Morning Oregonian., November 03, 1908, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 190S.
BRYAN VOICES
UNCERTAINTY
Declares in Final Speech He Is
Not Positive That He
Will Be Elected.
ENDS CAMPAIGN IN KANSAS
Brand republican for Support
Given Party by Trusts Greeted,
by Immense Crowds With
Thunderous Applause.
for
BRYAN DOfBTS RESrXT.
know not what the future has
me; I know not whether It is
the people', wish that I shall be their
spokesman In the White House or
continue to perforin the work which
I have tried to perform as a prl
sate tltlaen: but I have not lived In
vain. 1 bava given an Impulse to
honest potltira: I kavt helped to
create a sentiment In favor or re
form and as a candidate I have bat
one thing to rely upon the confl
uence of the masses in my fidelity
to their Interests.
MARTSVILLE, Kan., Nov. J. William
J. Bryan concluded his campaign of the
Slate of Kansas and of the United States
before an enthusiastic audience here to
night. It was the last political speech of the
campaign, his address to be riven at
IJncoln beine; nonpartisan, but simply a
talk of a nelehhor to his neighbors. Mr.
Bryan realized It was the concluding poli
tical speech, of the campaign and his
words were given with more than ordi
nary feeling. His peroration was delivered
with all the earnestness at his command,
and as he declared that he had given an
Impulse to honest politics and helped to
create a sentiment In favor of reform, he
was wildly applauded by the large audi
ence. Following Is the conclusion of the
last campaign speech In 1908 made by Mr.
Bryan:
Has Stood Rigid Test.
"Indies and gentlemen: I am now 48
years of ajre. It Is IS years since I began
mv political career as a candidate for
Consrress. 1 told the people of my district
that If elected I would not try to get their
hands into other people s pockets: that 1
would simply try to keep other people s
bands out of their pockets. For IS years
tula thought has run through every
speech and act. I have tried to apply to
government the Jeffersonian maxim of
Kqual rights to all and special privileges
to none.' I have tried to help make this
Government a government of the people,
by the people and for the people.
"For 18 years you have bad a chance to
scan my every speech and act. While
Republican leaders have disappeared as
the result of Investigations. I have Invited
the scrutiny of my opponents and bava
outlived their criticisms and their misrep
resentations. I know not what the future
has for me: I know not whether It Is the
people's wish that I shall be their spokes
man In the White House or continue to
perform the work which I have tried to
p?rform as a private cltlxen; but I hBve
rot lived In vain. I have given an Impulse
to honest politics: I have helped to create
a sentiment In favor of reform and as a
candidate I have but one thing to rely
upon the confidence of the masses In my
fidelity to their Interests.
Lines Tp Taft With Trusts.
"My opponent bas behind htm all those
forces which are considered potent In poli
tics: but I would rather have the love of
the people, the affection of the multitude
In whose behalf I have fought, than to
hold any office. If I enter the White
House I shall enter It free to keep the
pledges I have made; free to serve with
singleness of purpose. If I am elected I
shall for four years devote whatever en
ergy I have and whatever ability I pos
sess to the one object of making this
Government again a government In which
the people rule and under which every
citizen shall draw from society a reward
proportionate to the service which he
renders to his f'llow men.'
Later m the day Mr. Bryan gave out tie
following signed statement:
"Our fight Is won. and we await the
verdict with confidence. The people will
not be deceived by the padded straw votes
published by the partisan newspapers, by
the shambles of Wall-street gamblers or
the boastings of the panic-stricken Repub
lican leaders.
The Republican candidate has behind
him an army of officeholders, the trust
niacnates. most of the leading newspapers
and an enormous campaign fund so
tainted that he dare not let the people
know where It comes from until after
they have voted and that part of It that
Is contributed to the Republican Congres
sional Committee will not be known then.
Backed by Country.
"I have behind me the awakened
conscience of the country and the sen
timent in favor of popular govern
ment which demands the election of
1'nited States Senators by direct vote.
,-l have behind me the victims of the
trusts who are pleading for relief: the
laboring men. whose petitions have
been rejected by the Republican party;
the depositors whose savings are
jeopardised by the carelessness of
bank officials, and the consumers who
have been exploited by the benefi
ciaries of the high tariff.
