Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-29
DREW BIG CROWD
ALONG THE HUDSONa
LABOR AUDIENCES IN INDUSTRIAL
CITIES CHEER WORDS WHEN
HE SAYS DEMOCRATIC POLL
cIEs WOULD KILL INDUSTRY. Il

New York, Oct. 2s-This Ia TaftsS
Dig day In Greater New York After
days series Of speeches In cities
and towns along the Hudson river.
the candidate will return to New York.
today to be the central figure in the
biggest Republican day of the pres, nj
campaign In the metropolis. Taft.s
train Is due to reach New York about
noon and from that time until mid.
night or later almost every momentI
OF the candidates time has been as.
signed for meetings in various parts OIL
the city.
TAFT cheered by Labor Audience.
troy n. Y, Oct. 2s.--William II.
Taft yesterday afternoon told work.
men In the industrial cities along the
HUDSON how much their pay checks or
pay DAY depended upon a protective
tariff, The efforts of the Republican
party TO give practical relief to wage
sarners We're set forth in the candl-l
dates speeches and packed streets and
great audiences greeted him at All
points despite the rain.
Yonkers smiled on the big form OF
the Ohioan through a heavy shower.
He talked at length to as many as
could get into the largest theatcr. and
tnen addressed those who had stood
waiting In the rain. whose number was
even greater
MI. Bryan spoke In Yonkers Nom
day, and saying he understood his dis
tinsuished opponent had charged that
the Republican party had done nothing
for labor. Mr.. Taft first asserted that
the policies of the Republican party
had been chiefly devoted to the inter
ests OF labor, and then pointed out
that the protective policy made possible
the sugar refining industry, the chief
enterprise Of the city.
What Bryan Would Do 70 Sugar.
Certainly Mr.. Bryan was a bold
man to advocate such views In a town
like Yonkers," continued Mr.. Taft.
which | believe Is one of the greatest
manufacturing towns In proportion toI
It's size In the state OF New York. and
Is dependent upon the protective
system. As sample. Mr.. Taft said,
or the utterly Impractical or destruc-
tive character" OF Mr.. Bryan's recon-
mendatlons with reference to economic
reforms, he would cite what Mr.. Bryan
would do with the Yonkers sugar re-
hning, assuming for argument that the
refinery was in q trust Mr. Taft
said q 4
lie Would take OF the differential on
sugar--that protection which is neces-
sary to enable us to have any sugar re-
flneries IN this country. It would cause
the establishment of reflneries in Ger
many, and all OF your population here
dependent on this refinery would bo
affected And not only would It de-
stroy the trust. but with It the inde-
pendent refineries.
Would Kill Evil, Not Business.
THE Republican party is Just as,
Democratic party" announced Mr. Taft
later. 1T passed and enforced the
antitrust law. It believes going d.
rectly at the evil Of monopoly by pun.
ishing men for continuing 1t rather
than by destroying the Industries and
the great combinations Of capital that
have much utility and are Of such
benefit to the wage earners. II be-
lieves in stamping out the evil and
not stamping out the corporation"
When the Taft special reached
Poughkeepsie at / o'clock after sew
eral short stops the rain had just ceas-
ed and the sun came out brightly. He
was driven uptown to the Colingwood
opera house. which was crowded to
the doors. Mr.. Taft got inside with
much difficulty, after which the doors
closed on most of the members of HIS
party, including Job Hedges, who was
to help the candidate in the speaking.
Turing to the big crowd outside, Mr.
Hedges employed his time in optimistic
predictions as to what such enthusi-
asnn would result in one week from
that time
class of girls from Vassar coli
lege tried to get" Taftis speech in
shorthand, and an enthusiast In the
gallery attracted brief attention by
shouting:
He surely wears the smile that
won't come off,
1T VIII be there next Tuesday" re-
Joined Mr.. Taft
Bryan Slogan Ridculed to Death.
Here the Republican candidate re-
yerted to Mr.. Bryan's issue, Shall the
people rule?"
Shall. the people rule?' as slogan
has stranded he declared. "The truth
is that the proposition that the peo-
pie had not ruled up to this date met
with so much ridicule that 1t has faded
out as an issue" Mr.. Taft was so
much in demand by the immense
crowd outside the theater when he
emerged that he made second speech
from the steps OF tho Republican
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