The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
BRYAN MAKES MUCH.
OF LABOR QUESTION
Nebraskan Declares He Is Sup
ported by United Democracy
in Campaign
President RoOseveIt's Letter on
GOmpers' Stand Criticised by
Bourbon Candidate

NEWARK, " j., Oct 23.-New Jer-
sey today poured out her hosts to greet
W. J. Bryan. Refreshed by long sleep
last night, following two laborious
days in Ohio and West Virginia, the
democratic candidate was in splendld
form and took advantage of this to in
ject into his utterances a spirit which
has enabled him to impress his audi
ences everywhere.
Travelling a nerve racking clip over
a zigzag course in handsomely
equipped special train, in charge of
State chairman j. r. Nugent, Bryan
was enabled to talk TO a great number
OF farmers. Iaboring men and others in
the farming and industrial centers OF
the state.
Evidently inspired by President
Roosevelt's recent declaration on the
subject of labor. in which President
Sampel Gompers and himself were Sc
verely criticised, Bryan chose for his
main text the labor question, and IN
most of his speeches, of which there
were 16. made merry with the presi-
dent. He accused the president of but
ting into the campaign again and de-
posing Gompers, and said sarcastically
THAT he expected before long that he
himself would be deposed and Nicholas
Longworth, the presidents son IN law,
placed at the head of the democracy.
Bryan never lost an opportunity TO
define the difference between the plat
forms of the republican and democratic
parties with respect TO labor and eN-
planned with minute detail the pledges
which the democratic party made at
Denver to secure the remedial legfSia-
ton for which, he said, labor was cry
ing but to which the republicans had
turned a deaf ear.
SPEAKS OF WHITE HOUSE
Incidentally at West Philadelphia, on
his way to New Jersey, the candidate
referred to the fact that his voice had
held out so well because he had no
ragged arguments to pass through his
throat, while at White House, y. J..
selling upon the name of the town for
a witty preliminary to his speech, he
said: II am here at last 1t has been
rather a long journey. but happily
ended"
His platform having outlined the re-
medal legislation which democracy de-
manded should be enacted, Bryan said
it would be carried out in letter and
spirit and that was about all he could
say in an inaugural address. In closing
his speech Bryan said:
The action of President Roosevelt
in attacking Mr.. Gompers, who has had
the confidence of laboring men for
many years. is TO my mind an evidence
that the republican managers have
lost all hope of holding or securing
the labor vote, and this year they are
trying TO secure the special or corpo-
rate interest by denouncing the lead
ers of the labor organizations" The
crowd dema nded that Bryan talk some
more. We know rou are tired. but
just give US little more of that kind"
RED FIRE AT NEWARK
that he had a united democracy behind
him and frightened republican party
in front of him. Immense throngs
greeted him at Trenton, Phillipsburg.
Somerville. Elizabethport, Perth Amboy,
New Brunswick and here On no day
during the campaign were his remarks
more interrupted with expressions from
his audiences indicating their friend
illness toward him.
The climax of the eventful day came
when he visited Newark tonight The
whole city was aglow with red fire and
his progress through the streets to the
Auditorium, where he spoke, was moth
ing short Of a great ovation. A seeth-
ing mass of humanity followed him to
the hall, already long before packed to
its capacity, while on the outside were
countless thousands. who, unable to
gain admittance, made it necessary for
him to deliver an overflow address.
The air was rent with cheers as he
unfolded the democratic policies and
hurled an avalanche OF criticism upon
the republican party for its failure, as
he said, to listen to the demands of the
people
Upon the conclusion of his remarks
here Bryan retired for the night in his
car, which was taken to Jersey City,
from which place he will leave in the
morning for other points in the state,
concluding with a visit late in the
evening to Elnaira, y. 7.