Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-27
BRYAN MET BY
LARGEST CROWD
OF HIS CAREER
RECORD BREAKING OVATION
GREETS C0MM0NER
NEW YORK GOES WILD WITH
DEMONSTRATIONS
Nebraskan's Amphitheater Meeting
Proves Climax of Three Campaigns.
Nothing Like 1t Ever Wit
messed in Gotham
Continued from Page one


drowned the governors voice, leaped to
their chairs and waving flags cheered
for fourteen minutes without cessation.
Mr.. Bryan stepped to the platform
rail without Introduction and waited
for the demonstration to cease. When
quiet was restored he began speaking.
His voice was in good condition and
he was heard in all parts of the inn
mense hall.
II expect to be in washington after
March t." he said. 81 am glad to be
enc outraged by the reports that como
from your city and your state"
Wants Democratic Congress
He pleaded for a. Democratic con-
gress to frame the remedial legislation
which the Denver platform demanded,
and said it would be possible to send
to the senate measure after measure,
land with majority of the American
people behind us We can demand that
the senate submit to the will Of the
people expressed at the polls"
Mr.. Bryan once again took occasion
to urge the election of Mr.. Chanler
and the entire Democratic ticket.
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan said: 'I have
watched the progress of this campaign.
I want now, as the campaign is draw
ing to a close. to leave with you some
JnOug0IS i
sideration before you vote. l charge
that the Republican leaders no longer
lead the Republican voters. I believe
that our platform better expresses the
real desire of a majority of the Re-
publicans of the United States than
their desire is expressed in the Re-
publican platform"
Depart from Ideals
He called attention to what he said
was the departure of the Republican
leaders from the ideals of the early
leaders.
''The Republican party has claimed to
be the party of morality" he declared
1T has claimed to express the con-
science of the nation. l charge that to-
day it misrepresents the general senti-
ment of the country and betrays the
conscience of the American people.
There is a great question of con-
science before the American people. 1t
is honesty in politics. You can never
have honest government without
honest principles, and the Democratic
party is inaugurating a new era in
American politics.
"The investigations, the disclosures.
the revelations had shown what enor-
nous campaign funds have been secret
| ly collected and corruptly used and an
awakened people demanded that that
should stop, but the Republican senate
and house refused to listen to the de-
mand and a Republican national con-
Vention rejected the plank that was
aimed at honesty in politics.
Doctrine Applied
| "Our committee applied the doctrine
of the platform to the present cam
paign and has done what no national
| committee ever did before-it has taken
| nd nnnfidanPl l9l0
bare the sources of it's campaign con-
tribution fund. The Republican COM
mittee refused to do this"
| Taking UP the presidents letter re-
garding labor, Mr.. Bryan said the presi-
dent criticised Mr.. Gompers the other
day for criticising the courts.
| "I submit" he declared, that Mr.
| Gompers has never criticised the courts
more severely. than President Roose-
Welt himself has criticised the courts
The Democratic candidate charged
that the president was now issuing a
daily bulletin assuring the people tha'
Mr.. Taft was a friend of labor.
my friends he said, there is g
certain mutually about friendship
both sides have to be consulted ano
Mr.. Roosevelt consults only one side
when he discusses Mr.. Taft as the
friend of labor. l care not what ne
may say about Mr.. Tafts friendship
for labor. Mr.. Taft's record showed
that he is not in sympathy with those
who toll in this country"
Quotes Taft's Decision
Mr.. Bryan quoted Judge Taft's de-
cision in the case of Thomas VS.. The
| Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pa
cific Railway company, authorizing the
receiver to make a cut of 10 per cent
in the wages of employees and denying
their right to appeal.
The candidate elected wild enthusi-
asm when he said that in the west Mr.
Taft was running on his amendments
to the Chicago platform, while in the
| east he was running on the official
! platform.
Mr.. Bryan closed with bitter de-
nunciation Of the president, fora as he
said, making himself a dictator.
Upon arriving at Cooper Union
where he proceeded Immediately upon
leaving Madison Square Garden, Mr.
Bryan found large cheering crowd
which had waited for five hours fol-
his coming. In his speech there he
disclaimed all personal credit for the
prevalence of the doctrines which he
advocated.
Mr.. Bryans days work did not end
with his Cooper Union speech, for he
was scheduled to speak at 8 o'clock in
the morning of Tuesday to an audience
of night workers in City Hall park.
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