"All of these people see In a Demo
cratic victory their only hope of re
lief, and they know that with the elec
tion of a Democratic President and a
Democratic Congress, backed by a
popular verdict in behalf of Democratic
polities, the way Is open for remedial
legislation.
"The Republican leaders have been
weighed. in the balance and have been
found wanting; they have betrayed the
rank and file of their own party and
have left the Democratic party to
voice the honest sentiment of the hon
est cltisenship of the country. Repub
lican and Democratic.
"And. I may add, we expect In this
campaign the votes of all reformers,
for the Democratic party Is the only
party that can bring at once the reform-"
which the people need, and I am
si:re the reformers cannot be deceived
by the leadt rs who. pretending to rep
resent labor, are now trying to assist
the Republican party, which Is. the
pen foe of labor, and who, having
posed as enemies of the trusts, now
Join hands with Rockefeller. JHarriman
and Carnegie In supporting the Re
publican party, which is today the
champion and bulwark of all the trusts.
Flings Arrow at Republicans.
"What a spectacle the Republican
campaign presents at its close, the Re
publican candidate trying: to repudiate
the support of the trust magnates, who
are coming out from under cover and
announcing; their loyalty to him. and at
the same time trying to claim the- sup
port of labor leaders like Mitchell, and
Duncan, and Morrison, who are openly
repudiating them. Surely the hour has
come for a return of the Government to
the hands of the people. Let the peo
ple role.'' W.' J. Bryan.-
It was a notable day for Mr. Bryan
In Kansas. Commencing at Kansas
City, Kan., he talked In towns and
cities not unfamiliar, for he has cam
paigned In this section many times
I Deiore: put nis audiences toaay "-"
t far greater than ever before during his
VttUiy.lK'IVi lit BICrfLIII 111 . ' . r " "
be carried the state by a large plural
ity. In every speech he delivered he
referred to the effort of the President
and Mr. Taft to deny the support e. Mr.
Rockefeller and the trust magnates
and nuoted from a facsimile ronriden
tlal letter Issued by the Standard Oil
Company and ordering the employes of
Its New Tork office to march In the
parade held In that city last Saturday
night, and published In a New York
paper.
He also said that Mr. Taft had
claimed the votes of Mr. Mitchell, Mr.
Duncan and Mr. Morrison and other
labor leaders: and quoted from Mr.
Gompers- speech of Saturday, tn which
the president of the American Federa
tion of Labor read telegrams from
each stating that they were not sup
porting Mr. Taft. but were with Mr.
Gompers in his support of the Demo
cratic ticket.
Monopoly on Pipeline.
At Kansas City Mr. Bryan was taken
to a platform erected in a vacant lot,
where he addressed an audience com
posed chiefly of laboring people. Here
he went Into an extended discussion of
the labor issue and also denounced the
Republican party for Its trust leanings.
Referring to Mr. Roosevelt's denial
of Standard OH support, he asked:
"Did not this administration give to
the Standard Oil Company a monopoiy
of a pipe line across the Isthmus of
Panama in spite of Mr. Shonts' pro
test? Didn't the administration de
posit enough money without Interest
In Mr. Rockefeller's National City Bank
that, if the Interest on that money
were collected after It was lent out,
it would more than finance a National
campaign? That bank has made
enough money loaning from the Gov
ernment deposit that it had without in
terest to make a sum larger than our
entire campaign und."
Speeches were made at Leavenworth.
Atchison, Everest. Hiawatha, Sabetha,
Seneca, Axtell and Marysvllle to gath
erings said to be the largest ever
assembled in those cities. In each Mr.
Bryan discussed the guaranty of bank
deposits, the tariff, the labor planks
of the Democratic platform and the
panic.
At each place the audience was
wildly enthusiastic and, considering the
size of the cities, the largest the can
didate ever addressed In the state.
CHAIRMEN FINISH
BRYAN" THREATENS SEXATE
Will Bombard It With Messages if
Elected President.
ATCHISON. Kan.. Nov. 2. Before a
crowd said to be the largest ever assem
bled in this city. William J. Bryan con
tinued his denunciation of the Republican
leaders' action In denying the support of
the trust magnates and In refusing to
allow the public to Inspect Its books.
Business was suspended and the large
open space fh front of the depot was
completely filled with an enthusiastic,
sltouting audience. Every utterance of
the candidate was applauded and his re
marks relative to the connection of the
Standard Oil Company with the Republi
can leaders called forth cheers of appro
bation.
