The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-08

before ho or his auditors realize the transition he ia headed away fuH swing about the Tiupinos. their proh- lams, and tholr future It is amusing to tho detacbod onlooker, but it ie cer tain'r wearing on Mr. Tafts campaign managers
 If Judge Taft had to depend uon stirring up his audiences to wild en- ] thusiasm to olert him president he would novor live In tbe white house one la Incliucd to think that some of hIs friends lay too much stress upon } his lack of ability In this respect Mr. l Bryan has been setting the woods a6re with his verbal pyrotocdnics for ! twelve years, and he ig not president ] yet, Curious as if may seem, Mr. Tafrs sincerity is a handicap on the 1 stump He has reasons, well thought out reasons, for his convictions and the faith that Is in him, and he ad- | dresses A handful of laboring men al a railroad way station with the same arguments and the same language he would employ In addressing the su- preme court
 Tnrt's Lack of Tgotism.
 He won't talk about himself or use the first person in stating his beliefs, | This afternoon, in his car, some friends were adjuring him to be more direct and use the personal pronoun moro frequently. Every time talk | like that" replied Mr. Taft, T al- ways say under my breath, T hope I may be forgiven such egotism Mir, Taft Is Improving He made about the proslest speech last Saturday night to a republican marching club that could well be imagined He talked about the Philippine railways. and his auditors plainly showed their lack of interest.
 He made a much better speech on Tuesday evening in tho big Music nall of Cincinnati but still did not rise to the opportunity, The big theater was crowded to The very dome. Enthusiasm had been worked up with brass bands and Tod fire All tho marching clubs were out The crowd was ready to yell Its collective head off, given q | half-Way excuse. but as an actual matter of fact there was more excite mont and "hlp-hlp- -hoorav" at the opening of the meeting than there was at the close From this It must not be supposed that the meeting was a failure, but a man with any gift for oratory. or for working a crowd up to a climax of noise and enthusiasm would have done more with this Gin. cinnat audience than MT. Taft did.
 An Illuminating incident was noted in a cheap hurlesquo theater lust a few blocks from where Mir. Taft was speaking, and while his meeting was in progress. Tho squalId little theater was damned with men. obviously un- skilled lahorers and artisans for the most part one of the comedians In the show made a joke in which it was rather broadly intlmatod that Bryan had n,o show Of election The sally was greeted with such an instant out burst of sustained hlsqlng that the poor frightened performer had to say in an apologotir tone, I'm q demo crat boys, but | have to spring that gag because Its in the show
 At George Adcs Farm.
 Al George Ade's farm in Indiana this afternoon Mr Taft faced as dim cult an audience as he would have n face in the entire campaign It was made ID of ehrewd. humorous. uuizzi cal, clean bred Americans who arc In the habit of doing their own thinking TO one accustomed to the con. glomeratc city herds. whore every man looks more or less like hls noirhhor this audience of Indiana farmers va, an interesting study The strongly marked individuality of the great ma. iority of the faces was In striking con. trast to tho blur of perspirinE rod faces in the Cincinnati theatre ths night heforo
 Somehow Mir Taft did not seem tr get quite into close communion witt his hearers This is partly attrhut able to the fact that, according to lo cal estimates fully third of rht crowd was made ID of damncr7f "a They didn't warm ID at nll for th' Rev Dr. John Wesley Hl, Methods minister. and eN.chaplain of th' Fonnsylvania legislature The Rev nr ttill i7 3 sort of Abraham Lincoln saved thi country and the flag is in danger orator
 Possibly these Indiana mon an, their wives weren't deeply ronrnrnat in tho topics that MT Taft chose [, talk about It's hard to get excited about the need of coast dofonros In state having tho eeographlral advant ages against invasion by foreign fn which arc possessed by Indiana Al Increased army and au adequate nav must seem equally irrelevant to ,h peaceful dwollers on the prairie Ru Mir Taft spoke evcellentlv, sohnrly and to the point to crowd of per hars 500 persons, lahorng men ant tho like, who had assembled at Tn diana harhor this afternoon when hi train made brief stop. He rouse his hearers to some pitch of enthus iasm. and they gave him L genuine
 cordial and sincere cheer when in train pulled out. It was rather a
 event. in ita small way
 Alive to the Need of Working. Mir. Taft, his advisers and hi friends are strongly impressed wifi the realization of tho knowledge tha they have got to bo up and doing { defeat Bryan in tho remaining sI