The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-09-26
CONDUCTS IMAGINARY EXAMIN-
ALTON OF CANDIDATE TAFT
INNOVATION CAUSES MIRTH.
Nebraskan Delivers Two Strong Ad-
dresses at Terre Haute Further
Enumerates ordinations
in Restraint of Trade

Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 26.-Address-
ing two monster gatherings here yester-
day William j. Bryan, democratic candi-
date for president, reiterated his charge
that President Roosevelt was not giving
him a square deal but that the president
was using federal Office holders as a repub-
lican asset. His principal remarks were
made at the baseball park, where he de-
nounced the republicans for their policies
and!pleaded with his audience to stand to-
gether and elect the national ticket. The
second address was made last night from
the court house steps. Mr.. Bryan, in the
course of his remarks on the labor ques-
ton, the trusts, the tariffs and publicity
campaign contributions, injected new
feature. He conducted an imiginary
cross-examination of Mr.. Taft on the
issues of the campaign, in which he
placed Mr.. Taft in the attitude of finally
admitting, after good deal of pressure,
that the republican platform was all
wrong and unsatisfactory to him and
that the democratic platform was right.
The novelty Of this method of argument
created no little amusement among the
crowd
The trouble with ..Mr. Taft" he said,
''is that while he is ashamed of his plat
form, he has not the courage to come out
and declare himself fully on the platform"
Discussing the trusts, Mr.. Bryan added
some more corporations to the list of
those spec fically mentioned by him as
being in restraint Of trade. He mention
ed the American Tobacco Company,
the National Biscuit COMPANY and the So
called starch trust He dwelt at lengh
upon the ability Of powerful corporations
to control a campaign. "A small amount
ofstheir profits, he declared, will menace
any campaign, and it is what leads to
the corruption Of official life How. there
fore, he said, "can you control mono
poly that purchases from the party in
power the right to continued"
Mr.. Taft's speech of Thursday, in which
he is quoted as saying that he promised tar
iff revision, was made the subject of ridi-
cule. Nov" he said, I'VE have three
promises-unequivocal, immediate and
genuine suppose the other revisions
have not been genuine. They have been
shams, they have been frauds, but here
is the genuine one with the brand blown
on the bottle.
The democratic candidate arrived here
shortly after 2 o'clock and received a
hearty welcome. At the station and the
hotel, the crowd cheered him Justify. Be-
cause of the fact that there were but two
stops between Cincinnati and this city, !
Mr.. Bryan was not called upon to make
but two speeches, and these were at
and indianapolis, where he
spoke briefly in behalf of the democratic
ticket. In consequence he was in splen-
did voice yesterday afternoon and last
night and could be distinctly heard far
back from where he was speaking.
Mr. Bryan left late last night over the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad for
Chicago, where he arrived early
this morning. After a visit of two hours
at the democratic headquarters he will
continue his trip westward going first to
Wis, and thence to Milwaukee
where he speaks tonight.