The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-27
TAFT'S BUSY NIGH
MAKES FIVE SPEECHES IN BROOrs
 LIN.
Ate Dinner With Hundred PronaiE ent Republicans and Reviewed c Parade, Impressive in Size and Inspiring in
 Enthus1asm.

day to a trip Into Connecticut and tr evening to speechmaking in Brook William H Tafts first day of actiN campaigning on his present visit
 this section was prosecuted by hi. with both yigor and earnestness. While the day. despite its call for speech of some length in New Ha-
 ven and shorter one at Port Chester
 on the return trip to New York was
 one of comparative ease for the Re- publican candidate the calls that were made upon him In Brooklyn tonight
 were such as to keep his actively oc- crpied every moment of his time. When
 the candidate entered that portion ofs Greater New York late this afternoon, he found himself fairly overwhelmed with engagements. Before the night
 was over, he had accomplished five speeches. eaten dinner with a hundred prominent Republicans as the guest of Republican State Chairman Wood ruff, reviewed a parade which In spite
 of somewhat adverse weather condi-
 tions was impressive in its size and inspiring in its enthusiasm and then attended a reception at the Union League Club. A deluge which broke loose just at about the time that MT. Taft was en- tering New York trans-Pontine sec- tion threatened for a time seriously to interfere with the evenings pro- gram there. It had been planned to make the parade one of the big fea- lures of the Taft demonstration and the downpour, the heaviest of the fall season thus far, continued long enough to give the managers of the parade and the proposed participants in 1t several anxious quarter hourS The railfah ceased, however, some time before the parade was scheduled to start, and the comfort of the marching thousands and of the reviewing party was not interfered with. and the func- tion was carried out with all the elab- orateness planned and that enthusiasm for which the Republican cohorts of Kings county are famous. Similarly successful and enthusiastic were the
 meeting of the night. particularly those in the Clermont Rink and the Academy of Music, where MT. Taft made his principal addresses. The feature of the trip into Connecticut
 was the New Rsven meeting where.
 with football enthusiasm. the candi- date was pledged the support of large portion of the student body of Yale,
 through the presentation of a hand somely bound memorial containing
 many pages of signatures. The politi- cal significance of the meeting was emphasized by the presence of Gov
 ernor Hoodrufr wAo sat on the plat y, Tor Governor, National Committeeman Brooker and State Chairman Kenealy,
 were present. likewise Senators Bran degee and Bulkeley.
 The candidate delivered a pointed | review of the campaign issues in which he held. uppermost the importance of
 the maintenance of the protective tar | in and the rehabilitation of business | confidence. The speech was punctuated by the Yale yell, whic hended with Taft, Taft. Taft"
 Enthusiasm and friendliness were | everywhere apparent.
 When the candidate arrived at New Haven he inquired at once for his son
 Robert After the meeting Robert, who l making frantic efforts to get to his
 father through the crowds. finally | reached him at the station.
 My son." said Judge Taft, as he l placed the boys ruddy face between
 his hands and planted a kiss squarely | on his lips. Robert was taken aboard | and was an admiring listener to his 1 fathers speech at Portchester, on the
 way back.
 Here a tremendous crowd had as- i sembled for the purpose of listening | to both William J Bryan and MT. Taft.
 who were each due there about the
 same time. Judge Taft reached there
 first and he was met by cheers and
 the waving of many small flags fin the
 hands of the crowd. which spread It.
 self entirely over the large park fac. ing the station.
 Bryan said a year ago that the rec | cent panic was not due to Roosevelt"
 said Mir. Taft in this brief speech. He now says 1t was due to Roosevelt That difference of opinion brought about in one year Is not exceptional in Bryan's
 career"
 When the Taft special reached New York on Its return at 4:S5 o'clock the | candidate was taken to the Montauk | Club, Brooklyn, by State Chairman 1 Woodruff, where he was the guest of
 honor at a dinner party attended by | a hundred prominent Republicans of | that city.
 It required an automobile ride of an
 hour In heavy downpour for MT. Taft | to reach the Montauk Club In Brook lyn, where he had dinner. He arrived l there at T o'clock. Among the guests were his brothers, Charles P. and Henry w. Taft and Frank H. Hitchs cock, National Chairman. A five mile automobile ride brought Judge Taft | to his first meeting. The streets were crowded and red fire and rockets made | the dark night luminous. The audito-
 rum in Metropolitan Sangerhan was | filled with a Jewish audience, and af-
 
 | paid a high tribute to Oscar Straus
 who In introducing Judge Taft said he wanted to leave no dC%bt that the | election of MT. Taft would mean much
 good to the country.
 The one thought he wished to im- press. said Judge Taft, was that by the 1 increase Of the navy and army, Presi- | dent Roosevelt has been enabled to 1 exercise a greater influence for peace l than any world ruler heretofore. 1 "Therefore,' he continued we should
 nrogress to the point where no matter l in what part of the world an Ameri- | can citizen Is found, his certificate of l citizenship will be all that is required 1 to insure his good treatment. Nothing,
 if I am elected President, will give me more pleasure than to devise ways and
 means to make the American passport
 respected the world over"
 | At Congress Hall, the next meeting. | the audience was of the same character.
 MT. Taft launched into a speech to l show why there was no good reason
 for changing the policy of the admin
 istration.
 How about the panic, Billy?" came a
 voice.
 MT. Taft answered by showing that
 Theodore Roosevelt had awakened the
 business moral conscience of the coun- try and then brought out that the eX-
 ponent of this moral awakening in I New York today was Governor 1 Hughes. As to the panic he said 1t
 came a year ago, in October. Prosper ity resulted in wild cat schemes and
 consequently loss of confidence and
 then the panic. This, he said. was not