Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-21
ovATloNs FOR TAFT.
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and an apparent struggle against wear

and an apparent struggle against wear
| mess.
What the candidate thinks of the SIT
| uaticn and of his reception during the
| day may perhaps be best given by the
| brief speech he made at Clarksburg
where he was greeted by many thou
| sands of people. The Republicans OF
West Virginia are alive to the inn
portance of the election on the 90 OF
November and will make West Virgin
ia as Republican as she always has
been. The policy of the Republican
| party has built up her industries and
she is too intelligent, her people are
too long-sighted to make change
from a party that has built up her
business to one whose platform would
throw it down. / have not the strength
or the voice to say more. except to
thank you from the bottom of my
heart for your cordial reception"
At Rowellsburg. where the stop was
but moment. the candidate made the
shortest labor speech he has yet at
tempted. Just as he was about to be-
gin, n voice cried out
'1ell us about the injunetions.
That's just what / want to talk
about was the quick response. IT,
"They say that l am unfair to la
Dor. I deny it. handed down the de-
cisiOrs in labor cases which laid down
tie principles on which the trades
unions are based, and which made
them lawful and prosperous"
The train began to move but the
same voice from the crowd was heard ::
atsThaf'c ha hoet
said" III. an1D
At Cumberland in discussing Bryan S
proposition to curtail the product of
the trusts to so per cent. of their out
put the Judge remarked on he lack Of
detail the Nebraskan has furnished to
show how much a schedule could be
worked Gut. -,.
ITO furnish the Details" ne said,
does not occur to an active, fanciful
mind that is engaged in preparing for
a campaign and not for reforms
Judge Taft's deep interest in the
Philippine question is manifested by,
the frequency with which he refers to
the duty of this country there. II can
not escape the deliberate Judgment" -
he said today, that providence thl,lst
those people on US as a great wealthy
nation, able to bear the burden, gem
erous enough to carry it, altrustic
enough tC believe that in the doing Of
good is all the reward that we can
ask.
But Mr. Bryan has consistently
fought US at every turn He has made
the burden that we have had to bear
out there dOubly heavy, leading his
party against the efforts that we were
making to tranquilize the islands,
sending out, as we did $4,000 and 60, 900
boys in kahki. BY his course, he
heightened the war from IL TO IS
months. and many poor fellow has
offered his life or his limb simply be-
cause these gentlemen were deter
r1lned that our policy in these islands
should not be success. And now he
says that we have come over to his
view in respect to the treatment of the
islands,
Judge Taft addressed two audiences
here tonight. both in theatres. His first
speech was extended and comprehen-
sive. In il he dealt with the questions
of the campaign as he has done in his
recent speeches. making no additions
thereto. His second effort was brief
and pertained entirely to the labor is
sue
The Taft special left here after the
meetings for Cincinnati where it will
arrive tomorrow morning.