The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-07
KEEPS HAMMERING.
Bryan Puts in Another Busy Day in
Iowa.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Oct. TT pre-
sent myself as an example of one who
has outlived the venomous attacks of
his opponent. You heard me called a
demagogue twelve years ago. You saw
them bury me and you heard them
chant their songs over my grave, and
now they have to explain why it hap
pened that l was not dead"
With all the fervor that he could
muster up, W. ]. Bryan. facing a vast
assembly in the Chautauqua audi
torium between Tama and Toledo, in
this state, today delivered himself of
this utterance. At no time during the
present campaign has he spoken so
earnestly or with such vigor. His re-
mark followed a bitter denunciation OF
Mr.. Taft for refusing to agree to a
publication of campaign contributions
before elections.
mo honest man and no political
party conducting an honest campaign"
he declared, need be afraid of the
light"
At Woodward, he heaped ridicule on
the Republicans by charging them with
taking credit for the growth of crops,
the shining of the sun and the bringing
Of rain In fact, he said. they seized
upon anything that they think gives a
plausible excuse for voting the Repub-
lican ticket"
At Maxwell, he compared the grant
ing of special privileges to a case of
poison in the human system. There
has been a poison at work in our
politics." he declared, land today its
manifestations are such that / believe
the American people are ready to ap-
ply the remedy and that poison Is the
poison of privilege, the poison of favor
itism. Our government has been run
too largely in the interest of the favor
ed few"
Drawing large, cheering crowds all
day in the course of his travels through
the state, the Democrat candidate
never in better form, hurled defiance at
meet his arguments. Fifteen speeches
and handshaking with thousands con-
stituted his days work, the concluding
speech being made here.
The keynote of his remarks here was
that Republican policies meant disaster
while Democrat policies meant pros pros
perity On this subject he said: The
Democrat party is absolutely necessary
to restore prosperity. The Republican
party has had it's chance and 1t mas
failed We are now in the midst Oh q
depression for which natural conditions
furnish no excuse Artificial conditions
are responsible for the present business
prostration and those artificial condi-
tions originated in Republican policies
The business failures for the nine
months ended September 30, were H.
943 in number and the 'Iabintles
amounted to $179,00o.0O0. 1t means tnaI
If the assets are worth in fact the
amount at which they are placed, there
will still be loss of $56000.000 to ac-
count for. This tremendous loss comes
at a time when crops are reasonably
good and when nature has not with
held her bounty. 1t comes when the
Republicans are in control. They have
a president whom they eulogize IN
the hands of the Republican party, a
Republican house dominated by des-
potic speaker We can assume there
fore that they have done everything
thew could do consistently in their
noIicies to prevent the panic, and yet
the panic is here. 1t comes, too, when
we have a tariff so high that even the
Republicans promise unequlvocaily TO
revise it Immediately and Mr.. Taft has
ventured the opinion that the revision
will probably be downward"