The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-19
WI. BRYAN
CHEERS THE
DEMOCRATS
TIMES BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL.


AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis. Ind. Aug 17-William
]. Bryan's offer to Governor Marshall
yesterday to make a campaign speak
Ing tour of Indiana this fall has
cheered the hearts of the democrats
for Bryan is still a power in this state
among the members of his party. This
was the first meeting of Bryan and
Marshall since the Baltimore conven-
ton. and good many persons thought
that Bryan might not call on the gov
ernor at all. 1t will be remembered
that Marshall aroused Bryan's Ire
when he refused to join. Bryan in the
effort to prevent the election of Alton
B. Parker temporary chairman of
the convention. Bryan also was
against Marshall for the nomination
for vice president, and supported Gov
ernor Burke of South Dakota against
him. All of these things were believed
to have made a serious gap between
Bryan and Marshall
But Bryan apparently laid aside any
feeling he may have had in the matter
for he hustled over to the state house
as soon as he got to town. He had a
long secret conference with Marshall
and after he came out he refused to
say anything about 1t except that they
talked politics.
Marshall however, said that Bryan
had offered to come into Indiana and
make many speeches as Marshall
wished him to make. 1t is known that
Bryan is deeply interested IN the sue
cess of Ralston and the democratic
state ticket. At least. he said he was
It may be that in coming to Indiana
to make speeches he will do so more
to benefit the state ticket than the ma
tionai ticket.
Arrangements will be made to have
Bryan spend at least six days in In
diana He says he will be busy with
Chautauqua dates until September l.
but after that time he will be at the
command of the national committee
This makes it look like a hot time
| in the state during 1.-The campaign
| With Bryan and a, few more like hin
prancing up and down the state for
| the democrats; with Beveridge. Fred
F, Lands and few more whoop-em- VI
bull mooses speakers paving the ali
, for the bull moose ticket, and with
! Roosevelt making a few speeches IL
| Indiana. and with such men as jim
! Watson and others cutting loose fol
| the republicans there will be no room
in Indiana this fall for any three-rins
circus. The people will be too busy t,
pay any attention to little thing lk'
q circus.
Bryan took occasion to discuss tn,
bull moose outfit while here. He sal,
the organization of the new part.
raised the question of whether 1T wa
organized with view to being a per
manent party or whether 1t was in
tended merely a temporary instru
ment for the defeat of the republical
party at the coming election. If it !
merely temporary party, he said. tn
democrats will Justify it. but if it i
intended as a permanent new part
the further question arises as
whether 1T is one-man party o
whether it proposes new set of poll
cies.
He said the progressive platform
tumble of a lot of things. some tai,
en- from the democrats and other
from the republicans. Some. he SAT-
are new, but the new ones are dana
erous. One of the dangerous declare
tons, he said, is the one proposing I
perpetuate the trusts under the guis
of control by a federal bureau; anott
A; er was the proposed consolidation {
! power in the federal executive, an
the third is the succession of pres
Dental terms The first two, he sal
are in the progressive platform ar
Q the third is embodied in the candida
for president. Mr. Bryan said
+; would be absolutely dangerous to p,
!, all of the trusts under the control
: a federal bureau, and then give II
: president power to organize that h'
!; reau and through II TO manipulate u
: trusts for his own benefit. This. wit
q q succession of presidential terms,
= said. would give the president t
l. much power
Mr. Bryan indicated by his talk tn
: he believes the bull moose party is o
G ganized more for the purpose OF gi
ing Roosevelt chance to run aga
> for president than for anything else.
. There is more life about the vario
state headquarters now than there n
y been before in the campaign. Ne
> clerks and helpers are being added
O the working forces In all three or I
headquarters. Stenographers a
ltypewriters are busy sending out hu
dreds of letters; speaking bureaus a
y busy arranging speaking tours a
! dates, and everything Is full of life.