New-York tribune., 1908-10-07

put means reduction Of labor discharge Of
workngmen, breaking up of industries"
The next meeting was ten-minute rear plat
form speech at Sioux City. Iowa. Cheers greet
ed the Governor. renewed cheering was his fare
well and as the train pulled out of the station
q man sprang to the steps grabbed the Gov
ernor's hand, saying the crowd could hear
'Goodby. Governor; we will see YOU IN the
White House"
Brief speeches in Onawa and Missouri Valley
Iowa, completed the days work up to the night
meeting.
oMAHA's GREETING ENTHUSIASTIC.
This Democratic city produced throng of
three thousand persons. including Governor
Sheldon, 10 greet the New York Executive. The
Hughes train did not reach here until $50. SO
it was late before the Governor spoke, but the
people waited eagerly for him. and Governor
Sheloon was speaking on Nebraska issues
When Governor Hughes entered the auditorium.
AS warm as had been the Nebraskan's greet
Ing. Governor Hughes's welcome more
cordial. The audience surged to it's feet and
cheered vehemently Governor Hughes took the
occasion to thank his friends in the West for
the support they had lent his efforts TO bring
about the anti-gambling reform and others.
Moral influences know state lines. he said.
Governor Hughes said. In part:
Perhaps you have wondered why / have left
my own state temporarily TO come out here TO
speak in behalf Of the Republican candidate for
President 1t is because think that the welfare
OF the country demands the defeat of Mr.. Bryan
To say that Mr.. Bryans policies are q danger
Is not an extravagant statement
They have been a danger before. and the
country has repudiated them Without there
being any exigency that requires change from
the Republican 10 Democratic administration he
comes out now, previously, and says the
country requires him. I ask you to examine his
proposals and see whether you think them other
than unavoidable fancies and dreams. a return
10 the vice OF the Is TO 1 ratio under new
form.
We not a people given TO revolutionary
changes The average American believes in
ments with visionary schemes but q stable, solid
form Of government Now. when 1 speak of
love for percentages He has abandoned his
16 to 1 ratio and has got You
have already learned that in interstate COM
merce. as means Of externinating trusts, he
proposes TO limit 10 80 per cent the production
by any one corporation Of any commodity;
that, If you owned q patent or made an tnven-
ton. you could not manufacture more than so
per cent of the demand for that patented article
that II you just starting in business to
nut q new product on the market for the first
time you would have to wait until somebody
else produced so per cent in order not to violate
the law
What form of bureaucratic government would
we have TO have to regulate such a complicated
scheTne7 I have more than asked MI
Bryan some questions about his schemes. but
apparently he has been too busy to answer them.
We want for President not champion Of rad
icalism and discomfort. but one who realizes that
the prosperity OF class is bound up in the
prosperity Of the other, and that one branch Of
commerce is fnterdependent the other. Mr..
Taft. I believe, understands and has practised
these virtues.
On the train Seth Bullock and Governor
Hughes had a talk 'T am glad to see New
York is building skyscrapers higher than ever"
said Bullock 'for now New Yorkers may learn
by going TO the top OF them that the sun sets
farther West than Jersey"
IF that's twit at me-" said Governor Hughes,
''I viii tell you am something OF Westerner
r1vself'