Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-29
WISCONSIN LISTENS
TO TAFT Addresses
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SPEAKS
IN MANY TOWNS IN BADGER
STATE.
BRYAN TALKS IN OHIO;
RESTS FROM ExERTlONS
After Strenuous Day Of Answering
"open Letters" Democratic Nom
inee Spends Part of Time Recu-
neutrality-suspicious. Few.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 25-The pc.
litical feature of Judge William H.
Taft's trip Thursday through Wiscon-
sin occurred here when United States
Senator Robert M. LaF'ollette, address
ing an immense audience of the farm
ers' national convention, placed him
self on record in most fulsome praise
of the Republican presidential candi-
date, whom he introduced to the aui-
ence.
Senator LaFollette missed the Taft
special party, but caught up with 1t
here He rode out to the State uni.
versity where the meeting was held
In the carriage with Judge Taft. The
senator began his speech with the
remark: THE desire to be absolute
and exact as to what l shall say here
to-day has brought me for manifold
reasons to commit it to paper"
Then, after commenting briefly on the
advance educational work being done
for agriculture and the interest in 1t
shown by the farmers of Wisconsin,
| the senator turned to Mr.. Taft and
| said of him:
Mature gave him poise judicial
' temperament, great force of character
and tenacity as to purpose His long
| life In the public service is distin-
| gushing for its marked ability. its wis.
| dom, its integrity, its patriotism. He
has taken advanced ground upon the
| great issues that are engaging the pro.
| foundest thought of the people of this
| great country.
Praises Candidate Taft.
"Now, from somewhat intimate &C.
quaintance with him for the past &c
years / say to-day that he is progress
sive in principle, and he is equipped
most wonderfully in experience"
The senator then reviewed Mr.
Taft's public career for the past ter
years, when, he said, he had beer
called in to advise by two presidents OF
the questions Of government which
gave them the greatest concern.
The tribute of Mr.. LaFollette movet
: the great audience to prolonged en-
: thusiasm and was eagerly commente'
t upon as throwing a white light on tn
: attitude of all factions of the party II
I the state and greatly benefiting tn
situation.
Mr.. Taft followed, and was az
plauded when he spoke to the farmers
| Mr.. Taft also talked at Caledonia, Ill.
/ Beloit, Wis; GAINESVILLE. Wis; Evans
t Vile, Wis; Waukesha, Wis; Yves
l Allis, Wis, and Thursday evening II
Milwaukee
8 Bryan in Ohio.
8 Columbus, o., Sept. 25.-Feelin
l. none the worse from his trying ordea
r w. ]. Bryan, Democratic candidat
e for president, was an early rise
n Thursday He at once devoted himse
y to the reading of the letter of Pres
dent Roosevelt, responding to the tell
gram in reference to the charge thu
Gov. Haskell had been identified in a
improper way with the Standard o
. Company interest, but said he woul
% not make any comment on the pres
II dents reply at the present time. Afte
4 breakfast he paid brief visit to tn
~ Office of w. L. Finley, Democrat
a state chairman He left at 1917
o'clock for Cincinnati and made
number of speeches en- route, the pri
cipal ones being at Springfield ar
Dayton, o. A stop of several hou
was made at the latter place.