The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-24

statement of the proposition that all
three panics since the Civil War came
under high tariffs.
The first was in 1873 when the Nor
rill tariff was in force; the second in
1893 under the Mckinley tariff, and the
third this year with the Dingley tariff
on the statutes. He forced In the points
he made on this, saying:
"Mr. Taft tells you there will be a
panic If l I'M elected; I tell you there
Is a panic now. I state a fact; Mr..
Taft states an opinion"
Many Women Present.
Women, who formed a good part Of
the audience in the Auditorium, were
aroused by Mr. Bryan when turing his
s~eech he referred to the increased cost
of living, despite panic times. The
women cheered, clapped til ir hands,
waved handkerchiefs, and some even
| stood on chairs In the eXuberance of
their enthusiasm.
The demonstration 1919 city was
remarkable, but In comparison that at
Phillipsburg was probably the most
striking of any. The crowd that met
him numbered between 10000 and $4,000,
according to various estimates. When
Bryan spoke there twelve years g
there was en- audience of between 500
and 1000. And yesterdays audience
was enthusiastic.
Former Mayor William H. F. Fielder
presided at the meeting and until the
appearance of Mr.. Bryan held the crowd
with local and a couple of national
speakers. When William Harrigan, the
candidate for sheriff appeared Oh the
stage, he received an ovation that was
almost as great as Mr.. Bryan obtained
later.
For five minutes the audience cheered
when Mr.. Bryan appeared. When ne
was presented by Mr.. Fielder, the en-
thusiasm broke out again. Just as the
candidate had started on his speech he
was interrupted by a delegation of little
Italian-American girls, who presented
him with a large. bouquet of white roses,
in a short speech.
The incident brought from Mr.. Bryan
a tribute to citizens of foreign birth
and ancestry. with particular reference
to that great people of southern Eu-
rope" He said he would give the flow
ers to Mrs. Bryan. +
II am told sometimes by my friends
that they want to see her the first lady
of the land but my reply always is
that she is already the first lady of the
land.' .,.
Mr.. Bryan spoke almost an hour and
a half in the hall and about ten minutes
to the outside crowd. The speech in the
hall was a composite of the talks he
had been delivering during the day.
Purity of Elections.
His first statement was in connection
with purity of elections n publicity of
campaign funds, n he asked the peo-
pie to consider why 1.-The Republican
party was afraid to publish its contri-
buttons before election. instead of after.
He next took UP popular election of
United States Senators.
Il have no doubt that IL l am elected,
and a Democratic Congress with me, ]
can ask for a publicity Law In harmony
with our platform, and Democratic
Congress will rise as n man and vote
aye. l can ask for the election OF
Senators by the people, n a Demo
cratic Congress will rise as n man
and vote aye. And then what? We
will send these measi' to a -epubM-
can Senate, n we will say, Gentle
men, do the people rule? If so, lou
must bow to the will of the people and
give them the lava"
Dealing with the labor question, Mr..
Bryan said:
The Democrats favor the establish
ment of a Department of Labor with
a Cabinet officer at it's head. The Re-
p~ublicanseare opposed to this. I insist
that III position is the right one. The
farmers AVE a Secretary of Agricul-
ture, and no one doubts that this Sec
rotary of Agriculture has been of great
service to the farmer and Of great serv-
ice to the President as an adviser. ]
believe that this group known as the
labor group is sufficiently large and
sufficiently important to ei.title 1t to q
representative in the Presidents coun.
ell chamber, and If I am President
want a representative of the wage.
learners in my Cabinet, that l may con.
suit him IN all questions that affec'
the laboring men of the country.
Change Antitrust Law.
Another proposition upon whicf
the parties differ relates to the opera
ton of the antitrust law. Why do we
ask for a change? Because the differ.
ence between a labor organization ant
an industrial combination, called 9
trust. is SO wide that one law canno'
properly cover both.
THE labor organization is com
posed of human beings with {
h art and brain and a soul. whil'
the trust deals with matter an
merchandise, and we say that human
beings ought not to be placed on a leve
with matter and merchandise. Lincoln
said in 1859 hat the Republican part,
believed in the man and the dollar, blu
that in case of conflict the Republican
party believed in the nan before tn,
dollar. That was Lincoln's position
then; it is our position now. But tn,
Republican leaders believe in the dollai
first, and the man afterward if at all.
"a third point of difference relate
to the a of i~njunctions. TIL,
Democrats say hat no injunction
should be ISSUED in a labor dispute un
less there are conditions which would
justify an injunction, even If Their
were no labor disputes. In other words
we believe that the labor dispute itsel
shall not be sufficient ground for TIL
issuance of an injunction. The Re
publicans oppose us on this. Judgl
Taft says that the plank is loosel,
drawn, and can be interpreted In oppo
site directions. l deny 1t. He has hal
experience in the Interpretation o
statutes, and ! challenge him now, ?