Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
ENDS THREE-DAY TOUR
Taft Appeals to the Voters Of
Indiana.
DEFENDS LABOR RECORD
Declares Gompers' Assertions Are
Misrepresentation.
IS HEARD BY MANY THOUSANDS
Makes Seventeen Speeches on His
Final Trip-Now on His
Way East.
IS HEARD BY MANY THOUSANDS

GARY, Ind, October 24.-The three days
Of Indiana's remarkable uprising for Will
liam H. Taft ended here tonight, and the
big Ohioan Is now speeding to New York.
which is to be the scene of his activities
during the last week Of the campaign.
He will reach that city late Sunday af-
ternoon and go at once to the home of
his brother Harry for rest until Mon
day.
In the throngs which greeted Judge
Taft from early morning till late tonight,
in the close attention paid to his utter
ances, and In the cordially and hearth
ness Of the ovations. his third day in the
Hoosier state fully equaled the two
which preceded 1t.
To farmer, laborer and business man
Judge Taft held up the picture Of demo-
cratic rule and democratic progress, and
compared 1t with the record Of republican
administrations and intentions. He has
Interpreted his labor decisions many times
and drawn the conclusion that they have
redounded to the benefit and not to the
detriment Of organized labor. Mr.. Com
pers' declaration to the contrary he char
acterized as wind-jamming misrepresen-
tation.
Mr.. Bryan as a political leader has been
dissected to many audiences. The Ne
braskan's plan for government guarantee
Of bank deposits has been held up as an
evidence that the democratic candidate
is still theorist and an economically
unsound one" The effect of the last
democratic tariff has been pictured. and
the prices of products compared under
that and the present tariff.
Many times has the crowd cried. en-
phatically, mo. no." when the republican
candidate has asked them whether, in
view Of all these things, they desire q
change
Judge Taft has told the people of In
diana that he els willing to admit with
Bryan that the recent financial distuyb-
am anxious to do. however," he said.
lis to continue 1t as a republican panic,
for it will then develop into prosperity.
but If you put In the democrats you will
Mr.. Taft then explained that the panic
was the result Of too rapid growth and
expansion, land you never heard of a
democratic panic that was the result OF
prosperity"
Seventeen Speeches.
Beginning at 7:3O o'clock this morning
at Greenfield. Judge Taft made seven
teen speeches. including his effort to-
night at Gary. At South Bend a six-acre
field was packed with people to greet
the park collapsed Just before Judge
Taft reached it. and he addressed the
audience from his automobile. Although
the stand was crowded, no one was In.
juTed bT the accident. Fort Wayne gave
Mr.. Taft a tribute of complete attention
while he discussed from q stand at q
corner the issues. Senator Hemenway
explained that Presidents Mckinley anC
Roosevelt had been treated badly here
when campaigning, as had also Senator
Hanna.
Senator Hemenway left the party a,
La Porte. He said: Il have gone over
the situation with every local commit.
tee from Lawrenceburg, Judge Taft's
first stop in the state, until now, and
can say with the utmost assurance that
the republicans are going to carry Indi-
ana"
James Lennon. who introduced Judge
Taft at Elkhart. is the engineer who
during the Ann Arbor strike became the
victim Of Judge Kicks injunction. He
worked on the Lake Shore and refused
to accept freight from the Ann Arbor
preferring to stand by secret rule No
H. He was sentenced to Jail, although
his confinement was but formality. The
brotherhood supported him for six years
stated him, and he is now running a
passenger engine between Elkhart ano
Toledo. He lives in Toledo Mr.. Len
non said. in introducing Judge Taft: ~
shall not only vote for Judge Taft. blu,
am doing all 1 can to aid in his canvass
/ have been working for him ever since
the beginning of the campaign"
On the platform with Judge Taft ano
Engineer Lennon at Elkhart were three
other Lake Shore engineers-J. II. Cal.
kins, D. A. Fleming and William A
Shay. all of Elkhart.
Taft Expresses Obligation.
Referring to Mr.. Lennon and to rail
way workmen in general Judge Taft
said to his Elkhart audience: II am very
much obliged to Mr.. Lennon for intro
ducing me to this audience. because there
was a time. a number of years ago
when Mr.. Lennon and I had some differ
ences-that is, did not have them, but 9
Judge on the mench with me had-bu1
now, as we look back to that time,
think Mr.. Lennon and l agree on the
principles that ought to apply between
railroad employers and railroad employees
and 1t shows a broad, liberal. intelligent
spirit on the part of Mr.. Lennon to in.
troduce me here and to take the stanc
that he is In favor of the republican
ticket next November.
Square Deal for Labor.
What I want to speak about is rail-
way labor in this controversy. One OF
the things that seems to me to portend
good in this country is the fact that rail-
way laborers and the railway orders
are convinced that except with reference