New-York tribune., 1908-08-19
OULAHAN TAFTS GUEST
TELLS OF BRYAN LOSSES.
Remarkable Republican Cams IN
Vest and South Reported.
rnv relegraph to The Trlbune.l


s,,o+a5 bir,seIf to-day TO debating the speech
which he will deliver here next Friday, VIZ
utpta Day" and to discussing with Richaro "
oulahan the head of the literary bureau Oh ths
Repupltcan National Committee, the charac.ei
OF the literature to be distributed anu 'ho
r,atbod of circulating it, 1t is Mr.. Taft's view
that the utmost care should be eAerciseo III
preparing campaign literature. and that II
should be presented in SO attractive FORM as
to insure it's being read. ana MI ouidii'A "
working TO that end
MIR. OuIahan stopped at Hot Springs on ms
way from, Chicago to New York, arriving fresh
e-,,o con4erenca with the national chairman,
Frank n Hitchcock, and the executive COM
n,ittee which occurred last Saturday. no
brought most encouraging reports to the candi-
date especially from the West, where MT.
BRYAN appears to be steadily losing strength
Had there been bad crops and generai distress
some unthinking voters might have deeioeo u
vote for Mr. Bryan merely to secure chahge'
but the crops and prices are GOOD ana lhe
voters especially the farmers are eVincing no
desire to jeopardize the prosperity they nave So
long enioved under Republican administration
by transferring the reins of government 10 the
great theorist Even in Nebraska, according to
Mr Oulahan's report, which comes straIghI
from William Haywood, secretary of the Ma
tiona1 Committee the Demo Populist' is loos-
ing ground while there is on all sides evidence
of a strong personal liking for Mr.. TAFT
1.-THE most surprising development thus far'
said Mr. Oulahan to-day, has been the CROWN
of the Taft sentiment in the South. Old line
Democrats are placing the welfare OF ther
section of the country before party fealty ana
they have unbounded admiration for the Re-
publican candidate, whose temperament ana
policies they regard as ideally suited to the
| xsy,,o,, yy,
of Southern states is surprisingly large and IN
Georgia 1t is amazing"
The literary bureau has already begun sys-
tematic work In Maine and Vermont, where
the elections are early, considerable literature
is being circulated. The policy thus far pur-
sued is to advise the local managers Of the
| documents and material on hand and leave
| them to make such selections as seem most ap-
| plicable to their sections. Thus far the demand
from those states has been greater for the
| speech of Representative DalzelI the tariff
| than for any other one document. OF course,
| a large part of the work of the literary bureau
| consists of the examination and. usually. Of
| the rejection of various schemes submitted by
enthusiastic welI-wishers of the candidate
| Those which are found practicable are gladly
| accepted.
| GARFIELD TO VISIT TAFT.
| Tomorrow James r Garfield. Secretary of
the Interior will reach Hot Springs for a talk
with Mr. Taft. Secretary Garfield has long been
/ an ardent supporter of Mr.. Tafts Presidential
| candidacy and his duties have necessitatede his
| doing a great amount of travelling, which has
| enabled him to sow Taft seed in every section
| or the West-seed which has borne good fruit
| Mr.. Garfield has just completed an extensive
| tour of the West and will report his observa-
| tfons to the candidate.
! The preparations for Virginia Day are pro-
| ceedine well. and 1t is asserted that on Friday
| almost if not quite ten thousand people VIII
| assemble here Three speeches will be delivered,
the first by Rep1 esentative Slenp, who will in
| troduce Colonel g. Brown Allen, who VIII IN
| turn introduce Mr.. Taft. Messrs. Allen and
| Slemp will talk briefly, but Mr. Taft will make
| an extended speech In order that all may be
| comfortably accommodated 1t has been deter
| mined to reserve the grandstand the ball
| grounds for women, and the men VIII ma ac-
| commodations on the bleechers and the diamond.
| A thirty-foot stairway has been constructed
| leading to the grounds. and the road which
| reaches the stairway will be lined with lunch
| stands where old Virginia 'auntles VIII dis
pense fried chicken and other delicacies to the
| hungry throng The speeches are scheduled 10
| begin at o'clock in the afternoon. AS has
| been told a speakers stand Is being erected
ItdirectIy in front of the grandstand and a tenn
| Iorary bandstand is also being constructed.
| Despite his busy day. Mr.. Taft played his
| customary game of golf this afternoon, and
| again eaualled his record of SS. The weather
| here is very warm just now and the candidate
| "lards the earth with the sweat of his brow as
| he tramps over the links, but it affords him
| much needed exercise and he seems to enjoy IL
He Is in the best of health and form, and credits
| golf with his improved condition
| Four leading Democrats from Kentucky called
| on Mr.. Taft to-day and told him they would
vote for him in November. They were Colonel
| Thomas Rullitt, attorney; George C. Norton
| a drygoods merchant: Mr.. Bingham, grain
| dealer. and Philip Tuley. cotton manufacturer
| all of Louisville.
"I have always voted against Bryan. and my
| three friends will join in the good cause this
| fall" said Colonel Butt. Il told Judge Taft
| that he could doubtless count on Louisville, but
| that Kentucky as a whole must be placed in the
| doubtful column"
| Colonel BuIltt Is a well known Louisville
| LAWYER He achieved his title by distinguished
| service in the late unpleasantness." having
| been one of Morgans raiders and imprisoned in
the Columbus (Ohio) penitentiary. When, on a
| recent occasion according to one of his friends
he visited the prison az Columbus, he asked per-
| mission To visit the cell he formerly occupied
but was informed by the warden that ex-con-
victs were not permitted TO re-enter the peni-
tentiary except under sentence. When it was
| explained that Colonel Bullitt had been mill
tary prisoner, however, he was cordially well
comed end he inspected the cell from which he