"When Mr. Rockefeller will come out
from under cover and give the odium of
his name to the Republican party, ft
means that Providence Is working'. for
Democracy." he said. "There Is not one
financial pirate In this country that is
not supporting Mr. Taft. There Is not a
commercial Bedouin In the United States
that is not supporting Mr. Taft."
Vr. Bryan quoted Secretary Root's state
ment that careful observation of the
Senate leaves little doubt that, if the peo
ple of the country were to give their ap
proval to Mr. Bryan by electing him
President and by supporting him with a
Democrats House, a sufficient number of
Senators elected as Republicans would
yield to pressure of the Bryan policies,
backed by the force of that popular In
dorsement to give effect to almost any
measure which he might propose and
said:
If I have a Democratic House and am
elected PreeMent. 1 shall call Congress to
gether Immediately and ahajl propse the
measures that my platform declares for and
the Congress will be pledged to that support
and I shall send measure after measure to
that Republlcaa Senate and demand that they
yteld to the will of the people expressed at
the poll If I am elected, there will be
something doing In Washington. If I am
elected, there will be a Government there
for four years that responds to the sentiment
of the people and, if that Senate dares to
defy the verdict of the people rendered at
the nolNs. every Senator whose term expires
two vears from now will have to fight for his
political life.
XEBRASKAX GOES TO FAIRVIEW
Bryan Reaches Lincoln, Where Last
Speech Is Delivered. .
KANSAS CITS', Mo.. Nov. 1 William
J. Bryan arrived In Kansas City, Mo.,
at 7:30 this morning from Chicago. He
was met by a score of prominent Demo
crats with 30 automobiles, and escorted
across the state line to Kansas City,
Kan., where the first speech of the day
was made shortly after 8 o'clock.
The trip over the line was made across
the lnter-clty viaduct, skirting the Mis
souri River, and as the party reached the
center of that structure a chorus of
whistles from the packing-houses and a
few sma'.l river boats greeted the candi
date. A tremendous crowd hae fathered at
the speaking place, in Huron Place, and
It was with difficulty that Mr. Bryan
was piloted through to the platform. He
reviewed the main Issues of the cam
pa irn. and noticing a large number of
worklngmen present, declared:
"Tomorrow Is Labor day. and the la
boring man has a chance to strike."
In touching finances. Mr. Bryan asked:
"Why did not President Roosevelt and
Mr. Taft get together and postpone the
panic till 1S09, so that they could blame
it onto me?"
The enthusiasm of the crowd was unbounded.
REFUSES TO REVIEW CASE
Jones-Potter Petition Denied by Su
preme Court.
WASHINGTON. Nov. i. The Supreme
Court of the United Statea denied today
the petition of Wlllard N. Jones and
Thaddeus S. Potter for a writ of review.
Jones and Potter, who are residents of
Oregon, were sentenced to Imprisonment
on the charge of having defrauded the
Government by the illegal entry In that
state of lands under the homestead law.
The charge against them was that of
conspiracy, but they pleaded the statute
of limitations. The decision of the Cir
cuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cir
cuit was against them and in refusing to
review the case the Supreme Court prac
tically affirmed that finding.
John D., Jr.. tn Grand Jury
NEW TORK. Nov. 1. John D. Rocke
feller. Jr.. was sworn in today as a mem
ber of the November grand Jury In the
court of general sessions.
Nw york City has added 4.100,000 to Its
population in the last century.
Hitchcock and Mack Go Home
Confident They Have
Done Best.
NEW YORK RESULTS EARLY
Cp-Slate Vote. Known When Polls
Close Each Manager Adheres to
Former Claims Hughes Con
tinues Fight to 'Midnight.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. With election
day at hand, with fair weather and
a heavy vote Indicated throughout the
i'nled States, the rival managers of
the Republican and Democratic Na
tional committees closed their desks
at headquarters tonight declared re
spectively that Bryan and Taft would
win and then hurried away for the late
trains to cast. their ballots, Mr. Hitch
cock at West Newton. Mass., and Mr.
Mack at Buffalo. Both chairmen feel
that, when their votes shall have been
deposited tomorrow, they will have
done all they could do to further the
Interest of their parties and of their
leading candidates in the momentous
campaign of 1908.
