The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-10
w. J. Bryan So Declares
 Himself.
DEN0UNCEs THE PRESIDENT
Repubs Cannot Use FuIl-Dinner-
 Pail Argument.
NebrasI<sn Created a stir When He Declared That in 1906 He Was Blamed for Mistakes of
 Grover Cleveland.

Galesburg. H., Oct. 9.-Standing on the same platform from which Mr. Taft. his Republican opponent only a few days ago delivered an address. William J. Bryan to-day denounced President Roosevelt once again for participating in the campaign in be- half of Mir. Taft, asserting that Mir. Taft could give no promise of real re- form. and attacked the Republican party generally. for. as he charged. It's injustice to the laboring man and the people generally.
 When the special train bearing the presidential candidate arrived, a great crowd cheered him voeferously and at Knox College, where the platform was erected. he faced one of the largest audiences that ever assem bled here. He took for his theme Justice" and hinged his preliminary remarks on a quotation from Plutarch that Men en- tertain three sentiments concerning the gods; they fear them for their power. admire them for their wisdom. and love them for their justice"
 Referring to Mir. Taft's visit. Mi. Bryan remarked:
 Tt is no new thing for you to ace the next President. for having seen my opponent, Mir. Taft. and now seeing me, you are certain that you have seen the next President, although neither Of us are certain as We would like to be, which one 1t Is. And. here. too. you saw those of you who lived at that time. two men who were pitted against each other in one of the most bitter contests that has ever been known in the history of the world. for think am safe In saying that the records of time give no parallel to the great series of debates between Lincoln and Douglas"
 Justice His Theme.
 MT. Bryan said that justice had been his theme twenty-elght years ago, and | Justice was his theme to-day. l He said he would try to show how on several different questions the Democrats was appealing for justice. He then spoke concerning publicity of campaign contributions before election and ridiculed Mr. Taft for expressing a personal inclination" towards that proposition and not coming out square 1y for Ii.
 The crowd was moved to cheers when he declared that tho Democratic party insisted upon justice to those who toll.
 The Republican party" he said. has allowed the lobbyist of great corporate interests to stlfie labor leg islatlon." and he informed his hearers that "the Democratic party's remedy was to handle the laboring man as a
 
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 I've are not willing" he said, that man made in the image of his Cre- ator. with heart and brain and soul, shall be degraded to tine level of dol- lars and cents. That great statesman who was engaged in debate in this place In 1858. Abraham Lincoln, a year after he spoke hera. wrote letter to some people in Boston and in that let ter he said that the Republican party believed in the man and the dollar. but that In case of conflict 1t believed in man before the dollar" MT. Bryan said that the Democrats believed that that was the proper res lation between money and men. He then dwelt at some length in support of the proposition to grant trials by jury in cases of direct con- tempt.
 POkea Fun at Repubs. MT. Bryan made fun of the Repub- lican platform. basing his remarks principally upon the recent editorial in The Omaha Bee. which criticised a. part of the Republican tarlfE plank, under the supposition that it was an | extract from some speech of his.
 Why. my friends" he said. T used to buy books on humor whenever [ wanted to read something funny, but now read Republican platforms and save money. The funniest platform [ ever read was the one adopted at Chl- cago and the funniest plank ir 1t Is the tarin plank"
 As he had done several times before to-day Mir. Bryan announced himself as the advance agent of prosperity" and bitterly assailed the President and Mir. Taft, as a member of his cabinet for the panic of 1907. He declared that there never was a better time than l now for the Republicans to predict a l panic. should he be elected. They could scare the people in 1896. he said. but not now. The Republicans. he in- sisted. were being compelled to take some of their own medicine, no mat ter whether they like 1t or not. He closed his speech with a severe arraignment of the President for. as he charged, interfering in a fair light | between himself and his Republican | opponent. MT. Roosevelt. he said. has had seven years and now he is trynr to control another term. Justice. he | declared. demanded that the President | cease neglecting his official duties to further the candidacy of his appoiatee.