The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-27
CITIZENS OF CANDIDATES. BIRTH
PLACE TURN OUT I'M FULL
z-ss
FORCE.
THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
Flock to Town to Hear Peerless One
Speak--Crowd Makes up Large
Purse as Campaign Con
tributon.

Salem, ILL.,, Aug. 26.-No crowd of
equal size or enthusiasm ever turned
ont In this city Bryans birthplace.
as did that Of today when the Demo.
| Icrati6-candidate stopped over to greet
bis old friends and neighbors. The
While population was up and on hand
early 20 extend hearty welcome
when Bryan reached here at SO 80
this morning They were augmented
ater in the day by thousands who
came on special trains
The principal event of the day was
the speech by BRYAN In which he ap-
peaied to Roosevelt Republicans" 10
support the Democratic ticket, be.
cause, he said they could not hope for
q realization of promised reforms of
| their party Tart, he said, was moi
| the heir to Republican reforms.
During the day Bryan divided most
of his time with the Bryan and the
Jennings branches of his family. AT.
| ter luncheon he rode out to the GENE.
eterV aud placed flowers on the graves
| of his parents and on his way back to
| the cityinspected the new Bryan Ben
lett library, presented by himself and
the late Philies Bennett of Connect
,ut
The site Of the library is on the spot
on which the house in which Bryan
was born was located.
Several thousands citizens of Salem
and visitors shook the candidates
hand. lie held receptions at the
court house. hotel and railroad sta
ton. While Bryan was talking r |
crowd made mp purse of 5000 and
handed it to him as a campaign con
tribution A check for 500 also was
given him by man from Clinton
county Preceding Bryans remarks
Theodore A, Bell, Of California, CHR. |
man of the Kern notification commit. |
tee, who accompanied Bryan. made a |
speech, ia which he compared the |
platforms of the two dominant par
ties.
Mack Confers With Gompers.
Washington, Aug. 26 Union Ia |
bors reputation in the Democratic ma. |
fional campaign and the plans forum. |
lated by the officers of the American
Federation of Labor 10 swing the Ia |
bor vote TO Bryan, were the subjects |
Of series of conferences tonight be.
tween National Chairman Mack and
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation Of Labor. Secre. F.
tary Morrison. of the Federation
aud President Mcconnell Of the Ma 1
chinists Union
Mack announced before HIS depart
nre for New York AZ midnight that hc /
had approved the plans devised by
GompCrs and his associates to aid in
Bryan's election and that in a few
days he would announce the chairman
Of the various labor bureaus that VIII
be established in several of the larger
cities and conducted under the gen
eral direction of the national commit
tee and the American Federation Of 4
Labor. Is
Bryan in his speech said. In our I
platform We declared that the over :
shaiowinC issue was shall the peoplr Z
rul"2 TAFT SAYS they do That's the ,
luestion about which there is differ Z
ence of opinion. All who think they h
10 rule TO-DAY viii differ from me: an $
WHO think they 10 not rule viU differ
fr5m Taft- Sherman said tire people Z
lo fuie. He ought 20 knew better. for q
be- has been one Of the fellows who :
has kept them from ruling in the a
house Of Representatives n bas been .
1ae of the men responsible for q
hwafting the viii ~ the people. ,
= lay down the proposition that the
American people TODAY DO not rrle. d.
Fhsy da not conduct their own gov 7
srnment and the Eovenmsn conduct
n hy others Is not responsive to the
sill of the people. Now. IL am right !,
(coneiuded or THIRD PaEs) S