The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28


 refinery was in trust" Mir. Taft said: .-Ie would take of the difterentiai or, sugar, that protection which is ner- essary to enable us to have any sugss. refineries in this country. It would cause the establishment of rehncries Tn Germany and all of your population Aeie dependent upon this refinery woqld ba affected and not only would 1t de- stroy tho trust. but with 1t the inds- pendent refineries.
 "Ths Republican Party is Just as much opposed to monopoly as the Danocratlc Party" announced Mr. Taft later. '.It passed and enforced the an tt@trust law. It believes in going di- rectiy at the evil of monopoly by pun isliingl men for continuing 1t. rather than by destroying the Industries ana the great combinations of capital that have much utility and are of such ben- eft to wage earnors. beileve m stamping out the evil and not stamping out the ccrporation.
 Tarrytown, Peekskiil and Ffshkill Landing listened In the rain to short speeches delivered by the candidate from the rear of his. car. The damp ness did not seem to dull the ardor of 3he citizens. When the Taft special reached Poughlxeepsie at o'clock, the rain had just ceased and the sun came out brightly He was driven up town to the cellingwood Opera House, which was crowded to the very doors. Judge Taft got inside with much dimeulty, after which the doors wero closed on most of the members of his party, tn- cluding Job Hedges. who yves to help the candidate in the speaking. Turn ins to the big crowd outside, MT. Hedges employed his time in optimis- tic predictiont as to what such enthu- siasm would result in one week from today.
 tried to "get" Judge Tafts speech In shorthand. and an enthusiast in the gallery attracted brief attention by shouting: He surely wears the srans that won't come on"
 Tt will still be there next TueS- day." rejoined Judge Taft, and in his hope the audience seemed to concur. Here the Republican candidate reverted to Mr. Bfyans's issue. shall the people ruler
 i'sshail the peorle rule has stranded" he declared. "The truth is that the proposition that the people had not ruled up to this date met with so much r1dicuie that 1t has faded out as an issue"
 Mir. Taft was so much Tn demand by the immense crowd outside the theatre when he emerged, that he made a, second speech from the steps of the Republican headquarters building.
 And another brIef speech was made at Hudson, after which the special run to Schenectady, where nearly three hours were occupied by the candidate in the delivery of three speeches, all of them predominant with the labor is- sues The employees of the American Locomotive Works were spoken to first and received the candidate with much show of enthusiasm.
 schenectady contains more organiz- ed or union men than any town. In the country for its size" declared Mir. Taft. and he then proceeded to inform his hearers of his own labor record, of the labor leglslation which the Republican Party. had enacted as compared with the ''blank" record of the Democratic Party.
 The shops of tht General Electric Works were next visited and from a stand the thousands of workers were told in detail the Taft position on la- ber from the time the candidate was a judge on the bench, during his adminis- tFation in the Philippines, as Secretary ofiWar, in charge of the Panama Canal and present promise of interest
 The third meeting here was to an audience which packed the Van Curler theatre and here again Judge Taft re- verted to a discussion of the labor sit- uation as well as bringing to the fore the general prosperity issue which he declared confronted the voters of the country. a.t
 A faulty engine delayed the Taft special so that 1t was nearly 10 o'clock before 1t reached Cohoes where a mon. ster meeting was addressed. The tne- ory- of protection, as explained, was heartily applauded. and the candidate remarked that the people of Cohoes, an industrial center seemed to be awake to their own interest He said that Mir, Bryan was the author of the statement in the Democratic platform. protection is the robbery of the many for the benefit of the few
 It was after Il. o'clock when the can- didate had finished his days work.
 Mir. Taft will leave Troy in the morn ing for New York, where he will sneak many times tomorrow.
 Early Morning Speech.
 New York, Oct. 27.-For the first