The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-29
TAFT ON RUSHING
TRIP THROUGH
NEW YORK
Smiled Much But Had Little
Time to Talk
MEETS GOVERNOR HUGHES
Speaks to All Glasses and Promises
to Accord Workingmen a
Square Deal.

New York, Oct. 29.--Mr. Taft came
back from upstate yesterday about
noon, and during the afternoon and
night he delivered speeches at twelve
places, exclusive of the big meeting
at Madison Square Garden At many
Of the meetings he said only a few
words, of course, the object OF his man
ayers being apparently to let as many
people in the city as possible at least
see his generous form and genlal
smile and hear his voice.
He spoke TO Italians, negroes east
siders, west siders, laboring men, com
mercial travellers and just the plain
ordinary folk of all sorts who live by
| the tens OF thousands in Harlem and
the Bronx. At many places great pre-
paratiOns had been made for him by
/ his managers and in spite of the rain,
which fell at intervals during what Mr.
! Taft called his continuous perfor-
nance there was an abundance of
irecrackers. brass band music, Rom
an candles, skyrockets and red fire.
Al several places last night Mr. TAFT
made this statement. which always
brought down the house:
II don't care If every union man here
votes against me, If every trades un'
I ion In the country works against me,
! If they an combine TO try 10 defeat
me. / declare that II / am elected
shall do all In my power that is right
for The laboring people. They shall
I be protected"
Having rested an hour or so from
his four early afternoon speeches Mr..
I Taft started the nights work at the
Union League club where a dinner was
given In his honor by George r. Shell
don, treasurer of.the National commit
tee and president of the club. Gov,
Hughes was one Of the guests also. II
was the first time since their nomina-
| ton that the two candidates had met.
| They greeted each other cordially.
Both of them said a few words to the
many people who attended the recep-
ton that preceded the dinner
II wish that ] could have toured all
| The states IN the interest Of Mr.. Taft,
instead OF a few said Mr. Hughes
Then my election would have been
| doubly assured" interrupted Mr.. Taft
It's sure anyhow" answered Mr.
Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes said that after the cleo
/ ton both Democrats and Republicans
/ would be satisfied with the result.
| "rhe country will revive in prosper
NY as If 10 had taken a tonic he con
cluded
The Taft special train returned ia
New York az 1880 a. m, from its ny.
ing trip up the state as far as Troy
No stops were made on the return be-
tween that point and New York On
the down trip the train passes an open
air platform al Hastings on which MT
Bryan was speaking The Democratic
| candidate was walking up and down
he saw the special, smiled and waved
his hand
When the Republican candidate got
OF the train at the Grand Central sta
ton he said he was feeling fine. The
raw. muggy air and the multitudinous
meetings have kept his voice hoarse
Otherwise he maintains that he was
never In better condition. and he looks
70.
| congressman Bennett and Parsons
along with crowd OF several hundred
persons, were az the station 10 meet
the candidate He was driven to his