Evening journal., 1912-10-24
BRYAN ASKS
DEMOCRATS TO
SAVE TICKET
continued rrom rIrst Page.

Bryan referred to the panics re-
feTred 10 by Republicans and said
there had been three panics in fifty
years, two Of which came under Re
publican administrations and one un-
der Democratic administration but
with Republican laws.
Routs "Panic Bug.-
THE panic bug" said Mr.. Bryan,
is like the locust. II appears every
four years. Il arrives in October and
reaches maturity the day before cleo
ton. / am going to give you some
poison powder for that bug" He
said The first panic was when
President Grant occupied the chair
This was during a twonty-year reign
Of Republicanlsm. This pani, surely
could not be charged up to the Demo
Gratis The last one was in 1907, dur
ing the Presidency of Theodore ROose-
welt. and during a siXteen-year reign
Of Republicans IL would hardly be
fair 10 charge this up to the Demo
Gratis either. The third was right
after the Democratic President took
his seat in 1893 and before a law had
been changed Il was under the Re-
publican laws. and they, in fairness,
ought to, at least, assume half of the
blame.
IF there was any danger Of a panic
Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt would
stand together to save the country in
stead Of fighting and permitting the
Democrats to take possession of IT,
They know that the success OF the
Democratic party means prosperity.
In speaking of Mr.. Taft, Mr. Bryan
said that he had been weighed in the
balance and broke the scales. This
caused a laugh "Mr. Taft does not
know the people of this country. He
never, in his life, knew ten men who
would stand out in the rain, as you
are doing TO listen to him speak. He
only knows the -plate-banquet
people. He does not know the COM
mon people He has not taken your
side. nor tried to help you get what
YOU want He does not Keep up with
the times.
"Do not think that you should
elect Roosevelt. He gave us Taft. 1t
may be that he did not know what
kind of a man he was. If he picked
him, and If he has such bad taste, he
should not have picked himself.
% Will tell you the truth / have
been in the center Of this fight aud
know Mr.. Roose7elt. He stood on the
Wall street side when | stood ON the
side of the people"
Mr. Bryan closed his address by
saying he would speak at another
meeting He said The Democrats
might get sick standing out i'm the
rain but II they would single out the
men in the audience who did not in
tend TO vote the Democratic ticket,
he would stand there and talk 10 them
until they drowned AS the rain
poured in torrents he likened II TO an
overflow meeting The fun was en-
ioyed by all
March on Turn Hall.
The bands together with the speak
Iers, then marched on Turn Hall
which was crowded TO the walls. Af-
ter being introduced. Mr.. Bryan said
; ho was not surprised at the great re-
ception accorded him as he had been
informed that there was a Demo.
cratic club here which had sprung
from membership OF a handful tC
over three thousand men. but his re-
ception was greater than he deserved
and he felt like the homely girl who
had been told by her sweetheart that
she was beautiful. This girl went tC
her room and thanked God that love
was blind.
Mr.. Bryan said he had been making
political speeches for thirty years
and al first it was hard to find enough
to talk about for thirty minutes but
now the Republicans have done sc
many things that he found IL hard e
tell It all in a day.
He added
IL don't have to say so much, fol-
they are saying so much about eacf
other that il does not leave much tS
be said never expected to see Re
publicans so much against each Othei
and never saw the Republican partl
. trimmed up so before. never saw 4
/ Republican President and a Repub
y lican ex-President fighting each othel
, before They also are leading tW'
wings Of their party and the trouble
, is that Taft doesn't want to go on
and Roosevelt thinks that he hal
been out too long
! In comparing the parties Mr. Bryal
q said that he had rather belong to-
I minority that made the majority ac
I cept its principles than to be a mem
z Der Of a majority to be led by minor
ity.
The speaker said the only way Their
! could possibly be a panic was for sew
eral of the Wall street fnanciers 4
I lprovoke it, but he could not conceiv
D of any OF them being so heartless a
= that. and if so he said DO not hay
II your band play The Land Of the Ere
! V.rn