The tasks of the National chairmen
have been many and tedious. These
have involved long railway Journeys
and many midnight vigils. There will
be many details to be looked after
when the voting is over, but the nerve
racking tension, the uncertainty and
suspense, will be gone, and with either
victory or defeat will come an eagerly
awaited cessation of political worries.
Chairmen Glad of Rest.
For Mr. Hitchcock it will mean a
rest for the first time since he set out
to round up Taft delegates to the Re
publican convention last Spring. It
will be rest after a campaign which,
he declares, has been conducted
strictly along the lines agreed upon
at the very start.
Mr. Mack give up his pre-election
work with the satisfaction, his asso
ciates say, of having brought the
Democratic party together in closer
unity than for many years past. He
has conducted a vigorous campaign
from the start and says he believes
the party to be in a better position
to win the election than at any time
In Its history.
Mr. Hitchcock remained late at Re
publican headquarters. delaying his
departure for Massachusetts until
midnight. He will return tomorrow
afternoon to receive the returns. Mr.
Mack left for Buffalo shortly before
10 o'clock and will be back In the city
tomorrow night.
Xew York Results Early.
The polls in New York will be open
at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and
close at 6 o'clock P. M.. The same
rule holds throughout virtually In
every part of the state and Indications
are that the New York state results
will be the first to be flashed over
the wires tomorrow night, as giving
an Indication of how the election has
gone. This at least will be true of
the counties and cities outside of
Greater New York. Voting machines
are used extensively up the state and
the result will be known almost as
soon as the polls close.
It was four years ago that Erie
County, In which Buffalo is located,
first told President Roosevelt of his
approaching victory. The returns
from Erie this year will be watched
with the keenest Interest as to their
bearing on both the National and
New York State result The count of
the vote In New York City, Brooklyn
and surrounding boroughs is likely to
be slow and long delayed.
Travels of Candidates.
The end of the campaign tonight
found Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan still on
the go, and, if apathy should be appar
ent In the volume of the vote through
out the country tomorrow. It will be no
fault of theirs. Both have traveled
many thousands of miles, and have
spoken in more than a score of states.
New York. Indiana and Ohio have been
the scenes of greatest effort of the two
candidates, and naturally the returns
from these states will hold the greatest
degree of Interest.
What effect the Independence party.
organized by W. R. Hearst and in the
National field for the first time this
year, will have upon either of the old
parties is a matter of conjecture, to be
decided by tomorrow's vote.
The Socialist leaders, basing their
claims upon the reception given to Eu
gene V. Debs on his "red special" tour
of the country, are confident that they
will poll a greater vote than ever be
fore. Hitchcock's Faith Stronger.
Mr. Hitchcock declared today that
late reports received from National
committeemen and state chairmen,
strengthened his faith in the estimate
of 325 electoral votes for Mr. Taft,
made on Friday night. He said:
I believe this contest' Is won. It hae
been -worked out as systematically as It Is
possible to apply a s-stem to a National
campaign. The chairmanship of hls com
mittee was not of my seeking. Those who
are on the inside can testify to this. I had
been Involved In a work previous to the
opening of the campaign which naturally I
thought should have relieved me of this
work, I accepted. As I expected, there
was much criticism In the beginning, but
I think that the way In which the work
has been done Justifies me In saying that
the results show that the object has been
obtained. .....
At no time have I Indulged In personali
ties I have studiously endeavored to be
fair in all my estimates, and to treat those
who differed with ma In th same spirit of
fairness. . . . .
If conditions are1 normal throughout the
countrv tomorrow. I expect to see my fore
cast verified. If conditions are otherwise
In certain sections, my forecast may be re
duced, but I rather think that it will be
Increased.
Mack Confident as Ever.
Before leaving for Buffalo tonight
Mr. Mack gave out a final statement
claiming victory for Bryan and Kern.
He asserted that New York state
would give the National ticket a plu
rality of 80.000 and that Ohio and In
diana would surely go Democratic
. . i ,i v. i, t Vi nnriv would
Xic aetiaicu . " " - -
carry most of the other doubtful states
and In addition would carry some
states that had not been claimed. He
adheres to his forecast of S33 for
Bryan and Kern. During the day Mr.
Mack talked with Samuel Gompers
and as a result of their conference the
National Chairman said that he was
convinced ,that the labor vote would
remain true to the party.
