The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
Republicans Evolve Brand
New Scheme to Get
Labor Votes.
PLAN TRIED FIRST
BY ST. LOUIS MEN
Manufacturers Willing 10 Run
Plants at a Loss to Give I'M
preston of Prosperity.
Bv LANES Hay. II.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Aug 5.-That
the Republican party intends to use no
haIf way measures in its campaign this
summer and next fail, and that it will
employ the most expensive means TO
mold the sentiment Of the voters, are
facts shown Ey information that has
been communicated 10 William Howard
Taft today by representatives Of the
national committee.
The latest scheme Is nothing less than
a plan for pcrsuacing the country that
prosperity again has reached high
water mark. This will bc done by
opening mills that have closed down,
relightng the fires Of the foundries
which have suspended WORK, and start
ing once again the wheels OF shops
which were put out of business BY the
recent depression.
According TO Mr. Taft's Information,
the new method OF campaigning already
has begun IN st. Louis. where members
of the RepU blican party have organized
themselves into "a Sunshine Club" the
sunshine" coming from the fact that
the shops and mills are being reopened,
labOrers are getting apparently steady
employment, and business is booming.
This is what might be called a face
cure" for the business and labor dis
quiet II viii be applied 10 the trouble
with great energy IN New England, and
the Middle West generally.
Business Mems Idea.
The movement cannot be said to have
originated With those gentlemen who
are reOpening their shops and factories,
nor can it be said 10 be under the super
vision and direction Of the national
committee. II seems that the Repub-
lican party leaders made the suggestion
IN the various sections OF country that
the best way to get the votes was TO
make things look as if prosperity were
everywhere.
Those business men and manufac-
turers who re convinced that the elec-
tion 0l Bryan would mean disaster foI,
business and Industrial enterprises took
the hint, and have let the politicians
know that the great manufactures and
business undertakings OF the country
shall be used as campaign material.
II iE considered wonderfully WIS.,
political move, one which VIII DO more
good than any amount of stump speak
ing or literature. Another beauty Of IL
that this face cure may SPREAD anu
become the general remedy Of the trOu-
BILE. These reopened institutions will
have 10 run for two or three months
at least. and in that time their pro-
prietors may find that there is money
IN the project, after all.
A New Plan.
Never before. in the history Of either
party has this plan been undertake in
such a way. 1t means that the Republi-
can party is determined to make any
financial sacrifice possible to insure sue
cess, and that fits individual members
are more than ever willing to run the
risk of big financial losses in order to
help along the chances for victory at
the polls
That the move Is a reality and not a
theory is proved by the Information
brought here today by Festus Wade.
president Of the Mercantile Trust Com
nany of St Louis. lie tells Of the shops
and factories that have been reCpened
there by the 'Sunshiners,' and ne also
tells OF the good this policy already has
done the Republican cause in that city,
Mr. Wade is a Democrat but IL is re-
ported on good authority that next No
Vember his vote viii so to Taft.
Mr. Taft spent today working on the
SDeeCh he will deliver tomorrow morn
ing before the Virginia Bar Association,
which is in session here. Tonight Mrs.
Taft, with Alien Jones, of Portsmouth,
Va, will lead the opening figure OF the
associations annual german, which viii
be given in the ball room of Homestead
Hotel.