The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-25
BRYAN CONTRASTS RECORDS.
THRICE NAMED FOR PRESIDENT
on HIS MERITS. NE SAYS,

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Repeats 70 Cincinnati Audience Talk
:! On TaftsTDur Dignifytng vste; Hunt
Ing by CsnEidatesYyhsusands to
Hear mm-No Answer to Roosevelt
CINCINNATI, Sept. 24.-Muso Hall; which
seats 5000 persona. was jammed with at
least 5000 men and women shortly after
the DOOR wsre opened for tho Bryan meet
ing tonight at 2 o clock. =
At least as many moro thronged the
squares surrounding Music Hall. A bress
band and the big organ furnished. the
preliminary entertainment,
Timothy Hogan. Demooratio candidate
for Attorney General. was the first
speaker and introduced himself as next
Incumbent Of that of1oe, Mr. Hogan
said the principles Of Mr.. Bryan were
borne In the hearts OF the American peo-
pie; He referred TO Cow Harris as AN
"understudy Of the AimighSys and during
his heated sentence q bearer shouted
Take one on mel. which caused con
siderable cheering. This was the first
word pertaining to the liquor interests
and their interest in the Buckeye cam
paign and was. heartily applauded.
Mr.. Bryan In opening. bis remarks.
referring to. the Manifestations Of dis
comfort on tho part Of the. audience.
said:
Il am aware Of your distress In this
hot hall and I will say TO you that I am
too hot and I'M trying to make 1t hot
for my opponents.'
He said the outpouring reminded him
of descriptions Of Taft's notification day
In this city and he. the speaker. took 1t
as q notification Of his. the speakers.
election.
He said that now that Mr.. Taft himself
was outIhuntng for votes he took 1t that
1t was no longer undignifed as had been
formerly charged against him for a Prssi-
Dental candidate to hunt votes. He be-
feved that 1t was no more undigniled at
least for MIR. Taft to be hunting votes
than for MIR. Roosevelt to be oontesing
with Mr.. Taft for the leadership OF the
Republican party
He said MI. Taft's record In office, while
to he praised, was not such "a brought
him the nomination for the Presidency.
Mr.. Bryan contrasted his own record,
that Of a man without powerful friends
with that OF Mr.. Taft.
Mr.. Bryan declared that his OWL record
had resulted in his nomination three times
for the Presidency.
The speaker said that among the first
reforms he would attempt to bring about
IL elected, ever II 1t were necessary In
30 doing to call an extraordinary session
Of Congress. would be that Of election Of
United States Senators by the people.
He said it was in the Senate that reforms
were Ms. The her hardest let e b sdy np' TAFT had FOL.
lowed him In indorsing the publicity
issue. He said Mckinley had advocated
his. Bryan's. free silver policy In 1873.
but conditions had changed since then.
Independence for the Philippines was
another theory Of the speakers which
MIR. Taft was now ~championing.
since / have been in public hfe,' he de-
clared.
-Mr. Taft does not stand for a single
reform that has not before been advo-
Gated by the Democrats 1t was hardly
creditable. he said, for Mr.. Taft to claim
the credit for reforms which the speaker
had long advocated: He considered,
He said Mr.. Taft had substituted an
other platform for the one the Republic
can national convention had made. He
doubted whether Mr.. Taft, II elected,
would agree with Congress in that con-
nsction any better than Mr.. Taft and the
convention had agreed.
Mr. Bryan said that when Mr.: Taft
read the Democratic platform on Pub
lioity' and hen read his own party's plat
form he made a jump and fell half way
between the Democratic platform and
what his own party had not said on the
subject In its platform. In other words
the speaker believed in publicity Of Don;
tributions before and MIR. Taft believed
In 1t after the election.
welt had brought no trust magnate to the
Sapps q, IL Pt tSis !. the reoord Of Roos ms
welt with all his s~trenuosity.' Bryan said,
What will complainant JudseTaf accom-
He said Taft had said a panic would
bis election and he wanted to know
II Taft would give bond that 1t would not
follow his own election.
There were cries in the audience for
reference to "Taft's Akron speech but
they were ignored by Mr.. Bryan.
Bryan leaves early In the morning for
Indiana.
Bryan said early to-day that he had nc
time to prepare an answer to President
letter to him regarding the
charges against Gov. Haskell Of Okla
homa Of being an agent Of the Standard
Oil Company.
Il see that Gov. Haskell himself as
MIR. Roosevelt said Mr.. Bryan.
and he emphatically denied the charges
made against him by the President l
answer MIR. Roosevelt later
After Bryan left here for Dayton. o..
this morning, a report that Mr., Haskell
had resigned as treasurer Of the national
was denied by friends who
are close to Mr.. Bryan. It was said that
Haskell had been advised by Bryan not
to resign under FIRE; that the candidate
treasurer, and that he would stand by
him az long as Haskell could prove that
the Presidents charges were untrue.
CINCINNATI, Sept. Alt Is understood
that Mr.. Bryan will not have anything to
say in the R~oosevelt-H Haskell matter before
Saturday, II then.