The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-01
Ovatien at Masc. tine.

OVotl0U o4 Muoc0tine.
 Muscatine. Ia. Sept ao.---rraveiinE present tour of more than three weeks William Jennings Bryan today got an ovation here as the train bearing him from Rock Island pulled into the out skirts of the city.
 He was greeted by the footing Of factory windows and a national salute fired by the Muscatins battery.
 Speaking to the crowd at the depot the Democratic candidate scored the Republicans for admitting the exist. ence of great abuses and then not cor. recting them. They had ignored the laboring man, he said. they had kept up a high protective tariff. had failed to prosecute to any extent the trusts and were afraid of publicity of cam. paign contributions before election in order to shield those who had been buying legislation by furnishing money to elect men to office.
 Once again he denounced the Presi- dent for participation in the campaign, and if anything In even stronger terms than heretofore.
 There Is another issue of this cam paign," he said, and that is whether I am running against one man or two men. started out to run against Mr. Taft on the ground that they had pick ed man big enough and able to defend himself Now I Ind the rres- this light. don't object to 1t. but do believe 1t is . degradation of the office of the President to make that office, which belongs to all the people, a party asset in tns hands of one par. ty.
 T insist that the American people have a right to elect their own officials lA<a n and I ask the President, after he mas nominated MT. Taft. to stand aside and let us fight it out before the Ar1eri- can people on our platforms"
 At Osl< aloosa.
 Oskaloosa, Iowa. Sept. 3o.--Speakihg to a big crowd here today. William J. Bryan, after discussing publicity. Of campaign contributions and the elec- ton of Senators by direct vote of the people. took up recent statement by MT. Taft regarding the amount of the Republican campaign fund. He quoted the following as coming from MT. Taft:
 MT. Bryan says that we may not expect anything from the Republican party because it is governed by the protected interests and that they con- tributed to the campaign fund. If they did so. am glad to advise you that the campaign fund is not fattering. and that no campaign has been carried on more economically than this cam paign."
 Mir. Bryan invited his hearers to notice the fact that MT. Taft did not deny that they accept contributions not deny my indictment" said MT. Bryan. "He simply says that if the protected interests do contribute that the fund is not hattering this year. But what does MT. Taft call fiatter- ing fund? He and the public might differ as to how much 1t will take to make a fiattering fund. He is not willing that the public shall know how much of fund his party has or from whom it is received. Why does not he tell you? Is he afraid that you will not vote the Republican ticket if you know where the campaign fund comes from? If so. he means that you will be sorry you voted the Republi- can ticket when you find out how much of a fund they have and where 1t comes from. Is this political honesty? :? What do the rank and file of the Re- publican party think of the Republi- can leaders who conceal the amount and sources of their campaign fund and refuse to allow their campaign methods to be known"
 At Cfeston.
 Creston, Iowa, Sept. 30.-Traversing the southeastern and southern portions of Iowa all day in an ordinary coach, William J. Bryan tonight concluded his whirlwind speaking tour of more than three weeks at this place. where big open air meeting was held. No great | CT demonstrations have been accorded Mir. Bryan anywhere than in Iowa. .. When he took a late train for Lin- | coin he had delivered during the day | fifteen speeches to immense crowds, | that manifested the greatest interest | in what he had to say.
 In all of these talks he devoted him. | self principally to a discussion of the | platforms of the tive parties with spe- cial reference to publicity of campaign | contributions, election of Senators by | direct vote and the tariff.
 He was unsparing in his attacks on | the President and MT. Taft.
 He specifically answered at Oskalooss
 and Knoxville. MT Taft's recent speeches regarding the source of the | campaign funds of the respective par l ties, but more particularly the one in
 which Mir. Taft stated the Democratic candidate had done nothing but talk l while he himself had been putting his
 ideas into practice in administrative