New-York tribune., 1908-09-23

twelve -fears his election will mean paraIss s
of busin ess and should have recurrence or .,
the disa strous business conditions oi 'ii0 "'
Democratic administration.
THE REV ]. w. HILLS SPEECH.
The Rev. John Wesley Hill, pastor of Metro
poltan Temple. New York, who is 10 accompany
Mr. Taft through the West as one OF the as
sistant speakers said in his speech:
Mr. Bryarfs claim to support rests upon the
profession ,of his reformation; that ls,
that he is a and better Bryan anu tie'
the Republic Senate would be suftclent suaI ai
antee of his harmlessness Now, WheIe - M. "a.
the shadow If reason to believe that the plie u
guide of 1896 and 1900 has recovered ms sisni i
If Mr. Bryan has been converted from @ ms h To- i
lies when and where did it occur? True ne Is
no. talking about so cent dollars But tnousn lio
is silent on the desoased dollar has he ever coh-
demned it? -. .ho
what would he do were he confronted by the
emergency I'm our financial affairs thrust upon
President Cleveland? Would ne or Wouio Wou,1 .le ~.
not maintain the gold standard? LII Wouio pe
very easy for Mr. Bryan to answer this i'm
portazlt question in a word. His silence Is oIII
nous It is at this point that he pe1orrns uie
vanishing act dsappearing silently, leaving only
a trail of fog with which TO obscure the VlIdl
issue Then again, does he stll DeIleVe IN tiie
government ownership of railroads! Is ~ noe
frue that it was only temporarily suppressed;
that when he discovered that this new departure
was not popular he at once abandoned 1t ana
continued his search for a more popular para
mount issue? Until that Information is Iorth-
coming in a straightforward, unreserved, honesI
the
that the claim OF a regcnera1e made over moo-
er1,ized and up TO date Bryan is spurious, a
f1iuasv costume. through which the elbows ana
knees of the old Bryan may be clearly seen
MT BRYAN canrsot fool the people. They know
who he is even if he has changed costumes
between political acts. The disguise is TOO
clumsy. The free silver BTyan' the government
ownership Bryan, the initiative and referendum
Rrvar the court assailing Bryan and the free
trade Bryan is still the issue before the public
and no amount of lodging, equivocation. postur-
ing or masquerading, or crying stop thief! Stop
thief will save him from that old record which
clings TO him like the poisoned garment of Her
cIlIes which obtrudes upon his political dreams
like the ghost Of BanQlio and will not down at
Colonel Dan Ramsdell sergeant -at-arms of
the Senate arrived here to-day to act major
dorno of the Taft special train as did DR.. j. ].
Richardson. the Washington specialist, who will
look after the throats of Judge Taft and other
speakers the train.
The szsecial train will consist of two private
cars the Constitution for the candidate and the
Riva for the regular new spaper correspondents
with him, and compartment car for occasional
newspaper men and photographers, stenogra-
pliers and Others There will also be a dining
car and a baggage car. The train will leave
Cincinnati at O'Clock Wednesday morning,
and the first important stop will be at George
AIDES farm. at Brook, Ind.
Among the prominent men who called on
Judge Taft to-day were James R. Garfield, Sec
retary of the Interior, and Governor H. Clay
Evans of Tennessee.
Mrs Taft will start East tomorrow morning
The registration days this year are Monday,
October 5: Tuesday, October s; Saturday,
October 10, and Monday. October 12 All who
intend to vote must register on one of these
DAYS, between 4 a. n. and ~ p m.