The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-10-29

Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
to circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
letter must, IL honest, spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was
clumsy fraud"
Post Gard System.
| When Mr.. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahomet,
he decided that Mahomet must go to
| the mountain. When he found that
the people would not come to him and
listen to his speeches from the golf
links at Hot Springs and from the
front porch of Brother Charles pala
| tial residence in Cincinnati, he deter
mined to go out among the people.
Apparently, however, there is grave
fear among the Republican leaders
that their candidate will not be gladly
received by the people. In order to
overcome this difficulty and In an eff.
fort to bring out crowd to greet Mr..
Taft. the Chicago managers have
found 1t necessary to send out postal
them to go to the railroad station and
give the distinguished visitor "a cor
dial welcome" During the past few
days prominent Republicans have re-
ceived the following notice from Fred
w. Upham, assistant treasurer of the
Republican National Committee:
Chicago, September 81, 1908.
Hon. VIM. II. Taft, the Republi.
can party's candidate for president
and the peoples choice, will arrive
in Chicago, Wednesday (September
23) evening at o'clock, at the La
Sale Street station of the l.. 8. &
M. s. Ry. Please be at the station
with your friends and give him a
cordial welcome. 1t will be Mr..
Taft's first visit since the famous
convention which nominated him
for president. Very truly yours.
Fred. w. Upham.
Small Hall for Taft.
To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity to
explain his attitude toward labor and
his injunction record. In city where
hundreds of thousands Of laboring men
are interested in what he has to say,
the Republicans selected hall with
a capacity of less than 1000 and pro-
vided for admission by card only in
order than none but those who agree
with him might be allowed to enter.
This hall was selected in the heart of
the business section after an option
on hall with $1,000 capacity in the
center of the working mems district
had been refused The inference is |
plain that the Republican managers
feared to have their candidate appear |
in distinctively laboring district |
where all who would might come and |
hear, lest the great welcome planned |
for might be turned into demonstra-
tion for his political opponent, or that
Mr.. Taft might be asked embarrassing
questions.
Stumpina Falls Flat.
The fact of the matter is that Mr.. |
Taft's stumping experiment has fallen |
fiat; he has produced absolutely no |
enthusiasm among the voters, and he
has said or done nothing which will |
improve his chances. Republicans are
unable to conceal their feelings of dis
appointment over the poor showing |
which their candidate has made. Mr.. |
Tafts progress thus far, and the man.
complete vindication of those Repub.
lican leaders who from the first op- |
posed the plan of having him take to
the rear platform. They advocated a
front porch campaign wherein the can
didate should be kept in the back
ground, and others allowed to make |
his canvass upon Roosevelts record. |
The advocates of stumping cam
paign prevailed. however, and now
they are sorry it was ever begun.
Elegance VS.. Simplicity.
The contrast between the Demo-
cratic simplicity with which Mr.. Bryan
has travelled and the elegance of the
Taft accommodations on rail, Is as
marked as the contrast between the |
size and enthusiasm of the audiences |
which have greeted the Democratic
and those which Mr.. Taft |
has addressed. While one great New
York newspaper which is supporting
Mr.. Taft and which maintains press
service has refused to
have a correspondent with Mr. Bryan,
ample accommodations are afforded
aboard the Taft special for the special
of all the large papers.
In addition, for the first time In the
history of any campaign. Mr. Taft is
carrying with him three press agents
paid by the national committee for the
purpose of influencing public opinion.
Hired Press Agents.
Notwithstanding all this, the reports
come from all along the line that Mr..
Tafts receptions have been remark
ably chilly, and that the audience have
been Indifferent to his speeches and
involved explanations of his attitude
upon public questions. At George
AIDES Indiana farm large crowd was
gathered because a harvest festival
had been advertised. The people ex-
pected free feast from the full
dinner pail" but were disappointed
when they were charged 25 cents for
dinner while they waited for the APP
pearance OF the candidate. When he
did come before them he talked about
larger navy, stronger army and
coast defences, something in which
they had little interest, while he ig-
nDrQh the liva icanao Of 10 risS rayioinn |