Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24
BRYAN IN CINCINNATI.
At Columbus He Addresses Twelve
 Audiences.


 Cincinnati, Sept. 24.-After stopping at Springfield and Dayton William J. Bryan arrived today in this city.
 In Columbus he delivered twelve speeches to enormous crowds, his con- cluding address being made to an over flow audience of 10000 persons:
 Mir. Brynn's appearance on the plat form created scene of the widest enthusiasm, which took some time to die out, but the demonstration was re- peated when he was formally intro duced by James Kilbourne, the Dem ocratic candidate for governor of Ohio several years ago. Every one had a chance to hear Democratic arguments. While Mir. Bryan was speaking Judge Harmon, the present Democratic candi- date for governor of the state; John J. Lentz and others were addressing the crowd outside.
 Addresses 4,0oo Committeeman.
 During the day in this city the Dem ocratlc candidate for president spoke to 4,0OO precinct committeeman, the number being so large that the hall was emptied in order to accommodate those who had not heard him talk on organization. These meetings were fol- lowed by addresses to the Commercial Travellers league on the trusts and to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers and Bremen. His remarks in the evening were on the issues of the campaign generally. but his speech to the representatives of the brotherhood was devoted exclusively to the labor question and more particularly the plank in the Democratic platform de- manding trial by jury in cases of in direct contempt.
 Tn these remarks he took occasion to refer to the attempts made in 1896 to pass a law covering such cases and quoted telegram signed by Frank P. Sargent, grand master of the Brother hood of Locomotive Bremen; F. E.. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors; E. H. Morrissey, grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; P. NJ. Arthur, grand chief of the Brotherhood of To- comotive Engineers, and w. V. Powell, grand chief of the Order of Railway Photographers, in behalf of 800,000 rail- road employees. asking that the pro posed law of 1896 be passed.
 Jury Trial In Contempt Cases.
 He said:
 "We say that there ought to be a jury trial, and the Republicans say that there ought not to be. This is a clear issue between us and my friends. Now, there is this difference between direct contempt and indirect contempt. In the case of direct contempt the con- tempt complained of or alleged is com- mitted in the presence of the court. es; he is an eyewitness; he decides the question pending on his own knowl- edge. But in the case of indirect con- tempt-that is, where the act com- | nldlUtu Ol NdS outSiuC oA the presence of the court-it must be established by evidence.
 Now, we are not complaining in the case of direct contempt, but we insist that as this indirect contempt involves q prosecution which is in it's nature criminal prosecution with a punishment by fine or Imprisonment, or both, we contend as it is in it's na- ture a criminal prosecution the man accused shall have the protection of trial by jury to ascertain whether he is guilty or not.
 "Mr. Taft in his notification speech says that our plank in favor of the jury trial is the most insiduous at tack that has yet been made in all our history on the judiciary of the United States. Now, that is his charge. What is it that we do? We indorse bill that passed the United States senate by a vote so unanimous that they did not have a roll call AS matter of fact a man who was present told me that only one man voted in the nega- tive, and that man was Senator Platt of Connecticut"