, 1908-09-05
BIG REPUBLICAN MEETING Al
YOUNGSTOWN ADDRESSED
BY NoTABLEs OF THE
STATE AND NATION.
Governor Harris Of Ohio, Governor
Hughes Of New York and Senator
Beveridge Of Indiana, Latter Com
pairing Public Records of Taft and
Bryan-Chairman Hitchcock Con-
fers With Candidate Taft Today.

publican campaign in Ohio was for
mally opened here today, with adj
dresses by Governor Harris Of Ohio,
Governor Hughes of New York, and
Senator Beverage of Indiana. Cover
nor Harris devoted his speech mainly
to the liquor question, which has be-
come an important state issue.
The National Campaign.
Governor Hughes and Senator Bev-
eridge discussed the questions of the
national campaign. The keynote of the
meeting was contained in these words
of Governor Hughes, THE army OPP
posing US cannot pass muster, either
as one of defense or of salvation, and
we may well pause before we permit
1t, despite Its boasts of fidelity. to gar
rison our national institutions"
Mills Have Holidays.
A three days holiday had been de-
clared at the great steel mills and an
immense crowd attended the meeting
in Wick park.
Senator Beveridge's Address.
Senator Beveridge closed as follows:
This is a campaign Of candidates
even more than Of platform. The ques-
ton is not which candidate Is most
upright. patriotic, brave, for both are
equally so. Both mean equally well
toward their country. The real ques-
ton is which candidate will make the
best president? Which IL the wisest
and steadiest? Which mar would you
select to manage your business?
Which has the best training and the
most experience?
Handled No Problems.
Mr.. Bryan never has handled a sin
gle foreign problem. He has governed
no Philippines, regenerated+no Cnba,
built no canal, avoided no alien dan.
ger, saved us from no threatened peril.
Genius for the Practical.
Mr.. Taft has done all. 1t was his
to humanity that took Philippine cha
es and made Philippine order: took
Philippine hate, and changed 1t, by
the alchemy Of his tact, to Philippine
love. 1t was his craftsmanship that
achieved the impossible, converted an
Oriental people into a voting citizen
ship, and laid the foundation for a fu-
ture which, as God wills, may become
a separate nation or a glad and pa,
triotic part Of this great republic.
Set Cuba In Order.
1t was william H. Taft who set Gu
ba in order, established her feet in
civilizations upward path; and it vas
he who, when SO directed by President
Roosevelt, who first advised with Mr.
Taft, when these children of liberty
tore his work to pieces, set up once
more the blessed rule of order and
liberty and law with a fathers pa
tience and a statesman's wisdom. 1t
is he who is commanding the practi-
cal work of that greatest enterprise
of human history, the building of the
Panama canal.
Taft the Experienced.
1t was he whose counsel President
Roosevelt sought at every crisis OF
his historic administration; he who
helped avert var when little politi-
clans and narrow minds would have
plunged us into conflict. 1t was Will
liam H. Taft whom our president.
when confronted with foreign perplex-
tiles and with the awful weight of our
ninety millions welfare on his heart,
sought for strength and wisdom; and
it is William H. Taft more than any
man ever called to the leadership of
the American people, who has had the
best training, the widest experience
and the wisest teaching to fit him for
that glorious but serious task.
Preacher But Not Administrator.
In domestic affairs Mr.. Bryan has
written no one law, administered not
a single department, advised no presi-
dent-while ~lecturing all. He is Z
preacher of righteousness, but not an
administrator of affairs. He never
conducted the government of a city,
a county, a state or a nation. Will
liam H. Taft has been judge on the
bench, governor of a people, admin
istrator of a department. His hand
has helped to shape most of the pro-
gressive laws We have passed in the
last seven years, and his great heart
and splendid mind r behind every
law we propose today.
Counselor Of Three Presidents.
The sought-for counselor Of three
presidents-as different yet as wise
as Harrison, Mckinley and Roose-
velt-fate has equipped him to be the
trusted leader OF the people who loved
and honored these three chief magfs-
Almost 1t seems that here Is a
prepared by Providence to be
the captain Of this chosen people.
Let nc man denounce Mr.. Bryan. !