The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
CONTINUED OVATIONS
 ARE GIVEN ID BRYAN
 THROUGHOUT STATE
Notable Demonstrations Are Met With In the Industrial Cities, Where Workingmen Stand In the
 Rain to Hear the
 Speaker.

Albany, N Y, October 2s.-The fea- ture of William Jennings Bryan's tour upstate today was the appearance on the platform here tonight of former United States Senator David B. Hlll' When he stepped forward as chairman to introduce democracys leader the great crowd which packed the hall, rose as a man and wildly cheered.
 Although not connected with poli- tics." Mr. Hill said, T reiterate that l am heartily in favor of the election of the democratic national and state tickets l am not so partisan, how ever. that I would support the party whether right or wrong, but permit me to say that l support the national ticket in this campaign because. in my Judgment. our presidential candidate who honors us with his presence here tonight. is absolutely right upon ev- cry contested question in this cam paign. I am for him because l sln- cerely believe that the best interests of the country will be upheld by his election. It is time for change m the administration of the government a change of measures and of men. Our candidate owes the nomination not to any one man or to any set of men, but to the people tn themselves. If elected, he will be the President himself and not a dummy for any man. He will not be led around with string like a great big caged bear
 Panic of a New Kind.
 Mi. iliG referring to-the republic an charge that panic would follow MT. Bryans election, declared that it would not be a business panic, but it will be a panic on the part of the hundreds of thousands of federal of fceholders and officials who will have to surrender their places to the victor ious party"
 He concluded his encomium of MT. Bryan by saying that the candidate is your friend; he is my friend; he is the friend of the people. He has been courageous, sincere and constant friend of labor ever since he has been in pub lie life. He is as incorruptible as he is brave and he can neither be pur- chased nor intimidated."
 MT. Bryan received an ova ton as he arose to speak. He expressed his ap preciation of the cordial welcome he had received lin the capital of our nations greatest state," and replied to MT. Hill by saying:
 q appreciate the more than generous words employed by Senator Hill in pre- senting me to you. One of the pleas ures of this campaign is the unity that manifests itself in the democratic party. As the candidate for President, I have behind me a united democracy and in front of me a sacred republican party"
 l, Full of Fight.
 He declared that the democratic par ty was full of fight, while the repub lican party was full of fright.
 'I believe" he continued that we are going to win a great victory, and, my friends I am glad that Senator Hill, the hero of so many battlefelds, is fighting by my side, prepared to share with me the joys of a democratic triumph. This vic tory would be incomplete if it were a sec- tional victory. But 1 believe that this victory is going to be won by the CO., operation of the east and the vest the north and the south, and that it will cement the democratic party as fight ing force"
 MT. Bryan said he would present some evidences that will encourage you and some arguments in behalf of our posi- tion" First, however, he urged support of the democratic state and congressional tickets, because, he said, they were fight ing on the same platform and bearing the brunt of the battle and deserved the peoples suffrage. He laid stress on the plank in the democratic platform provid ing for publicity of campaign contripu- tions before election.
 MT. Taft's national committee has promised to publish the contributions after the election, when he knows it will be too late to be of advantage to the voters, but the republican congressional com mittee has not promised to publish the contributions even after election"
 The conscience of the American people, he asserted, demanded the inauguration of an era of honesty in politics. Can MT. Taft afford to ignore this demand?" he inquired.
 Taft's Labor Record.
 MT Bryan repeatedly referred to MT. Tafts labor record. He declared MT. Taft was the most objectionable public man to laboring men the country has ever known. He discussed a decision of the then Judge Taft in 1884, bearing on the case where the receiver of a railroad cut the wages of the men 10 per cent. "The employees" said MT. Bryan, asked for a restoration or thelr wages, Dut Dy ms decision he said they had no legal right to ask it, and he had no legal right to listen to them; but that if they were talk ing to an employer, the employer might, as a matter of charity. restore their wages; that he could not listen to such a petition, because, judge, his duty was to protect the rairoad."
 heavy rain was coming down when the candidate arrived. but the people swarmed around the station to bid him welcome After a hurried meal a { the hotel where he was joined by ex-Senator yIil he proceeded in carriage through a