The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-27
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Kings County Republicans
March For Taft.
HAS BUSY DAY In EAST

Runs Over Into Connecticut For
Brief Speaking Tour and Is Given
Rousing Reception by Yale Stu
dents-Returning to New York He
Invades Brooklyn District, Where
He Delivers Five Speeches.
New York, Oct 27.-Devoting the
day to a trip into Connecticut and the
evening to speechmaking In Brook
Ign, William H. Taft's first day of &C.
tive campaigning on his present visit
to this section was prosecuted by him,
with both vigor and earnestness.
While the day. despite its call for a
speech Of some length in New Haven
and shorter one at Port Chester on
the return trip to New York. was one
OF comparative ease for the Republi-
can candidate, the calls that were
made upon him in Brooklyn were
such as to keep him actively occu-
pied every moment Of his time.
When the candidate entered that
portion Of Greater New York he found
himself fairly overwhelmed with en-
gagements Before the night was over
he had accomplished five speeches,
eaten dinner with a hundred promi-
nent Republicans as the guest Of Re-
publican State Chairman Timothy L.
Woodruff, reviewed a parade, which
In spite of somewhat adverse wealth
er conditions was impressive in it's
size and inspiring In it's enthusiasm,
and then attended q reception at the
Union League club.
A deluge which broke loose Just at
about the time that Mr.. Taft was en-
tering New York's transporting Sec
ton threatened for q time seriously
to interfere with the evenings pro-
gram here. 1t had been planned to
make the parade one of the big fea-
lures OF the Taft demonstration, and
the downpour, the heaviest Of the fall
season thus far, continued long
enough TO give the managers of the
parade and the proposed participants
in it several anxious quarter-hours.
The rainfall ceased, however, some
time before the parade was scheduled
to start, and the comfort of the
marching thousands or Of the review
ing party was not interfered with, and
the function was carried out with all
the elaborateness planned and that
enthusiasm for which the Republican
cohorts of Kings county are famed.
Similarly successful and enthusiast
tic were the meetings Of the night,
particularly those In the Clermont
rink and the Academy Of Music.
where Mr.. Taft made his principal
addresses. ~
The feature. Of the trip into Con.
necticut was the New Haven meeting.
Here, with football enthusiasm, the
candidate was pledged the support Of
a large portion of the student body of
Yale, through the presentation of a
handsomely bound memorial contain
ing many pages Of signatures.
The candidate delivered a pointed
ICNlOW VI IAO Cdlupdlsn lbOuCO, III
which he held uppermost the impor-
lance Of the maintenance of the pro-
tective principle and the rehabilita-
ton of business confidence. The
speech was punctuated by the Yale
yell, which ended with Taft, Taft,
Taft" Enthusiasm and friendliness
were everywhere apparent.
When the candidate arrived at New
Haven he inquired at once for his son
Robert. After the meeting Robert,
who is a Junior at Yale, and who had
been making frantic efforts to get to
his father through the crowds, finally
reached him at the station. my son."
said Judge Taft, as he placed the
boys ruddy face between his hands
and planted kiss squarely on his
lip. Robert was taken aboard and
was an admiring listener to his faith
er's speech at Port Chester, on the
way back. Here a tremendous crowd
had assembled for the purpose OF lis
tening to both William ]. Bryan and
Mr.. Taft, who were each due there
about the same time. Judge Taft
reached there first and he was met
by cheers and the waving of many
small flags In the hands Of the crowd,
which spread itself entirely over the
large park facing the station
Bryan said year ago that the re-
cent panic was not due to Roosevelt"
said Mr.. Taft, in this brief speech
~He now says 1t was due to Roose-
Welt. That difference Of opinion
brought about in one year IL not ex-
ceptional in Bryan's career"