The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12

hosts of labor It holds out a strong right hand to the farmer: it conserves the honest interests of capital. It is sound in financial policy and touches no wild cat theory of finance.
 Tt cuts to the core of civic corruption in state and nation. It enthrones the reople upon initiative and referendum, direct primaries and the right to recall incompetent corrupt officials. It reforms the tariff by it's friends, puts ballot thieves and financial criminals behind the bars develops all the resources of the country, and preserves peace with honor by a navy large enough to defend both of the republics ocean shores.
 Simply these principles carry to the gallant south the essence of that pure democracy which it has sought and fail cd to reach and surely when the brave and honest voter, north and south comes to follow his convictions to the ballot, he will find in this frank and explicit platform the elearness, the directness and the comprehensive patriotism which his country needs.
 "In grateful appreciation of the high honor and responsibility which you of fer, I shall earnestly and hopefully ap- peal our cause to the south and to the country.
 Hearst Introduced.
 William Randolph Hearst was received with cheers Mr Hearst started his ad- dress by explaining his leaving the dem ocratic party. He declared if w. J. Bryan was sincere he should not have ap- preached him four months ago with the proposition to support him (W. J. bryan) in the campaign and he (Bryanl would Jpz in the Canl- paign.
 Mir Hearst said in part
 "I lave come all the way from New York to maxe an explanation, not an apology of why 1 have ceaSs1 to call myself d democrat and have withdrawn from the support of MT. Bryan
 Mr. Hearst tEen reviewed the cam- paigrs of 1S96 and 1900, in which he stp- ported MT. Evan Coming to the pres enl campaign ie said
 Look at this man Haskell, whom Bryan made chairman of his committee on platform an1s treasurer of his cam paign fund. This man Haskell, known as political paymaster of the Standard Oil company is asked by MT. Bryan first to make platform the Standard oil will approve of, and then to collect from the Standard oil the material expression of their approval.
 MT. Bryan has hauled down his flag and surrendered. When in all of MT. Bryans vacillating course with its igno- nimous conclusions could l find an in- spiration for further devotion or oppor- tunity for honorable approval.
 Bryan Called Names.
 q have come to regard MT. Bryan as a trickster, a trimmer, traitor.
 MT. Bryan alleges that l am angry at him because he did not support me for the presidency at St. Louis four years ago. That is not true. If MT. Bryan thought I was not the most available can didate it was his duty to oppose me. But if MT. Bryan thought l was not the proper candidate he should not have ap- preached me in New York four months ago with proposition to support me in the next campaign if 1 would support him in this campaign.
 MT Bryan says that the independence party is a party of pique and that 1t Was created to destroy him. That is not true.
 My friends, the independence party was formed for larger things. If we had been so small as to wish to destroy MT. Bryan we could have done so with cam paign club. The independence parry vas founded to restore true democratic gov ornment true republican government. true American government. 1t was founded to take the government out of the hands of political machines and corrupt bosses and tho privileged interests that control the political machines and own the cor rupt bosses. It was founded to repose the power of government once more in the hands of the majority to be exercised i'm partially for the benefit of the whole community"
 Hisgen Speaks.
 When Thomas J. Hisgen was intro- duced the audience shouted with enthu- siasm. The presidential candidate talked about 30 minutes and was frequently interrupted by applause.
 MT. Hisgen said iu part:
 My friends, I believe that what tho people want today is business ability and simple honesty in the conduct of their government Government is busi- ness. The coming election is simply a shareholders meeting, called under the articles of Incorporation. the constitu- ton, to choose list of officers for the company, the nation.
 "I want to declare here, and l feel per fectly satisfied of the truth of my state ment, that the same methods that make honest business successful will make ar honest administration successful. If you administer the government fearlessly economically and wisely the people will be prosperous and happy. If you admin ister it with extravagance. or In any interest save that of the people disaster must follow as it has in the past.
 "If we had business administration the people would get more for the taxes they pay--they would get better public grounds, better national improvements and, of even more vital importance, a better navy and more thoroughly trained army to make peace absolutely sure.
 'The people would also be protected against the public plunderers who monop. olize the necessities of life and rob the people under lax administration of the law.
 Labor Planks.
 "The labor blanks in our platform are honest and straightforward. We demand for workers the same kind of Justice meted out to all others. We demand fo, them the right of trial by jury and we deny the arbitrary right of any judge especially of a judge appointed through the influence of corporation, to de prive any man of trial by jury on that judges own say so.
 The republicans are frankly agains the trial by Jury in injunction cases The democrats have plank on that ques tion that means nothing, and was meant to mean nothing. They used to say, "Nt