Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1908 — BRYAN IN SOUTH DAKOTA [ARTICLE]

BRYAN IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Puts in a Day Criticising Roosevelt, Taft and the G. O. P. Elk Point, S. D., Sept. 29.—Conducting a one day campaign In South Dakota William Jennings Bryan poured ▼olleys of criticism into the Republican platform. Taft and President , Roosevelt. He covered a good deal of ground In the state, and at night stopped In Sioux City, la., from where he loft at 5 a. m. today for Rock Island, 111. The expectation was to catch a night train for the Illinois city, but speeches aloug the line so belated the Democratic candidate that he could not make connections at Sioux City until ] morning. Bryan spoke n dozen times, his principal remarks being at Mltobell, Yankton, Vermillion and here. His favorite arguments were on the trusts, guarantee of bank deposits and publicity of campaign contributions be- | fore election. He inveighed against j President Roosevelt because, as he j Mid, of the president’s failure to land any trust magnates In the penitentiary, 1 •nd attacked Taft for "dodging his | platform.'’ ’lie fact that South DnUo- j ta was carried for the Democratic na- j t lon a I ticket In 181X5 was referred to by I Bryan, and u* appealed for that sup- ! port again on the ground that the Dein- | ocratlc party promised real reforms, i while the Republican party could uot bo expected to do anything In that direction. At every place visited by the Demoora tic candidate, or where his train 1 •topped for a short time, he was met by large, cheering crowds, and a strong wintry wind from the north, bringing oohl blasts, did not seem to affect either the candidate or his audiences. Ohserving at Mitchell that the windows of stores and houses were placarded ; with lithographs of himsolf, Bryan In j the course of hls remarks there urged the people to remove them and hang up in their stead pictures of Taft, and thus show him the same courtes) that you have shown me." He said he took It for granted that t the compliment paid him was not o j personal, lrat that it was due to the , fact that he was a candidate for the j highest office in the gift of the people. J Taft "is a candidate for the same' o®ce," he said, "and one of ns Will be ■ elected. As no one cau tell yet with 1 certainty which will be elected, you i

had better tack op both alike If jr«d would be on the safe aide.” Bryan did not see Roooeveifs last latter to him uutil he arrived at Tripp, 8. D„ where a newspaper was handed him containing the letter. He read it carefully and then said he would reply In a statement soon to “the few naw points it contains.” < NOW HERE COMES PRIEST Judge Accused by Roosevelt Takes s Hand in the Eight. St Louis, Sept. 29. —Judge Henry 8. Priest has given out a statement In reply to that portion of President Roosevelt reply to William J. Bryan in which reference Is made to the St. Louis man as a trust attorney who'is supporting Bryan for president. Judge Priest begins by denying that he is an official of the Waters-Pierce Oil company. He says that his firm was retained by Henry Clay Pierce in 1904 to represent a minority interest In the defense of the company In a suit Instituted against it by Attorney General Hadley, of this state, and that another attorney for the company was Mr. Nagel, the present Republican national committeeman from Missouri. Judge Priest continues: “But it is added that I. said ‘bribery is a conventional offense.’ These words are taken from the middle of a sentence in an extemporaneous address to a jury in which they were used solely for the purpose of making a comparison between the defendant and the chief witness against him. The defendant was accused of bribery. The chief witness against him was a confessed perjurer, and I made the statement quoted in comparing the two men for the purpose of putting the moral characters before the jury to be weighed bj it In reaching a conclusion.” A conventional offense is one defined by a legislative convention, and is denominated malum prohibitum to destinguish it In character from an offense! which is malum in se. I then condemn- j ed unqualifiedly and unequivocally both bribery and lying. “But If to add still further to the criticism of me It is said that R. M.i Snyder, In whose behalf I was speak-! log, was a millionaire. It seems I am always thrown in very excellent com-! pany on both sides of the political line i In my legal engagements. Mr. Snyder’s regular attorney, Hon. Gardner Lath- 1 rop, Is a very distinguished Republican, and Is at present an enthusiasticsupporter of Judge Taft. Mr. Warner,! the Republican senator from this state, j was associated with me In that case.” j Judge Priest says thnt he intends to 1 vote for Bryan as he has In the past.