Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
Taft Scores Gompers in
Speech at Waterloo.
TALKS OF CHEAP METHODS
Yields to No Man in Sympathy With
Workers.
BUSY DAY FOR THE CANDIDATE
Addressed Crowds at Twelve Towns
and Says He Likes Hard Work
of Campaigning.

MINNEAPOLIS. September 26. Tho
fourth day of William ii. Tafts continue
Gus performance in the campaign ended
here tonight with the delivery of his
views in favor of postal savings banks
and in opposition to the Bryan theories
regarding government guaranty Of bank
deposits-a subject which is looked upon
a. one OF the vital issues of the campaign
In the territory to be traversed by the
candidate in the next few days. Mr..
Taft will rest from his labors here to-
morrow and continue his whirlwind meth
DDS Monday.
To an audience composed Of laborinG
men at Waterloo. Judge Taft paid his
compliments to Samuel Gompers in the
following vigorous language:
Scores Samuel Gompers.
''Mr. Samuel Gompers has already deliv-
cred the labor vote to the democratic party.
and that makes it rather hopeless for one
who is struggling for the republican
party to deal at all with the labor ques-
ton. He seems to have removed it from
doubt by carrying the vote in his pocket.
He leaves no place outside for me. Now.
1 venture to believe that the laborinS
men of the country think Tor them
selves and have an intelligence that en-
as to the best party candidate to select.
1T is rather a cheap method of att
lacking a candidate to say that he Is OPP
posed to labor: that he is in favor of OPP
pressing and tyrannizing labor, and that
he has nothing In his heart that sympa-
thzes with labor. The only way YOU
can meet that is to say that it is not so.
and that is what l do say. l yield to
no man in my sympathy with labor as
a class in its efforts to organize, to make
itself properly powerful in the community.
to maintain its equality and its level In
the struggle for life and in dealing with
capital on those issues where its interests
and those of capital are opposed.
One Dozen Speeches a Day.
After a nights ride from Des Moines
the days work was begun this morning
at Cedar Rapids and then continued
northward up through Iowa into Mime
sofa and ending with mammoth meetings
at the twin cities tonight. An even dozen
speeches were made by the candidate,
each to decidedly larger audience than
could hear him. although there was a no.
ticeable Improvement in his voice during
the day.
The Ohioan made it known in every
place that he liked the work he was en-
gagged in. and the lack of even an under
current of demonstrative opposition was
commented on showing decidedly ia
vorable conditions In Iowa the train
was accompanied by local committeeman
and representatives from that state. and
in Minnesota the speakers list was aug
mented by Senator Clapp and Representa-
tives Davis. Stevens. Tawney and Steiner
son and Jake Jacobson. republican cam
didate for governor besides large num-
Der of local politicians.
st. Paul the Big Stop.
While there was no lack of audience At
any of the stops, the big meetings came
at the end of the day at ST. Paul. The
candidate was taken to the Auditorium,
the largest assembly hall in the city,
where he delivered a brief speech on tn
general policies of the republican party,
contrasting them with those of the demo-
cratic party. The Auditorium was crowd
ed to its capacity and the meeting was
one of great enthusiasm. The st. Paul
stop occupied more than an hour, when
the journey to Minneapolis was made.
Here, too, the meeting was held in the
Auditor rum, the capacity of which was
taxed TO accommodate those eager to
hear and see the candidate. elaborate ar
rar gements for escorting, bands and au-
tomobiles were carried out in each city,
and political enthusiasm was at high
pitch.
At Faribault an hour before reaching
st. Paul, Mr.. Taft was invited to take a
seat on a large elephant which was led
to the rear Of his train. The animal was
decorated with the familiar "G. o. p.
sign and was ridden by what the candi-
date declared to be "a very pretty girl.
Didn't Have a Derrick.
81 like nightly to be up there with
YOU" he told her. while the crowd
laughed, but 1 know you have not q
derrick strong enough for ME to mount.
But just the same 1 believe l could ride
that animal with great success"
The days program consisted of speech
es at Cedar Rapids, Vinton, Waterloo,
Cedar Falls and Waverly Junction, Iowa,
and Albert Lea Owatonna. Faribault,
Northfield. Pennington, St. Paul and Min
neapolis go
MI Taft's speech at Minneapolis will
he found elsewhere in The Star.