The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04
KANSAS FARMERS
ENCOURAGE TAFT
Republican Nominee Makes
Fourteen Speeches, COmpar-
ing Two Issues
Governor HOch Declares Tour Is
Greatest Triumph in Twenty
five Years

TOPEKA. Kan, Oct S.-Beginning al
Syracuse on the western line Of Kansas
az s o'clock this morning and ending
al Topeka with two monster meetings
tonight. william Il Taft today reached
the climax in crowds and enthusiasm of
The campaign trip he began Il days ago
in Cincinnati.
IN my 81 years residence in Kansas
and my 25 wears Of experience in cam
p pzsgning 7 have never seen anything to
equal the triumph Of Judge Taft today.
said Governor Hoch.
The crowds in Kansas have been
phenomenal and the interest Of the peo-
bic most inspiring. The days develop
ments leave no doubt that Kansas VIII
he right on election day said Taft.
Expressions Of qualification and con-
hdence. in NEST emphatic, language,
we're also made BY ". r. Stubbs. nomi-
nee for governor; J. L. Bristow, noni-
nee for United States senator; Senators
Curtis and long, National Committeeman
Nulvane and State Chairman Dolley
and ii was q tired, but manifestly hap
py trainlOad Of national and state
politicians that arrived here tonight on
The Taft special
FOURTEEN SPEECHES MADE
Emporia, Newton. Hutchinson and
Stafford furnished the banner crowds
Of the day AT each OF these places
the audiences numbered many thou
sands. and in Garden City, Dodge City,
Klnsley. Peabody, Florence. Strong
city and Usage City the crowds were
-correspondingly large.
In the Il speeches delivered 10y Taft
Nn 4 0f
tsrTf and trusts and labor, but fur
ssished Kansas farmers an itemized ac-
count of the increased profits they
made IN the last year because Of the
, operation cf the principle Of the pro-
tection.-as he termed il, over what they
made under the democratic enforcement
.of free trade.
"A bit Of Kansas hUm0r was injected
INFO the early hours Of the candidate.
when he was awakened to answer this
telegram, which he did in the affirma-
tive.
INVITATION FOR VISIT
SYRACUSE. Kans.-To William II.
Taft. Hello. Bill We live in the short
grass country; we never saw presi-
dent and VIII probably never have the
chance again, and we are going 10 see
IL you indorse the Roosevelt policies
enough TO take your coffee early and
let us take look at you at a. m
The look" seemed very satisfactory
% the several hundred people Oh SYRIA
cuse who came 10 the station and Taft
not only gave them q short speech but
divided his time with Candidate Stubbs.
TTho took occasion 10 make g strong
Endorsement Of the national candidate
as man OF deeds. not words. in dis
1inction 10 his opponent. Bryan. whom
lie declared to be a man Of words, not
deeds.
The Endorsement was said TO be im-
p0rtant from the further declaration OF
Stubbs that he was making campaign
on the La Toilette IDEAS to which he
declared Taft to be the logical leader.
PRICES ARE COMPARED
AT Dodge City there had been placed
*oh grain elevator a large sign. which
read:
Wheat, 1903, 92e-repubIican rule:
wheat, 1896, 55e--democratic rule"
Taking notice of the sign, Taft said
20 his large audience;
/ have statistics little more COM
Piete than that. The average price OF
corn in Kansas in 1886, after four years
-of democratic rule, was Is cents per bush
.ci. New Il is more than "A cents per bush
e. This republican price Of a cents for
p coTn Ia Kansas gave to the farmers O.
Kansas for their corn crop OF 1907 more
r1sn $4O.O0O,0OO in excess of what they
yveuld have received if they had sold
p u at the democratic price of IS cents
The Taft special viii leave Topeka al
80 o'clock tomorrow morning fol
kansas City, where he will make q
short address at the Y. N Z. A bald.
ms, and then rest for the work OF the
week.