Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-19

recognized that there was an intense
opposition l recognized that there
were people who feared that my cleo
ton would be injurious 20 the coun-
try. and they communicated that fear
10 those who worked for them. Tcdays
there Is no such fear. In 1896 there
were people so alarmed at what they
thought was a menace in my candl-
dacy that when the election was over
honest and religious men knelt down
and thanked God that the country had
been saved" He declared that no
such feeling could be found today.
There are" he said. mo people who
are fearful Of danger in case Of my
election" The only people. he said.
who would feel that they had been
saved in case OF his defeat were "the
kind that don't thank God for their
safety The difference ia the temper
of the people he maintained. was ap-
parent everywhere. Continuing. he
said.
"In 1895 the clerks in the stores
We're ia many. If not in most cases.
given 10 understand that If won
there might De no business doing in
the country for four years. Today the
clerks in the stores are not being ad
yised by their employers ashley were
twelve years ago. The clerks in the
stores are learning that under Repub-
ican rule their living expenses have
increased more rapidly than their sal
aries He created shouts OF laughter
and applause when he remarked that
If there was any clerk in the audience
who did not know that. be could ask
his wife.
Business Men Don't Fear Him.
There We're" he said. business
men who in 1895 thought their BUSH
ness was jeopardized. or would be. by
a Democratic victory but these bust
ness men in the last twelve years
have learned enough about the trusts
90 know that their business has been
jeopardized under Republican rule,
and that nothing but a Democratic vic
tory can save their business. There
were many small manufactures who
viewed with alarm q Democratic vic
tory In 1896. but the smaller manu-
facturer knows today that his business
is insecure as long as great trusts
arc permitted TO stalk abroad and
drive into bankruptcy men who refuse
90 sell out 10 them.
"In 1886 lahorIng men were threat
ened with panic In case Of nay cleo
ton. and they have learned that the
Democratic party has no monopoly on
panics They have learned that the
Republican party can bring on n panic
as wei as the Democratic party.
Il want to call attention 10 some Of
the evidences that the Democratic
party meets the demands OF the pres
cnt and has the sympathetic support
Of large majority OF the people. Ny
friends. when I am talking out west T
tell the Republicans that 81 I could
bring them up one az q time and put
them on the platform and question
them. I could prove by their own tes-
umonv that nine-tenths of them are
Democrats and don't know t. Now.
don't know whether the proportion is
as large down here OF not. but I can
prove 90 You that many. very many.
who call themselves Republicans are
nearer 20 us in their ideas than they
are 90 Republican leaders"
The Democratic candidate then
launched into discussion OF the tar /
in. the trusts. the guarantee or bank
deposits and the labor question. and
poured a volley OF criticism into Mr.. /
Taft whom he charged with running
on President Roosevelt's record.