The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-26

could be no infringement of hii
rights. and guaranteed him. nomin
sted- hmm, elected him, and then lei
him. Mr.. Taft should sue Mr. Roose
welt for breach OF promise. The pub
lie should bring suit against him FOL
obtaining the White House for his
friend under false pretenses. charge
that Roosevelt has not helped Tart e
make good. He has acted as II he's
glad Mr.. Taft didn't maze good. III he
made a mistake so lamentably In Sc
lecting Mr. TAFT, he ought TO be du-
bious about picking himself TO sue
ceed him. -
Mr.. Bryan said that when nine gov
errors asked Mr. Roosevelt TO run.
he declared that he would run II there
were a popular demand. and then
went out and organized the demand.
IL was the most expensive demand
ever organized" he declared.
"As a reformer, Mr.. Roosevelt
came late. II he would mark on his
reforms the date he adopted them,
and II the Democrats would 20 the
same, we'd see how far behind he
is. Democrats have advocated the
direct election OF senators for 20
years; the Republicans. two years. =
Bryan took up the income tax, tarin
revision and other reforms in which
he said the Democrats preceded
Roosevelt. He spoke OF the Wall-st.
men who helped Roosevelt In his
campaigns.
How about Parker in 1902 cried
a voice.
"He accepted that support. and the
Democratic vote fell of by quarters OF
Millions answered Mr.. Bryan. why
do you strain at Parker gnat and
swallow a Roosevelt camel?
Roosevelt sat In a convention In
New York two years ago without
protest while It Endorsed the Taft ad-
ministration. Nine months ago he
sulked in his tent while Bob La
Toilette, the prince OF progressives
in the Republican party, was trying TO
defeat Mr.. Taft for the nomination.
"Mr. Roosevelt never gave us an
inside view OF the Republican party
until he got out OF 1t. Then he Of
fered himself TO the country as a
Moses to lead 1t out OF Egypt. But |
think he mjstook blast furnace or
the steel trust for a burning bush
and the voice OF Perkins for the
voice OF God"
Mr.. Bryan referred to the parable
of the husbandman who entered the
VINEYARD at the eleventh hour, but
received as much reward as those
who had been working throughout
the day
"Mr. Roosevelt came In at quar-
ter TO twelve" he said And now
he's trying TO convince you that when
he arrived he found nobody there,
and that he did all the work himself
in 10 minutes"
Against Third Terms.
He criticized the Progressive trust
plank, deplored condition where
a few men can go into the back room
of bank and take as much from the
people in one day as 10000 men have
taken from the Comstock lode in 80
years" He upheld the third-term pre-
cedent.
But YOU don't need TO take either
Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Roosevelt, he SAID
Il present you with a better man,wno
was named in Baltimore. He is
pledged to a single term, so he can
give ali his time to you and won't
have to spend four years planning
how TO be chosen for another TOUR
years. am glad to bring him before
you. Three times | thought was
chosen TO deliver the people, but l
was disappointed Now | am fighting
as earnestly as a private in the ranks
as ! did as leader. Tremendous ap-
plause). What difference does II make
whether his name or mine be ADDED
to the list of presidents? A hundred
years hence we shall be known not
by what the country did for us, but
by what we did for our country. Wnen
he wins, I'll be happy as he Is. On
the day after election, when ne ana
mis- good wife sit in JOY over the re
suit. there Will be couple out In Ne
braska filled with JOY that pubic
office cant bestow-the joy that
comes with the contamination OF a
struggle OF t6 years for people
government administered in the peo-
pies behalf"