River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-08
BRYAN WILL GIVE
IOWA MORE Time
CHANGES PLANS OF HIS TRIP TO
CHICAGO BANQUET.
SPEECHES BY ROOSEVELT
Story That President Will Certainly
Take the Stump-Taft Makes
Address in Kansas City
Church.

devote StllI further attention TO the
state of Iowa, William J. Bryan Sun
day night announced change in his
plans in connection with his trip to
Chicago where on the night of October
he is to meet Mr.. Taft at banquet.
Instead of leaving here Tuesday aft
ernoon and going direct to Chicago, as
had been arranged, Mr.. Bryan will
start Monday night for Des Moines,
from which point he will on Tuesday
proceed to Perry, Tama and Cedar
Rapids and deliver set speeches, while
from the rear platform of the train en-
route he probably will make several
short talks. The journey to Chicago
will be made Tuesday night. Although
1t has not been definitely settled, it
now is planned that Mr.. Bryan shall
speak in st. Louis Friday evening and
then re-enter Kansas on Saturday for
a full day in that state, returning to
Lincoln Sunday. 1t also is likely that
before making his final trip into the
middle west and the east he will spend
day or two in campaigning In his
home state.
President to Take Stump?
That President Roosevelt fully in
tends to take the stump in favor of the
candidacy of Mr.. Taft was the infor-
nation received at Fairview Sunday
from the east. 1t was said that the ad-
vices came from persons upon whom
reliance could be placed, and were to
the effect that Mr.. Roosevelt is plan
ming to make at least six speeches in
the course of trip from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, the concluding speech
to be delivered at San Francisco, with
numerous short speeches en- route. Mr..
Bryan, however, absolutely refused to
make any comment upon the subject.
Taft to Close at Youngstown.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. Sit has
been definitely decided that Judge
Taft shall close his campaign on the
night of November at Youngstown,
o. The national campaign of the party
was opened at that place with Gov
Hughes as the principal speaker, and
it has been deemed fitting that the ma
tional candidate should make his clos
ing address there.
After the Youngstown meeting Mr.
Taft will leave at once for Cincinnati
to cast his vote the following day.
Mr.. Taft had hard time to carry
out what he desired and had planned,
a program of rest, Sunday. He reached
| the city at seven o'clock in the morn
ing from Topeka and was met by a
local committee consisting of Senator
William Warner, Representative E. c.
Ellis and State Chairman Walter S.
Dickey. They escorted him to the
Baltimore hotel.
Mr.. Taft had some time ago con-
sented to talk of the work of the Y. M.
G. A. to an audience of men at the In
dependence Avenue Methodist Episco-
pal church The audience completely
filled the church and the crowd out
side which demanded admission was
twice the number inside. Windows
in the edifce were broken, SO great
was the eagerness of the crowd to get
a glimpse of the candidate, and it was
only after it had been announced that
Mr.. Taft would address the overflow
meeting that the inside meeting was
allowed to proceed.
Presidents Letter to Haskell.
Washington, Oct. Sat the sugges-
ton of J. III. Norris, chairman of the
Republican state committee of Okla
homa, President Roosevelt Sunday
night made public a, letter he had sent
to Gov. Haskell relative to shipments
of whisky into prohibition territory
Gov. Haskell, in a recent statement
mentioned the fact that he had such a
letter from the president, and init
mated that the writer might not like
to have it given publicity. This aroused
interest in prohibition quarters and
| there were many inquiries from that
| quarter as to the contents of the letter.
President Roosevelt wrote to Gov.
Haskell as follows:
"The White House, Washington,
Apr. 13, 1908.-My Dear Governor:
I have received your letter and shall
give it careful consideration The
matters, of course, concern congress
primarily, and legislation is now I'M
der consideration to decrease the
amount of assistance which violators
of local prohibition statutes can obtain
from the rules necessarily protecting
interstate commerce and the use of
the mails. Sincerely yours, Theodore
Roosevelt"