The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-03
Pleads for Votes for RepubIi-
can Ticket to Preserve
Prosperity and American In
dustrieS.
CANDIDATE STICKS TO
ORIGINAL PRINCIPLES.
Says He Cared Little What
Gompers Said About Him.
418 Speeches Made During
Campaign.

Youngstown, O., Nov. 3.-The last
word of his campaign was spoken by
William Howard Taft here last night.
''Vote the republican ticket and pre-
can industries, business integrity, and
the rights of labor
The close of the campaign was, in
magnitude and enthusiasm, fitting
climax to all that has gone before.
The six and one-half hours Mr. Taft
spent in Youngstown were crowded
with political events. The candidate
made three speeches, preceding which
he reviewed parade which was miles
in length and was the guest OF the
prominent republicans at dinner.
In his speeches today Mr.. Taft fore
cast his election and pledged his JUS
tice to the workingmen. He took OPP
portunity to emphasize that, notwith-
standing the opposition to him and the
republican party by Samuel Gompers,
he will maintain his great sympathy
for and interest in the welfare of Or
ganized and unorganized labor which
his previous record sustains.
No Change in Principles.
'I want to say" he said, that it
does not make any difference how
much Mr.. Gompers may misreprese mt
my position; it does not make any
difference how much he misrepresents
the position of the supreme court of
the United States-I suppose 1 ought
not to feel hurt because l am runnin g
for office. IF these gentlemen had
the patience and justice to read my
decisions when | was on the bench
and when I had not the slightest idea
of ever yielding to the weakness of
running for the presidency, they would
have found / have not changed from
the principles l stated then.
Il have not turned an iota from the
principles l then established and those
principles and those principles alone
are the basis upon which trade un.
ionists can flourish in this country.
The question of today" he added
lis how far Mr.. Gompers is able to
transfer what he has not Every at.
tempt made by misrepresentation and
otherwise as to the attitude of the re-
publican party has been made to pre-
judice the wage earners of this coun
try against the party and its candi
date"
Mitchell Message Misquoted.
In this connection it was made
known that Representative Burton
had information from Daniel Keefe
president of the Longshoremen's
union, that the telegram published
from John Mitchell to Samuel Com
pers, in which Mr.. Mitchell declares
himself in sympathy and accord with
the policy of the American Federation
of Labor, is garbled, inasmuch as il
leaves out two important words, these
words being ''nonpartisan political"
The text of the telegram as il
should have been published was read
as follows:
Chicago, Oct. 81, 190s.-Samue
Gompers, Washington, d. c.: Tele
gram quoting what purports to be ar
extract from speech delivered by Mr.
Taft at Buffalo last night received
His statement, so far as it relates to
me. conveys wrong impression.
am in full sympathy and accord with
the nonpartisan political policy of the
American Federation of Labor. as il
has been outlined and promulgated b.
the executive council
JOHN MITCHELL.
Long Day Of Campaigning.
Mr.. Taft has had a busy day. Be
ginning his work at Dunkirk, n Y. il
the morning, he addressed big crowds
at Westfield, n. Y; Erie, Pa; Ashta
bula. Garrettsville, Cleveland ant
Youngstown. The Cleveland meeting
| was monster affair and was preced
ed by parade of many marching
clubs. The meeting, held in the ar
mory, was presided over by A. L
! Faulkner, president of the Nationa
/ Order of Window Glass Makers.
When Mr.. Taft ended his last ad
dress last night he had made Al
speeches in forty-one days. the frs
| speech of the tour having been made
| at George AIDES farm in Indiana, Sept
%. His train left for Cincinnati at l.