Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-09-16
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New Jersey Visit Of Democratic
Candidate for the Presidency
Creates Much Enthusiasm.
SPOKE IN SIX PLACES
The Last Speech Was in Trenton
and Crowd Ovsrf,Owed TayIOr's
Opera House Nebraskan Says
Taft is still Dodging Issues.

Trenton, Sept. When William
Jennings Bryan spoke here last
night in the Taylor Opera House the
building was packed and another
crowd to which admittance had been
refused by the police clamored for a
speech. MIR. Bryan spoke to the out
siders for five minutes, standing in
his automobile in the middle of the
street. The 1000 or more persona
inside got up and yelled when Mr..
Bryan appeared on the platform It
was recalled that the same speaker
delivered an address In the same
opera house last spring and that
there was plenty Of room for all who
came.
Last nights meeting was the
finish of days work that must have
pleased the candidate, for he was in
what he terms the enemy's country
After the Washington Park meeting,
Mr.. Bryan's first appearance In Jer-
sey on this tour, he returned to his
car at Camden and after short talk
to a small crowd in the Camden sta
tion, started across the state.
There were stops at every station.
rs-AN RKtSShCh 0b AA1NOs AT tuOt VllGIH
there we're always a few persons
waiting to shake hands with the
Nebraskan. At Burlington the train
was held for five minutes while
1000 listened to the candidate. The
other talks were at Riverside and
Bordentown. The train reached
Trenton at 7:10, and a committee,
which had gone to Philadelphia to
meet him, escorted Mr. Bryan to the
Sterling Hotel, where Charles H.
Gallagher was host to dinner party
Of thirty.
William Hepburn Russell, OF New
York, the only other speaker of the
evening, held the crowd until Mr.
Bryan came in at 1905. Mr.. Bryan
started right in and talked for an
hour and half
The commoner's speech was along
the lines of his talks of the last few
days. Several important features OF
the democratic platform were dis
cussed and compared with the re-
publican planks for which. Mr.. Bryan
said, Mr.. Taft continually had to
apologize.
The convention which nominated
me treated me more kindly than his
convention treated Mr. Taft, he
said. Mr.. Taft has been adding TO
his platform ever since he was nom
mated and he hasn't made 1t respects
able yet"
Frequently in the course Of his
speech Mr. Bryan spoke as to repub-
lican voters. and 1t was noticeable
that in many ways he adapted argu-
ments to the ears OF Eastern and
possibly hostile listeners.
ttNNbou M, ,.s..a
form" Mr.. Bryan said, and remen-
bered his own he tried to lump from
his to ours and fell half way be-
tween. He has repudiated what his
own convention did, but compro-
missed with our platform He is not
with his party nor with us.
His hearers howled with seeming
delight when Mr.. Bryan quoted the
Bible in ascribing reason for the
republican plank on campaign CON
tributions: They love darkness
rather than light because their deeds
are evil, he said.
Mr.. Bryan precluded a sentence
with If ! reach the White House.
and received good crash Of APP
plause. Il am glad you're not 50
alarmed" he said THE thought
stirs some people in the East almost
into spasms," whereat there was
some laughter.
Mr. Taft" the speaker said, nad
to apologize for his platform In the
matters OF election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people,
and on that point he almost went
democratic He said he was inclined
to favor that method, but his plat
form does not pledge his party and
congress is not bound to accept Mr..
Taft's inclination in the matter
The Nebraskan said that his party
considered labor and trusts to be SO
different that they could not both
be brought under the same law and
that therefore labor organizations
should be exempt from the provi-
sions of the antitrust law
"A labor dispute In itself should
not be ground for an injunction,
Mr.. Bryan repeated, and insisted
that this ought to be placed on the
statute books. He denied any desire
to disparage the integrity of the ju-
dietary by this The same attitude
of moderation toward the judiciary
was evident In his remarks on a trial
by jury in cases of Indirect contempt.
Mr. Taft Is misinformed, he said,
when he says my position on this IS
an attack on the judiciary. But In
the trial of a man for indirect con-
tempt the judge is not only Judge
but public prosecutor as well, and
such a thing never could be permits
ted in an ordinary criminal trial
Referring to trusts Mr. Bryan ask
ed: If Roosevelt with his strenu-
osity could accomplish notFng IN re-
gard to the trusts in seven years
what can Taft with his compIacency
do?"
Camden, Sept 16: Mr. Bryan's
visit to Camden yesterday was his
third, and the audience which greet