The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-08

I1xse. copper-riveted Republican, doc
s0h:.s Mr.. Taft does, without spe-
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home wfenSH Hek faith renewed and
determined toSh over to their side
every man they can get hold Of.
Taft Has Made Good.
Daily reports are coming to head
quarters Of the deep and favorable
impressions created by Mr.. Taft
wherever he has spoken in Ohio,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska. the two
Dakotas and the other states where he
has travelled. The effect OF his pres
ence and the recession of the. Bryan
wave is shown by the change in the
tenor of the statements given out
from the Democratic national head
quarters and by the gossip which
drifts into the corridors Of the Hoft-
man House from Chairman Mack's
Office. They are fifty per cent less
optimistic since Mr.. Taft leaped into
the saddle. Even their claims of
Bryan victory in New York are less
assured in tone. They also realize
that, no matter how energetically they
may toll to carry the Empire state,
all that they can do is sure to be un-
done when Mr.. Taft comes down
through the cities and counties lying
between Buffalo and New York in the
final week Of the campaign.
If the Republican scare hadn't de-
,veloped there would be worried lot
of men at No. 1 Madison avenue. In
stead of letting Mr.. Bryan remove
the incubus of apathy they would
have to pitch In, and with the aid of
the state committees, do it themselves
While they are appropriately grateful
to Mr.. Bryan they do not intend to
allow this sentiment to move them in
to rendering his defeat less complete
and overwhelming than it was been
before. But they are working away
with sure confidence in the victory
that will come to Republican arms in
November. It is no uphill fight that
they are waging.
Attitude of the Farmers.
One of the infallible indices to poll
teal conditions is supplied by the at
tttude and opinions of the farmers. II
9 politician wants to know how q
state In which. the farmer vote is a
factor Is going, he has to get back
to the soil. Especial care has been
taken to sound sentiment among the
farmers in half dozen states, includ-
ing New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and North Dakota. The farmers are
prosperous and contented. They are
keenly alive to the Importance Of the
trust and srailroad. regulating activi-
ttessyof@ Mr.. Roosevelt and what d It
means TO the tillers of the land. They
approve ots them, and they know that
Mr.. Taft can be depended upon to
lend his influence wisely and conser-
vatively, but effectively, to the same
end.
There is no use in trying to make
q farmer believe that the country is
going to the dogs and change Of ad-
ministratton is needed, when he has
money in the bank, no mortgage on
his place and possibly few hundreds
out on interest" said man today
who has travelled much of late
through the middle west. "They
aren't responding to Mr.. Bryans pleas
and they don't sympathize with his
ideas. They are sure that they owe
their prosperity to Mckinley, Roose-
welt and the Republican party, and
they are satisfied to let things run on
as they are. Why, I heard of one
farming section not far from Chicago
where among 5000 persons there were
forty-two automobiles owned. What
reason have these folks for taking
chance politically by voting for Bry-
an, the untried theorist, against
Taft?"