New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
TAFT" CANS" ) SPEECHES
TALKS INTO PHONOGRAPE
Records To Be Sent Broadcast
Taft and Sherman T1cins.
[Ry Telegraph TO The Trisune. ]


Hot Springs Va. Aug 3-Ar., Taft's voice VIII
be heard in the campaign from Maine to Cali
fornia from Minnesota tn Texas BY the aid
Of the phonograph his words will be carried into
every city and most Of the towns and villages OF
the country. and the voters will be able to hear
what he has to say on the tariff and labor ques-
tions and other matters just plainly and q
good deal more comfortably than they could 81
they to travel to him or he were 70 make
a rear platform campaign that would bring him
10 them.
Mr. Taft spent two or three hours this after
noon IN the company OF a phOnograph expert.
who brought large number OF record cylinders
to Hot Springs. When the expert left for New
York this evening he carried with him five
speeches made by Mr.. Taft These speeches
from three TO five minutes each, and deal
with what Mr.. Taft believes to be the most i'm
portant questions OF the campaign. The speeches
are selections from some Of his former adj
dresses.
AS soon as the records reach New York they
will be duplicated several thousands OF times.
and within few days the records containing the
candidates words will be sent by express broad
cast throughout the country. In a week two.
wherever monographs sale or are for
hire. the voters may hear Mr.. Taft's voice tell
ing Just what he believes on the subjects they
wish enlightenment upon
Phonograph men have been beseeching Mr.
Taft for sucn records for a long time. Even be-
fore he was nominated at Chicago they were
begging him for little speeches. and after he
the prize their opportunities became mat
ter of almost daily routine. Finally. some time
after the convention was over. he told them
that he would repeat few speeches for them it
they would bring their record rolls to Hot
Springs. To-day's session with the wonderful
vOice-reproducing machine vas the result Of that
promise.
As Mr.. Taft has posed FOR moving picture
makers several occasions. there can be no
excuse now for the voter who says he cannot
get acquainted with the Republican candidate.
With both his pictures and his voice at their
disposal. the voters ought to get a pretty good
idea of what Mr.. Taft looks like and how he
talks.
The fact that Mr.. Bryan's voice has been
tap in the phonograph shops for a long time
may or may not have had its influence with Mr.
Taft in causing his decision talk for the bene-
fit OF the country at large. At any rate the
man who got the records to-day brought with
him few sample Bryan speeches TO show Mr.
Taft what photographic campaign talk sounds
like. 1t is understood that Mr.. Taft was greatly
interested in Mr.. Bryans arguments on the
| money, trust and labor questions. but it is not
understood by any here that he
verted to Mr.. Bryan's way OF thinking Mrs.
| Taft and their son Charley were both greatly
| interested in the afternoons proceedings. and
| vera the only ones hear the speeches when
/ they were repeated by phonograph for the
| didate's edifcation-
TAFT To SPEAK AT RALLY.
Representative Bascom slemp. OF Virginia.
and s Brow Allen, marshal Of the StauntOn.
Va. district. called upon Mr.. Taft to-day and
obtained his promise to speak at rally OF Old
Dominion State Republicans at Hot Springs
August 21- The meeting is to be the real be-
ginning OF the campaign in Virginia, and IS
pected 10 start the ball rolling for the South.
Mr.. Slemp. who by the way. is the only Re-
publican member of Congress from Virginia.
says he is hopeful that two or three more
districts will break away from their old ale
glance and join the Republican column. Mr..
Taft will make his speech from the little rustic
pavilion overlooking the tennis court and the
golf grounds, and will devote himself to tho
questions that are of peculiar interest to the
South. What he says will. therefore. be re-
garded as a keynote for the Southern cam
paign.
A COMMITTEES Of fhe Bar Association. which is
to begin its twentieth annual meeting here to-
morrow, was received this morning by Mr.. and
Mrs. Taft. While many Of the members Of the
virginia bar differ with Mr. Taft in politics.
he found many personal acquantances and
friends in the delegation. and an interchange OF
felicitations took place Mr. Taft was compIi-
mented on his evidence OF good health. The
subject Of politics was not mentioned. Mr..
Taft will address the association on Thursday.
and he has been invited to assist al the enter
tainment at the banquet on Thursday night
Missouri came to the front with rush to-day
in the Taft baby naming contest. ". F. Heav-
ner, Of Lebanon, Mo, announces himself the
proud father of twins. AS a good Republican
he has undertaken to perpetuate the whole na-
tional ticket and the state ticket by naming one
sbOy Howard Taft Heavier. in honor Of Mr.
Taft, and the other Hadley Sherman HEAVIER
10 honor the second man on the national ticket.
well Hadley, Missourfs Republican can
ddadte for Governor The twins were born
the second day after Mr.. Taft's nomination