Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

AUuu1y CuecTeQ.
A big crowd greeted the candidate upon
his arrival at Middletown, where he made
one Of his longest stops. As he rode
through the streets in an automobile to
the auditorium he was loudly cheered.
His speech was treatment of the issues
Of the campaign generally.
| Addressing an overflow crowd from the
| rear end of the train, Mr.. Bryan said:
This campaign has nearly closed. The
republican party has great advantage in
| that 1t has the offices. 1t has q great ad-
| vantage In that 1t has nearly all Of the
great metropolitan newspapers. so that
| 1t Is difficult to get our cause before the
public. 1t has the advantage in having
| very large campaign fund with which
| to circulate literature and pay the ex-
| penses OF speaking and yet with all Of
| ing days of the campaign so frightened
| that republican President feels 1t neces-
| sary to send all his cabinet officers out to
give instructions in civil service and also
| make republican speeches at the same
| time. Not satisfied with that. the Presi-
dent himself insists on getting In this
campaign to take the leadership of 1t
away from the republican candidate. Now
we say hands off and let the American
people settle this contest without execu-
tive interference"
Short Talk at Jersey City.
Mr.. Bryan delivered a short talA to a
| crowd at Jersey City. II have not read
the morning papers yet" he said. land 1
don't know what there Is new politically,
but unless the morning papers give differ
| emit news from that we have been receiv-
ing, the democratic vote is larger today
than 1t was yesterday. We are within
a week of the election and things have
gone against the republicans so that they
are fighting for Ohio and are going to put
Il a ooh ino off 20 }v
several of the states. It Is a remarkable
situation when such efforts are necessary
by party running on its record, for its
| record covers twelve years. and the evil
dence Is conclusive that the record has
not been satisfactory to the American
voter"
Stops the Train.
! Bryan in a short address at Paterson,
N. J.. declared that he now was enabled
to pass intelligent judgment upon that
panic.
| "All Of you that felt that you have
been overprosperous under the republican
administration and therefore needed this
panic" he said. will vote the republican
| ticket. Those OF you who do not feel
that you have been overprosperous, and
do not feel. therefore, that you have de-
served the panic will vote the democratic
ticket. We will be able then to test this
matter"
The train started, but. desiring to make
a few concluding remarks, Mr.. Bryan
himself pulled the bell cord and the train
| was stopped.
II would ask the republicans" he said
| further. whether in case OF their VIC
tory they would give you so much pros
perity as to make you sick, and how long
1t would be before another overpros-
porous panic would come under their ad-
ministration.'
The space in front of the station was
densely packed. A man yelled Three
cheers for our next President" and they
| was given.
Addresses Pennsylvanians.
| En- route to Elmira Mr.. Bryan's special
train stopped at Susquehanna, Pa, for
ten minutes. One Of the biggest crowds
Of the day bade him welcome. The demo-
cratic candidate did not discuss any Of
the issues OF the campaign, but he said
that the percentage OF democratic gains
In Pennsylvania was as large as in any
other state in the Union. He urged upon
his auditors two things: First, he said
Pennsylvania could help in the election Of
a democratic Congress. and thus to sus
tain the hands Of a democratic President.
IF ! am elected, as now seems probable"
The moral force of a popular vote should
| not be overlooked, he said. Our victory
would lose half of its strength and much
of the qualification that a victory brings
| II 1t were only victory In the electoral
| college, l am anxious to have majority
of the votes of the American people be-
hind me If am to be President, and I
want to urge you to poll as large demo-
cratic vote as you possibly can"
Mr.. Bryan said that the reports from all
| over the country lead him to believe that
| democracy was going to win a great VIC
| tory in November, and he said:
II am SO confident Of the Righteousness
| Of our party's purpose. OF the wisdom OF
our party's remedies, that believe If we
| can just have a chance to put those RENE
| dies into operation and let the people see
| democracy practically applied it will win
SO much approval that even IN Pennsyi-
vania a democrat can run for Office with
| the hope of victory before him..
Enthusiasm at Port Jervis.
| To a great and enthusiastic crowd at
Port Jervis, N. Y, Mr.. Bryan today
spoke for half an hour from the porch
of the Fowler House. Declaring that each
day the confidence of the democrats in
| creased as the fears Of the republicans
increased, he said to his audience that
II they had a reason for being en-
thusiastic in 1895, they had many rea-
sons now, for, he said, the campaign Of
1896 was the first great protest against
the domination of the government by
predatory wealth. THAT contect," he said.
has now been waged for twelve years.
and that which seemed almost hopeless
when we began seems almost certain
now. for as we approach election day the
confidence Of democrats increases as the
fears of the republicans increase"
| Again he spoke Of the sending out by
| the President of cabinet officers to make
| political speeches to help save the day,
| but he declared that it was because Of
that cabinet that they had been doubtful.
IT, he said, they had a cabinet that
| would have joined heartily in the reforms
| that are necessary there might not to-
| day be SO great need of democratic
victory; but the republican party's record
| Is the milestone about its neck"
ERIGHTENEn SAYS MACK