The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-28


and then found his hands tied by a
Republican house or senate.
Expects to Win Senate.
feel quite sure that We are going
10 make enough gains In the senate
TO give us control OF that body. and
feel quite confident that We are 60
ing TO have n Democratic house but
] would not be overconfdent. and !
fight on the theory that We need
every vote. and II you are persuad-
ed that you ought TO give us the
beneht OF your vote In the electing
OF the national ticket, / hope you
Will not fail 10 chow that interest
in voting for the Democratic candi-
dates for congress. and while the
state ticket has nothing 10 do ordi-
narlly with the national campaign
yet when these men make the sacri-
fees that they do and when they give
their time and their means To the
carrying on of the campaign, we must
help the national ticket while it helps
the state ticket think this should
be considered in addition TO the ar
OF these candidates on the ground OF
individual worth and merit. I. there
fore. In presenting the arguments on
national questions. ask you TO con-
slider the claims not only OF our cam
didates for president and vice presl-
dent. but the claims OF our candidates
for congress and the candidates on
the Democratic state ticket
Mr. Bryan then devoted his attention
TO the three conventions. covering thu
same ground that he did In his salt Lake
He then continued:
Mr.. Taft has been president for
four years He has given us chance
TO see what he thinks and how he
took him on faith. Mr.. Roosevelt
said he was all right and the people
didn't know any better until they got
him, ,but now they know better and
there is no reason why they should
take him on anybody's say-so.
Pointed Comparison.
Now I repeat that / believe Mr.
Taft is an honest and well-meanlng
man. but he is not fitted 10 the day,
and l can't understand how there
can be any likelihood OF his being
Illdue presluenI dSdlii. VI WHY ahE
body should desire TO have him made
president again, II is no reflection
OH man 10 say that he ought not
10 be president 7 have got to main
tain that position, because so many
have said II IN regard TO me. And
surely II seven millions Of people say
that I ought not 10 be president, /
ought to be allowed TO say that two
or three other fellows that / know
ought not 10 be president. l hope
YOU won't think 7 am boastful when
7 say that ] believe / could have
made a better president than Mr.,
Taft has made.
am no more anxious TO have Mr..
Roosevelt president than l am to
have Mr. Taft president, In fact. ]
am probably In the best position I
ever WAS and ] don't suppose | Will
ever be again in as good position
as | am now. 7 am able to please
more people with my speeches now
than 7 ever did before. Heretofore
7 have been able to please the Dem
ocrats. most OF them, but the Repub-
ncans haven't liked my speeches. but
now I am very popular with the Re-
publicaps and I never make a speech
now without pleasing everybody In
the audience. It la a rare expert
ence for a public man to be able to
do that. but, you see, when ] make
a speech frst tell the people why
Taft ought not to be reelected and
every Roosevelt Republican applauds
Roosevelt ought not 10 be president.
and every Taft Republican rejoices
In every word ] utter. And the
Democrats-why, they are happy all
the time.