The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
TAFT FINISHES HIS CAMPAIGN Final Message an Ap- peal for Support. SPEEDING HOME TO VOTE Makes His Farewell Stab at Mir.
 Gompers. The Close of the Campaign in YOangs- town, Ohio, In Magnitude and En- thusiasm, Was a Fitting
 Climax.
SPEEDING HOME TO VOTE

Youngstown, O., Nov. 2-The last word of his campaign has been spoken by W. H. Taft, and he Is now speeding to Cincinnati to cast his vote tomor- row.
 Vote the Republican ticket, and pre- serve prosperity, protection to Amert- can industries. business integrity and the rights of labor"
 This was the message with which Mir. Taft finished his fight
 The close of the campaign in this city tonight was in magnitude and enthu- siasm fitting climax to all that has gone before. The six and one-half hours Judge Taft spent in Youngstown were crowded with political events, re- splendent with the pomp and show of party organizations and a carnival of hilarity, noise and general abandon by the populace to the occasion.
 Three speeches were required of the cardidate-at the Park Theatre the Grand Opera House. and in the Public Square. Preceding these, .ho candidate reviewed parade which was miles in length, requiring hours in passing and Wts composed of thousands of uniform ed marchers. He was then the guest of the prominent Republicans of the city a! the Youngstown Club. for a dinner, which was served before the evening speech h-making began
 The last day of the campaign for the candidate was remarkable in that there was an increase rather than a dimin- ishtng of the crowds aud enthusiasm wherever he went. Beginning his work at Dunkirk, N. F., this morning he ad- dressed big crowds at We gtfeld, N. Y, Erie, Pa, Ashtabula, Garrettsville, Cleveland and Youngstown. The Cleve- land meeting was a monster affair and was preceded by parade of many marching clubs which was reviewed by the candidate by passing through the lines In an automobile with Mrs Taft.
 At Cleveland.
 The tremendous meeting in the Cleye- land arnory was presided over by A. L. Faulkner. president of the National or- der of Window Glass Makers. Judge Tafts speech here was a repetition of his arguments to show why there should be no change in the policies of the government as applies to the pres ent administration, in addition 10 which he took advantage of the oppor- tunity to emphasize, as he has done throughout the day. that notwithstand- ing the opposition to him and the Re- publican party by Samuel Gompers, if elected, he will maintain his sympathy for, and interest in, the welfare of or ganiZed and unorganized labor, which he maintains his previous record sus- tains.
 q want to say" he said, ''that 1t makes no difference how much Mir. Gompers may misrepresent my posi- ton; it does not make much differ ence how much he misrepresents the position of the Supreme Court of the United States-I suppose I ought not to feel hurt because am running for office. If these gentlemen had the pa- tience and justice to read my decisions arhan VI m hnnrh nd vyfa I had not the slightest idea of ever yielding to the weakness of running for the Presidency. they would have found that I have not changed from the position I stated then. I have not turned an iota from the principles I then established, and those principles alone are the basis upon which trades unionism can fluorish in this coun- try"
 "The question of today" he added. '1s how far MT. Gompers is able by deed of grant executed, to transfer what he has not got. Every attempt made by misrepresentation and other wise as to the attitude of the Repub lican party has been made to prejudice the wage earners of this country against the party and it's candidate
 In this connection 1t was made known that Representative Burton had information from Daniel Keefe, pres ident of the Longsh oremen's Union. that the telegram published this morn- ing from John Mitchell to Samuel Gompers in which MT. Mitchell de- cIares himself in sympathy and ac- cord with the policy of the American Federation of Labor. is garbled inas- much as 1t leaves out two important words. these words being, "non-partl- san and political"
 MitchelI's Telegram.
 The text of the telegram as 1t should have been published was read as fol- lows:
 Chicago. ILL. Oct. s1. 1908. samuel Gompers. Washington. D. c.
 "Telegram quoting what purports to be an extract from speech delivered by Mir. Taft at Buffalo last night re- ceived His statement so far is 1t re- lates to me conveys a wrong impress sion. am in full sympathy and ac- cord with the bipartisan political policy of the American Federation of