired of voting for him. r--. as | Now as. for Johnson: Johnson IS | not the sort of man. thank the heav- ems. that: you can, find among the lead CTS of the other party. He la not like | one of thoxe fellows sons who are al ways hunting for some discovery that l will make whiskey taste as well com | ing up as 1t does going down"
 After an interruption of laughter, | the speaker continued to extol the | rugged Integrity and resourcefulness | of his man. He told of his rapid rise | in life. a career in which opportunity. l as slim as 1t was. in State where being Democrat is very difficult | thing. was grasped and grasped hard. | He arose from helping his mother wash | clothes for his neighbors to the prcs- | ent- station. He. attracted attention | first as a newspaper writer. He. was an editor for long time. yielding q | powerful pen and converting his Re- 1 publican community to Democracy. He went to the State Senate from hith : erto Republican district. There. by his ! courage and signal ability. he made | R tvas s~I( lta hr, un h0 Nas the leader. of the upper House. All the way through this career he was | proclaimIng himself Democrat and | putting forward the principles of that | party. As 1t was in early life so 1t | was in the race for Governor and since he has been Governor. Ills every act | was In pursuance, of the enduring pre- | cepts of Democracy.
 MT. Strom scored the standpatters of the Congress heavily and humorously
 referred to the tariff as tho 'Republi- can confidence game"
 "Our Jesas Hmrp0oms Bryan.
 The speech of Mr. StaIiinss was in his customary vein of fun. mixed with oratorical periods that have not suf- fered since his temporary retirement from the musings of Alabama. He shot shaft after shaft of sarcasm into 1 Mr. Bryan as a political leader, though | never was he understood to cast any thing of evil at the man. He believed Mfr. Bryan great man, he said and
 a true man, but he did not believe he | should be retained as a fetish for the South to worship eternally." Rather he would. believe that there are in the | rank and file. of the millions of Demo- | crats of the South plenty of avail able men to run for President.
 For one" said Mr.. Stallings. rising to his fullest height. q do not stand in the attitude of one who has been Interrupting us tonight, believing 1t | treason to mention some other name than Bryan for the Presidential .nomi- nation. have voted for Bryan every time he was put up. I will vote for the next Democrat that is put up. but let
 us select a man who we think has some hope of victory at least. I am for Culberson of Texas. first, and. sec ond, for Johnson of Minnesota"
 Mir. Stallings satirically pictured Bryan making the rounds of Europe.
 There he was feted by the subjects
 of the Czar and by others across the
 water as the great private American citizen" Then. too, was Bryan popu- l lar, the speaker declared. but he had
 not been on American soil again ten
 minutes, 1t seemed before he turned
 every chance of victory. This was iD
 reference to the declaration of Bryan
 In favor of Government ownership Of
 railways. st
 The speaker, concluding his picture
 of Bryan abroad. expressed the wish
 that at that time the election had been
 held. Maybe. he said. there would have
 been a chance for Democratic victory
 A strong appeal to the oldline Demo-
 crats to get into the party councils Of
 the State at this time was made by
 MT. Stallings. He hinted that not the
 best of the party is under the domina-
 tion of Bryan and trying to assume
 control in the State" He warned
 against allowing such . state of af-
 fairs, and saying that he would not
 desist at this late hour Of Calling a
 spade a spade" roundly condemned
 Asa Rountree as a candidate for the
 Alabama electoral college. He did not
 believe that the later should be allow.
 ed to take part In the partys councils
 much less be elected to the electoral
 college. r@ r'
 MT. stallings made 1t known that
 he will meet in his future speeches
 in behalf of Johnson. any advocate or
 advocates of Bryan who care to engage
 in joint debate. He will be in Bir-
 mingham tonight. he said. and other
 appointments will be announced. His
 was a general challenge to the Bryan
 men to enten into joint debates.
 At near the eleventh. hour the meet
 ing adjournd with prolonged applause
 accorded to Mir. Stallings
 Bankhead Sends Telegram.
 Washington. May 7.-(Special) )-Rs
 plying to A. G.. Smith of Birmingham | Iah Car f-r,