The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
Long Address Is Made in Favor of Labor Giving Votes
 to Bryan
TAFT IS CRITICISED FOR
 HIS ATTEMPT ID DECEIVE
Labor Leader RidicuIes Taft for His Claim That Certain Labor Off ciaIs Are Not Going to
 Support Bryan.

New York, November 1.-Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Feder- ation of Labor, made his final appeal to organized labor tonight to support the candidacy of William J. Bryan. In , an address extending over two hours MT. Gompers dealt in detail with the labor issues of the campaign and in his peroration asked with all the feel ing he could put into words that the support of labor be given to MT. Bryan next Tuesday Grand Central palace. where the meeting was held, was crowded to the Limit of it's capacity and at the conclusion of Mir. Gompers' speech there was series of cheering that lasted until Mir. Gompers had left the platform.
 In the course of his address MT. Gompers declared that William II. Taft, in a speech at Buffalo last Friday night had endeavored to misrepresent the cause of labor and to deceive labor ing men into the belief that prominent labor leaders were falling away from MT. Gompers in his effort to pledge the 1 labor vote to the democratic party"
 
 l a paragraph from MT. Tafts Buffalo speech, which MT. Gompers read. Gompers Produces Proof.
 After reading this paragraph MT. l Gompers said:
 Then MT. Taft mentioned the names of John Mitchell, James Duncan, Max Morris and Daniel !. Keefe as men who tfol Jt,,o- 1 Yesterday sent telegrams to John Mitchell and to James Duncan. I did not send telegrams to Morris or Keefe l will now read you the answers:
 "'Quincy, Mass. Oct. 31. 1 Have not changed in thought, word l or deed, since our Washington execu- tive meeting when our circular was drawn up and approved by the whole council. Any statement by any party stating differently is without authority from me, nor do I expect to change my views. You're at liberty to use this in any way you see fit
 "JAMES DUNCAN The next telegram is dated Chicago, Oe- tober 31, and reads:
 " Your telegram giving what purports to be an extract from speech made by Taft at Buffalo last night is at hand His statement so far as relates to me conveys 6 wrong impression. I am in full sympathy and accord with the policy of the American Federation of Labor as promulgated and outlined by the execu- tive council. JOHN MITCHELL.
 Two Teleerams.
 Mir Gompers read q telegram of similar purport from Max Morris of Denver. Col.
 MT. Gompers read two other telegrams. one from the branch of the American Federation of Labor at louisville Ky, and the other from the branch at Fort Wayne Ind. Both telegrams informed Mir. Gompers that the branches had in- dorsed MT. Gompers policy.
 The telegrams and peroration were the two striking features of the labor leaders speech. MT. Gompers was so much in earnest that he implored the enthusiastic audience not to Interrupt him with ap- plause Mir. Gompers attacked Judge Taft for what he termed his unfair and terribly injurious labor inJunctions,' de- tailed the campaign that had been con ducted to secure. recognition at the re- publican and the democratic conventions, endeavored to show that the democratic convention had dealt more fairly than the republicans with the appeal of labor aad ended with the following:
 "I appeal to you thls coming Tues day to so cast your ballots as to express your demand for justice to labor l ap- peal to you to so cast your ballots that on the 4th of March next we shall place in the Presidents chair that great com moner, that great tribune of American rights, that transcendental American. that magnificent character who will live so long in the minds of american men as liberty shall be a principle of our free dom. I appeal to you for the home, for the firesides. for the destines of Amer ican men, for human virture; I appeal to you to cast your votes for William Jennings Bryan"