The Washington times., 1908-10-08
TAFT TOUR PROVES
TICKETS STRENGTH
Candidate Covered Thirteen
States, Went 5000 Miles,
and Spoke to 100000.
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wanted to hear He talked 10 the
farmer. the miner the mechanic. and
| the business man. and from all sides
/ there was heard the applause Of popu-
/ lar approval
He did much 10 heal the sores Of war
ring factions. He practically compelled
by his speeches and the sincerity OF
his purpose the entire allegiance of La
Toilette, Of Wisconsin, and all the great
army which follows the Wisconsin rad
icai I'm things political
He persuaded the radicals and the
stalVartS of the DakOtas 10 pull to
gether for Republican success. He went
the standpa1ters vieing with each other
20 do him service. everywhere, h. ap-
pealed 20 the progressive common sense
| of the masses. Nowhere was this more
| has some remnants Of the old POpulistic
wave within Its borders.
Prosperity They Like.
But that State is now marveIousIy
| rich and the prosperous farmers made
] it clear that they liked the combined
| assurances Of Taft promising righteous
! ness in government and prosperity in
! business.
! As a matter Of fact 1t seems to the
! close observer that the farmer vote Of
| a majority of the States TAFT visited
! will be for him Minnesota is full of
/ farmers and Taft sentiment Iowa and
/ Kansas and the farther Western States
were apparently in the same condition.
/ The farmer today is wealthy man, and
/ he wants that wealth safeguarded from
4 the panics which might come in the
/ trail Of the Bryan policies If they were
! put into law.
| Another great thing Taft has done
/ for the national ticket has been his
| tactful, but convincing demonstration
/ that he is not Cannon man. The
] ~ ha Of
/ uves is becoming more and more Of
| a useless load to the national tickets
/ There are hundreds Of thousands Of
people IN the Middle West who, whether
/ their convictions are just or unjust,
/ believe that Cannon is the national foe
Of the Roosevelt policies
Adds to UnpOpularity
The fight which is being carried on
| bitterly against him by the churches
has added to his unpopularity. an I'M
/ popularity which has defeated more
than one Republican member Of the
/ House for denomination. and cut down
| the pluraliues Of many.
/ It is said here in Chicago that the
only way he can be elected Sneaker
| of che next House is for the Repub-
/ EcaE party to have a big majority of
! the members and that, with a ma OrIty
I Of about twenty, he could not win. Taft
I has wasted no time ElOrlfying or de-
| Tending Cannon, and fl is pretty well
/ known hat The nauOnal candidate is
! not supporting Cannon in any way
! When all is considered, il seems sa fe
/ 10 say Tat never in the present era
/ OF politics has a candidates tour done
! more for his party than the trip OF
/ Taft which ended this morning with
his arrival IN Cincinnati Even in those
/ States which are still credited to the
! doubtful column, he seems to stand a
! better show than Bryan, not only be-
| cause Of the Republican doctrine he has
! preached and the Republican enthusi-
| asm ne has aroused. but because Of the
/ past histories Of the States. which are
regarded as doubtful or Democratic.
Records of States.
The following significant facts can be
stated:
| Colorado went Democratic in 1896 and
1900, but Republican in 1904. Indiana has
not gone Democratic since 1882 Mis-
souri, first went Republican in 1904. New
York has been Republican in the last
three campaigns Ohio has always beer
its electoral vote.
| For the remainder OF the campaign
! Taft will have to work as hard as ne
did in the past two weeks. Except fOI
his hasty tour through the fringe OF
the South, he will put in practically
al his time in Indiana. New York anC
| Ohio, ending the fight in Ohio on No
! Vember 2. He stood the two weeks
| trip wonderfully we'll. The only thing
he suffered, apparently, was a raw anC
| strained throat. but up TO the last mo-
ment he made himself heard, and hello
| his audiences.
/ His last appearance on the trip was a
the banquet given here last night by
the Association of Commerce, wheI
Bryan was the other guest of honor
1t Is worth noting that of the two mer
TAFT made the best impression. BryaT
alluded to politics and Taft kept cleal
of the subject, as il was understood
that the affair was entirely nOn-pOiiti
cal. This Is the food for much coInmen
in Chicago today.
| In support of the vigorous work which
viii be done in New York State. Franz
; II. Hitchcock, chairman Of the natiOua
committee, said today that he wCult
spend practically all of the remaiuGCi
Of the campaign III New York.