The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-05
TAFT WILL CLOSE
 AT YOUNGSTOWN Candidate Will Speak Up to Night of November Z BUSY DAY IN KANSAS CITY Taft Speaks to Big Crowd of White People; Then Goes to Another
 Hall and Tells Negroes To
 Stick to Old Party.

Kansas City, Mo-, October 4.--It has been definitely decided that Judge Will liam H. Taft shall close his campaign on the night of November at Youngs- town, o. The national campaign of the Governor Hughes as the principal speaker, and it has been deemed fitting that the national candidate should make his closing address at that place. The announcement was regarded as inter esting from the indication it points to, that the candidate will be occupied ac- lively right up to the last. After the Youngstown meeting MT. Taft will leave at once for Cincinnati to cast his vote the following day. The details of the itinerary of the candidate after he closes his western tour in Chicago Wednesday night have not been finally worked out, but will be complete, 1t is said this week
 Candidate Taft had an exceedingly hard time to carry out what he de- sired and had planned a programme of rest today. He reached the city at o'clock this morning from Topeka and was met by a local welcoming 3committee, consisting of Senator, Will liam Warren, Representative E. c. Ellis and State Chairman Walter S. Dickey. They escorted him to the Bal timore hotel, where a private breakfast party occupied an hour or more, and demands of local politicians for just a hand shake" consumed the time until the church hour. With MT. Ellis, the candidate attended services at the Beacon Hill Congregational church. and from there lunched at the residence of MT. Dickey. ;
 An automobile ride over the numer- ous boulevards, of which Kansas City is proud, was taken, after which the real work of the day for the tired cam paigner began. MT. Taft had some time ago consented to talk of the work of the Y. M. c. A. to an audience of men at the Independence Avenue Meth odst Episcopal church. The audience completely filled the church and the crowd outside which demanded admis- sion was twice the number inside Win dows in the edifce were broken, so great was the eagerness of the crowd to get glimpse of the candidate and 1t was only after it had been announced that MT. Taft would address the over flow meeting that the inside meeting was allowed to proceed
 Mr. Taft delivered the same speech he made last Sunday to a similar au- dience in St. Paul. He gave his strong est indorsement to the work the asso- citation is doing, particularly in the Philippines, the Orient and in Pana- ma, to say nothing of the work in this country. He made no reference in any manner to political conditions.
 When the outdoor meeting had also been addressed, Judge Taft was in- formed by committee which had been waiting for him that a large meeting of negro men and women had assembled in the Independence Baptist church with the full expectation that he would come there and say just word.
 As MT. Taft put it when he stood be- fore the negro audience, I'm just looking in on, you a moment as l go by." He then told his hearers that he was a friend of the race, had always been one and had strong beliefs re- garding their condition and future. They faced, he said. prob : lem which the race itself must solve. He believed the negroes of the United States would solve the problem and solve it right,
 You must make yourselves useful members of the body politic" he said. ''and to do this you must educate your selves industrfally and tn oroughly. You must learn to be frugal and husband your resources Your development along these lines has been great, and there is but one prediction that can be made as to the future, and that is a bright one"