The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-12

ter To my mind. II bore upon its
face the evidence that It was crude
forgery, doing violence to the known
sentiments of Mr. Cleveland. ] found
that most of Mr.. Cleveland's friends
and nearly all the newspaper men be-
lievcd It to be q fake Mrs. Cleveland
has protected the memory of her dis
tinguished husband by her course in
the matter, for the letter. as pub
lished, did violence to his utterances
and to HIS public career. was in
formed at the time that the forged
letter was offered TO the New York
Herald and to the New York World,
but they refused TO touch It. The
Now York Times has n good MOTTO
"All the news that's ft TO print."--lt
would do we'll to add-"no fake stor-
les printed that other journals refuse
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
TO circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
| letter must, II honest, spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was a
cldmsy fraud"
Post Card system.
When Mr.. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahomet,
he decided that Mahomet must so TO
| the mountain. When he found that
the people would not come to him and
listen TO his speeches from the golf
links at Hot Springs and from the
front porch Of Brother Charles pala-
tial residence in Cincinnati, he deter.
mined to go out among the people.
Apparently. however. there is grave
fear among the Republican leaders
| that their candidate will not be gladly
received by the people. In order to
overcome this difficulty and in an ef.
fort to bring out crowd to greet Mr..
TAFT, the Chicago managers have
found It necessary TO send out postal
| card notices TO the faithful, begging
them to go to the railroad station and
give the distinguished visitor "a cor
dial welcome" During the past few
days prominent Republicans have re.
ccived the following notice from Fred
w. Upham, assistant treasurer OF the
Republican National Committee:
Chicago, September 81, 1908.
Hon. VIM. H. Taft, the Republi-
can partys candidate for president
and the peoples choice, will arrive
in Chicago Wednesday tSeptember
23l evening at . o'clock, at the La
Sale Street station of the l.. s. &
NJ. $. Ry. Please he at the station
with your friends and give him a
cordial welcome II will be Mr..
Tans first visit since the famous
convention which nominated him
for president. Very truly yours.
Fred, w Upham.
Small Hall for TAFT.
To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity to
explain his attitude toward labor and
| his Injunction record. in city where
hundreds Of thousands of laboring men
are interested in what he has to say,
the Republicans selected n hall with
n capacity OF less than 1000 and pro
yidcd for admission by card only In
order than none but those who agree
| with him might be allowed to enter
| This hall was selected in the heart OF
the business section after an option
on n hall with $4,000 capacity I'm the
center OF the working mems district
| had been refused. The inference Is
plain that the Republican managers
feared to have their candidate appear
in distinctively laboring district
where All who would might come anc
hear, lest the great welcome planned
for might be turned into a demonstra
tion for his political opponent or tha
Mr.. Taft might be asked embarrassing
questions.
Stumping Falls Flat.
The fact OF the matter Is that Mr.
Taft's stumpng experiment has fallel
fiat: he has produced absolutely M
enthusiasm among the voters, aud IN
has said or done nothing which viii
improve his chances. Republicans ar,
unable TO conceal their feelings of dis
appointment over the poor showing
(which their candidate has made. MI
Tafts progress thus far, and the man
ner in which he has been received 4
complete yindication OF those Reput
lican leaders who from the first or
posed the plan OF having him take 4
tho rear platform. They advocated
front porch campaign wherein the car
didate should be Kept in the bacs
ground, and others allowed to max
his canvass upon Roosevelt's record
The advocates OF a stumping can
paign prevailed. however, and mo-
they are sorry II was ever begun,
Elegance VS.. Simplicity.
The contrast between the DemC
cratic simplicity with which Mr. Brya
has travelled and the elegance Of III
Taft accommodations on rail, is q
marked as the contrast between th
size and enthusiasm Of the audience
which have greeted the Democrat
! candidate, and those which Mr. Tai
has addressed. While one great Ne'
York newspaper which is supportin
: Mr.. Taft and which maintains pres
association service has refused I
have a correspondent with Mr., BryaI
. | amnIe recommendations are affOrde