The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01

measures he proposes for the farmer He said he believed in a national system of goods roads to be built by national aid to states and counties and also advocated the immediate extension of the parcels post.
 He continued:
 'I declare that the power to issue money and control its volume should not be confined to private corporations, but Is inherent in the government and should be exercised by the government and that the rational and safe way to put neees- sary increased issues of money into cir culation Is through the medium of cen- tral governmental bank "A most valuable adjunct of such system will be the establishment of pos tai savings banks which will draw money out of hiding. make deposits secure and furnish a great convenience to numer- ous localities not now supplied with any banking facilities.
 Tariff Reduction. 'I confidently believe that the declara- ton of the Independence party for a gradual reduction of the tariff, with just consideration with the rights of the con- suming public and of established indus try will appeal more strongly to business men and workingmen than the republi- can demand for extra session and an immediate general revision, calculated to alarm and throttle reviving business, or the democratic demand for tariff for revenue only.
 ''I warmly approve of our platform dec laration favoring the extension of public ownership as rapidly as the government demonstrated ability to conduct public utilities for the public benefit
 ''The railroads must be kept open to all upon exactly equal terms. Rebates and determinations are crimes and must be treated as such. There must be no abatement in public opposition to the practice of pooling and I strongly con- demn the republican and democratic par ty blanks sanctionng contracts between railroad corporations for the mainte- nance for rates and the pooling Of freights.
 Expressing my cordial and earnest support of every plank in the carefully thought out and statesman-like platform unanimously adopted by the first nation al convention of the independence party, I enter the campaign as it's standard bearer with a solemn appreciation of the duty that devolves upon me-"
 Speech on Porch.
 At the conclusion of MT. Hisgens speech he was cheered until the walls of the club house seemed to tremble The club house only holds 300 persons and those that were there by invitation. At this state of the proceedings, Chairman Pow ell announced that there was crowd or from 5000 to 10000 people in the street, anxious to hear the candidate speak, and he asked MT. Hisgen to make short address to the crowd from the club house steps.
 MT. Hisgen stepped to the porch and de- livered a 15-minute speech, which, for the most part, was a reiteration of. his address of acceptance.
 A telegram from John Temple Graves was read by MT. Powell while MT. Hisgen was addressing the street crowd It was as follows:
 "Please transmit to Mir Hisgen at the Independence club the assurances that from the Virginia mountains, where l am recuperating from a surgical operation, 1 send him my congratulations upon the admiral work he has already done in the campaign and my felicitations upon the splendid promise which Is daily develop ing for the success of the independence party. I shall be ready to enter the cam paign in full health and spirits after Sep tember A."
 Hearst Speaks.
 At this juncture there were shouts for William R. Hearst to speak, and he re- sponded, in part, as follows:
 q think this occasion will be recorded in history both on account of the hign character of our nominees and because or the growing importance and the eventual achievements of the independence party I believe that this new party will event ually supplant the old indifferent, in- competent and intellectual ones. l believe it will speedily be placed in power oy the unbought and unbossed voters. be- lieve that, owing no allegiance to any power, it will speedily carry out their ideas and reforms and restore the gov ernment to their hands,
 'fThe candidate of each old party has proved beyond the shadow of doubt that his opponent is unfit for office, and that the opposing old party is unworthy of confidence. This being the case there seems to be nothing for the voters to do but to turn to the new movement and elect the candidates of the independence party"
 MT. Hearst concluded by saying;
 ''The democratic party finds the mote in its neighbours eye. Let 1t remove the beam from It's own eye. Both the old parties have proved false, and 1t Is be- cause of the failure and the fraud and the incompetence and the treachery or both the old parties that the independ- ence party has been founded and will inevitably succeed