The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-01
TAFT SUPREMELY
SURE OF ELECTION
Candidate Says He viii Garry
New York By 100000
SARCASM FOR Mr.. BRYAN
Rousng Demonstrations Are Given to
the Republican Nominee at Many
Places In New York State
Where fle Speaks.

Rochester, y. Y. October S1.-After 4
weeks campaigning In New York city
ana state, which ended here tonight with
a duplicate OF the rousing demonstrations
he has inspired wherever he went. VIII
liam H. Taft, the republican presidential
candidate, made this statement to the
Associated Press:
1.-THE state of New York Is the most
republican part Of tho United States, even
more repnblica1 than Pennsylvania.
'"There is every Indication. through that
part of tie states above the Bronx.
that there win be a majority for the
republican ticket nearly equal to that
Of Mr.. Roosevelt four years ago
THE democratic majority of the city
Of New York vii probably not exceed
10000 votes This will be overcome BY
the republican vote above the Bronx,
with such overwhelming force as to give
the republican ticket in the state a clear
majority Of from 100000 upward.
This roseate view of the candidate was
reflected in each Of the ten speeches he
has made today. In this city tonight he
Inspired monster parade. Thousands
paid their tribute to him at Convention
hall
Judge Taft left tonight for Buffalo,
where he will spend Sunday with Mrs
Taft. He will speak in Cleveland Mon
day at noon and in Youngstown in the
evening, going from there to Cincm-
natl.
Mr. Bryan has always won in August
I'D September said Judge Taft in one
his speeches today. This grows out
of the character of the policies he ad-
Vocates They are always plausible; they
are always useful for the first two
months on the stump and then the power
Of d logical analysis that the American
voters bring to bear in the long educa-
tional campaign that precedes a pres-
Dental election, scatters his policies to
the wind as they ought 20 be scattered.
1t does not happen by accident. It hap
pens because of the character of the
man and the character of the platform
and principles advocated by the demo-
cratic party
4 cannot conceive how wage-earners
or business men that understand the diff
ference between the two parties as to the
tariff can vote for Mr.. Bryan under the
circumstances. OF course they might
vote for him on the theory that he could
not do any harm, that he would have 4
republican Senate, and so he could not do
anything, and we would satisfy our curl
osity in knowing what would do when
he got into the White House.
But it is not wise to make the error
of supposing that the President of the
United States has not an enormous in
huence in respect to the business inter-
ests of this country even without regard
to his power over legislation.
Now say that vote for Mr.. Bryan
on the theory that he has no power to
tnJure us by being President, by putting
into force his peculiar economic theories,
Is TO assume condition that is not true
Then in the course Of an administration
OF four years a great number Of business
questions arise that require settlement
by man with business sense and a con-
sentative foresight, and / regret to say
that Mr.. Bryan in his history before this
country has shown a capacity for not
recognizing a sound business principle
when he meets it on the street"
Before reviewing the parade tonight
Judge Taft addressed an exclusively labor
meeting.