Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-22
MONSTER CROWDS
AND LUSTY CHEERING
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what he termed the ,fIort At c"erc'"i'
nv the New York Central officials
He told of what h" referred TO as
the fear Of the Republican national
committee of losing Ohio and aP
pealed TO the laboring men to protect
themselves and their character by the
ballot.
! "I.aboripg men," he said, ''thc bal
lot was given to YOU. not TO the rail
road superintendent. and II was CIV
en- YOU because you have right Ia
protect yourselves and your children
and IL they can threaten you with 4
{ reduction of wages. if these men at
J the head OF great industries hoid
their employees As their body servants
! and their retaincrs and votr them IN
a bunch. how can the American PEG,
pie secure redress against many
grievances however great
Makes Amende Honorable.
AKRON. OHIO. Oct. 3i.-Speak-
ing In Grace Park 20 multitude OF
people in this. one or Ohio's greatest
manufacturing cities. william ]. BrN-
an today answered certain criticisms
ard questions put 10 him by LEGAL
newspaper.
Accepting the true statement that
Candidate Sherman was not introdur-
ed here. as has been stated, by the
president of the mach trust, Mr..
Bryan openly corrected his mistake.
declaring that he never Intentionally
misrepresented an opponent
Now, (amid cheers> having done
the honorable thing. | ask the paper
TO apply the same standard to the
President that it applies to me. he
said The President stated that we
had received 100000 either from the
committee of four years ago, or from
some unknown source. corrected
the mistake.
Was Twice Denied.
"Mr Mack corrected 1t, and later
he brought 1t to the attention OF the
President, and yet the President has
not yet admitted tina: he made a mis-
take. We received no money from
the committee of four years ago, ana
We have given statement of the
money We have received s'nce this
campaign Bcgan.
Il believe the editor of this paper
doesn't deny that the president OF the
match trust did preside at Republic
can meeting. Mr.. Roosevelt said that
the law-defying corporations had no
reason TO fear my election. and when
I challenged him to give the name
OF one trust Official In the United
States who was supporting me, hei
found no one He found a lawyer in
st. Louis who In a case was the per
sonal attorney Of a man that was the
president Of a subordinate branch or
It developed that the Republican ma
tional committeeman in the state OF
Missouri was the attorney for the
trust. while the Democrat was the
attorney for the president of the trust
company.
TAFT Recommended Trust Attorney.
1T developed that Mr.. Tai: had
about three years ago recommended
an attorney of the Standard Oil Com
pany TO be a United States judge anu
to hold a life Office in territory
where he might be expected TO pre-
side in cases in which the Standard
Oil Company was interested in. Now.
here in this city, you have the pres'-
dent of the match trust presiding At
Republican meeting. no president
of a trust has presided so far at any
Already Knows Tass's sentiments.
1T is said in criticism that ! have
not read Judge Taft's opinion in in
junction cases. We'll my friends, |
have two reasons for this. one is that
! am a busy man. and I cannot read
as many decisions as Judge TAFT has
made in injunction cases: and an
other is. that I do not need to read
what he has said since he became a
candidate. We ask for remedial leg
isiation and Judge Taft today opposes
that legislation. We ask for the es-
Enlistment Of a department o: labor
with a cabinet ofIicer at its head and
Judge Taft IS opposed TO H. II he is
in favor OF a labor man in the cabi-
net. why has not he said so in all of
the speeches he has made? believe
{ that labor il entitled TO labor de-
par;ment. and do not have tn read
judge Taft's opinions to make up my
mind that there should be depart
! ment Of laior and secretary of Ia
bor. Our platform saws tina. the anti
trust law should BE- so amended as
20 cxcIude the labor organizations.
did not have to real Mr.. Taft's opin-
ion in order To decide whether We
ouch, 10 amend tho antitrust laws
or not.
! Taft Against Jury Trial.
Il did not have TO read Mr.. Tat's
orinioa on the labor question 10 know
that Won ought not to degrade man
with heart. brain and soul. .