The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22

there was a democratic torchlight pro. cession The streets were full of drum corps, pounding away violently. A man standing on the curb turned to his ncighbor and said "Rooseyelt's letter (to Bryan about HaskelD made more noise than all the drums these fellows could act into this town
 Down at Peru, Ind, al a railway sta tion came uGon a man ol intelligence ana native shrwdness We fell to talking about Rooseyelt's participation in the campaign and l asked him what he thought about It. well he said slowly. fit won't do any harm l don't think. He may not do Taft any good, but don't believe 1t will harm him as much as folks say You know, we think more of Roosevelt out here than you folks back east Personally | would rather have Taft speak up for himself, thah have Roosevelt or any body olsc always telling us what a fine man he is.
 Hughes the Republicans Chief Orator
 Gov Hughes Is the heaviest gun ir the whole artillery park of republican orators l have heard his Youngstown speech more often and more variouslS | commended than any other uttcrancC ' of the campaign An Indiana republi- can congressman said, Its about the l only speech that's been made this veal to which we can point with pride | t.t inn | In a year when moral and not poltica ] issues are uppermost, to have a mar with a character like Hughes on oui side is an important help"
 Senator iNon and the members of thu national committee feel that they made q ten strike when they induced Gov ! Hughes to make some speeches througl the Middle West. beginning in Indiana An amusing story has been current here of the difficulty with which the New York state republ can organization was induced to con. sent to Gov Hughes making any speeches outside of his home state EBarnes, Ward, Hendricks and the oth CTS were apprehensive, and declared that the presence of Hughes was ne cesqary to insure the election of tho republican ticket in New York state This is not without it's humor. coming from men who tried in vain. but to tn top of their endeavor, to prevent th' governors renomination
 Gov Hughes has attracted grea deal of attention among the voters il this part of the country because he hal been waeing fights, and winning them in which were involved moral issues He has overcome the leaders of his owl party machine, and this has helped him
 Travelling about on railway trains and stopping in small towns, one get an impression that the people in thi and adjoining states are more concern cd about the moral fitness of the can didates than about their political he liefs This state of mind has natural, arisen from the lack of a definite, clear cut political issue between the tw parties,
 Because the great mass of the voter in these Middle Western states, wher the outcome of the election is more o less evenly balanced are in state o moral ferment over politics, they pa great attention to what man lik Gov tIuahe says The throwing over hoard of Haskell Du Pont and Forak CT Is simply an indication of tn strength of this moral feeling. Neithe MT Bryan nor MT Roosevelt dare hesi , tate for d moment They are both kee enough and quick enough politicians t realize the i'll effects that would hay followed any attempt to defend any c the three men who have been cast ou
 The Chautauquas and lecture lyce ums have played part in quickenin the moral sense of voters all throug this Middle Western country in wa that is just becoming perceptble Bry an and Ia Toilette and Cummns an
 Folk long ago recognized the value ( these stages as an entrance way to tn z thoughts of these people Thei