Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1908 — BRYAN AFTER CANNON [ARTICLE]

BRYAN AFTER CANNON

And Cannon After Bryan, Is the Feature of the Political News of the Day. MSBRABKAN IS VERY VEHEMENT Reseats ths Illinois Man’s Estimate ot < His Wealth y Declare. “Uncle Joe" Guilty of Falsehood House “Czar” Assails the Democratic Leader and Gompers. ■vansville, Ind., Sept 11.— Heavy personal onslaughts on Speaker Gam non, of the national bouse of representatives, were made by William Jen Rings Bryan tn the course of his travels through Illinois. The Democratic can didate attacked Cannon from all sides He charged the speaker with being the favorite of predatory corporations, with having strangled reform leglsla Hon, and with having falsified the facts with regard to Bryans wealth Bryan tided bls time bereff giving rant to his utterances until be had reached Speaker Cannon’s congressional district, when a ten-minutes stay was made at Toledo, 111. A great crowd had assembled to hear him, and the Nebraskan Immediately launched Into bls philippic against the speaker. Moving on from Toledo, Bryan repeated his remarks at Newton, 111. Charges Cannon with Lying. Not content with his statements nt these two places the Democratic can-dldate-for president, later on at hlne.r, 111., where he stayed for three hours openly accused the speaker of telling a falsehood when the speaker fixed Bryan’s wealth at a million dollars Bryan referred to what he said were the many exaggerated statements in regard to his earthly possessions, hut declared that Cannon’s statement of Wednesday before the Springfield ecn vention was the first attempt of a man of political standing or responsibility to estimate these possessions (In the course of his speech at the Republican contention, Cannon said Bryan was a millionaire.) Figures Hie* Wealth at SISO.OOO In great detail Bryan gave figures showing bow his money had been acquired from the day he entered congress until the present time He de nied emphatically that he was worth a million dollars, and fixed the amount of his “earthly possessions” at $l5O, 000 as the extreme limit He had come by it honestly, be said, through sating a portion of his congressional salary ami from receipts derived from his lectures and writings. lie demanded that Speaker Cannon Im- as frank as Ilimself. and tell the public whether he bad made any through lecturing and writing, ami to tvhat extent his money making had been hampered by strict attention to public duties Not since the campaign b-gan has Bryan spoken with such vehemence, and it is said tn be the first time that n president al candidate evet went out of his way to attack a candidate for congress.

Oft for West Virginia The entire day was spent in Illinois and Indiana. Altogether Bryan made seven speeches, the places at which stops were made being Mattoon. Tole do, Newtpn and Olney. 111., and Bhown's. Poseyville and Evansville. Ind. The bent was almost unbearable, but the Democratic candidate seemed not to be affected by it. Wherever ],e went be was met by large and entbus iastic crowds. During a short visit to the fair grounds at Olney. 111., he was hailed with great acclaim. In Evans rille Bryan spoke on “Shall tlie Peo pie Rule?” the tariff, trust regulation and election of the senators by direct vote of the people. Incidentally he took a porting shot at Speaker Cannon. He left here at 9:15 p. m. en route for Wheeling. W. Ya.

CANNON OPENS HIS BATTLE First Gun at Danville. lll.—Labor Injunction Is the Target. Danville. 111., Sept. 11.—Speaker .Tosepli G Cannon, of the national bouse of representatives, In opening his campaign for re election to congress from the Eighteenth district of IllirioGT delivered a speech dealing with the leading issues of the national campaign, devoting considerable attention to William J. Bryan and to Samuel Gompcrs. The speech In part took the form of a reply to.Gompers’ attack on Speaker Cannon, made in a speech in Danville, on Labor Day, and d» livered to a very large audience which showed its friendship for the orator by frequent enthusiastic applause during the speech, and ovations when he appeared and at his close. In lending up to a reply to Gompers Cannon said that there were two para mount issues in this campaign. One was the tariff, and the other the Integrity and independence of the Judiciary After devoting considerable attention to the position of the two leading par ties on the tariff question and discuss ing prosperity, the recent financial de pression and subjects governing there to, the speaker took up the Judiciary as related to the labor Injunction an.lreferring to the declaration of the Den ver platform on this subject attributed the attitude of Bryan and his party thereto by the story of Joab and

