The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-09-11
BRYAN STARTS BIG TOUR
HAPPY.

1'ickles the Nebraskan-
He Taunts His Massive Ri
val-Will be Raising Cam
paign Fund From the Peo-
pie Next, He Jestingly De-
clares.
A recent dispatch from Omaha,
Nebraska, dated September 9th,
says: A dee lighted William j.
Bryan left for Chicago this after
noon, on what is to be his great
swing of this years. campaign,
the particular source of the Dem
ocratic Presidential candidates.
Joy being the latest sincerest fiat
terv Of his massive rival, Judge
Taft. who has finally imitatively
decided to go out and also stump.
Mr.. Bryan had something quite
tart to say about this, as he set
out for Chicago, where he began,
with review of the Labor Day
parade and with speech making,
three weeks tour that is to
carry him into the Middle West
the debatable East and back
through the West iuto South
Dakota before returning home.
On the TAFT stumping plan,
Mr.. Bryan issued. a statement
saying that in this Mr.. Taft had
merely pursued his usual policy
of initiating the Democrats. One
after another OF Democratic
policies and methods. Mr.. Bryan
said. had been appropriated by
the President and Mr.. Taft. and
now it is hard to keep Demo
cratic patents from infringe.
ments. He commented with oh.
vious qualification upon the fact
that his greatest sin," that of
spell binding the country, is now
being initiated by the Republi
can candidate. He dictated his
statement on the train, and on
arriving at Omaha. at six
O'Clock on the evening of Sep
TENDER 9th, gave it out as fol
lows:
TINE OF GREAT CONSOLATION.
well, | am getting great
deal of consolation out OF the
way that the President and Mr..
Taft are doing. / used TO be
called hard names because l ad-
vocated an Income Tax, and now
the Income Tax has been en-
dorsed by the President and Mr..
Taft. | used to be bitterly de-
nounced because | favored rail.
road legislation. Now the Pres
ident and Mr.. Taft have brought
that reform into popularity and |
am no longer considered danger
Gus. | used to get great deal
of criticism because | favored
tariff reform. but now tariff re
form has become so urgent that
Mr.. Taft is willing to have q
special session of Congress called
Immediately after his Inaugural
ton TO act upon the subject. 1t
used to be when | talked about
independence for the Filipinos |
was told that the American flag
never came down When it once
went up. Now, We have "a Re
publican candidate for President
who believes that the Filipinos
must ultimately have their indie.
pendence. U
''But | have reason to rejoice
over the fact that some of the
things that have done are now
viewed III a more favorable light.
When | made some phonograph
records in order that | might dis
cuss political questions before
more people. the Republican pa
peers ridlculed aud called it nn
dignitied. but Mr.. Taft has lifted
the phonograph to an eminence
by talking into it himself. e
And now my greatest sin is
made virtue by imitation.
Surely imitation Is the sincerest
form of t1attery. When | went
| out campaigning in 1896 and 1900
they said that it was demagogic
TO run around over the country
vote hunting. Now it is emil
nently proper, since Mr.. TAFT is
going TO do il, and l hope that
the Republican papers will make
due apologies. They said in 1896
and 1900 that | was scared when
| made speeches from the rear
end of train, and | was. as the
results showed that | had reason
to be. | have been wondering
whether this explanation would
be given when Mr.. Taft starts
out and whether the result will
be the same with him as it was
with me.
1T is certainly hard for us to
keep our patents from being in
fringed upon this year. | am
afraid that they will try to raise
campaign fund by popular con
/ Fri hut inns uovt ~