Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
THOSE WHO DIFFER WRONG
Makes Pointed Reference to Knox
Letter on Labor.
RED LETTER DAY IN NEW YORK
Candidate Greeted by Enthusiastic
Crowds in Cities Throughout
the Southern Tier.


in this city, William ]. Bryan's advent
into the Empire state was an suspicious
one ut has been a red letter day. re-
marked the candidate. while resting in
the stateroom of his private car. He
was greeted all the way through the
southern tier by enormous crowds. his
audiences at Port Jervis, Binghamton
and at this city being made up largely
Of workingmen, who gave the democratic
candidate an especially hearty greeting.
Owego and Waverly also turned out
| great throngs. Mr.. Bryan frequently
| thanked the people along the line OF
tfavel for the cordially Of their recep-
ton. At Binghamton he took occasion
to reply more specifically to President
Roosevelt's attack on Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation OF
Labor.
THE trouble with President Roosevelt
Is" he declared, that he does not recog-
nize the possibility of an error in his own
judgment and will not admit that any
one opposed to him can possibly be
right"
Takes Cue From Taft.
Todays journey was begun at Jersey
City. where just before leaving early
this morning the candidate delivered a
short address in the railway station. BY
special courtesy Of the New York state
democratic committee the train was
stopped at Paterson. N. J., for ten min
utes. where another brief talk was given,
in which. after reading speech by Mr..
Taft yesterday. in which Mr.. Taft ad-
mftted that the panic Of 1907 was re-
publican panic and ascribed 1t to over
prosperity, Mr. Bryan told the big crowd
| assembled that at last the people were
enabled to pass intelligent judgment In
that regard. From that time on he used
this as his weapon in arguing for the
support of the democratic ticket.
Every person who feels that he has
had too much prosperity and deserved
the punishment of a panic.' he said.
rest can vote for u.s. He also took occa-
| sion to refer to the sending Of cabinet
officers out on the stump and interpreted
| that as another indication that the re-
publicans were badly frightened. He dis
| cussed the record of his republican OPP
| ponents and characterized it as mill
stone about their necks. The Importance
| Of the electoral vote of New York was
dwelt upon by the candidate at several
| points, because, he said, in New York the
| responsibility of the voter was greater
! than anywhere else in the nation, 'for
| the vote of one voter here may elect
| thirty-nine electoral votes"
Urges Chanler's Election.
| Mr.. Bryan lost no opportunity to plead
! for the election Of Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler as governor, as we'll as the en-
| tire state ticket. In his speech at Goshen
J he gave Gov. Hughes a thrust when he
spoke Of the New York law limiting the
| amount Of insurance an insurance COM
pany can write That law, he said, had
| been enacted at the suggestion of the
same Gov. Hughes who criticised the
democratic plan for controlling the trusts.
! IF 1t Is proper to fix an arbitrary linn
itation upon an insurance company at TX
| per cent" he continued, lit would not be
cruel to limit trust or corporation to 80
per cent of the total product in which 1t
Is engaged"
The trip was not without its Incidents.
| At Hancock. n. Y, man who said he
1 was a stonecutter out Of work climbed
| on the railing of Mr.. Bryan's car while
| 1t was well under way and made a fra0.
| tic appeal to talk to the candidate He
| was hauled on the platform and led to
the stateroom Of the candidate, who
| willingly consented to receive him.
AT Cochecton an enthusiastic farmer in
| looking man and invited him over to in
spect his farm.
Mr. Bryan's car was attached to the
midnight Erie train for New York city,
| where it Is due tomorrow morning. To
| morrow will be spent in resting. The
| campaign will be resumed early Mon
| day morning at Paterson, where Mr..
| Bryan promised today he would return
before resuming his New York engage
ments, which will keep him in the state
| for four days longer.
Replies to President.
William ]. Bryan's speech at Bingham
ton today to great crowd, which num-
bered many railroad and other classes of
workingmen. was devoted principally to
| the labor question, and it was more spe-
| cific In its reply to the Presidents recent
letter regarding labor than any of his
previous utterances ON that subject. He
said:
1.-The President declares that he is will
| ing to do everything for labor except to do
what is wrong. He virtually asserts that
| he will not do what is wrong for any,
| body. We must all applaud this resolute
determination on the part of the Presi-
dent to adhere to the right, but If he
| knew his fellow-men little better he
would not feel SO lonesome on this sub
| ject. He is not the only one In the coun-
| try who desires to do right. There are
really a great many good people in this
country who are just as anxious to do
right as the President. but many of them
differ from him as to what Is right and
| they are not willing to admit that they
| are doing wrong, merely because they diff
| fer from him. The President seems to
| think it would be wrong to establish de-
partment of labor, with a secretary of Ia
| Dor in the cabinet. I beg to differ from
| the President on this, too, and l believe
| that a majority of the American voters
differ from him.
Resents Imputation.
II resent the imputation that they de-
sire to do what is wrong In wishing to
give labor representation in the cabinet.
He believes it would be wrong to amend
| the law against trusts SO as to exclude
| the labor organizations from the opera
ton of that law. l differ from him and
| l believe a majority of the American
| people do. The President believes 1t
| would be wrong to limit the issue OF an
| Injunction as Is proposed in the demo-
cratic platform. We believe that an In
| junction should not be issued In labor
dispute merely because there is labor
dispute. We believe that no Injunction
| is justified In labor dispute unless the
conditions are such as would warrant
| an Injunction if there were no labor
dispute. l believe that majority Of
| the American people agree with US in
| this.
THE President thinks it would he
wrong to grant trial by jury in case
| of indirect contempt, but l believe that
| majority of the American people think
with us dhat a laboring man Is as much
entitled to the protection of trial by
jury as q man accused OF crime. 1t Is
pure assumption on the part of the
President, and a groundless assumption.
that those who desire the legislation set
forth in the democratic platform desire 1t
because they are willing to do wrong.