The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-25
BRYAN CHALLENGED
BY CONG. BOUTELL
Submarine Investigator Dares
Nebraskan to Repeat His
Anti -Imperialist
Speech.
DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI
Substituting 'Black Brothers" for
'Brown Brothcrs''-Turbulent
Talker Opens Campaign
I'm Maine.
DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI

Portland, Me-. Aug 2i,--The repub-
lican campaign preceding the state
election was formally opened tonight.
A rally In the Auditorium was attend
ed by politicians OF prominence from
every section of the state, who are
here to attend the conference OF Maine
political workers with National Chair
man Hitchcock tomorrow. The princi-
pal speaker was Congressman Henry
Sherman Boutell of Chicago. comment
ing on Mr. Bryans speech in Iowa last
week. Mr.. Boutell said:
Mr.. Bryan's question "shall the peo-
pie rule" implies that somewhere In
this country the people do not rule.
The only states where the people do
not rule are the states that are expect
ed to give overwhelming majorities for
the democratic ticket,
Perhaps Mr. Bryan thinks that his
question is purely Of local issue. n he
is sincere, I challenge him to make
speech in Vicksburg, Miss, on Gov
|ernment by the People" Let him re-
peat one OF his famous anti-imperial-
list speeches, simply changing three
words, substituting Mississippi for
philippines" and BLACK brothers" for
brown brothers" Let him suggest that
we have as chairman OF his meeting
the Hon John sharp Williams, leader
OF the democrats in congress, and as
vice-chairmen the other members of
the congressional delegation from Mis-
| sissippi.
"And after he has made this speech
In Vicksburg. II he shall have escaped
the rule Of the. people In that COM
| munity, ! dare Mr. Bryan to repeat his
Grafton on popular government In
Charleston. S. c., with Senator TILL
man as chairman OF his meeting. Mr..
Bryane sentiment has purely geog-
raphical sincerity. His epigrams and
startling conundrums are especially
designed to meet local demands OF
this nature are all his views on tariff
and taxation.
'Mr Bryans proposition that every
time a trust formed, tariff schedule
should be repeated, and every time a
trust Is dissolved a new duty should
be added is too funny even for comic
opera.
III on the fourth OF March next
Mr.. Bryan should become president
with a democratic congress in both
houses, and should actually place up
on the statute books the financial and
economic vagaries delivered by him in
his speech Of last Friday It would
plunge the nation into bankruptcy and
bring on industrial chaos. II he
should begin by repeating the duty or
sugar to punish the sugar rust, he
would upset the national finances by
losing sixty millions year in revenut
and would stir up revolution ir
Louisiana, Utah, Colorado and Michi.
gan. Then II he should repeal the
duty on cotton goods, because some
hustling manufacturers of New Eng
land or the Carolinas were dumpine
goods In China in rivalry with Eng
4 land and Germany he would diver
other millions from the treasury ant
invite a still further industrial ruin.
But Of course Mr.. Bryan would dc
none OF these things any more thar
he will invade the solid south ant
summon the cohorts Of democracy t
the defense of the constitution with
the battle cry Shall the people rule ?
Mr.. Bryan simply does not mean wha
he says. What he utters with Chad
bandian JUNCTION In the north he re
pudiates with Pecksnitilan duplcac!
In the south