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"wqremwmiP' t$mwmmp tfl'T T-C" " - ii Hh.M $ ' . . K OCTOBER 4, 1912 done, and supporting a man for tho presidency who is a genulno pro gressive, and one who believes in the theory of government, that the peoplo shall rule. Tho large audi ence that heard Mr. Bryan last even ing, many of whom were republicans, testify to his loyalty to tho cause of what is right. IN IDAHO Following is an Associated Press dispatch: Boise, Idaho, Sept. 24. William J. Bryan made two speeches in Idaho today, his train stopping at Idaho Falls and Pocatello. At Idaho Falls ho talked for more than an hour, discussing at length the attitude of both Taft and Roose velt on issues of the day. He said that Taft was honest and sincere, but was not in touch with the common people, due to tho in terests by which ho was surrounded. Ho flayed Roosevelt as an eleventh hour progressive. Ho said he gave Roosevelt credit for honesty and sincerity, but said his great fault was his towering egotism. Bryan illustrated his points with appropriate ancedotes and kept his big crowd in good humor. He closed with a plea for the election of Wil son and Marshall and the democratic state ticket. Pocatello turned out a big crowd to greet the Nebraskan. He dis cussed the tariff and the trusts in his speech there. IN UTAH The Salt Lake City Tribune, in its report of the Bryan meeting, said: Before one of the largest political gatherings in the history of Utah, William Jennings Bryan in the Salt Lake theater entered with his char acteristic oratory into a lengthy and spirited discussion of the present campaign and the qualifications of the three leading candidates for the presidency of the United States. A denouncement of Taft, as one who was constitutionally distrustful of the people he served; a scathing censure of Roosevelt as one who held that trusts were an economic ad vance come to stay and who proposed a plan that could not help but invite trusts to enter politics and control presidential elections, forerunning a socialistic step, and who was trying to steal progressive planks from the platform of democracy; high tributes to Wilson as a man of courage well fitted to serve tho interests of the people these formed the features of an address, which while dispassion ate, lacked nothing in impressive de livery. Mr. Bryan did not reach the theater until 8:40, after a running trip by automobile from Provo through intermediate towns, where he made short addresses. At 7:30, when the doors of the theater were opened, the great throng that sought to gain entrance extended in a mass around the structure and out to the car tracks of State and First South streets. The mad rush for seats re quired the strenuous efforts of a corps of policemen to prevent in juries. Within fifteen minutes after tho doors had been opened the theater was packed with a crowd of 3,000 expectant people, while fully that number was turned away. IN CALIFORNIA Following are Associated Press dispatches: Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 2. Hundreds of admirers greeted W. J. Bryan at the depot when he arrived here today to open the democratic campaign in California. Thousands from nearby towns and villages were in the city to hear the Nebraskan His first address was delivered at the Auditorium theater at 10 a. m., when he spoke to the women-voters. At noon he addressed a meeting of The Commoner. workingmen at tho Naud Junction fight pavallion, and this afternoon he will be the orator at a big gather ing. Los Angeles, Cal., Sopt. 23. Wil liam J. Bryan delivered a dozen ad dresses In Los Angeles today, al though only four had been scheduled. For twelve hourB, tho Nebraskan was kept on the go, from ono meeting place to another. He first spoke to women democrats at a breakfast ten dered him. An immense crowd heard him later in tho audi torum, and in the afternoon he spoke at Feista park. Before reaching the park ho delivered a series of ad dresses from a motor car. Discussing Colonel Roosevelt and tho trusts, Mr. Bryan said: "Mr. Roosevelt says tho trusts have come to stay and he denounces the democrats for wanting to mako it impossible for private monopoly to exist. Mr. Roosevelt says, 'You must not try to prevent monopoly, just regulate it, let it grow and grow; let it merge and merge; let it consolidate and consolidate, but watch it.' "My friends, he watched it for seven and a half years and it merged and merged and when it got to a doubtful point, when it didn't know whether it could mergo or not, it went to him and asked him and ho said: 'Yes, merge.' "I don't believe that we can long maintain political independence when we have lost industrial independence. I am not in favor of Mr. Roosevelt's plan of making tho trusts grow and increase. It has brought corruption into every state government that has tried to control franchise-holding corporations. "Where Mr. Roosvelt's position is good on national issues the demo crats have been there "before him. T think it Is only fair that Mr. Roose velt should do with his issues like they sometimes do with eggs mark tho date on them. "Now I am glad to have him come in but ho has been late. He has been on the other side and wo have had to work along without him and with him against us. And now that he has come over, we have got our fight about won." When Mr. Bryan arrived here to day "on the trail of Roosevelt," he was breakfasted by a committee of women voters, and then almost mobbed by enthusiastic democrats in the lobby of his hotel. An im promptu address in the hotel lobby followed. Mr. Bryan then headed an automobile parade to Temple auditorium where ho addressed a throng of people. At noon ho ad dressed the workingmen of the mill district, being introduced by a man in overalls, Ben Daniels, who com mended the Nebraskan to his fellow workers as "the greatest American of his day." Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 24 Ushered into the democratic state convention hall to tho tune of "Dixie" late today, William J. Bryan addressed a gathering that had just chosen as its temporary chairman, former Congressman A. Caminetti, a man pledged to the policies of Bryan. Colonel Bryan arrived but a moment after the rout of the forces of Theodore Bell, who had opposed him at Baltimore. Caminetti won by a large majority over Mayor nwoe nf Rifthmond. supported by Mr. Bell for the temporary chair manship. In his address to tho convention, Mr Bryan declared that Governor Johnson's speech at the republican national convention in Chicago had been the "gem of the convention, and that in his opinion the claims of the contested Roosevelt delegates from San Francisco (disallowed by the remiblican national committee) were just. "I thought the progressive dele- msTOP'.ui ihvfpf 11 Roosevelt's Record Reviewed by Senator La Foilette Published Exclusively in LA FOLLHTTE'8 WEEKLY MAGAZINE These articles will bo an "Inside" and momentous treatment of this campaign with every curtain drawn aside to lot In tho light. Critics claim that this series will prove a political rovolation. Ray Stannard Bakor characterizes them as a "stirring and convincing story." First article, October Dth. There is no dodging of issues; no shielding of persona. Senator La Foilette Will Publish ARTICLE 1 Why I Uecaino n Candidate for President. ARTICLE 2 The True Story of the Campaign. 1 ARTICLE J? 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