Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-13

81 was in New York when the Times
printed the fraudulent Cleveland let
ter To my mind, it bore upon its
face the evidence that it was crude
forgery, doing violence to the known
sentiments of Mr. Cleveland. / found
that most Of Mr. Cleveland's friends
and nearly all the newspaper men be-
Iieved it to be fake. Mrs. Cleveland
has protected the memory of her dis
tinguished husband by her course in
the matter, for the letter, as pub
lished. did violence to his utters..ces
and to his public career. / was in
formed at the time that the forged
letter was offered to the New York
Herald and to the New York World,
but they refused to touch it. The
New York Times has good motto
"All the news that's fit to print. 1T
would do well to add-"no fake stor-
les printed that other journals refuse
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
to circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
letter must, IL honest, spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was
clumsy fraud"
Post Card System.
When Mr.. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahomet,
he decided that Mahomet must go to
the mountain. When he found that
the people would not come to him and
listen to his speeches from the golf
links at Hot Springs and from the
front porch of Brother Charles pala-
tial residence in Cincinnati, he deter
mined to go out among the people.
Apparently, however, there is grave
fear among the Republican leaders
that their candidate will not be gladly
received by the people. In order to
overcome this difficulty and in an ef-
fort to bring out crowd to greet Mr..
Taft, the Chicago managers have
found it necessary to send out postal
card notices to the faithful, begging
them to go to the railroad station and
give the distinguished visitor "a cor
days prominent Republicans have re-
ceived the following notice from Fred
W. Upham, assistant treasurer of the
Republican National Committee:
Chicago, September 81, 1908.
Hon. VIM. H. Taft, the Republi-
can party's candidate for president
and the peoples choice, will arrive
in Chicago, Wednesday September
23) evening at o'clock. at the La
Sale Street station of the L. s. &
NJ S. Ry. Please be at the station
with your friends and give him a
cordial welcome. 1t will be Mr..
Taft's first visit since the famous
convention which nominated him
for president. Very truly yours.
Fred. w. Upham.
Small Hall for Taft.
To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity to
explain his attitude toward labor and
his injunction record, in city where
hundreds of thousands of laboring men
are interested in what he has to say,
the Republicans selected hall with
a capacity of less than 1000 and pro-
vided for admission by card only, in
order than none but those who agree
with him might be allowed to enter.
This hall was selected in the heart of
the business section after an option
on hall with $4,000 capacity in the
center of the working mems district
had been refused. The inference is
plain that the Republican managers
feared to have their candidate appear
in a distinctively laboring district
where all who would might come and
hear, lest the great welcome planned
for might be turned into demonstra-
ton for his political opponent, or that
Mr.. Taft might be asked embarrassing
questions.
Stumping Falls Flat.
The fact of the matter is that Mr..
Taft's stumping experiment has fallen
fiat; he has produced absolutely no
enthusiasm among the voters. and he
has said or done nothing which will
improve his chances. Republicans are
unable to conceal their feelings of dis
appointment over the poor showing
which their candidate has made. Mr..
Taft's progress thus far, and the man
ner in which he has been received is
complete vindication of those Repub-
lican leaders who from the first OPP
posed the plan Of having him take to
the rear platform. They advocated
front porch campaign wherein the can
didate should be kept in the back
ground, and others allowed to make
his canvass upon Roosevelt's record.
The advocates of stamping cam
paign prevailed. however, and now
they are sorry 1t was ever begun.
Elegance vs. Simplicity.
The contrast between the Demo
cratic simplicity with which Mr.. Bryan
has travelled and the elegance of the
Taft accommodations on rail. is as
marked as the contrast between the
size and enthusiasm of the audiences
which have greeted the Democratic
candidate, and those which Mr. Taft
has addressed. While one great New