The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-24
OHIOANS GIVE BRYAN OVATION Candidate Makes Twelve
 Speeches. TALKS OF LABOR QUESTION Explains Demand for Jury in Gen.
 tempt Cases. Democratic Leader Declares Taft sian- ders Republican statesman When
 He Says Plank Assaiis The Judiciary.

Columbus O. Sept, 23-Twelve speeches to enormous crowds marked the second entry of William J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for President, into Ohio during the present campaign
 His concluding speech was made here tonight to an overflow crowd Of 2O,OOV persons, while just previously he had addressed the largest audience that ever had assembled in Memorial Hall1
 Mr. Bryan's appearance on the plat form created scene of the widest enthusiasm. He was introduced Dy James Kilbourne. the Democratic can dldate for Governor of Ohio several years ago. While Mir. Bryan was speaking Judge Harmon, the present Democratic candidate for Governor or the state, John J. Lentz, and others were addressing the crowd outside.
 During the day in this city the Democratic candidate for President spoke to 1000 precinct committeeman. at continuous meetings. These meet ings were followed by addresses to the Commercial Travellers League on the trusts and to the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and Bremen. His remarks tonight were on the issues of the campaign generally. but his speech to the Brotherhood was devoted ex- cIusively to the labor question and more particularly the plank in the Democratic platform demanding trial by jury in cases of indirect contempt. He took occasion to refer to the att tempts made in 1906 to pass a law covering such cases.
 says Taft islanders Repubs.
 Mir. Bryan argued against the posi- ton of Mir Taft that the plank of the Democratic platform relating to in- direct contempt cases was an insidi- ous attack on the judiciary. He men- tioned the names of Senators Allison, of Iowa: Hale of Maine. Merrill Of Vermant: Cullom of Illinois; Sherman of Ohio; Hawley of Connecticut and in the Senate and he again demanded that Mir. Taft apologize to these big Republicans for slandering them. as he slandered them in this matter"
 Discussing the question, Mir Bryan said in part:
 ''we say that there ought to be a jury trial and the Republicans that there ought not to be. This is a clear issue between Us and. my friends, l want to give you briefly our reason, so that if you are called upon to de- fend your position on this question; if your position on this subject Is our position and our position is your posi- tion, I want to give you few argu- ments so that you will be prepared to defend them.
 "Now.- there Is this difference be- tween direct contempt and indirect con tempt. Tn the ease of direct contempt the contempt complained of or alleged is committed in the presence Of the court, He does not have to examine witnesses; he is an eye witness; he de- cides the question pending on his own knowledge But in the case Of indirect contempt that is, where the act com
 rf11r1 ntII2inA the presence of the court. where ft must be established by evidence.
 Now we are not complaining in the ease of direct contempt, but we insist that as this indirect contempt involves A prosecution which Is in It's nature criminal prosecution with punish nept bv fine or imprisonment, or both, we contend as it is in It's nature criminal prosecution, the man accused shall have the protection of trial by iurv to ascertain whether he Is guilty or not. It is not only important to have a trial by jury in such case. be- cause 1t is in the nature of criminal prosecution.
 ..The judge in a criminal case sim ply sits and hears the evidence and tries the case and gives his instruc- tions and decides points of law and has no personal interest as to the result of the case. but in the case of indirect contempt the judge gives the order that Is. he makes the law in the case. and he is the prosecuting attorney and he is the judge and the man would have to be more than human to be lawmaker. prosecutor, judge and do all of 1t well and fairly and impartially.
 If there Is any place where man is entitled to a trial by jury. 1t IS Tn the case of indirect contempt
 "The platform at Denver specihcal- lv endorses a measure that passed the United States Senate in June of 1906.
 "Mr. Taft in his notification speech says that our plank in favor of the jury trial is the most insidious attack that has as yet been made in all our history on the judiciary of the United States Now, that is his charge What is that we do? We endorse bill that passed the United States Senate by vote so unanimous that they did not have a roll call
 Now. Mir. Taft says this Is the most