Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-01
TAFT |NVADES
RED RIVER VALLEY
Given Hearty Welcome at Ada,
Crookston, Grand Forks, Far.
60 and Other Points.
Farmers Flock to See, Hear and
Cheer the Next President
Of the United States.

LAW SDooAoA WAAOA CdII1eU Judge
Taft and party on their western trip
reached the Red River Valley on
Monday and at every stop immense
crowds were gathered to catch a
glimpse of the genial and good
natured man. with the winsome
smile. kindly face and massive brow.
the man whom the people of the
United States will. without doubt.
select as their chief executive. At
Crookston there was a large crowd
present, to greet Mr.. Taft. but ow-
ing to the failure of the Great
Northern railway to run the special
trains on the St. Vincent and other
lines. as promised and advertised,
the attendance was not near what it
could or should have been for an
occasion like that.
Judge Taft was escorted from the
train to platform erected on one of
the principal streets of the city. and
after being introduced by Congress-
man Steenerson. arose amidst great
applause and commenced to speak.
He is not as large or corpulenta man
as the newspaper caricaturists make
him appear. but a we'll built. hand
some. brainy man. At the start he
apologized for not removing his hat.
stating that his hair was thin and
he had cold.
First Mr.. Taft devoted his time to
answering Mr.. Bryan's charge made
at recent visit to Crookston. that
the Republican party had done no.
thing for the farmers. II desire to
take issue with him on this
question. said Mr.. Taft. and will
leave it to you whether or not the
record of the republican party is
such as the farmers of the nation
should support it and it's candidates
in the coming campaign"
"Mr. BRYAN is the last man who
should take the republican party to
task for It's treatment of the farm
ers. You will remember that he was
member of congress when the
German-Wilson tariff bill was
written into the law of the land by
the democratic party. Bryan was a
member Of the wavs and means COM
mittee and helped to put his legis-
lation through and what did that
mean to the farmers of the nation?
You will remember that there came
such depression to our industries.
such a disaster to our business. such
an interference with the prosperity
of the farmers as never had been
seen In this country in its whole
history. Wheat went down to 81
cents. corn to q cents. oats to ~.
cents. The farmer was loaded with
mortgages and debts. and those four
years were burned into the hearts of
the farming and working community
bv the suffering that they brought.
After this measure had practically
bankrupted the country. Bryan. the
farmers friend. showed a way by
which the farmer would pay all his
debts. which had been brought about
by the democratic party by repudiat-
ing one-half of them. Is BRYAN the
farmers friend?
"You. however. put the republican
party In power. and what has been
the result? You have seen twelve
years of the greatest prosperity that
has ever come to nation. and this
is what the republican has done for
the farmer. He has given you a
market for your products so that you
can get adequate returns for your la
Dor. The republican party does not
claim that the good crops are due to
it. but it does claim that thro' its
wisdom and ability to rightly admin
lister and make laws. the farmers of the
nation have been given a market for
thier products.
"What we need is to encourage
confidence In the people who have
the capital of the nation. that they
may be induced to bring it out that it
NAV be used for the good Of all the
people. The republican party's
success at the coming election means
a return Of confidence. AS man to
man. leaving out anv consideration
of me as candidate for Office, do you
have confidence In Mr.. Bryan and
his ability to wisely administer the
affairs Of the nation? Do you
honestly think that his election will
mean the establishment Of conf
dence amongst the psople q the