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Show SENATOR BEVERIDBE ISSUES HIS CHALLENGE Will Undertake io Prove That Many Democratic Senators Oppose Bryan's Policies. HELENA, Mont., Oct. 3. Senator Albert J. Bevcridgo of Indiana oponed the national campaign in Montana here toda3'. He will speak in Butte tonight and then proceed westward to Washington Washing-ton and Oregon. The senator was accorded ac-corded a marked demonstration at the city auditorium, which, dcspito the inclement in-clement weather, was comfortably filled. Throughout his remarks were frcquentb' interspersed with rounds of applause. The tariff question furnished the principal prin-cipal theme, although Br3-an came in for no small share of his attention, being be-ing deseribod as a "righteous man, but : nor. right." He. also issued a challeugo to tho national Democratic, committoo, with respect to Democratic senators. He said: Says Bryan Lacks Support. "There are as many Democratic reactionaries re-actionaries toda3 as thero were Republican Repub-lican reactionaries 3'csterday. And while the Republican parlvhas unhorsed ils reactionaries, the Democratic reactionaries re-actionaries havo not been unhorsed. Evon'body knows that Mr. Bo'au has few supporters for his policies and oveu few personal friends among Democratic senators, and if Mr. Br3'an wore in tho white houso today ho would find the knives of those senators at the throat of every plan ho proposed. To prove this to American people, I toda3' pub-licb" pub-licb" challengo Senator Culberson, tho Democratic leader, to 333 whether bo will work or voto for Mr. Bo'ans franchise fran-chise plan. "Will Senator Daniels of Virginia, Senator Roynor of Maryland, Senator Bacon of Ueoi:ia'? Lot us test this question now. the people havo a right ! to kuow. Let those senators answer so that; nil tho peoplo can' hear. Will tho ! opposition senators from Florida, Virginia, Vir-ginia, Maryland, Georgia. Alabama or Texas fight for or against Mr. Bryan's franchise plan 7 And J, name these senators sen-ators advisedly. "I toda' publicly challenge the Democratic Dem-ocratic na'tional committee to tako a public poll of Democratic senators ou Continued on Page Two. SENATOR BEVERIDGE ISSUES HIS CHALLENGE Continued from Pago One. anv new plank in tho Bivan platform: Tho peoplo should bo iulormod, it is onlj' just to Mr. Bryan himself that he shall know now how much support he will havo of his own partj I now predict that if tho poll is taken it will reveal more "Democratic opposition in tho sonato to tho policics than ever there was Republican opposition in the son-ate son-ate to our policies." |