The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-26
" HIRL WIND FINISH TO SLOW CAMPAIGN spellbinders of Both Parties Descend on New York, Ohio,
 Illinois and Indiana
 This Week.
0RAT0RY AND FIREWORKS
Both Taft and Bryan in New York Last Night Preparing to Swing Doubtful State Into the
 Right Column,

New York, Oct 25.-The political campaign, which is about to enter upon its last week, Is to have a real whirl wind finish From the highest to the lowest, all the spelbinders of all tho parties will be out in force during the next six days and Wavering voters will be, urged by eloquent advocates of the several causes to case their ballots right" In practically every state of the Union rallies and mass meetings almost without number have been ar ranged, but 1t is in New York, with its large number of electoral votes at stake, that the real battle will be waged There practically all the lead ing candidates will concentrate their efforts, ably assisted by a large mum Der of the countrys most forceful and resourceful campagners Ohio and Indiana also will be given considerable attention, particularly by the two lead | ing parties Among the speakers who will urge the voters of Ohio to sup port MT Taft, will be several members of President Roosevelt's cabinet-Secs retaries Root and Garfield and Post master General Meyer and the repub- lican presidential candidate himself will deliver two formal addresses at Cleveland and Youngstown on Monday, Vice-P President Fairbanks will head the republican forces in Indiana William J Bryan, after four days In New York state, will close his long. hard campaign by a series of speeches in Ohio. Illinois and Indiana
 Both MT Taft and Mir. Bryan were in this city tonight All the forces the democratic national committee can summon will be brought to bear to secure the electoral vote of New York state for William J. Bryan Led by the presidential candidate himself, who will speak four days in this state, an army of speakers will be sent into every county and town, to spread the doctrine and appeal for votes for the ticket
 The democratic campaign In the state, 1t is planned by the party man agers, will receive its impetus from the meetings here tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden and in Brooklyn Tuesday. Besides these meetings many others at which Mir Bryan will speak have been arranged in different parts of the city Tam many Hall has planned to make the Madison Square meeting the greatest this campaign.
 Monday forenoon will find Mir. Bry- an visiting cities and towns in the near vicinity of New York after a flying visit to Paterson, N. J. Tues day will be spent in Brooklyn ana on Wednesday, tho Nebraskan will turn up state Following the meeting in Syracuse Thursday night Mir. Bryan will leave the Empire state to devote the closing days of the contest to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Mean whlles all the prominent campalgners the democratic state and national committees can enlist will be sent to the s1 counties of New York state and to the doubtful states of the mid dle west.
 The republican wind-up of the can't paign in New York city calls for twen- ty-two mass meetings to be addressed by speakers Of national reputation a parade of the republican clubs of Greater New York. and biz parade Of the Business Mems Republican associ- atlon
 The big republican event of the week will he the Madison Square Garden meeting on Wednesday night, October 2S at which Mir Taft and Governor Hughes will be the principal speakers, General Horace Porter will preside. The principal boxes will be occupied by conspicuous leaders of the party, sell ators and representatives, and their families Nearly all of the remaining boxes have been sold for slo0 each. Seats for l40oO persons have been pro. vided in other sections of the garden.
 Fireworks and an overflow meeting on the outside will entertain the crowd in the street