New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-28

upon which trade organizations OF this country
! have had a legal existence. upon which they
have grown 10 be the great useful organizations
that they aue, thus aiding their members en-
aiding them to stand on level with thelr eHl-
blowers and TO conduct industrial controversies
in a legal foccible. united way, and that instead
Of being attacked hostile to labor. am en-
titled to their gratitude for, by statement or the
legal basis hat has enabled them to live and
become great in this community.
After expla hing how thoroughly impractical
was the Democratic proposition to guarantee
bar deposits Mr.. Taft said Of 1t:
If had not known, he l'as pressing 1t, /
should say that would be one OF the issues Mr..
BRYAN would present, because he belongs 10
that class Of orFimists that searching Tor a
crosscut to virtue some royal path by when ne
can reach sta te of perfection without hard
labor. step by step. then honest work In com
monplace way toward perfection. He is always
| advocating pernicious and quack remedies
which show utter hack Of economic knoWi-
edge and of the understanding of business prln-
ciphas Under these conditions ] submit that
the conservative investors Of capital, ootn or
Europe and Of this country, Will not have their
confidence restored by putting into tne Fres EST
dency man with those economic theories, ano
the last thing to do is to elect to the Presidency
"a with his economic record
OVERFLOW MEETING IN RAIN.
The crowd at Yonk.ers was, SO far in excess OF
the CAPACITY Of the orera house that after leav-
ing the building Mr. Taft arose in his carriage
and addressed a crowd Of many thousands who
stood awaiting him in the min On returning TO
the train il was found that all the gates lead
ting to It had been carefully locked, but the can
aidate was finally taken to his car. while the
re st of the party had:narpow' escapes from being
lett entirely.
At Tarrytown Mr. TAFT addressed a crowd Of
some five thousand persons from a stand erected
Just, outside the station. He spoke of prosperity
and of the menace which Mr.. Bryans election
would constitute to the now increasing business
confidence After a moment Mr.. Taft intro
duced Job E Hedges, who addressed the crowd
briefly.
Five minute, stops were made at Peekskill and
Fishlzi1 Ian ding. at both of which places Mr..
Tart addressed the crowds from the rear plat
form.
At Poughkeepsie Mr.. Taft was obliged to ad-
dress an overflow meeting the Collingwood
Opera House. where the first meeting was held,
being far from adequate to hold the assembled
crowd he candidates arrival signalzed
by the firing Of salute from a small cannon
and he was introduced by F. J. Landn, for
n1erly g. rotary OF the embassy at Vienna Mr.
Landin referred to Mr.. Bryan's alleged issue
Shall The people rule?" and declared that it
had bee4: answered each time Mr.. Bryan was
defeated. and would be- answered in the same
way next week.
Mr. Taft, after the ringing and continued
cheers which greeted him when he arose to
speak had died away. said that he suspected
that Shall the people rule?' had been dropped
issue as It had subjected its author to
too much r:Hicule. AS Mr.. Taft stood waiting
for the chee.-ing TO subside a man in the gallery
shouted, "Tltat's the smile that won't come Off"
which made the candidate smile the more
broadly and then cheering broke out afresh
On ledTing the opera house Mr.. Taft addressed
large meeting from his carriage in front of
the Republican headquarters Not fewer than
five thousand people had gathered to hear the
candidate when his special reached Hudson
He addressed them briefly on the subject of
prosperity, and then introduced Mr.. Hedges. who
spoke for several minutes