The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-01
BRYAN BOASTS OF HIS ORIGINALITY Castigates Taft, Declaring He Has Borrowed All His Ideas from Democratic Dec
 larations. T" HELPED CONVERT HIM
 -------------------- Independence of Filipinos, Tariff Re vision, Income Tax, Direct Elec-
 tionS of Senators and
 Many More.
T" HELPED CONVERT HIM

Knoxville, Iowa, Sept. 30,-Speaking to big crowd today at Oskaloosa, Mir Bryan, discussed publicity of campaign contributions On his arrival late today at Knoxville, MT. Bryan was heartily received by large crowd, He was pro vided with a special cowboy escort, headed by a. band, and was driven through the streets to the hotel amid deafening cheers, His speech was de- voted mainly to verbal castigation of MT, Taft, whom Mir. Bryan charged with having borrowed Ideas from him
 T can say without immodesty," he declared, that have had a part In his education I have helped to con vert him from the error of his ways, helped to lead him out Into the light on several questions"
 Mir Taft he said, had not been an apt pupil but had been behind his class on several of these questions,
 Now let me show what ideas he has borrowed said Mir Bryan. He has abandoned the idea of permanent colonial system and advocated the ul- innate Independence of the Filipinos Where did he get that idea? If ls not original with him. He did not get it from the republicans. for they have never put it In their platforms. He got 1t from the democratic platform and have had as much to do with the presentation of the Idea as any one else He says he Is in favor of an in- come tax Where did he get the idea? II Is not his own IL was in the dem ocratic platform of 1896, 1t Is in our platform. l have spoken on the sub ject earlier than he has and oftener than he has and more earnestly than he has. He says that he is person. ally inclined 10 favor the election of senators by direct vote of the people. That Is not an original Idea with him II was the democratic party which first secured an indorsement of that idea by the house of representatives at Wash ington. IL Is In three democratic plat forms and l helped to put 1t there. Ii was in my first congressional platform eighteen years ago and wrote the platform myself. Publicity as to cam paign contributions is another idea that he has borrowed and. If he has not borrowed it from mo. has borrowed it from the democrats and not from 1 his republican associates for his own party repudiated the Idea by vote of nine to one. Ills associates are not willing 10 have any publicity at all.
 He comes half way toward our plat form, but he does moi come far enough, for we want publicity before tho cleo ilon and he wants lt after tho cleo ton"
 Mir Bryan here challenged Mir. Taf,
 "to endorse MT. Roosevolts rropoal- ton that the voters have so little sense
 that they must moi he allowed ,u know who arc contributing to cam raign funds. for fear they will draw
 wrong conclusions" and he added. Tho
 now nretends 10 be q favor of prose. cutting the trusts fhere does he gc, 1 that Idea? Fc cannot get it from TO. publican platforms. but he can get q | from democratic platforms and from
 democratic speeches. Let him tell ol
 his first uttorancc against the trusts
 and will promise to And an earlier 1 democratic uiter1nce.
 "ft is ln favor of tariff revision. an' | he says the revision will probably bC ! downward lf he is in favor of rn. | ducing Inc tariG, where did he got thc | idea2 Not from the republicans. foi | they have raised tho iarim md op. 1 posed reduction Tho republican tariff this year does not use tho word ra, ! duotlon II ho is In favor of reduction 1 he hns borrowed another democratli l idea
 "T wifi give him credit for being en.
 tlrely republican on tho labor question | for hs has not only refused to borrow democratic Ideas on that subject, bu has shown himself hostile to nenrl,
 every request that the lahorlng mni | have made"