The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-21
Ringing Endorsement Given to Bryan By Cleveland Democrats
ROOSEVELT BIG BLUSTERER
Judge Harmon in His Speech Holds Up the President In Contempt For Assuming Powers That He
 Has No Right to Take.

New York, October 20.-Three mem- bers of the cabinets of the late Presi- dent Clevelan1 by presence and spech at big democratic gathering here to- night, sought to demonstrate beyond peradventure that the democracy of Tilden and Cleveland is lending It's sup port and endeavor to secure the cleo tion of William J. Bryan to the pres idency.
 The occasion was mass meeting under the auspices of the Bryan and Kern Business Mems association at Carnegie hall and seated on the plat form were former Governor David R. Francis of Missouri, secretary of the interior under Cleveland; Judson liar mon of Ohio, former attorney general; and Hilary A. Herbert of Alabama, President Cleveland's secretary of the navy.
 Carnegie hall contained a notable as- semblage of democrats, some of whom have not participated in the party's $ councils since Cleveland's administra- tion, and the Bryan leaders and oth- CTS on the platform expressed their delight at the presence of these men.
 Taking as theme the present cam paign issues from a business stand point, the chamberlains of MT. Cleve- lands administration, in speeches of forensic force, brought ringing cheers from the audience with declarations oY.fc ala in O business stability and an uplift to in- dustrial well being.
 Mayor George B. Mcclellan presided and read a letter from the venerable John Bigelow. author and statesman, friend of Abraham Lincoln, and Sam uel J. Tilden, urging the election of MT. Bryan The mayor was intro duced by Nathan Straus, president of the Bryan and Kern Business Mems S association. Mayor Mcclellan declared that the present administration was responsible for the panic, and then read MT. Bigelow's letter.
 Welcome to Harmon. Former Attorney General. Judson Harmon, democratic candidate for gov ernor of Ohio, was rendered a rousing welcome. MT. Harmon said in part; .'All democrats have come to realize that democratic principles cannot be 1 advanced but are put in peril when they abandon the party, just because | some measure is proposed which they do not approve, or a man is nominated | who was not their choice. Democrats i who within cid their support or gave it to the republican party in 1896 now 1 see that in the end they injured the cause they had at heart.
 '"rhese democrats thus fooled have
 heard thelr party and the great brave leader of it's last administration slandereo for i2 years as the cause of hard times | They have seen special interests absorb ! ing, through favor. taxes and combina- | tions, to stifie competition and control the 1 markets, the prosperity which came by
 the industry of all the people. They have
 seen the law-malxing power blocked by | the forces of privilege and monopoly. | They have seen II doughty but clustering executive. elected by enormous contribu- | tions from these forces, setting up for the i first time in our history the right to say
 which breakers of the law shall be prose ! cuted and which shall go free. They have | seen him use the power and prestige of l his office to impose his will on his own 1 party in the nomina tion and try to i'm ! pose it on the people in the choice of his successor.
 Our people know now how much money l it took to defeat Mir. Bryan, where it came from. and what it was repaid in. 1 "They would resent the interference of | the President in any case. They resent the | more. since his political dealings with Hartman and other disclosures of his 1 practical methods. They resent the | fraud by which it was sought to make bo |, | against the party which honored him."
 Hilary Herbert Speaks, H. A. Herbert. once Secretary of the Navy followed Mir. Harmon and made an attack on the policy of the republican party for not making public it's campaign contributions until after election.
 "The democratic party is a united party" said the former secretary, land today is as strong and compact fight ing organization as under Tilden. We will win victory this year"
 Former Gov. David R. Francis of Mis- souri, who spoke next. was given tu- multuous reception. MT. Francis said in part:
 q favor the election of MT. Bryan in this contest because I think his success would do more to promote the general welfare of our people than would that of his opponents.
 "I am a democrat, and believe in the maintenance of the principles of that party The centralizing tendencies of the republican party must be checked. as their continued predominance win result in the establishment of either monarchy or a socalistic government at Washington.
 Those prophecies that business will not continue to improve if the democratic can didates should be elected are not only without foundation, but are not believed by those who give utterance to them"
 Men Are Fighting Flames.