Abum, “which we find in the Old Teetament: ‘And Joab Mid to Amasa, "Art thou in health my brother?" Aaul Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. Rut Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand;’ so be smote him therewith iu the fifth rib, ant shed dot bls bowels to the ground.* So Mr. Bryan would follow tire example of Joab with the supreme court." Then quoting ihe constitution—“ The judicial powers shall extend to n.l cases In law and equity arising under this constitution.” —he proceeded to a review of tic- b story of the inj:iti't;on matter, saying that the first demand for n Jury tri’.i 'n Injunctions against strikers was i>.:lde in the Debs ease in 1894, and said that since then various attempts had b<*en made to pass a law to limit the row*-* of judges In Injunctions but none has been passed except by a Democratic senate on the day the Fifty-fourth congress adjourned. The Republicans in congress had always stood against such legislation and always been sustained by the people, and, he said, the Democrats could have passed such a law when they controlled congress and Bryan was a member, but did not do so, although the question was up then

REPLIES TO GOMPERS Declares the Republican Party the Friend of Labor Always. Cannon then took up the speech of President Gompers. He said that when Gompers complained that the national eupreme court had put a new interpretation on the Sherman anti trust law, he was mistaken, and Cannon cited court decisions to prove his assertion. He said that Gompers favored the boycott because ne desired to proscribe the product of ‘ any man or any firm for any cause whatever, and to nse the publication under his control to Injure any man’s business for any cause or whim that pleased him. That would be illegal in any publication by any man. and it Is difficult to see how it can be made above the law. or how Mr. Gompers can be exempted from the operation of a law that applies to all men.” After further elaborating his argument on this line Cannon said Gompers was opposing him because he refused to take orders from Gompers and agree to one law for one set of citizens and another law for all the others. In this opposition Gompers was, Cannon said, seeking to place union labor in the position of supporting Bryan and Democratic policies against the Republican party, and its pqjicies. He then proceeded to the question which party had done the most for labor and said that if the working man would look into the subject he would find that where the Republicans control there were laws passed to benefit labor, and the reverse was true where Democrats control, as the south. He cited many labor laws passed by the Republicans, including the eighthour law. ‘he anti-immigration law against Chinese, the prohibition of con vict labor, the safety appliance laws, and employers’ liability law and many others. Said he: -Organized labor its strength in the north and west, and it has secured such legislation as has already been enacted from the Republican party, both in national and in state legislation.” He closed with a glowing eulogy of Taft and Sherman

NOT ON AMIABLE TERMS Gov. Haskell, of Oklahoma, and Dennis Flynn. Republican St Louis, Sept. 11.—A special to the Republic from Stroud. skla.. says tbat Governor C. N. Haskell, treasurer of the Democratic national committee, and Dennis Flynn, the Republican can didate for United States senator, were near a clash nt a political debate, but were prevented from a physical en counter by friends who stepped be tween them. Wrangling between the two men began as soon as they arrived in Stroud <>n th* same train. Flynn said he had not been treated fairly when tbe rules of the debate were drawn, and Governor Haskell retorted that Flynn had l>een running away from him During the opening speech of Flynn Governor Hnskell kept up a running Are of questions, and when Flynn made the dosing speech in rebuttal the governor again made frequent interruptions. insisting that Flynn was dis cussing new matter. Flynn scored Governor Haskell and his administration in a terrible manner, and Governor Haskell repeatedly called him a liar. Finally Flynn angrily turned to the governor and said: “The only thing that keeps me from smashing you is the fact that you are governor.” Foraker Calls on Taft. Cincinnati. Sept 11. —The call of Senator Foraker at the office of Judge Taft iu tbe Sinton hotel, the half boor conference which followed, and the statements of cordiality by each party to the conference, constituted the news feature of tbe day at the Taft headquarters “We had a very pleas ant personal talk.” said Senator For •ker. on leaving at 1 p. m. "Yes. we talked about politics, about nothing but politics, you might say.”