Little Falls herald., 1912-10-18
FALLS, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
BRYAN MADE ADDRESS

! LARGE CROWD STANDS IN RAIN
AND HEARS THE ELOQUENT
CoMMoNER ON THE ISSUES
! W. J. Bryan, the great commoner,
! spoke from the rear car Of a special
train which stopped at the railway
| station last Friday afternoon at 1:20.
Despite the heavy rain that was fall
! ing, he was listened to with rapt at
tention throughout by a large crowd,
and was given generous applause. He
gave fine talk, every word being
heard by everyone. ~, -
On the special were candidates on
the democratic state ticket, and Ma
tional Committeeman Lynch first in
troduced P. M. Ringdal, candidate for
governor; Winn Powers, candidate for
lieutenant governor; Henry Vessel,
candidate for treasurer and Carl John
son Buell., candidate for congressman
at large, but as the stop was to be but
for 20 minutes, the full time was given
Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan said that the fact that
the people had come to listen in the
rain was evidence that they did not
need talking to, but that he appreciat;
ed it very much.
He said that as the candidates on the
democratic ticket were assisting in
helping the people 's cause, they should
receive the peoples support.
He did not believe that any man
should serve as president three terms
and recited the rundown Of Grant
when seeking a third term. The only
difference between the two evidently
being that Grant had made a trip
| around the world, and that Roosevelt
only went to Africa. That Roosevelt
organized the new party simply to
crafty his personal animosity toward
a party he owed only gratitude. Taft
| went into power by over million
majority, but will 60 out by unanimous
| consent. He is afraid of the people,
afraid that they will hurt themselves.
Taft's progressivness reminded him Of
the big boulders while going through
Colorado. It seems that Taft g face was
on all of them. He stood still white the
people passed on. It was not necessary
for the democrats to say much, as the
republicans furnished all the ammuni-
tion. There never would have been
President Taft if there had been no
Roosevelt, He found him, nominated
and elected him, and then went to
Africa and left him all alone. He
gave Taft as a Christmas gift to the
| American people, but when he put the
toy in our stockings he knew it would
1swalk backwards. .~' .-..,~s~.
r. Roosevelt has never been real pro-
gressive; through all the years that he
! '((Bryan3 was fighting the peoples bat
! ties, Roosevelt s. lash was on his back.
When Bob LaFollette was fighting the
peoples fight in the senate, Roosevelt
; never lifted hand to help him on to
victory. If he had had the spirit Of re-
form he could have found it in others
besi ides himself. He appointed Senator
Quarles of Wisconsin to judgeship
over the protest of Senator LaFollette.
The country was so bad that he must
save the country from Taft, but nine
months before he could not help LaFol-
lette save the republican party.
The republican convention at Chi
cago presented you with candidate
for president and the national pro-
gressive party gave you another. The
two factions in the republican party
makes certain the election Of a dem
ocratic president. You can elect a
president over united republican
party and you should certainly elect
a democratic president over a divided
republican party.
Taft deserves Reputation as the
hands of his party and Roosevelt de-
serves reputation at the hands Of
the country. Both have helped Wall
street pick the pockets Of 90 million
people. Taft owes every office he re-
ceived to Wall street. He has sided
with the predatory interests Roose-
welt says they nominated Taft. I
have not found boss at Chicago who
had not helped Roosevelt.
Is Roosevelt your friend' Taft is
the worst enemy labor ever had. Senti-
ment on any question had to be de-
veloped before Roosevelt took it over.
Roosevelt watched the democrats fight
18 years for the income tax and has
yet to make speech on the subject,
favoring it.
Roosevelt believes in having the
trusts merge and combine and instead
of regulating them, the trusts regulate
him. The people do not want the
Perkins yoke. We want president who
will protect the 90.
He spoke of Wilson g great work Of
reform in the state Of New Jersey, his
opposition to the gangsters, which he
defeated, and his words to the demo
cracy Of New York state, which were
responsible for the defeat Of Dix and
Murphy and the nomination Of Con-
gresham Sulzer, a progressive as far
back as 1896 and before. The re-
publicans, who do not want Mr.. Taft
for president and republicans who do
not want Mr.. Roosevelt for president
have only to vote for Wilson, the pro-
gressive democrat, who will make a
great and worthy president.
A SHORT stop was made at Roya1ton
and other points before reaching the
twin cities, where Mr.. Bryan spoke in