The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-31

York Times has good motto: IAN
the news that's fit to print. 1T would |
do well now to add-"no fake stories
printed that other journals refuse
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
To circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
letter must. II honest, spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was
clumsy fraud.
Post Card System.
When Mr.. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahom-
ct. he decided that Mahomet must
go to the mountain. When he found
that the people would not come to
him and listen to speeches from the
golf links at Hot Springs and from
the front porch Of Brother Charlie
palatial residence in, Cincinnati, ne
determined to go out among the. peo-
pie
Apparently, however. there IL grave
fear among the Republican leaders
that their candidate will not be glad
ly received by the people. In order
to overcome this difficulty and In an
effort to bring out crowd to greet
Mr.. Taft, the Chicago managers have
found it necessary to send out pos
tai card notices TO the faithful beg
ging them to go to the railroad sta
ton and give the distinguished Wis
itor "a cordial welcome" During the
past few days prominent Republicans
h.u he fn1lAufnU n0flcG
from Fred w. Upham, assistant treas
urer of the Republican national COM
mittee:
Chicago, Sept. 81. 1908.
Hon. VIM. H. Taft, the Republican
party's candidate for president and
the peoples choice. will arrive In Chi
cago Wednesday september 2S)
evening, at five o'clock, at the La
Sale street station of the L. s. & M
s. Ry. Please be at the station with
your friends and give him cordial
welcome. It will be Mr.. Taft's first
visit since the famous convention
which nominated him for president
Very truly yours,
Fred w. Upham.
Small Hall for Taft.
To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity tf
explain his attitude toward labor and
his Injunction record, in a city where
hundreds of thousands of laborinf
men are interested in what he has Il
say, the Republicans selected hal
with a capacity of less than 1000 ant
provided for admission by card only
in order that none but those WHIT
agree with him might be allowed t.
enter. This hall was selected in tn
heart of the business section after al
option on a hall with $4,000 capacit,
in the center of the workingmen'
district had been refused. The In
ference is plain that the Republican
managers feared to have their car
didate appear in a distinctively IL
boring district where all who woul
might come and hear, lest the grea
welcome planned for might be turDe
j. into a demonstration for his politics
opponent, or that Mr.. Taft might b
| asked embarrassing questions.
Stumping Falls Flat.
The fact of the matter is that M
, Taft's stamping experiment has fal
, en- fat; he has produced absolutely y
enthusiasm among the voters, and b
has said or done nothing which wi
improve his chances. Republican
| are unable to conceal their feeling
r Of disappointment over the poor shov
l ing which their candidate has mad
i Mr.. Taft's progress thus far, and II
: manner in which he has been receive
e is complete vindication of those r
e publican leaders who from the flr
3 opposed the plan of having him tai
+ to the rear platform. They advocate
e front porch campaign wherein Il
e candidate should be kept in the bac
e ground, and others allowed to NAL
4 his canvass upon Roosevelt's recor
! The advocates of a stumping cal
o paign prevailed, however, and no
4 they are sorry that 1t was ever begu
8 Elegance W.. Simplicity.
v The constrast between the Dem
n cratic simplicity with which Mr.. Br
r an has travelled and the elegance
s the Taft accommodations on rail,
l. as marked as the contrast between Il
= size and the enthusiasm of the a
diences which have greeted the Del
, ocratic candidate, and those whi
n Mr.. Taft has addressed. While o.
4 great New York newspaper which
!. supporting Mr. Taft and which mai
III tdlnS q PRESS dSSOSldtAOA oSA ~
D refused to have correspondent wi
% Mr.. Bryan, ample accommodations q
il afforded aboard the Taft special I
Il the special correspondents of all I
e. large papers. In addition,
e the first time In the history Of q
n campaign, Mr. Taft is carrying wi
n him three press agents paid by I
national committee for the purpose
a. influencing public opinion.
n Hired Press Agents.
,e Notwithstanding all this the
u ports come from all along the II
10 that Mr. Taft's receptions have be
,e remarkably chilly, and that the I
diences have been Indifferent to
M speeches and involved explanations
r. his attitude upon public questions.
a George AIDES Indiana farm Lar
o. crowd was gathered because a b