Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-20

of the party platforms He seems to pc
lieve. and would like to have the people
believe, that the only question is the
question of gambling. and that he Is the
only man who can be trusted by the peo-
pie to prevent gambling.
WRIGHT ON STUMP
Gen. Luke E. Wright. Secretary of War.
defined national issues and decried the
advent of Mr.. Bryan in long speech at
Terrace Garden. in New York city last
night. The audience numbered upward
of thousand
Il believe that Mr. Bryan is a man of
intense convictions said Mr.. Wright, in
vincibly opinionated and temperamentally
incapable of changing his mind. Judge
Taft is the ideal man to fill the position
of President. Mr.. BrXan's financial her
estes are crude and dangerous
Referring to Mr.. Bryan's remark that
the President is a hired man. Mr..
Wright replied:
Such an expression may tickle the
groundlings, but will make the judicious
greve.
PLATT SEES VICTORY
Senator Thomas c. Plat says that
Taft will carry New York state by 10000.
The vote on Hughes and Chanler will be
very close, the senator says.
Senator Plat went to Oswego. as usual.
to register. and will go there to vote. but
he is not physically able to hustle for the
national ticket. When seen yesterday at
his apartment in New York city he said:
Taft will win. 1t is hard fight for
the republicans this year, but things are
going our way and it is safe to predict
Taft'S election.
THIS MEETING STIRRED UP
A big rally, winding up the first day of
the trip into Connecticut of Eugene ".
Chafin the presidential candidate of the
prohibition party, held in Hartford last
night, was made lively affair for few
minutes by a man who, rising from seat
in the rear of the hall. made a verbal at
tack upon Matthew h. OBrien of Bridge
port. the party candidate for Governor OF
Connecticut. who preceded MIR. Chain in
the order of speaking. The man gave his
name as w. o. Marshall of Chicago.
When the man had gone and quiet was
restored Mr.. O'Brien announced that he
was not the O'Brien mentioned i'm docu-
ment the man had, which purported to be
a record from Bristol county, Mass.
CHEERS FOR HASKELL
Word from the Haskell special. Ell route
through Oklahoma and Texas. announced
that Oklahomas governor was enthusiast
tically received at the principal stations.
He delivered ten-minute addresses at Nor
man and Purcell to large crowds, and at
Gainesville he was met with brass bands
and marching clubs, and addressed an
other large and enthusiastic audience.
PRAISES THE PRESIDENT
The administration of President Roose-
welt will go down into history as an ad-
ministratiOn of achievement, as one of the
most brilliant and prosperous in the his
n:1ff0 RI
ve1opment; an era of unexampled pros
perity, not unattended with evils, but
evils that have been recognized, curbed
and in a large measure redressed, so that
the nation Is rising out of them on a
higher moral plane than ever before
In these eulogistic terms Oscar Straus
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor. last
night told a large audience at Grays'
Armory, in Cleveland, Ohio, what he
thought of the present administration.
KERN IN SHERMAN'S TOWN
Townsmen of James S. Sherman, repub-
lican vice presidential candidate, gather
ed In large numbers I'm the Majestic
Theater in Utica, n. Y, last night to listen
to an expounding of "anti-trust' argu-
ments by Mr.. Sherman's political oppo-
nent. John w. Kern. AS the democratic
nominee walked upon the stage he was
handed a message Of welcome telegraph
ed to him by Mr.. Sherman and the
speakers opening remarks were in a
happy vein apropos Of the incident.
IF the issues of the campaign" he
said. were to be determined by the
ability and amiability of my distinguish
ed and accomplished opponent, from whom
have just had cordial message of
greeting, / should despair of election
But as the questions to be decided by the
American voters are questions of prin-
ciple and not personality I came to you
full of hope and confidence
STRAW VOTE IN MINNESOTA
The Chicago Record-Herald's straw
vote taken in Minnesota indicates that
the republican plurality in that state in
November will be not far from 10000,