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Senator had promised to board the TAFT
train at Beloit In the morning, but tele-
gram came ssying that he had missed
connection. He mot the candidate at the
railroad. station at Madison. James -.
Hill. the railroad man, who was scheduled
TO speak at Madison In the afternoon, also
was at the station. Mr.. Taft had not heard
personally from La Toilette since the
Senator sent him that telegram after the
Chicago convention in which he said he
was for Taft the man. but that he reserved
the right to criticise the Republican plat
form. 4-.-
glead hand to-day and Mr.. Taft in
carriage and rida with him to The Unit
versity Of Wisconsin gymnasium. whore
the national congress Of farmers was
being held. The Badger State folks
whoopsd i up up for B Bob and Bin al ali along long
the route. And IL there was any linger-
ing doubt about the popularity OF the
Wisconsin radical IL was put to flight
when he was introduced as the first
speaker before the 0. 900 who were crowded
into the gymnasium.
pieces.
senator Bob surprised everybody by
pulling out manuscript. That meant
something surepop. for nobody ever
had heard OF Wisconsln's peerless orator
reading his speech. La Toilette himself
to be absolute and exact In what he
should say had prompted him "for mani
fold reasons to commit II to paper
| "A passage OF Scripture that am often
constrained to quote he began, Il give
you to-day Jethro in admonishing
mentupon lines which mightperpetuate IL.
gave this wise and sagacioos council:
Thou shall provide out Of all the people
able men. such as fear God. men OF truth.
hating oovetousness' RI. ...- !.
-Suoh turning to Mr.. Taftl 10 the great
leader lee der tnat nat We % have With Nth US Us to-day;
Wouldn't ] ss LET the Senator oSs 20 sns on They They
jumped up and fired OF q volley Of cheers.
Mature repeated the Senator, gave
him poise. judicial temperament, great
force Of character. tenacity Of purpose.
His long life in the public service IL dis
tinguished for its marked ability. its wis
SSs% Its iGtesty Its atr0tss% .sa He
Issues tanother explosionl that engage
the profoundest thought Of the people
OF this great country. From q somewhat
intimate acquaintance with him for twenty
years say to-day that he is progressive
IN principle. He is equipped most won
ment and consider that the last ten years
In the life Of the American Government
are big with events, In all that time.
whether In the Philippines. In Cuba. in
Porto Rico. In Panama. or In the councils
OF the Cabinet, when there were problems
most trying and complex. demanding
the greatest courage. prudence and tact,
the highest executive ability. Two
Presidents in succession summoned to
their aid the man who 10 our honored
guest to-day
Mr.. Taft himself handed few bouquets
to the Wisconsin Senator. Said he:
.As Senator La Toilette stood here and
Wisconsin could not but think Of the
good fortune Of that great inst;tu ton that
has behind Il the interest, the affection
and the power Of usefulness Of the senior
Senator from Wisconsin, and was re-
minded Of what he told me as We came
consin, now dead, had left to that institu-
tion q fortune that would grow perhaps
In the future to 5000 900 or $50 700 900
endowment. He pointed out the moral,
In which I agree fully, that that 10 q way
by which We can well dispose OF those
swollen fortunes that have given us, 90
much concern at different times and that
some Of the wills that we have known
that have sought to perpetuate enormous
amounts Of money In one family and In
one person should be restrained by proper
laws OF the State; that is, by making moro
strict the rule OF perpctuity and by cutting
down the power of testamentary disposi-
ton. as they have In some European
Mr.. Taft added that Mr.. Ia Toilette was
O man who spoke what he really thou ght,
and for that reason he, Taft, regarded as
one Of the utmost values the words that
he has felt himself permitted TO say with
reference 70 his character and ability and
the possibility Of his filling. the Presiden-
tial chair. Mr.. Taft said further: 1T is
great deal more important to me than
the ordinary compliment Of the morning.
because Senator La Follettes influence
Is valuable, and need the appreciation,
the support and sympathy OF men who
The rest Of Mr.. Taft's speech to the
farmers was non-political.
The days campaigning began for the
candidate before he had had breakfast.
The train had lain on O siding at Caledonia
most of the night, and the Caledonians
were out about daybreak demanding q
7:so and did lot Of handshsking.
An hour later he talked to o crowd OF
{. 600 at Beloit. Many Of these were labor
ers, and Mr.. Taft followed up the advan-
tage which he had gained through his
attendance at the union labor meeting
In chicago last night.
IF you were to believe" said he. sthe
lucu brations and that strained eloquenoe
of the gentleman who. thinking that he
carried the labor vote IN his pocket. de-
livered It over TO my opponent at Denver,
am afraid you would think had horns.
As q matter OF fact don't yield to Mr..
Samuel Gompers. Mr.. William Jennings
Bryan or anybody else In my interest
In the welfare of the workingmen Of the
country. / am proud to have been con-
nected with an administration that has
done more than any administration In
the history OF the country for the Ameri-
can workingman. In after days. II the
leaders Of the workingmen's movement
tell the truth, they will say that the man
who has been deeper in sympathy and
more successful In accomplishing things
for labor than any other man In the history
Of the country Is Theodore Roosevelt"
The mentioning Of the Presidents name
drew cheers.
At GAINESVILLE Mr.. Taft was greeted by
n crowd of 5000. He had something to
say there on the Roosevelt policies.
Il expect to be elected President. he
said, .because believe you will not vote
for q party which Is engaged In making
issues not because they expect to do any
thing but merely because they wan
something to talk about.
At Waukesha Mr.. Taft spoke before
1000 and at Evansville and Racine there
were big turnouts.
The Hllis-C Chalmers meeting was held
in the middle Of the afternoon In one OF
the company q big workshops. MIR. Tafts