The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-03
sioux CITY
HEARS truth
FROM BRYAN
Bryan Attacks Republican Hy-
pOCracy in Matters
of Reform.
MEN AT THE HEAD BELONG
TO THE TRUST ELEMENT
NEBRASKAN GREETED BY VAST
CROWDS AS HE CAME FROM
ST. PAUL TO IOWA.

Sioux City, Ia. Sept addressing
a monster Democratic rally here to-
night. William j. Bryan. Democratic
candidate for the presidency, In the
course of a speech on the tariff. guar
anty OF bank deposits. the labor and
trust questions and governmental re-
forms. denounced T. Coleman Dupont
of Delaware and Senator Boise Penrose
OF Pennsylvania. members of the Re
publican executive committee. az not
being expected 10 become reformers,
because of their affiliation with the
trusts. Especial attention was given
To the reform and trust questions.
Ovation All Day.
Having Travelled the entire night and
day through Minnesota and a part OF
Iowa. where he received enthusiastic
receptions all along the line, Mr.. Bryan
arrived here shortly before o'clock to-
night. From the rear platform of the
train at various points in both states.
ne shook hands with many hundreds of
persons and made several talks, but the
chief of these was at Alton. Ia, juno
ton point, where he discussed at some
length the tariff and guaranty of bank
deposits. He again charged Mr. Taft
with not being satisfied with the Re
publican platform. and with being
forced 10 continually amend it.
Short Stay in ST. Paul.
During a two hours stay in St Paul
between trains. Mr.. Bryan took break
fast in an uptown cafe. which he
reached after brisk walk. On the way
back he observed in a music store win
dow an announcement that the stock
included photographic records of his
speech in guaranty of bank deposits.
and of Mr. Taft on injunctions in labor
disputes. He entered the pace and at
his inquest, both records We're repro
duced. His own remarks were heard
first. and as the last words died away
he smilingly remarked, Il am now
convinced"
Speech at Sioux City.
At the station here 20 meet the Ne
braskan were Mayor See-s. SIatc Com
mitteeman Beck, former Mayor Quick,
Judge Van Wagonen ami many other
leading Democrats No sooner did the
| crowd catch a glimpse of hinR as he
alighted from the train than he. was
Justify cheered by several thousand reo-
ple and the cheering continued as he
rode along the streets 20 the hotel He
will depart at o'clock in the morning
for Lincoln, reaching home at 1890
| O'Clock
Discussing the question of reforms.
/ Mr.. Bryan declared that the Republican
party was not in a position to reform
anything.
"Why?" he asked. because its cc1-
spicuous members are connected with
the very things that need reforming,
! arf-r q
cute the guilty without disgracing Its
most prominent members"
Republican Performers"
! AS an Illustration. n cited the fact
! that the Republican natiOna. commit
tee had selected a chairman and that
that chairman had selected his execu-
| tive committee.
IT, he said. you will read the
names of the members Of the executive
committee that are now trying on this
campaign you Will find that a ma jority
Of them are conspicuous for their con-
nection with the very corporations that
need reforming. One of them. Mr.. Du-
pont of Delaware. is today the defend
ant in suit for conspiracy i'm violation
| of the antitrust law brought by the
/ United States government. and which
is still pending Mr.. Dupont is defend
ant III tiic dttloii, ana y-l ne Is one OF
the executive committee 10 carry OF the
Republican campaign and the char
man of the speakers bureau of that
committee"
+ Case of Dupont.
| Now" he said. "I want to ask Won.
Do you think that Mr.. Dupont Is I'm a
good position to pick out speakers and
train them as to what they shall say? Do
you expect any speakers to mention the
government suit against the powder trust
II the speaker is picked out and Instruct
ed by one of the defendants in the case ?
Do you expect Mr.. Penrose OF Pennsyl-
: vania, who has been intimately connect
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