The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-10
WARM POLITICAL
FIGHT IN INDIANA
Bryan Will Trail Roosevelt in
Speech Making
A SPLIT IN THE RANKS
Followers of Beveridge Are Trying to
Explain Why Roosevelt Takes the
stand That He Holds on
the Tariff
A SPLIT IN THE RANKS

Indianapolis, lnd., OCTOBER 9.-tSpeclal.)
Theodore Roosevelt VS.. Col. William ].
Bryan is the programme of the rival
party organizations of Indiana for the
coming week. The former comes first,
and will make a dozen speeches from a
special train Thursday Colonel Bryan
arrives the following morning. He will
answer Colonel Roosevelt, and will at
tempt to show that the republicans were
extremely inconsiderate of their own plat
form in bringing Colonel Roosevelt to
Indiana Colonel Bryan, in a short state
ment to the managers of the democratic
campaign, says:
II predict that when Colonel Roosevelt
comes to Indiana he will be half as in
surgent as he was in Kansas and twice
as insurgent as he was at Saratoga
| BRYAN has been called into the fight
| by the democratic leaders for the ex-
press purpose of trailing Colonel Roose-
welt and to SHOW up his efforts on be-
half of Senator Beveridge. The latter
and his lieutenants are confident that the
Roosevelt tour will mean many thousands
of votes for their ticket
Members of the republican organizations
| say, however, that Colonel Roosevelts
| coming might have had better effect IL
the Saratoga convention had not in
dorsed the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. op-
position to which Is the handspring of
tSenator Beverages campaign.
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| The republicans have made elaborate
plans for the Roosevelt tour. Senator
Beveridge, Chairman Lee of the state
committee, ana a large huiiuel VI pal.s
LEADERS Will NEE. him d. SoFlhs I'm iau
and accompany him until ne leaves hlcn-
mond at night. senator beverage VIII
| appear WIN ehe eoionei d. eaon s'op' .io
plan being to nave the latter iauo the
senator for his attitude on puohc aues-
lions.
Arrangements nave oeeii niaoe lor
nu,i'pe ol pls iii he the bead,iner
His meeting here will be the occasion of
the first appearance of former Vice Presi-
ldant Charles w Fairbanks in the cam
paign. as. the latter will preside and de-
liver short addresses
Go,ona1 Rryan Is scheduled for a week S
tour tbat viii take him into every dis
trict The rennbliean leaders saw that
| tha coming Of Rrvan Is as inconsistent
| from a democratic standpoint as Is the
coming of colonel Roosevelt from the
east Prvan is standing for county local
ontion In Nebraska The democracy of
Indiana Is demanding the repeal of the
county local option law and the substi-
tuition. of the city, town and township as
~ o,tion unitas
Senator Beveridee and his opponent
John w. Kern. are now touring the state.
The former has gone further than the
declarations of his insurgent platform. He
Is making a. vigorous attack on party
bosses and is appealing for the support
of the masses on the ground that he has
championed their cause at Washington.
lie says to his audiences: Take your
time and hit hard. -
His tour has been marked by such large
audiences and display of enthusiasm that
his managers are more hopeful of victory
than they have been.
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time leaders say there ~ such d spli1 u.
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