"All that Is needed to win," said Mr.
Mack, "is to poll our full vote and see
that it is honestly counted."
A report of conditions in Ohio was
received at headquarters today from
National Committeeman Garber. who
telegraphed that the Buckeye state, on
estimates of county chairmen, would
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a-lve Mr. Bryan a plurality of 26.138.
In this connection the chairman an
nounced that a reward of $100 would
be paid by the National committee for
the detection and conviction of any
person ngasrea in "
Secretary Loudenslager. of the Re
publican Congressional Committee,
, . 1. 1 T,.nrfniiaHpri. here at noon
today. He said that he was confident
that the returns wouia ver.u
diction as to ine nci umb'
, i.rt wsolr was as
lorecast, givou vuv
follows: ' Republicans 227, Democrats
16'- . , .
.v. iv- . VnrV nrnte camnaiern did
not end until well toward midnight
tonight. Governor nugnes
. -.ar Ynrit durina
sneecnes in -
the day and evening. His democratic
opponent. Lienienani-uoveiuu.
ler. spent the day In his home county
of Dutchess and made a number of
speeches to his neighbors.
The puzzle as to the outcome of the
state contest was apparently no near
er solution tonight than at the be
ginning of the campaign and both
sides were claiming the state by over
whelming majorities. At Democratic
state headquarters confidence was ex
presed that New York would go for
Brvan and Kern and Chanler. Chair
man Woodruff, of the State Republican
Committee, said tonight:
"I have given out no figures on the
result In New York, but I believe that
Taft and Hughes will win by sub
stantial pluralities. I believe Hughes
has been gaining every day."
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER
Hudson Power Company, Capital
Stock $10,000,000, In Trouble.
NORWICH, N. "Nov. 2. Receivers
were today appointed for the Hudson
River Electric Power Company. The cor
poration was organized in 1908 and con
trols the Hudson River Water Power
Company, Hudson River Electric Com
pany and Hudson River Power Transmis
sion Company, together with various sub
sidiary companies, owned by the last two
named, supplying Central and Eastern
New Tork State with power. The author
ized capital stock was $10,000,000. of which
Jo.390.000 was Issued. The total funded
debt cf the corporation, according to Its
last statement, was 19.683,500. Net earn
ings for 1907 were WS6.200.
Chinese Shacks Burned.
RENO, Nev., Nov. 2. Because their
houses had been declared unsanitary by
the grand jury, about 100 ' Chinamen of
Reno were made homeless today when
the shacks in which they had lived were
torn down under the direction of city of-
fut.i. ivnrii ef lAstriictinn started early
this morning with a small force of men
at work. Chinese inmates who refused
to vacate had their homes torn down
over them. When several houses had
been torn down and burned, the Fire
Chief gave permission to set fire to the
rest in placeswhere the fire could be
controlled. Before the day was over some
40 shacks, covering over a block of
ground, were razed. What will -become of
the homeless Chinamen the municipal au
thorities are unable to say.
WIRELESS TO TENNESSEE
Point Loma In Touch With Part of
Pacific Fleet
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 2. The wire
less station at Point Loma last night
was in communication with the Ten
nessee, of the Pacific fleet, when the loca
tion was given within 100 miles of Mas
dalena Bay and the assurance was sent
that they would be there this morning,
though there has been no communication
established since they arrived. The sup
ply ship Solace is there taking on a large
order of supplies for the fleet, and will
sail as soon as loaded.
Mall Kate Has Little Effect.
NEW TORK, Nov. 2. The two-cent
terlally Increased the amount of mall
passing between the two countries as
had been confidently expected would be
the case. The rate has now been In ef
fect for a month and the general post
office reports that there has been no in
crease in the amount of first-class mall
passing between the two countries, ex
cept a very slight one in letter ad
dressed to Ijondon, Liverpool, Manchester,
Glasgow, and other big cities in Great
Britain. On the other hand there has
been a marked increase in the amount of
printed matter handled in the malls,
although the postage rate on that class
of mall, has not been changed.
New Tork theaters are stsrtlTiir with
larger average audiences this opening sea
son than they had one year ago.
WEDDING
ASD TISITING CARDS.
VV. G. SMITH 8 CO.
WASHINGTON BrlLDIHO,
Car. Fanrtk ssd Waskiactaat Its.