The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-26
TAFT SPECIAL IS
TOURING IN IOWA
Candidate Makes Eighteen
Short Speeches
HE HAS LARGE CROWDS
His Voice Breaks Down During the
Day and He Is Forced to Curtaii
His Remarks-Peope
Grow Familiar.
He HAS LARGE CROWDS

Des Moines Ia, September 25.--Iowa
embraced her opportunity today as did
Wisconsin yesterday to demonstrate
that both the radical and conservative
elements of til republican party are
regular" when it comes to the ma
tional ticket. This declaration was
made by Governor Cunmins the radi-
cal leader, and candidate for the Sen
ate and Maj. Lacey, the conservative
opponent of the governor for senator
ial honors. The two joined the Taft
special when it entered the state early
this morning and each participated in
the two dozen meetings which the TAFT
special hurried into and away from
in it's flying swing from Clinton to
Des Moines
All of the candidates efforts at
speaking met with appreciative APP
proval when he made excuses for
brevity the bad condition of his voice
was so apparent that no complaint
was heard. In all the candidate made
IS speeches during the day, but most
of them were brief. There was much
variety and many novelties in the days
carnival of crowds and travel. Be
tween Clinton, where the first meeting
was held this morning. to Des Moines,
where the candidate participated in
five rallies tonight, 10 stops had been
arranged for. Eight additional stops
were made upon urgent demand by
wire, and at each of these impromptu
stops good crowds were on hand. 1t
was at these stops, as well as the
regularly arranged meetings, that the
candidate got on familiar terms with
the individual members of his au-
diences He shook hands, he chatted
and he joked. He was called Bill
and told he was all right, and would
surely get there"
The people of Clinton, after sur
rounding the train at the station early
today, escorted the candidate to the
| city park, where he spoke at some
! length on the labor question.
| At Davenport another trip from the
| train was made and Mr. Taft, after
being introduced by Governor Cum
minis, talked of the Roosevelt policies
and got a rousing response. 1t was
| evident here that the candidate was
going to have trouble with his voice
| before the day was over and upon the
| advice of DR.. Rich ardson he began to
curtail his remarks.
| Short stops were made at Muscatine
| and Wapello, where the regular
| crowds were in waiting. An entirely
new method of procedure was adopted
| at Burlington, the candidate being
taken in a carriage up through the
| city preceded by a band and accom-
/ panied by an immense crowd Half
minute stops We're made at each cor
ner, where many people had stationed
| tn themselves and Mr.. Taft, raising in the
carriage said few words. Arriving
| at the Burlington station, to which
road the train had again been trans
ferred a hand shaking programme was
carried out
1t was after o'clock when the can
didate delivered himself up to COM
mittees of Des Moines for the five
meetings he was billed there for to-
night. Mr. Taft was taken at once
to Plymouth church, where woman s
meeting was In progress To the wom-
en- Mr.. Taft had something to say
briefly about the Philippines, which he
admitted was the subject very near his
heart. At the Auditorium Mr.. Taft
talked on the tariff, covering the same
ground he did in Milwaukee last night.
Governor Cummins and Senator Dolli-
yer also spoke at this meeting. At tn e
| Foster opera house and in meetings In
East and West Fifth street Mr.. Tafts
remarks were very brief.