The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
BRYAN COMES
TO PLYMOUTH
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING WAS
ATTENDED BY CROWD OF
5000 SATURDAY.
Three Brass Bands Head Short
Parade-Commoner Arrives Four
Hours Late.

iioulll OdluTQdy Was well Attended,
the crowd at 200 o'clock being esti-
mated at 5000 by Democratic politi
clan. Three brass bands, from Gull
yer, Bourbon and Plymouth, furnished
music throughout the day. No pro-
gram, definite plans for any parade
had been made, and the procession
which started at 800 o'clock, was
sort of failure.
In the afternoon James S. O'Con-
ner OF Milwaukee, spoke from a tenn
porary stand erected on Michigan
street between LaPorte and Caro-
The crowd surrounding the stand was
an impossible mass. and the block
was roped in to prohibit traffic.
w. ]. Bryan was scheduled to ar
rive here at APO Saturday afternoon
The engine pulling the special was
disabled near Rochester, and the
commoner did not arrive here until
$50. A large crowd remained at the
L. E. & w. depot until his arrival.
Two trucks were drawn together and
formed temporary rostrum, from
this elevation Bryan spoke as follows:
81 regret this unavoidable delay but
at the same time | am glad that !
have been permitted to greet the peo-
pie of Plymouth. Now. before | touch
ON matters | must tell you that have
little time as we are four hours late
| want to first call your attention to
the importance of making Mr. Barn.
hardt your next congressman from
this district. | am interested in his
election and | expect to see him when
go to Washington. am not rum
ming for the presidency just for the
honor nor for the honor of running.
| want to be able when | get the of
fee to do you some good. The Office
has no attraction for me unless l can
serve the people of this country and
the people who have confidence in
me.
ITO do this it is necessary for me
TO have a Democratic congress to
carry out what has been announced in
the principles of its platform. With
Democratic congress | expect to
bring about such legislation as will
cause you all to call us blessed. And
do not lose sight of the state ticket.
want you all to- keep this in mind
next Tuesday and when you go into
the booths make it straightaway from
Tom Marshall down to the smallest
office ON the ballot.
Publicity of Contributions.
Now the issues of the campaign.
First, the Democratic platform is in
favor and has carried out the promise
of publicity of the campaign funds.
1t is an open book to every one of
you who read You know where we
got our money to carry on this cam
paign. | would sooner be president
when | know that l have been given
the office through the genrosity OF
millions of people of the United
States than if have been given the
office through the generosity of trust
magnates. In fact would not want
the Office at all if believed for one
minute that it was through their in
fluence that / secured it. The man
who secures the presidency through
the donations of trusts and corpora
tons must expect that they will de-
mand pay-and what a pricel
"The Democratic platform declares
for the election of senator's by di-
rect vote of the people. You know
that is common sense and good for
all OF the people. No one can then
buy their way into the good graces of
the government with the object of
later protecting their own interests
by laws and acts that become a bur-
den and | might say a disgrace to
the name of honesty and justice.
1--WE also declare for legislation
from private monopoly. The Repub-
licans tell us that they will regulate
the trusts but the truth of the mat.
er is that the trusts regulate the Re-
publican party and the party cannot
regulate the trusts.
John DIS For Taft
ooh, yes the Republicans tell us
too that they will let us know how
they get their campaign money after
the election. but they have been
caught with the goods. / notice that
John ID. Rockefeller asks that TAFT
be made president and Andrew Car
negie blows the second horn and tells
you that my election would be a trag
edy.. Mr.. Carnegie knows all about
tragedies for he had one OF his own
at Homestead.
81 challenge President Roosevelt or
any one else connected with the Re-
publican party or any party in TACT
to- SHOW where / have had one cent
contributed toward the Democratic
campaign fund or monopoly corpora
ton. Trusts do not own the Demo-
cratic party and re"c- will. If / am
made president want wage Garner
in my cabinet so that it is possible to
know what is best for the wage earn
ers of the United States.
1--WE want to amend the antitrust
laws and make them so that there
will be no loop hole of escape for men
and corporations who pray upon the
wage earners and the small manufact-
| urer
I'VE want a trial by jury in all
| cases of indirect contempt. This is an
important matter with the wage earn
ers of this country In fact it is Of