The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-09
TAFT DELIVERS
]: MANY SPEECHES
IN A shoaT TOUR THAT BEGAN
AT sANDusKY AND ENDED
AT CINCINNATI ~
rAe POLICIES OF ROOSEVELT
VIII be Sustained by Him " He ls
Elected President ls a Promise
Made--Talks on Tariff
Revision and Labor.


H., Taft will make an extensive tour OF
the United States before the Novem.
Der election is announced as the de.
termination of the candidate. Mr..
TAFT will rely on the record made by
himself Tuesday as proof of his abil.
ity to make good In campaign OF
travel.
lie said In his first speech of the
day at Sandusky that IL elected presi.
dent he would devote his best energies
to- constructive recommendation to
congress for legislation which would
clinch the Roosevelt policies Of bust.
ness honesty. At the same time he
made II clear that the regulation by
ths government OF Interstate business
should be not only sound in legal prin.
eiple, but that the Interpretation and
enforcement of the law should be both
clear and speedy. to the end that le.
climate aggregations of capital should
not be prevented and that confidence
in the commercial ability of the coun.
try should be on the firmest possible
basis. Mr. Taft also pledged himself
TO further the policy OF government
supervision of the issue of stocks and
bonds Of interstate railways.
Later in the day Mr.. Taft declared
that the Republican party had made
the best record In labor legislation
during the past seven years OF all
previous records since Washington's
time. Still later the candidate de.
clared with great emphasis that Mr..
Bryan and the Democratic party were
responsible for at least two years OF
fighting In the Philippines. which
would have been unnecessary in the
absence of opposition in this country.
Mr.. Taft began the day with an ad.
dress to the veterans at the Soldiers
home at Sandusky He talked patriot.
ism, and politics and was cordially re.
ceived.
Then came the principal speech OF
the day to an audience which filled the
Sandusky opera house. At 40 o'clock
the start was made for Cincinnati
Ten minutes later at Castalia the
candidate received not only the cheers
OF f"the populace, but huge bouquet
OF garden flowers tossed to him on
the rear of his car by beyy of chill.
dfen. AT York an instants stop al.
lowed but few words and cheer II
was at Clyde, after an introduction to
az large crowd by Representative
Mouser that the candidate talked tar.
iff'reyision along protection lines. The
Republican party, he said, had not
abandoned this principle.
Tiffin was next on the map and Mr..
Taft and Mrs. Taft left the train and
mounted stand near the seltion,
which was decorated with flowers and
crowded with bevy OF "Old Glory
girls" in blue. Here Mr.. Taft gave his
views on labor. He opposed class leg.
islation, but favored such enactments
as would place labor on an equal foot.
ing with capital in making contracts
for service. The Tiffln crowd nun.
bered thousand.
At Carey, the next stop. the candt
date took Mr.. Bryan to task about his
Philippine criticisms.
AT Wharton there was only time for
a cheer: at Kenton, reminiscence by
the candidate that his first campaign.
ing was done there; while short
speeches were made at Urbana and
Bellefontaine.
Springfield and Dayton We'd with
each other for the biggest crowds OF
the day and each was expressive OF en-.
thusiasm. Red fire and torches helped
the. crowds at Middletown and Frank
lin and the speaking time was lin
lied.
Cincinnati was reached at 8 o'clock.
The Taft family was driven directly
To- the residence of Charles p. Taft
from where the September campaign
will be conducted.