The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-22
Hot Shots Are Fired Into RaiIrOad Officials For Attempts To
 COerCe Voters
MESSAGE OF SUPPORT IS
 SENT BY STEEL WORKERS
Democratic Candidate Travels Through Republican Strongholds and Turns Loose Batteries of Criticism
 Upon His Opponents.

Marietta. O., October 2-Monster crowds and lusty cheering was Ohios greeting to William ]. Bryan today. Just before the democratic candidate passed over the line into West Virginia late to- night he expressed himself as exceeding ly well pleased with the receptions &C., corded him in the native state of his re- publican opponent
 Inspired by the fact that he literally was carrying his warfare into the camp of his political enemy he spoke with great vigor. While still in bed this morn- ing a newspaper was handed into his stateroom. and Mrs Bryan read to him dispatch stating that the New York Central railroad system was threatening it's employees with reduction in wages if he was elected but promising an increase in work and wages if he was defeated. This was his cue for the day, and he piti- 1essly fired broadside after broadside into the republicans for their tactics. Sixteen speeches were made by the can- didate today. While talking to 8 vast throng in front of the Tod house In Youngstown, O., big card signed by a number of workers in the steel plants, was sent up to him, bearing the message, we can't be with you today, but we will be ons November g." MT. Bryan after- ward learned that number of the plants l which had been working with reduced numbers, today, for the first time in some months, started up with their full com plement of men, A number of the mill workers, however, were in the great aud l fence, MT. Bryan's arrival being at a time when the regular shifts were being made.
 The route of travel today was through many recognized republican strongholds. and it was at such places that the candi- date fired his heaviest batteries. MT. Taft got his share of criticism. partic- ularly in the matter of campaign contri- buttons, and his attitude regarding the trust and labor questions
 As yesterday, Mrs. Bryan, in re- sponse to the demands of the crowd, came out on the rear platform of the train and bowed. She shook hands with many per- sons and her stateroom and the paror of
 
 her by admiring friends The whole of tomorrow will be spent in West vir- ginia
 Akron. O., October A-SpeaIxing in Grace park to a multitude of people in this, one of ohio's greatest manufacture ing cities, William J. Bryan today an- swered certain criticisms and questions ] put to him by local newspaper through l special delivery letters received all along the line before he reached here. Accept i, ing as true the statement of the news paper that Mir James S. sherman, the republican vice presidential candidate, was not introduced as has been stated, by the president of the match trust, MT. Bryan openly corrected his mistake into which he said he fell by inadvertence. de- claring that he never intentionally mis- represented an opponent.
 Courtesy Asked.
 Now, however" he said, amid cheers. having done what l believe to be the honorable thing, l ask the paper that was kind enough to lead me out of my mis-. take, to apply the same standard to tho President that it applies to me. The Pres ident stated that we had received $300l,1 either from the committee of four years ago or from some unknown source. corrected lne nllS-SldIe11ent the IrSI tune it was brought to my attention. Mir. Mack corrected it. and later he brought 1t to the attention of tn President, and yet the President has not yet admitted that he made a mistake in regard to our finances. We received no money from the committee of four years ago. and we have given a statement of the money we have received since this campaign be- gan Our books are open and the state- t1.- fEtl. |, shows that we have received about s42,Ot0 as the balance left from the S10O,OOO of fered to either party by the city of Dem yer and accepted by our party. It cost about $60000 to pay the expenses of the convention and the preparations for 1t, and it left us about S42010 and that went into our campaign fund, and according to the statement made by Mir. Mack and MT. Rider on the 10th we had secured about S220,000 or $230,000 from other sources. Since that time we have pub lished daily the amounts we have received and the names of the persons contribute ing Now, my friends, it is known to the President that we did not receive the money that he charged us with and I want this paper that Is so anxious to have me speak correctly to call it's own President to time and ask him to correct the mis-statement that he made. But my friends, I am not yet through with the incident. l believe the editor of this paper does not deny that the president of the match trust did preside at repub- liean meeting. Mir Roosevelt said that the -defying corporations had no req son to fear my election. and when chal- lenged him to give the name of one trust official in the United States who was supporting me, he scanned the country and found not one. He found a lawyer in St Louis. who. in case, was the personal attorney of nap that was