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sesfslsiy Of Oar Appeals fo'
Support Of TAFT.
uEI Or finance pEl] uQvEIEnI
Apostle Of "raft.pemoeraey" Speaks
TO Audience Which Fairly FNled'
Academy Of Musie-sketton VIII
iiams Expresses His Political Views
lRx, Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, VA. Oct. 2S.-Before
a large audience. that fairly hlled the
Academy Of Music here tonight. Sec
rotary OF War Luke E. Wright spoke
on the issues Of the campaign ana
In favor Of the candidacy of Judge
Taft
The meeting was held under the
auspices Of number OF men of prom.
inence in this city, principally men OF
finance who have always been Dem
ocrats. but who IN this campaign are
supporting the Republican candidates.
MIR. Wright was introduced by John
Shelton Williams, OF this city. former
president OF the Seaboard Air Line.
In the course Of his remraks Mr..
Williams stated that the new consul
tuition of Virginia had so purified the
electorate as to remove all fears OF
the negro vote.
Practical Men Forget Wro'.s.
practical men of affair." do not
spend time on distractions and vague
threats or remote possibilities. Nor
do they waste their energies In seek
ing vengeance for wrongs more than
thirty years old and on workers OF
iniquity long ago dead or repentent.
They deal with facts. the men ana
the conditions OF today and now. as
one OF that class, intend to vote
for Mr.. Taft feel that know what
he will do and how he will do 1t. !
intend to vote against the present
candidate of the Democratic party.
Says Bryan Human Kaleidoscope.
Our people are earnestly laborin9
to build up and develop many INDUS
tries and business enterprises. do
not feel that these would be safe.
with our foreign relations and our do
mestic affairs likely at any time to
become dangerous and delicate. ana
to demand trained and balanced
mind. with our financial stability and
our army and navy In the keeping
Of human kaleidoscope. judge
him only by his record. He has been
everything by turns and nothing long
an abstract Of all the political faults
that men fall into.
Conservatism May Not last.
"Inat he poses now as conserHa-
tive gives me no assurance that by
next March he will not be alarming
the country with some new fantastic
folly, or with a return to some old
one. Events have driven him from
we'll nigh every position he has TAX
en-, have contradicted every predic-
ton he has uttered. A modern Pro-
tens, he has power Of endless trans
formation. A shining wiil-of-the-wisp.
he dances brilliantly over boys and
lures his party into bottom'ess
miresi
Mr.. Wright said:
In discussing what I regard as the
paramount issue presented to the
American people in this campaign.
said Secretary Wright. I have demon
strated at least to my own satisfac
tion and / hope to yours. that Mr..
Bryan is not only Democrat him
self but the the doctrine which he
has SO persis,ently Urged and ~
the soundpess Of which he SO
thoroughly believes. are populistic
and socialistic in their character
ana tendencies and dangerous In
their results. On the other hand 1t
seems equally clear that while we
HAY NOl WIN
Judge Ta!.'s views. on the whole 'hey
ARE sensible and conservative ana
the interests Of all the American
people will be safe In his hands as
President. II you agree with me in
this conclusions I ask II there Is any
good and sufiicient reason why you
and I should not vote as We think.
Mr.. Wright declared that in anti
bellum days the men Of the South In
public debate freely discussed policies
and principles. After the war local
conditions. vitality Affecting their vel
fare seemed, irrespective Of nation
a, consideration. to require their ad-
herence TO the Democratic party.
While these conditions no longer exist
the large majority Of the substantiai
men Of the South. he said. etther
from force of habit or from preju-
~sce continued 20 vote the Demo
cratic ticket without reference TO tao
measures which II propounded or the
men ., presented a. candidates THIS.
he added. has been unfortunate for ,ne
South locally and in national po.itics
the result has been still worse.
The South has been treated. nc
said. even In the councils OF the
Democratic party no: as q dominant
force as II should have been. but
mainly as q party asset representins
Inst 50 many electoral votes. The
policies Of the party have bern shaped
~ the suggestion ~ party leaders
from other sections % the country not
With reference to the real feelings OF
Interests Of the South hut TO meet
The supposed political exigencies Of
the Eas; ami the West"
The South for nearly forty years
has presented It's large electoral vote
20 the Democratic parry and yet dur
- an thst time . Southern man has
never fognd place upon the national
sscket. From time 20 time. in view o'
she sndeviafirg support which the
Sr.ush has Given to the party. the suS'