Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-09-26

speech by Mr.. BRYAN IN Buffalo, ". T.,
last Monday night. Abandoning his
policy of treating President Roosevelt
as immune. Mr. Bryan trained his guns
on Oyster Bay and the tone of his at
tack indicates that from now on the
President is to receive some of his hard
est blows.
Whether Mr.. Bryan's change of tao
ties was due to the President S state
ment declaring that the defeat of Mr..
Taft would be calamity. or to the
conferences Mr.. Bryan held with Judge
Alton b. Parker, David b. Hill and d.
Cady Herrick. is not known. Both are
believed to be partly responsible, but
his speech and dozen other speeches
which he made en- route leave no doubt
of the fact that Mr. Bryan has decided
to include the President in his future
assaults on the enemy.
The meeting was the elimination of
MIR. Bryan's first campaign visit to New
York State, and marked his exit from
the State He left at midnight for Michl-
gan and will not return to New York until
the week before election. Chairman Con
ners personally chaperoned Mr.. Bryan
and burned tons Of redfire and brought
out thousands of his fellow. citizens to
show Mr.. Bryan that he has not been
asleep.
Corners met Mr.. Bryan at Niagara
Falls. and had to be restrained by force
from bringing Mr.. Bryan into that town
through the dust in train of automo-
biles which he had ready for the pur-
pose. Mr.. Bryan excused himself on
the plea that he had undergone day of
campaigning which taxed him to the
limit of human endurance. and simply
could not ride in the fleet of automobiles.
Mr.. Brysn also declined dinner which
the State Chairman had arranged for
him at the lroquois. and dined on his
private car Chairman Conners sat at
his right hand and told him of the
thousands of Republicans who are flock
ing to his banner while the train was
running between Niagara Falls and
Baifalo.
The first of the three big meetings
which were scheduled here. was in
Humboldt Park. on the east side. where
a monster outdoor audience. including
many of Buffalo's foregn-born voters.
greeted Mr.. Bryan. From the Hum
boldt Park meeting Mr. Bryan was
whizzed to the big Convention Hall in
Mr.. Conner red automobile. Outside
the hall was tremendous mass of
humanity filling all the adjacent streets.
Mr.. Bryan made speech outside the
hall before going in for the main speech
of the evening. He told the crowd that
from all appearances the real meeting
was outside.
Mr. Bryan rejoiced the vast audience
inside the hall by making the most ag
gressive speech of the campaign. 1t
was here that he threw aside his tram
mels and let go at President Roosevelt.
He spoke with more vigor and aggres-
siveness than he has shown since his
speaking tour began. and his emphatic.
impassioned manner as much as his
words showed that he is through with
leaving the president alone. OF the
President. he said:
The President has seen fit to give the
Republican candidate another indorse-
ment 1t seems that am running
against two Republicans instead of one.
but our platform is so plain. and the
purpose Of our party SO well expressed
in that platform, that am prepared TO
meet the arguments of one of them or
both of them. The President calls at
tention to certain things they have &C
complished in the way of reform. in
sist that the Democrats in the House
and Senate have been more loyal TO re-
forms than the Republicans. and that
he is ungrateful to the Democrats when
he intimates that Democratic victory
would prove calamity to the country.
What can be promised in the way of
reform from Republican AdmiAistra-
tion He has not yet imprisoned a
Trust magnate. Can he promise that
Mr.. Taft would be more successful?
There are more Trusts to-day than there
were when he was inaugurated; can he
promise that the Trusts would decrease
under Mr.. Taft The President tried
to secure the passage Of an antitrust
law. and the Democrats of the House
helped him. but he could not get that
antitrust law through the Senate. Can
he promise that Mr.. Taft would be
more successful in securing antitrust
legislation?
The President has no plan for eliminat
ing the principle of private monopoly
The Democratic party has. The Trusts
are supporting the Republican ticket
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