The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-21
UNITED FOR
 DEMOCRACY Ceveland's CabinetMem- bers Speak. CARNEGIE HALL MEETING Herbert, Harmon and Francis De-
 liver Addresses. Declare Their Feaity to Bryan and the Party and Score Roosevelt
 Letter From Aged Alr.

Of the cabinet of the late President Cleveland. by presence and speech at a big Democratic gathering here to- night, sought to demonstrate beyond peradventure that the Democracy oi TiIden and Cleveland Is lending its support and endeavor to secure the election of William Jennings Bryan to the Presidency.
 The occasion was a mass meeting under the auspices of the Bryan and Kern Business Mems Association at Carnegie Hall, and seated on the plat form were former Governor David R. Francis, of Missouri, Secretary of the Interior under President Cleveland; Judson Harmon. of Ohio. former At torney General; and Hilary A. Herbert of Alabama, President CIeveland's Sec retary of the Navy.
 Carnegie Hall contained tonight a notable assemblage of Democrats, some of whom have not participated in the party's councils since Cleveland's ad- ministration. and the Bryan leaders and others on the platform expressed their delight at the presence of these men.
 Taking as a theme the present cam paign issues from a business stand point, the ehamberlains of Mfr. Clevr- lands administration, in speeches of forensic force. brought ringing cheers from the audience, with declarations that Mir. Bryan's election would mean business stability and an uplift to the industrial well-being.
 Mayor George B. Mcclellan presided and read a letter from the venerable John Bigelow. author and statesman, a friend of Abraham Lincoln and Sam uel !. Tllden. urging the election of Mfr. Bryan.
 The mayor was introduced by Na- than Straus. president of the Bryan and Kern Business Mems Association. Mayor Mcclellan declared that the present administration was responsible for the panic. and then read Mir. Bise- lows letter.
 Juas0n Harmon spealks.
 Former Attorney. General Judsor Harmon. fBemoerafic candidate fol Governor of Ohio. was tendered . rousfng welcome. Mr. Harmon said in part:
 rAil Democrats have come to real ize that Democratic principles cannot be advanced but are put fn peril when they abandon the party, just because some measure is proposed which they do not approve. or a man is nominated who is not their choice. Democrats who withheld their support, or joined the Republican party In fs96 now see that in the end they injured the cause they had at heart
 These Democrats, thus fooled, have heard their party and the great brave leader of it's last administration slam dered for twelve years as the cause of hard times. They have seen special interests absorDing, through tavor, taxes and combinations, to stifle com petition and control the markets. the prosperity which came by the industry NR kE- hes the law-making power blocked by the forces of privilege and monopoly. They have seen doughty but bluster- ing executive, held by enormous cct1- trihutions from these forces, setting up for the first time in our history. the right to say which breakers of the law shall be prosecuted, and which shall go free. They have sSSz him use the power and prestlgs of his off, flee to impose his will on his own party in the nomination and try to impose 1t on the people in the choice of his successor,
 our people know now how much money 1t took to defeat Mir. Bryan, where 1t came from, and what 1t was repaid in.
 "They would resent the interference of the President, in any case. They resent it the more. since his political dealings with Hartman and other dis closures of his practical methods. They resent the fraud by which 1t was sought to make Mir. Cleveland to speak from the grave against the party which honored him."
 Herbert Predicts Victory.
 Hilary A. Herbert, once Secretary of the Navy, followed Mr. Harmon, and made an attack on the policy of the Republican party. for not making pub lie it's campaign contributions until af- ter election.
 The Democratic party is a united party" said the former Secretary and to-day Is as strong and com pact a fighting organization as under Tilden. We will win a victory this year.
 Former Governor David R. Francis of Missouri who spoke next was giv- en a tumultuous reception. Mir. Fran cis said in part:
 q favor the election of Mir. Bryar in thfs contest because I think hls success would do more to promote the welfare of our people than that of his opponents
 "I am a Democrat. and believe fir the maintenance of the principles oi that party The centralizing tenden' cies of the Republican party must be checked, as their continued predomi' nance will result in the establishment of either A monarchy or a SC sccialistiS government at Washington.
 Those prophecies that business will not continue 10 improve, if the Demo cratic candidates should he elected. ar' not only without foundation. but IT my judgment are not believed bS those who give utterance to them
 
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