The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
TAFT SCORES BRYAN,
AFTER RURAL VOTE
AS Guest of George Ade, He
Addresses Immense Crowd
of Farmers.
ENTHUSIASM HIGH
AMONG HOOSIERS
Speaker Follows His Policy of Max
ing His Campaign Fiercely
Aggressive.
BY JAMES Hay. IR.

GEORGE AIDES FARM BROOK
Ind. Sept. 23.-As the guest Of the man
who made the county chairman and
county politics famous. William Howard
Tart, the national candidate, stopped
here at 4 p. m. today on his way 90
! Chicago and made a sPeech 20 an i'm
mense crowd OF Indiana farmers.
The farmers had been attracted b,
| George Ade giving an aI-day picnic.
vaudeville performance. and many other
amUsements IN order 20 have an old
fashioned Republican rally. Eyerybody
was IN a good humor and the enthus-
iasm. aroused by Tafts speech. rang
az true as that in Music Hall in Gin
cinnau last night. II proved his de
termination 90 make his campaign fierce
/ " aggressive and 10 keep Bryan on the
defensive from the start.
Begins Hard Trp.
Mr. Taft today set out on what Will
doubtless prove the hardest two weeks
Of his life. as he IL expected 10 make
nearly 150 speeches Ia that time
In spite Of his strenuous work yes
| terday. and last night In Cincinnati. he
showed up early this morning. looking
/ In the pink Of condition. and had ten
minutes on his special train before II
at S O'Clock.
The party came directly mere. From
here tie candidate goes 20 chicago, 20
address a labor meeting tonight
The Taft Special
The Taft special train IS made Up or
/ a baggage car. a private car for the
candidate and his immediate party.
private car for the newspaper corre-
/ spOudents. and compartment car TO
! serve as a working office for all aboard
the trah.
Two men who viii be with TAFT
throughout the tour are the Rev. DR..
j. Wesley Hill Of New York, noted 3
{ the preacher politician and DR. J. j.
/ Richardson the welI-kROwn throat spe-
ciGlist OF Washington, D. C Senator
Dolliver will join the party at Chicago.
tomorrow morning, and he aid DR. Hin
VIII assist Taft IN the speechmaking IN
iii he returns 70 Cincinnati. October s.
TAFT viii make his tour practically an
unending assault on the Bryan policies
and theories.
Taft's Address.
IN his address at Brook. Taft. de-
voting himself 20 the farmers, said:
You began your acquaintance with
NIr- Bryan in 1893. He was then a mem
ber OF the House OF Representatives and
OF the Ways and Means Committee OF
that body. As such, he was very active
IN formulating and pressing the Wilson
tariff bill and. when II was returned
from the Senate with so amendments
as the Wilson tariff bill, he was
one Of the foremost in seeking an ap-
picatlon OF the rules or the House 10
prevent a discussion of any Of the COO
amendments made to the bill by the
Senate. The rules of the House which
permitted the passage Of these amend
mants without discussion were those.
ths use Of which in the present House
of Representatives he and mis- party so
much deplore as an evidence that the
people do not rule
Whether the people ruled or not when
this bill was passed, II IS certain that
the effort of the 60 amendments was
such as 20 make Mr. Cleveland pro-
nOunce the bill a peCndy and dishOnOT.
This fact, however, did not prevent Mr..
Bryan from great jubtlation when the
bill passed. The certainty that the bill
vas going to pass, aIter Democratic
success in November, precipitated q
panic out OF a clear sky and the subse-
industries and brought about four years
memorable in the history OF this cOun-
try as the worst financial disaster il
has ever seen A greater percentage Of
plOyment, and there were more failures
and business suspensions than ever in
the history Of the country before.
Condition of Farmers.
HWhat was the condition OF the f0r-
mers during that period? Wheat went
down TO 20 cents a bushel anu corn to
q cents. Oats to IS cents. potatoes TO
q cents. In forty years, farm prices
had never been as low. The farmers
were struggling under 5sbt. MORTGAGES
were being foreclosed and the deplor-
able condition that existed al that time
among those who titled the soil IN this
country will certainly never be forgotten
bv the sufferers.
what did Mr.. Bryan propose az q
remedy for this? He urged on the farm
ers Of the country. who were groaning
under a very heavy weight Of obliga-
ton that the way out TO produce pros
u5ritv the way TO do Justice was to
adopt the free-Coinage Of silver without
international agreement and thereby re-
duce the 200-cent gold dollar to a proper
and lust silver dollar. The pill was
sugar coated but the advice was reDu-
was vote catching. as all reputation Is
IN discouraged debtors So In 1896 he
treversed this country, tempting its vot-
ars 10 sully the honor Of the nation
and Day of half their obligations by
leglsla i've fat. He professed that, un-
less this was done. wheat would 90 be-
low 3 cents and that the condition OF
.fle farmer would grow worse instead OF
ie.ser. He was defeated. The honor OF
the country was saved and every year
OF the twelve which have succeeded
that campaign has produced to the
farmer irrefutable evidence OF Mr.
Bryan's failure as political and
economic prophet
Bryan's Concern.
"Mr. Bryan is concerned because the
farmer is not looked after with proper
care by the Republican Administration.
There is no class in the community
so much entitled to consideration as the
farmers and that they have been given
great consideration by the Republican
Administration, no one can deny. II
was a Republican administration that
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