The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-12


 vitaIs 1t is ready now to fall by the pillars of the Constitution which 1t has stained forever with it's history. Colonel Graves closed with an eluci-
 dation of the platform of the Indepen- dence League.
 MT. Hearst was received with cheers. He started his address by explaining his leaving the Democratic party. He declared if W. J. Bryan was sincere. he sh ould not have approached him four months ago with the proposition
 to support him Civilian J. Bryan) in
 the campaign he (Bryan) would sup
 port him (HearsD in the next cam paign)
 Hearst Roasts Democrats. Mir Hearst said in part: "I have come all the way from New York to make an explanation. not an apology. of why I have ceased to call myself a Democrat. and have wt...- drawn from the support of MT. Bryan.
 Mir Hearst then reviewed the cam paigns of 1896 and 1900 In which he supported MT. Bryan. Coming to the present campaign. he said Look at this man Haskell, whom Bryan made chairman of his Commit tee on Platform and Treasurer of his campaign fund. This man Haskell, known as a political paymaster of the Standard Oil Company, Is asked by MT. Bryan first to make platform the Standard Oil will approve of and then to collect from the Standard oil the material expression of their ap- proval.
 MT Bryan has hauled down his flag and surrendered. When, in all of Mir. Bryan's vaciiiating course; with It's
 ignominious conclusion. could I find an inspiration for further devotion or opportunity for honorable approval? "I have come to regard Mir. Bryan as a trickster, a trimmer. a traitor. MT. Bryan alleges that I am angry at him because he did not support me for the Presidency at St. Louis four years ago. That Is not true. If MT. Bryan thought I was not the most available candidate. 1t was his duty to oppose me. But if MT. Bryan thought I was not the proper candidate he should not have approached me in New York four months ago with a propo- sition to support me in the next cam paign if I would support him in this campaign.
 "Mr Bryan says that the Independ-
 ence Party Is party of piaue, and | that it was created to destroy him. | That Is not true.
 My friends, the Independence Party. ! was formed for larger things. If we | had been so small as to wish to de- 1 stroy Mir. Bryan we could have done l so with a campaign club. The In- dependence Party was founded to re- ! store true Democratic government.
 true Republican government, true Am
 erican government. It was founded to ] take the government out of the hands | of political machines ond corrupt bosses | and the privileged interests that con- | trol the political machines and con
 trol the 1rrupt bosses. It was found | ed to repose the power of government
 once more in the hands of the major | ity to be exercised impartially for the benaht of the whole community | Candidate Hisgen Cheered.
 When Thomas J. Hisgen was intro l duced the audience shouted with en- | thusiasm. The Presidential candidate talked about thirty minutes and was l frequently Interrupted by applause. Mir. Hisgen said in part:
 My friends, | believe that what thu I people want today Is business ability 1 and simple honesty in the conduct O. l their government. The coming cleo. ] ton Is simply shareholders meet. | ing, called under the articles of in | corporation, the Constitution to choose a list of officers for the company, the l nation. l q want to declare here and I feel
 
 | statement that the same methods that make honest business successful will make an honest administration suc- cessful. If you administer the gov ernment fearlessly economically and | wisely the people will be prosperous l and happy. If you administer 1t with l extravagance or in any interest save
 that of the people, disaster must fol- | low as 1t has in the past.
 | elf had business adn1inistFa- a- 1 ton the people would get more for l the taxes they pay--they would get | better public buildings. better nation
 al improvements and of even more vi- l tai importance a. better navy and a | more thoroughly &ained army to make | peace absolutely sure.
 l The people would also be protect | ed against the public plunderers who | monopolize the necessities of life and 1 rob the people under a lax admins | tration of the law.
 The Republican Party. owned by the
 trusts, will not restore the govern
 ment into the hands of the people l The Democratic Party, divided by con- | ficting interests. cannot restore the | government into the hands of the peo. | pie. The hope of the people lies in the Independence Party. which stands l for the same things for which ouI l fathers stood and fought and believed l they had won for themselves and for | their children-a government of the
 people. by the people and for the peo- 1 pie"
 John Temple Graves introduced Tan.
 cey Cater. Independence candidate foI
 Governor of Georgia. He declared MT | physical pain to disprove a story that l thAre was disruption in the Inda.