The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-02
RESTED SUNDAY
AFTER BUSY WEEK
ALTHOUGH IN GOOD PHYSICAL
CONDITION HARD WORK AND
STRAIN Is IN EVIDENCE.
ATTENDED CHURCH SERVICES.
Republican Candidate VIII Deliver
Several Speeches in Western New
York, Reaching Cleveland In
the, Afternoon.


Buffalo, ~ Y, Nov. 2.-Judge VIII
lam II. Taft rested from his labor Sun
day. He attended morning church
services at the First Presbyterian
church with Ansley Wilcox, a long
time personal friend, at whose home
here President Roosevelt took the
oath of office after the death of Presi
dent Mckinley; went to Wilcox home
for luncheon and later devoted some
time TO that portion of his sorrespon.
dence which could not be delayed and
retired early in his suite of rooms at
the Iroquois hotel.
The last day OF the campaign will
be devoted by the candidate to max
ing speeches at Dunkirk, N Y, Ash
tabnla, cleveland and Youngstown, o.,
after which he will proceed during
the night to Cincinnati, where he will
arrive at 8 o'clock, election morning.
The decision arrived at by Judge
Taft while at Hot Springs, Va, In
August, that 1t was his duty to go out
and meet the American voter face to
face has resulted in the travel of the
Taft special" for $4,000 miles From
the Dakotas to Tennessee; from Col
orado to Connecticut, through 23
states the candidate has preached his
cause and the Republican doctrine.
His Journeys have been almost un-
broken; he has travelled day and
night But Sunday the Taft smile"
was as broad and infectious as ever.
"a feel little weary, but In as good
physical condition as ever in my life"
IS the diagnosis of himself made by
the Judge Sunday night.
That the strain has been great and
the work wearisome there is ample
evidence. Judge Taft has had spe.
clal train throughout. 1t has been in
charge OF Col. Daniel Ransdell, ser
geant-at-arms OF the United States
senate, whose good nature, combined
with the consenting abilities of Judge
Taft, has been responsible for the vic
tory Of many local committee which
demanded an extra stop and an extra
speech from the candidate. Col
Ransdell has ridden in the carriage
vi u Il
at every meeting. Mr.. Cornelius, the
assistant sergeant-at-aTms of the SEN
ate, has aided the colonel throughout.
J. T. Williams, jr., represented Chair
man Hitchcock and the national COM
mittee. Wherever Judge Taft went
and whatever he said was made avail
able to the press through Gus ].
Karger, his publicity agent.
But the energy which political en-
thusiasm and curiosity puts into the
average American was one of the
campaign which had to receive serious
consideration and 1t was "Jim" Mark
ham, now and for many years secre-
tary to the chief of police of Chicago,
who knew this fact. Markham's
friendship for Judge Taft had devel-
oped from personal acquaintance
years before and he took his annual
leave to make the first trip Just to
show what a trained man could do in
getting through crowds. While the
smile that "Big Jim" started out with
In September has become somewhat
more straight and severe, he main
tains with great pride that his receipt
for getting a big candidate through
packed crowd has proved more ef-
fectual than any argument in the cam
paign: "Just step on their eorns and
smile and the way opens quite far
enough for even Judge Taft to pass
through" is his explanation.
Joseph Barry of Chicago of the Chi
cago detective force, has kept a
weather eye on the flank OF the Taft
party In these movements, while
Little Mich" as he has been affec-
tionately dubbed for the more digni-
fed title of Mr.. Wendall Mischler, as
sistant secretary, has elung close to
tho coat tails OF the candidate and
has taken" every word he has ut
tered in shorthand and occupied him
self between stations in putting the
speeches on the typewriter for pub
lication. F-"