The Washington times., 1908-09-06
Opening Guns at Youngs-
town Rouse Enthusiasm
of Laboring Men.
MORE PROSPERITY
SEIZED AS ISSUE
Speech of Senator Beveridge Ap-
praised as Best at Big Meet
ing in Ohio.
By JAMES HAY, j.


town is a blaze of light and chaos
of sheers tonight.
The enthusiasm aroused at the mon
ster open air meeting this afternoon by
the common sense appeal of Harris, Of
Ohio; the eIoquence of Beveridge, Of
Indiana. and the forcefuI logic of
Hughes. of Mex York, is manifested by
the gaietv and celebration that have
lasted from twilight until midnight,
The principal streets OF the town are
festooned with Japanese lanterns, the
shop windows brilliantly illuminated.
glee clubs are singing and brass bands
are playing. Sky rockets and Roman
candles are making tongues of fame
against the black sky, and there is
continual chorus OF FIRE crackers and
giant explosives.
The scene is a fitting sequel to the
riot of enthusiasm this afternoon in
Wick Park, where the National Re
publican campaign of 1906 was officially
opened. There 29O00 men and women
were mussed beneath the big trees
whose trunks rose like black stanchions
TO support a roof of green foliage above
them. The highest fixture of the scene
was an immense photograph of Presi-
dent Mckinley. which, fastened to
tree trunk above the speakers plat
form, commanded the eyes OF all.
Town a Mass Of People
All cay long the town has been
walking mass of people, men and women
from Pittsburg and other Pennsylvania
towns. from all the villages in the
Mahoning and ShenaUgo valleys. near
here. and from all parts of Ohio. In
12.0J0 mcl The line of march, with ,he
uniforms. parasols, and sashes, was a
study in coIors. AIIls ether there was
uevs up more propitious campaign open
ing in the history OF the Republican
party.
It's political significance can not be
over-estimaled. Ia The first place.
Youngstown is kept alive uy the great
steel. iron, aEi leather industries, cad
the great bulk of the parade vas CoIu-
posed of the men " no labor iu tie
fOundries and the roIIung mills, CE-
gained labor in short, spoke today
through its thousands of employees i'm
this section, its admiration Of William
Howard Taft. and its adherence 10 the
principles of the Republican party.
What Speakers Mean.
in the parade there were countless
union banners bearing legends of 10y
atty 10 TAFT 81 the park. where there
were heard praise OF EepublIcanjsm and
d-nunciauou OF pemocracy the cheers
of approval came from the Threats of
union men. Tonight the merrymakiug
and the festivities bear witness 10 the
fact that RepubliCJnism is the dom
iuant power in this part OF the state.
Moreover, uy opening the fight in
Youngstown, the Republicans call at
tenuOu 20 the returned prosperity OF
the steel and iron Industries, two of
the greatest lines of business in the
country so far as investment of capital
and the employment OF labor are con-
Cerned. The party has turned the eyes
Of the country toward big center of
industry ana sued its condition Is an
argument that it is the party 10 pre-
serve prosperity and business welfare
Ard, in doing this. no chance has
been allowed the visitor 10 overlook
the lesson. Across the streets are swung
great silJen banners bearing what is
Intended to be the watghvord OF this
campaign, Progress and Prosperity"
These two things were the refrains Of
the speeches delivered today by the men
whom the Republican leaders considered
best fitted to open the fghJ.
Many Workers in Parade.
BY progress they meant the strong
progTessiveness typihed i'm the policies OF
Theodore Roosevelt. and by prosperity
they meant the welfare OF the country.
and the sure increase OF business acttv-
ity that must come from continuance
0f Republican rule.
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ticket and the platform by the labor
element, there was similar Endorsement
by the negro race. The Iaborers con
sisted of native Americans ana Ameri-
canized, intelligent mechanics from
European countries In the line o the
parade were Italians, Hungarians, and
Americans The coIored race was rep
resented by the Afro-American League.
and other marching clubs of the race
from various parts Of Ohio and Penn
SVlvauia. Nothing was lacking to make
the day a perfect picture of party en-
thusiasm and party zeal The two Ia
nous political glee clubs, the Columbus
and the Piqua, are here. such march
ing clubs as the Americas of Pittsturg.
the Rail Splitters. of Toledo. and the
TtppecanOe. of Cleveland. lent 10 the
parade the pfcturesqueness of their COS
tunes. and the music of their bands
And they were followed by almost the
entire working force of the great mills
in this section
Union banners in Parade.
From the Republic Iron and Steel
Company came 1900. from the United
states steel Corporation. 1900 aad from
the youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany, 4000
The speech-making was not done sole
Iy by Harris. Beverage, Hughes and
Vorys. the last named of whom pre-
sided at the meeting There were i'm
promptu speeches at the hotels. the
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