Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
AT CONFERENCE TO ARRANGE
FOR REMAINDER OF CAMPAIGN
HE EXPRESSES OPTIMISTIC
VIEW OF SITUATION.
SEES A PLOT TO
BURY HIM ALIVE
TELLS CEDAR RAPIDS AUDIENCE
HE is AN EXAMPLE OF ONE
WHO HAS OUTLINED ATTACKS
OF HIS OPPONENTS.

Chicago, Oct 7.-PlanS for the
final weeks of the Democratic
campaign were outlined and dis
cussed at conference between
William j. Bryan, National Chair
man Mack and the heads of the
various bureaus of the national
committee today. Bryan told the
committeeman he felt convinced
the tide Is still running strong
for the Democratic ticket.
Cedar Rapids, Oct, TT present
myself as an example of one who has
outlined the venomous attacks of his
demagogue twelve years ago. You
saw them bury ME and you heard
them chant their songs over my
grave, and now they have to explain
why it happened was not dead"
With all the fer"or he could muster
up William ]. Brvan, facing a vast as
semblage in the Chautauqua audi,
torium, between Tama and Toledo
yesterday delivered himself of the
above utterance. AT no time during
the campaign has he spoken SO
earnestly or with such vigor. His re.
marks followed bitter denun citation
Of Mr.. Taft for refusing to agree to a
publication of campaign contributions
before elections.
"No honest man and no political
party conducting an honest campaign :
Mr.. Bryan declared, need be afraid
of the light"
Heaps RidIcuIe on Republicans.
Nor was this all, At Woodward Mr
Bryan heaped ridicule on the Repub.
licans by charging them with taking
credit for the growth Of crops, the
shining Of the sun, and the bringing
of the rain.
'In fact" he said, they seize upon
anything they think gives a plausible
excuse for voting the Republican
ticket"
At Maxwell the Nebraskan com.
pared the granting of special privi
leges to a case of poison in the human
system
There has been a poison at work
in our politics." he declared, "and
todav its manifestations are such that
believe the American people are
ready to apply the remedy, and that
poison is the noison Of privilege, the
noison of favoritism Our government
has been run too largely In the inter
est OF the favored few"
Fifteen speeches and haDdshakine
to thousands constituted his days
work. the concluding speech being
made in this city last night in the
Auditorium, which was filled to over
flowing long before he was scheduled
to arrive. Before going to the hall
he was serenaded at the hotel and
addressed an immense throng from
the balcony. The keynote Of his re-
lican policies meant disaster while
Democratic policies meant prosperity ;
"Need Democracy for Prosperity"
"The Democratic party is absolutely
necessary to restore prosperity" de
clared Mr.. Bryan ''The Republican
party has had it's chance and # has
failed. We are now In the midst oi
a depression for which natural condi
tions furnish no excuse Artificial
conditions are responsible for the
present business Drostration, and
those artificial conditions originated
In Republican policies.
"The business failures for the nine
months ending Sept 80 were II 1947
and the liabilities amounted to S17a.
100000. 1t means that If the assets
are worth, in fact, the amount al
which thev are placed. there will still
he a loss of s56 1000 900 to account for
This tremendous loss comes at 9
time when crops are reasonably good
and when nature has not withheld
her bounty. 1t comes when the Repub
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