The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
NEW YORK VICTORY
PREDICTED BY TAFT
Republican Nominee Says Eni-
/. pire State Will Give 100000
Majority to Party
Bryan's Record on Silver Is
Quoted to Show His Unfit
ness for President

ROCHESTER, n. Y, Oct S1.-After g
/ weeks campaigning in New York state
(which ended here tonight with. dupli-
cate of the rousfng demonstrations ne
has inspired wherever he went, William
H: Taft, the republican presidential
candidate; made. this statement to the
! Associated Press:
THE state of New York is the most
republican -of the United States, even
more republican. than Pennsylvania
/ There is every Indication through
that part of the state above the Bronx
that there will be a majority for the
republican ticket nearly equal TO that
| of Mr. Roosevelt. four years ago.
The democratic majority of the city
Of New York will probably not exceed
| 10000 votes. This: viii be overcome by
the republican vote above the Bronx
with such overwhelming force as to
give the republican ticket in the Em-
pire state a. clear majority of from
100000 upward"
TAFT REVIEWS PARADE
This roseate view of the candidate
has been reflected in each of the 10
speeches he has made today. Taft has
had cordial receptions in Elmira, Wa
verly.. Oswego, Lestershire.: Bingham
ton, Whitneys Point, Marathon; Cort-
land and Ithaca. In this city tonight
his presence. inspired a great parade
which he reviewed before going TO
Convention hall, where thousands paid
their tribute to his presence in dem
onstration of enthusiasm equaling that
of any audience the candidate has ad-
dressed. -
After his meeting here Taft left OF
his special train for Buffalo, where he
Will spend Sunday with Mrs. Taft.
Monday he Will speak in Cleveland at
noon and at Youngstown in the even
ing. going from there direct TO Gin
cinnati.
After the election Judge and Mrs,
Taft will go to Hot Springs. Va, where
the candidate expects 10 gain a few
days of absolute rest, that he may
recuperate from the arduous tasks of
the campaign.
BRYAN POLICIES EXPOSED
Mr.. Bryan has always won in A1-
gust and September said Taft in one
Of his speeches today He continued:
the policies he advocates. They are
always plausible, they are always use
full for the first two months on the
analysis that the American voters bring
TO bear in the long educational CAM
paign that precedes. a presidential elec-
they ought to be scattered. It does
not happen by accfdent.l 1t happens be-
cause of the character OF the man and
the character of the platform and prin-
ciples advocated by the democratic
party.
erS or businessmen that understand the
difference: between the two parties as
to the tariff can vote for Mr.. Bryan
under the circumstances. OF course,
they might vote for him ON the theory
that he could not do any harm, that
he would. have q. republican senate. and
so he could not do anything and. we
would satisfy our curiosity in knowing
what he would do when he got into
the White House, toward which he has
been struggling so many years:
But it IS not wise to make the error
of supposing that the president of the
United States has not an enormous in
fluence la respect to the business In
terests of the country even without re-
gard to his power. over Legislation and
over the congress.
BRYAN's SILVER RECORD
Mr.. Bryan for three presidential
terms advocated the free coinage OF
silver, and he urged 1t with. all the
third time even the democratic party
refused TO follow him. But we have no
reason to believe he has departed from
the faith Suppose he We're to get into
the White House and we had a none.
tary stringency which might be likely
to follow his accession to power, and
suppose there should be a drain on our
gold; suppose then the question arose
whether the executive order now in
force in the treasury department, by
which gold is paid out for. silver and
for other obligations of the govern
ment on demand. should be reversed
and such payment refused. as it might
be under the orders of the secretary
of the treasury. and of course the Sec
retary of the treasury being nothing
but the finger OF the president. would
obey what the president, told him to-
do; under these conditions the execu-
tive could put us on silver basis.
Now / saw that to vote for Mr. BRYAN
on the theory that he has no power
to injure US by being president, by
putting into force his peculiar economic
theories, is to assume q condition that
is not true. Then, in the course of ain.
administration of four years. great
number of business questions arise that
require settlement by a man with
business sense and conservative fore
sight and 1 regret to say that Mr..
Bryan. in his history before this coun-
try. has shown capacity for not rec
ognizing sound business principle
when he meets Ii on the street.