The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-27
N1. BRYAN AT
 HIS OLD HOME He Delivers Speech in Salem, III. VISITS GRAVES OF PARENTS Candidate Declares the People Do
 Not Rule. Says Taft |. Not the Heir to Reforms of Roosevelt and Hopes to Get
 Votes of Republi-

Salem. IL, Aug. 2s.--No crowd of equal size or enthusiasm ever turned out in this city. the birthplace of Will liam J. Bryan, as did that of today then the Democratic candidate stopped over to greet his old friends and neigh bors.
 The whole population. was up and on hand early to extend a hearty welcome when Mir. Bryan reached here at s:s0 o'clock in the morning. They were augmented later in the day by thous- ands who came in on special trains.
 The principal event of the day was a speech by MT. Brgan from platform in the court house grounds, in which he appealed to the Roosevelt Repub- Jeans to support the Democratic ticket because. he said. they could not hope for a realization of promised reforms of their party. Mir. Taft. he said, was not the heir to Republican reforms.
 During the day Mir. Bryan divided most of his time with the Bryan and Jennings branches of his family. Af- ter luncheon he rode out to the cerne- tery and placed flowers on the graves of his parents. and on his way back to the city inspected the new Bryan Bennett library, presented by himself and the late Philo s. Bennett of Con- necticut. The building cost ss.500, of which Mir. Bryan contributed $2,000. He also donated the site. which is the spot on which the house in which he was born was located.
 Several thousand of the citizens of Salem and visitors shook the candi- dates hand. He held receptions at the court house, hotel and railroad sta- ton, where the people fought their way to get near him.
 While Mfr. Bryan was talking. the crowd made up a purse of s300 and handed It to him as q campaign contro- button. 4 check for s1o0 also was given by man from Chiffon County.
 Preceding Mir. Bryan's remarks, Theodore A. Bell of California. chair man of the Kern Notification Commit tee. who accompanied Mr. Bryan here. made a spserh, In which he compared the platforms of the two domniant parties.
 Mr. Bryan Speaks.
 Mir. Bryan said in part:
 You know 1t would be very hard for me to make political speech in Salem. because a good many of my earlier acquaintances here were Re- pubiicans and would not for the world say anything that would hurt the feel ings of any Republican friend. But I was thinking today of q story that thought might fit this case; especial | " WOutu IL Alb tAc CdSG WlLn LnG khS~ publicans who are friendly to Mir. Roosevelt. I got this story in Canada. An American official I met up there told 1t to mo. He said that there was a man nominated for office, and he was very anxious to poll big vote in his home town. or the town where he was born and he went back there and made a speech. and they turned out, those 'of his own party and those of other r&N Naex uR4A ha An al to them. He told them that he was very anxious to have large vote in the town of his birth. just as a compliment to him and in the course of his speech he said:
 Many of you will not agree with my party affiliations. but believe you will vote for me just for old friend ships sake and he pointed to an old man named Smith. He said. Now, there is old brother Smith. know we do not believe in the same party. but have known him from the time was a boy and he has known me and I be- lteve that brother Smith will vote for me just for old acquaintances sake Won't you. brother SmithT
 Now brother Smith was a very frank old man and he biurted out, T would vote for the devil first
 We'll responded the young man. 'as your friend is not running this year, cannot expect your voter
 And so l feel that as the friend of the Roosevelt Republicans is not run ming this year am going to get some of their votes. But I might put it on a stronger ground than that. There are certain things that come naturally by descent and reforms come by de- scent. You cannot convey A reform, hv will.
 ''The President has tried to beoueatb certain reforms to the Republican can didate, but I am the next of blood h the reform business and they come to me. In fact. think I could make if stronger than that. If a man dies and leaves no children. the property goes back to his parents and so far as re. forms are concerned. the Republican Party has died without heirs and the reforms go back to the one from whom the Republican Party got the reforms
 Expects Votes of Repubs.
 "So I think I have a right to expect O good many Republican votes this year. Then. my friends, I am expect. ing large additions to the Democratic vote because the times are ripe for A change in administration.
 Mir. Taft was making a speech over In Virginia and he forgot that there was a country outside and he was ma. king the speech for the Republicans Of Virginia, and he told those people that when a party stayed in power a good while 1t was apt to become corrupt and it was a good thing to have a change.
 His remarks have a larger applica- tion than he made of them that day, and If a party in a State will get in position where a change Is necessary, or even desirable. I want to say that when you apply 1t to a National party, the reason for change is still greater; for the farther many officehoiders get away from home. the more apt they arc to forget the people at home and these Republicans in National offices have been serving far away from home and they have forgotten the struggling masses at home.
 'In our platform we declared that the overshadowing issue was shall the people rule? Mir. Taft says that they do rule. This Is a question about which there is a difference of opinion. All who think they do rule today will diff fer from me; all who think they do not rule will differ from Mir Taft.
 MT. Sherman said that the people do rule. He ought to know better, for he has been one of the fellows who has