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Show FIERCE DENUNCIATION OF BIG FINANCIERS. BOWLING GREEN, 0., Oct. 30. Keeping up his attacks on John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegio, both of whom havo announced publicly their support of Mr. Taft, William J. Br3an here tod.ry spoke to a hig crowd. "Do you understand now," ho said, "wh- Mr. Taft is not willing that their contributions shall bo published beforo election Continuing, the Democratic candidato said: "For a generation the Standard Oil company has been engaged in tho pinching pinch-ing business. It has been pinching off its rivals, and toda3' has a tariff of about 120 t per cent against its chief rival, Russia. Mr. Rocke'fellor is supporting sup-porting tho Republican ticket, because he expects, through a Republican vic-ton-, to put his hands in tho pockets, of twenty millions of p.eople. and not be molested in the extortion in which he has taken part. Mask Torn Off. "Mr. Rockefollor, bv his action, has torn the mask off the Republican part. The Republican party hns been playing a double game in this connection. In tho west it has been presenting Mr. Taft as a reformer and in the east as a standpatter. In tho west it has been presenting Mr. Tnft as a man who wants to improvo conditions and down cast they say: " 'Just wait until he gets in and see how safe ho will be.' "Now, I insist that tho Republican party shall either servo God or Mam mon; it cannot servo the plutocrac' of this country and the masses at tho same time. It cannot befriend the monopolies monop-olies and at the same timo protect tho great American peoplo; and Mr. Rockefeller Rocke-feller has done the American people a signal service in coming out and taking tak-ing his position where he belongs, on tho side of tho Republican party, because be-cause tho Republican part)' is on his side. "My inends, can any American farmer be deceived now as to tho at-titudo at-titudo of the Republican part-? Can any Republican be so blind ns not to understand what a Republican victor means? Do 3'ou understand now why Mr. Taft is not willing that their contributions con-tributions shall bo published before the election? Do 3011 understand now why it is that tho congressional committee of the Republican party won't agree to publish its contributions even after the olection? We have publishod ours. We have told you where our money wasv coming from. We have taken you into our confidence, because our money is coming from the "people who are helping to fight this battle, because it is their battle. More than 50,000 Democrat's Dem-ocrat's have alread' contributed to our campaign fnnd, and I would rather bo elected by 50,000 Democrats each giv-ing giv-ing a little than to bo eloctod president presi-dent b3 the contributions of a few great trust magnates, and ' then havo them come to tho back door of the Whito houso and toll me what I must do in order to pay them back. Lively Interruption. Mr. Bryan was comparing the platforms plat-forms of the Republicans and Democratic Demo-cratic parties on the tariff question and laid great stress on tho fact that the Democrats woro demanding reduction, reduc-tion, while the Republicans promised revision. This led to n hot dialogue be-twoon be-twoon a man in the crowd, perched on the scat of a wagon, and tho Democratic Demo-cratic candidate. "How will reduction of tariff holp the unemployed?" ho asked. "Are you a Ropublican?" Mr. Brm inquired, "and what is your namo?" "Novor mind that," answered tho man, "answer the. question," "That," said Mr. Bryan, "gives you a fair cxamplo of hi3 idea of -justice. He knows who I am, but I havo no right to know who ho is." "I made 127 speeches for vou all over the United States. Wfll you answer my quostions?" . "Well, sir, you ought to bo making mak-ing speochee this year. Tell mo who you are," The crowd by this time began to hiss tho man and cried: "Go ahead, Mr Bryan." r'Woll, my friends," aaid tho Demo-cratic Demo-cratic candidate, "if ho ib ashamed to tell you Ins namo he ought not to bo out making speeches. When a man goes to another man's meeting and nsks a question, he ought to be man enough to toll who ho is." ... ... "What's that got to do with it? You cannot answer. Why does not your platform ? answer tho unemployed prop- 8l'Vfiv friends, give mo your atton-tion atton-tion " 4id Mr. Bryan. "Ho wants to know about tho unemployed problem. I hclicvo that tho -unemployed problom is duo to the fact that there Is an unfair un-fair distribution of the wealth created, and when wo try to remedy the evil, that man helps to elect a nbhn to keep this unemployed problom before be-fore the country." TIo crowd w, d y cheered a burly man who tried to haul tho disturber out of the crowd. Continuing. Mr. Bryan said: "My platform mentions -remedies, and it mentions all tho remedies that are within, reach. We say elect senators sena-tors by th'o people unci Tot the a ona tors--bo responsible to tho will of tho people. Wo say destroy the trusts und open the door of opportunity and give the young man a chanco in this coun-trv. coun-trv. Wo sny take tho extortion out of tho price that the trusts havo put into it. Wo say lessen tho cxpenso of coy-crnmont coy-crnmont and leave monevin the pockets of the people. We say lower the la rut and take tho burdens off tho consumers. con-sumers. We say protect the savings of tho peoplo in the banks. These aro Bomo of the methods wo havo of giving employment to tho unemployed." |
