Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-19
. LEADER SPEAKS
TO BIG CROWD
IN new YORK
GOTHAM ACC0RDS BRYAN A
GRAND OVATION
TENS OF THOUSANDS PAY TRi5-
UTE TO NEeRAskAN
Climax of Opening Of Campaign in
Gotham Reached In Impressive
Speech to Vast Null
tltude
[By Associated Press.l

(By Associated Press1
CARNEGIE HALL, N. Y, Sept. 10
-Democracy's presidential campaign
in greater New York had its adven'
tonight when William J. Bryan at =
mass meeting under the auspices "a
Tammany Hall spoke before entnusiaS-
tic thousands who filled carnegie nan
and overfiowed into the streets'
The ovation accorded to the candl-
date was a brilliant climax TO Gay
in which a united party paid Ma Bryan
a continuous reception. Mr.. Bryan
smoke for more than an hour on ne
nublican Tendencies" at Carnegie nan
on his. arrival here today Mr.. Bryan
spoke at a monday meeting ana ouI
ing the afternoon held constant levees
at bis hotel, where Democratic teaoei
called upon him. ~
Previous TO the meeting tonight Mr..
Rrvan was entertained at dinner al
the home of M. e. Carey. On ap-
proaching Carnegie hall little Iater
Mr.. Bryan was given an oVauon py
a crowd of 10000 or more persons VINO
could not get in the hall.
Gets Into a Cart
The candidate was taken to flag
draned cart and from it he made
He was cheered repeatedly. Mr.
Rrvan then left the cart and went INTO
Carnegie hall. When Secretary smith
of Tammany Hall called the mass
meeting to order every seat was nlled
Chairman Herman Ridder spoke on
tariff reform. -
stenned from an entrance upon the
stage the crowd leaped to their chairs
and shouted while the band played
lively tunes.
Chairman Riders voice was lost as
he briefly introduced the Democratic
candidate.
When quiet was restored after a ten
minute outburst of enthusiasm MT
Bryan began his speech.
Republican Tendencies
Mr.. Bryan took as his subject Re
publican Tendencies" He said in part:
Parties are to be measured not
merely by the things actually done' but
by their tendencies.
q "Since 1t Is easier to remedy evils IN
the beginning than after they are full
grown, it Is important to know the ten
dencies of parties as well as to know
how far they have gone. l desire to-
night to call attention to some or the
tendencies of the Republican party.
take, for instance, the matter OF
extravaganza in expenditures. The
tendency of the Republican party is to
increase the expenditures of the gov
ernment out of all proportion to the
increase OF population. At the f1rst
session of the present congress these
appropriations exceeded $1,000, ,000,0 900.
This is twice the appropriations OF
the sessions of the Fifty-f1rst congress,
which was the highest appropriation
known up to that time. The appropria-
ton I'D to the next session exceeded
the appropriations of the preceding
year by $90,000,0O0. in aincrease of all
most 10 per cent, showing that in mat
ters of appropriations the Republican
leaders are hurrying on at an accel-
Grated pace.
Office Holders Increase
1.-THE increase in the number of Office
holders is likewise enormous. The ap-
preparations in the army and navy
alone show an increase of $120, 100000
year over the appropriations of eleven
years ago. What excuse can be given
for the trebling OF appropriations for
army and navy? No nation is un-
friendly to the United States; no in
terna1 causes justify the increase; no
outside cause except imperialism can
furnish an explanation.
There are two reasons why the Re-
publican leaders are less careful of
expenditures than the Democrats.
"The first reason is to be found in
the fact that the Republican leaders
are more intimately associated with
the tax eaters than with the tax
payers, and before governed by public
opinion with which they come into
contact they naturally lean toward ex-
travagance.
"The second reason is to be found
in the fact that the Republican lead
ers have been representing taxation as
a blessing and they naturally want
to give the people as much of the
blessing as possible.
Argue Higher Tariff
"They argue we should have a high
tariff whether they need the revenue
or not, but recognizing that there is
some opposition to unnecessary taxa
tom they try to make the appropria-
tions high enough to compel the ex-
tortionate tariff rates demanded by
the protected interests.
1.-THE Democratic party, believing a
tax is a necessary evil, endeavors to
limit the tax to the actual needs of
the government economically admin
istered.
"The present campaign presents an
other tendency Of the Republican
party, namely, to substitute presi-
Dental successor for the Democratic
sIan of popular selection. The presi-
1dent felt it his duty to select a Re-
publican nominee. and having reached
the conclusion that he ought to select
such a nominee he brought the in
fluence of his great office to bear in
behalf of the candidate Of his personal
choice and is now using his influence
to secure the election of the candidate
IoA EGfcy fnA IN ~
"If Mr.. Roosevelt can pick out the
Republican candidate this year and
then use the prestige of his office and
the influence of the army of office
holders to elect him, may not Mr..
Taft pick out a successor and elect
him, and so on from administration
to administration?
Time Is Now
"The time to correct this abuse and
to stop this tendency is now. If this
attempt is successful it will be ac-
cepted as a precedent for another at
tempt and the people, having submit
ted once, will be less aroused by a
repetition of the attempt.
"The third Republican tendency to
which / call your attention is the ten
dency toward Socialism. The Repub-
lican party is loud in it's denunciation
of Socialists, but it is constantly feed
ing and augmenting the Socialistic
spirit. In it's latest national platform
it boldly declares that reasonable
profits should be guaranteed to the
protected industries. 1t defends the
principle of monopoly on the theory
that competition is hurtful.
I'm taking this position, 1t supports
the main contention of the Socialists.
; ''Mr. Taft, the Republican candidate,
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