Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
is UP AT O'CLOCK TO ADDRESS
CROWD IN MoBERLY OPERA
HOUSE AND NEVER STOPS HIS
STRENUOUS PACE.
TESTS ST. LOUIS
SPEED ORDINANCE
AFTER COLISEUM MEETING
SHORTLY AFTER NOON AUTO
MOBILE SPEEDS CANDIDATE TO
PLACE OF NEXT RALLY.

MOBILE SPEEDS CANDIDATE TO
PLACE OF NEXT RALLY.
Moberly, Mo-, Oct. 6.--St. Louis was
the mecca of the Republican presi-
Dental candidate today. After five
short speeches including Moberly,
Mexico Montgomery, Warrenton and
st. Charles, st. Louis was reached
shortly after noon. There an elaborate
program and entertainment had been
prepared. At Moberly Taft addressed
large audience assembled in the
opera house at 6 o'clock this morning.
A steady rain did not dampen the
ardor Of the enthusiastic crowd.
Strenuous Time in ST. Louis.
St. Louis, Oct. 6.-Taft arrived
here shortly after noon today. A
drive of twenty minutes through the
streets brought the candidate to the
Planters Hotel, where for half an
hour he spoke and shook hands with
an immense crowd. Then Taft en-
tered carriage, and escorted by
several hundred members Of the local
Republican organizations, was driven
to the coliseum where he delivered
a lengthy address and one Of the most
important of his campaign. Taft spoke
for more than an hour and then hur.
ried to an automobile and made a
flying trip to Clayton st. Louis coun-
ty. where the candidate spoke for
fifteen minutes to good sized crowd.
Late this afternoon he will address an
open air meeting in st. Louis.
Taft Speech Last Night.
Macon, Mo, Get. 6.-Juds,e VIM. f.
Taft made three speeches in Kansas
and thirteen in Missouri yesterday.
Eight of the stops in the show me
st:.te'' were arranged upon
urgent demands from the towns
through which the specia. was to have
passed. without stopping.
Throughout the lay Mr.. Taft ham.
mered away on the necessity for the
voters of this country to understand
that democratic tariff revision meant
a destruction Of the .arket and prices
of the products of the farm; that Re-
publican revision meant a continual
ticn of the present prices and pros
perity. He told the Missourians about
the Bryan proposition with respect
to the trusts-that the .Nebraskan
would destroy them by putting trust
made articles on the free list, and by
making law prohibiting a trust from
manufacturing Or controlling more
than so per cent of any article; while
such law, Mr.. Taft believed, would
be very difficult to enact, he predicted
that it's enforcement would be most
disastrous.
The real Taft invasion of Missouri
began at St. Joseph Mr.. Taft spoke
in the rain from the steps OF the
stock exchange at the stock yards.
Mr.. Taft was presented by President
John Donovan of the exchange, who
said he did not appear under false pre-
lenses. He was, he added, demo.
crat, but he knew Judge Taft to be a
thorough American in every particu-
lar and to have a clean record Of
achievements.
"And should he be elected president,
there is nothing would not feel it 8
privilege to do for him.
This speech was received with
cheers by the men who not only filled
the street in front of the exchange,
but stood on the low roof of the stock
yards opposite Replying to Mr.. Don
ovan, Mr.. Taft thanked him for the
courtesy and frankness, and added:
'The word Democrat is a historical
description. 1t does not mean that a
man who is Democrat will always
vote the ticket of that party"
AS Is his usual custom with labor
audiences, Mr.. Taft analysed the labor
situation with reference to the two
parties. He referred briefly to his
own labor record, and again declared
himself to be the friend and not the
enemy of labor. What he said was
cheered, but there were noticeable on
the edges Of the crowd where his voice
did not reach struggling cheers for
Bryan.
ST. Joseph presented a series of op
portunities for the candidate to be
! heard. The stock yards meeting was
| followed in few minutes by halt
at the shops of the Burlington road
and to several hundred workmen Mr.
Taft again reviewed his labor record
briefly, while the men stood in the
drilling rain and listened. Here the
candidate was given roaring wei
come.
Five minutes more We're devoted to
the crowd which greeted Taft a
the station, where he was presented
by the station master. Automobiles
were then taken to the Tottle opera
house, where was assembled an audi
ence which filed the place. An ex
tended industrial s, cech was here de
ivered by Mr.. Taft after which the
party joined the train at the Francis
street station and here an enthusiastic
adieu was joined in by the crowd
Nearly two hours were devoted t.
! st. Joseph by the candidate.