Arizona republican., 1908-08-27
lie Reiterates the PurIoining of His Prin-
 CipIes by President Roosevelt
Insists That Reform Republicans Should Give Him Their SuppOrt--AIsO Asks for Better Democratic Support While the Brethren Pass the Hat

Salem, Ills, Aug. 26.-NO crowd of
 out in this city, the birthplace of Wm
 J. Bryan, as that today, when the can
 didate stopped over to greet his old friends and neighbors. The whole
 population was on hand early to ex- tend a hearty welcome when Bryan lreached here at 6:3O this morning ! They were augmented later by thou sands who came on special trains The principal event was the speech
 made by Bryan in which he appealed to
 Roosevelt republicans" to support the democratic ticket, because he said they could not hope for the realization of the promised reforms of their party Several thousand citizens shook the candidates hand. He held receptions lat the court house, hotel and railroad station, where people fought their way | to get near him. While Bryan was talking a crowd made up a purse of $500 and handed it to him as a cam paign contribution. A check for $100
 was given by a man from Clinton county.
 Mir. Bryan said: I feel that as a friend of Roosevelt, who the republi- cans are not running this year, I am going to get some of their votes. might put it on stronger ground than that, that when a man dies and leaves no children the property goes back to his parents and as far as reforms is i concerned, the republican party has died without heir, and the reforms go back to the one from whom the re- publican party got the reforms.
 50 think have a right to expect a good many republican votes this year. Then, I am expecting large ad- ditions to the democratic vote s be- cause the time is ripe for a change in
 the administration. Taft was making
 a speech in Virginia and forgot there was a country outside. He was mak- | ing the speech for the republicans of | Virginia and told the people that when a party stayed in power a good while lit is apt to become corrupt, and it is a good thing to have a change. The remarks have a larger application than he made that day.
 Tn. our platform we. declare that the IovershadOwing issue was shall the people rule?" Taft says they do rule | That is a question about which there | is a difference of opinion. sherman said the people rule. He ought to know, for he has been one of the fel- lows that kept them from ruling. In the house he has been one of the men irresponsible for thwarting the will of the people, and I lay down the propO- sitiOn that the American people today
 do not rule They do not conduct their
 own government, and a government conducted by others is not responsible
 to the will of the people.
 If I am right, Taft is wrong and Sherman is wrong. When they say the people rule, they admit the people ought to rule and if they admit the people ought to rule, and if I can con vince the country the people do not
 rule, then we are entitled to the yer
 dict at this election and I am willing
 to meet the issue"
 Bryan also said the present rule of the house of representatives has des- | trOyed the opportunity of the people for controlling their own government charging that it has converted that
 branch of the government in to des- potism.