Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
NEW YORK DOUBTFUL TAFT LAUDS 6. 0. P.
n O. NJ Says Politicians Re- Republican Partys Record His
gard 1t as Such. Theme at Ga|ipo|is, Ohio.
EVERYBODY UP IN THE AIR SCORES BRYAN THEORIES
Including Who Has Democratic Remedies
No Decisions. Are Threat Against Prosperity.
ON THE HORNS DILEMMA WELCOME GIVEN AT ATHENS
of
of Hughes, Of Hands
Republican Party's Record His
Theme at GaI|ipo|is, Ohio.
SCORES BRYAN THEORIES
Democratic Remedies. He Declares,
Are Threat Against Prosperity.
WELCOME GIVEN AT ATHENS
Candidates Lunches With Gen. c. H.
Grosvenor-Shakes Hands
With Audience.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. August CIVIL
liam HI. Taft today went through the
state Of Ohio. leaving behind him a trail
Of speeches and political enthusiasm that
Will doubtless cause surprise to the
campaign managers, as his trip from
Virginia Hot Springs TO the Middle Bass
Fishing Club had been planned To be
devoid of politics.
But at Athens. after delivering the
speech he had prepared for the veterans.
Taft was whisked away to the Taft
Club. where. following an introduction
by Arthur |. Norys, i'm which ii was
limited that this might be a good op-
portunity for the candidate to try his
prowess as a political speaker, with the
view of inducing the national committee
to allow him to take the stump. the can
didate spoke for forty minutes.
1t was noticeable that the language of
this speech was more vigorous and the
manner of the candidate more animated
than heretofore
Gives Lie to Story.
There is one brief way to deal with
the story which has been circulated that
1 have said that dollar day was
enough for any laboring man." said
Judge Taft, in the midst of this speech
It's lie
The speaker came down on both Heels
and hung on to the last word of this
sentence with tenacity that brought the
several hundred listeners to their feet
with cheers.
Judge Taft defended his judicial de-
ctsions in labor cases with the statement
that when acting as a judge he endeav-
ored to render judgment in accordance
with the law and the fact, land I have
no apologies to make"
He expressed his approval of labor or
ganizations and dissected the labor plank
of the democrats. with the conclusion that
If enforced it would be a weakening of
the powers Of the court and result i'm a
loss to the rights of labor.
Taft Makes Hit as Campaigner.
- Political demands on Taft began before
6 O'Clock at Charleston. w. Va, and con-
tinued I'm all the towns and cities he
passed through. including Toledo. which
was reached shortly before IL o'clock to-
night. The candidate responded to these
demands with evident relish
He shook hands with many crowds:
spoke for five minutes on politics at Gala
polls; was the principal feature i'm a pat
riotic and political field day at Athens:
spoke briefly at Columbus to crowd
headed by the Buckeye Club and the CO.
lumbus Glee Club and responded with the
Taft SMILE to the enthusiasm of Toledo.
Taft admitted that the day had demon
strated that the campaign was on. and
added that he was not sorry. Mr.. Ncrys,
who Joined Taft this morning and was
with him through the day. regards the ut
terances of the candidate as pitching the
tone of the contest and demonstrating the
candidate to be campaig igner of the first
class.
Taft Lauds His Party.
ATHENS. Ohio. August 29.-William
H. Taft broke away from his schedule
today and delivered a short impromptu
speech from the platform of his train.
with Mrs. Taft by his side, in which he
pitched the campaign on the single issue:
(Which party 10y its work and not by
its promises has earned the ccnfidepce
not only of the capitalists, but OF the
wage earners and farmers
The speech was c,heered by a large
crowd of residents of Gallipolis. Ohio.
where the Taft train stopped for five
minutes.
Athens gave Taft rousing welcome
when he later reached that place. Sew
eral thousand persons ndue tiielllStiNtS
a part of the reunion of veterans of the
county now being held and listened with
interest to a short speech by the candl-
date i'm which he eschewed politics and
devoted himself TO the human interest OF
the life of the veteran.
The exercises at Athens were embraced
in a three-hour stay. and included
luncheon party at the home OF Gen.
Charles II. GroSyenor. for many years a
member of Congress. The exercises were
held in the city park After addresses
the candidate was given an opportunity
to shake hands with his hearers.
Throughout the trip to Athens there
were constant demands for the appear
ance of the candidate on the rear plat
form When he complied he was cheered
and many cordial remarks hurled at him.
Because of freight wreck near Dyers-
vile. on the Ohio Central. the Taft train
was detoured at Gallipols over the Hook
ing Valley road, causing delay of more
than an hour. Toledo will be reached
shortly before IL O'Clock tonight and
Middle Bass Island three hours later.
Party of Accomplishments.
In his special speech at Gallipolis, Mr.
Taft said:
THE campaign as IL has developed on
the part OF our friends the enemy the
democratic party. seems 10 involve so
many issues that il takes "A week or
that the one issue which will present it,
self to the voters of tins country is the
question of confidence in the one or the
other of the two parties as 10 which par
ty, by its works and not by its promises.
has earned the confidence, not only OF
the capitalist. but of the wage earners
and of the farmers.
For twelve years We have been en-
joying a prosperity never before equaled
in the world. Whether or not the re-
publican party brought about that pros
perity certainly il made it possible for
us to enjoy it, SO that the farmers were
never more comfortable, the wage earners
never had higher wages. nor a higher
standard of living. and the business men
never enjoyed greater prosperity.
'sIn the course of that tremendous
prosperity abuses crept in. And with
knowledge of those abuses the republ-
can party undertook, as il always has
undertaken when obstacles presented
themselves, when evils became apparent.
a remedy for those evils. Under that
matchless republican, Theodore Roose-
welt, the republican party has gone ahead
to take the steps to remedy these evils.
and is in the course of doing so.
Now, at this point. we have had a let
up, so to speak. i'm the prosperity of the
country There has been such an eX-
mansion of capital so great investment
that the capital for the time was ex-
hausted And there came lack of conf
dence on the part of the investigating
public But we hope there has not been
halt in that progress in prosperity