Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
BRYAN !NVADES
| NEW JERSEY INA
MERRY MOOD
HAS FUN, WITH PRESIDENT AS
HIS TOPIC
MAKES NERVE RACkiNG TRIP IN
FINE SPIRIT
Delivers Sixteen Speeches to Farmers
and Receives Big ovations In
Every Town-Labor Prob
lens Reviewed
TBT Associated Press.l

nj EWARK, N. j., Oct. 23.-New Jer-
sey poured out her hosts to greet
~ William j. Bryan. Refreshed by
a long sleep hast, night, following two
laborious days in Ohio and West Vir-
ginia, the Democratic candidate was In
splendid form and took advantage OF
this to inject into his utterances a
spirit of wit and logic which enabled
him to impress his audiences every
where.
Travelling at nerve-racking cliT
over a zigzag course in handsomely
equipped special train, In charge OF
State Chairman J. r.. Nugent, Mr.. Bry-
an was enabled to talk to great num-
ber of farmers, laboring men and 9TH
ers in the farming and industrial cen
ters of the state.
Evidently inspired by President
Roosevelt's recent declaration on labor
in which President Samuel Gompers
and himself were severely criticised
Mr.. Bryan chose for his main text the
labor question, and in most of his
speeches, of which there were sixteen,
made merry with the president.
criticises Roosevelt
He accused the president of butting
into the campaign and deposing Mr.
Gompers, and said sarcastically that
he expected before long that he him
self would be deposed. and Nicholas
Longworth, the presidents son-in-laW
placed at the head of Democracy.
He never lost an opportunity to de-
fine the difference between the plat
forms of the Democratic and Republi-
can parties with respect to labor and
explained with minute detail the
pledges which the Democratic party
made at Denver to secure the remedial
legislation for which, he said, labor
was crying, but to which the Republi-
cans had turned a deaf ear.
incidentally at West Philadelphia. on
his way to New Jersey, the candidate
referred to the fact that his voice nae
held out so we'll because he had nc
ragged arguments to pass through his
throat, while at White House, N. j.
SELLING upon the name for witty pre-
liminary to his speech, he said:
At White House
81 am here at last. 1t has been rather
a long journey, but happily ended.
His platform having outlined the
remedial legislation which Democracy
demanded should be enacted, ne said
it would be carried out in letter and
spirit, and that was about all he
could say In an inaugural address.
At Trenton he told the people that
he had a united Democracy behind him.
and a frightened RepuDlican party III
front of him.
Immense throngs greeted him al
Trenton, Phillipsburg. Somerviile,
Elizabethport, Perth ANYBODY, New
Brunswick and here.
On no day during the campaign were
his remarks more interrupted with ex-
pressions from his audiences indica-
ting their friendliness toward him.
than today.
The climax of the eventful day came
when he visited Newark tonight. The
whole city was aglow with red f1re
and his progress through the streets
to the Auditorium where he spoke,
was nothing short of q great ovation.
A seething mass of humanity followed
him to the hall, already long before
packed to its capacity, while on the
outside were countless thousands, who,
unable to gain admittance. made II
necessary for him to deliver an over
flow address.
Air Filled with Cheers
The air was rent with cheers as he
unfolded the Democratic policies and
hurled an avalanche of criticism upon
the Republican party for its failure
to listen to the demands of the people.
At the conclusion of his remarks
here. Mr.. Bryan retired for the night
in his car, which was taken to Jersey
Cftv from which place he Will leave