The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-24
PITCHES into
BRYAN IN HIS
FIRST SPEECH
Taft Avoids the Calamity Howl
Which He Has Recently
Been Emitting.
BIG CROWD AT GEORGE
AIDES COUNTRY HOME
FULL DINNER PAIL ADVOCATED
BY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN
CHICAGO ADDRESS.

Chicago. Sept. pa crowd which
blocked the passageway of the Lake
Shore station, who waved blue flags
with the candidates picture on them.
and which fairly drowned the music
of a band with its cheers, greeted
Judge Taft upon his arrival at Chi
cago this afternoon. The Republican
standard bearers smile, which had
beamed through the state of Indiana
during the earlier part of the day,
showed no hint of fatigue as he was
escorted through the crowd TO a wait
ing automobile. Police. both mounted
and on foot, We're hard set TO keep the
crowd back. All along the street on
the way TO the Auditorium Annex the
ovation continued
At the hotel Judge Taft was closeted
with Chairman Hitchcock of the ma
tiOnal committee and other campaign
chieftain5 for some time.
Visitation of Providence.
Taft, the Rainmaker," is now In
dianas title for the Republican presi-
Dental candidate. And why? Just
because it had not rained in the Hoo
sier state for two months until Mr..
Taft began to speak on George AIDES
farm this afternoon, and then il rained
a little.
II did not rain a mile away from Ha-
zelden farm. which was densely popu-
lated for the occasion by Mr.. AIDES
neighbors. friends and fellow Republic
cans. who came in hundreds of auto
mobiles, In scores of hayracks and in
seven excursion trains from Chicago,
Danville. H.. and many Indiana
towns. and therefore the credit of the
candidate was declared to be decidedly
the greater.
Two Bits Throw.
Before the big cloud of dust raised
by the eighty-two-mile clip of the
Taft special through Indiana had
reached the peaceful rural scene of the
political picnic, the big crowd had
placed itself in decided good humor by
partalling OF generous lunches from
the full dinner pals" which Mr.. AIDE
made available at % cents per pail.
Besides there were a number of brass
bands and James Watson, candidate
for governor. was there with his "old
shady" quartette, which divided the
honors with the Purdue Glee club.
There was no vaudeville nor barbecue.
but there was plenty of enthusiasm
for Taft.
John Wesley Hill in Evidence.
When he had concluded. the ready
humor of Rev. DR.. John Wesley Hill
of the Taft party added to the gaiety.
and Mr.. Watson was left behind to
talk state issues while the candidate
and his party were whiZZed back over
the six miles of dusty road in automo-
biles TO the Taft flyer
A private carload of prominent Chi
cago politicians was added to the train
at AIDE. which included Judge o. N.
Carter of the state supreme court,
Judge Charles F. Fishback c. L. Fury,
president of the Marquette club, and
John It. McCutcheOn, cartoonist. An
urgent telegram from Indiana Har-
Dor requested ten-minute stop. The
request was complied with.
"Went After Bryan"
GO after Bryan and give him Hail
Columbia" was the admonition of the
audience. and. taking the cue. Mr.. Taft
went after Bryan" The labor record
OF his opponent, he said, began when
Bryan helped enact the Wilson-Gor-
disaster TO the laboring men of tie
country than had been experienced in
half century.
HAS he fired Haskell YETI" came an
other query from the crowd. The gen.
eral laugh which followed was the only
answer.
Mr. Taft expressed his satisfaction
at being able TO speak TO laboring
men and show you that I am not, as
1 have been represented, possessed OF
horns"
Promised Great Things.
He talked of the record of the Roose-
Welt administration, which. he de-
clared. had placed more labor legis-