The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-26
WH|RLW|ND FINISH
FOR BOTH PARTIES
sPELL.BlNoERs WILL BE OUT IN
FORCE DURING NEXT
SIX DAYS.
HARD FIGHT IN NEW yoRs
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois VIII b
Fought Hard For by Republican
t and Democratic Leaders
and Speakers.

upon its last week, is to have a rea
whirlwind finish. From the highes,
to the lowest, all the spell.binders OF
all the parties will be out in force dur
ing the next six days and waverinf
voters Will be urged by eloquent ad
vocates of the several causes TO cast
their ballots right. In practically
every state of the union, rallies ano
mass meetings almost without mum
hers have been arranged but IL is In
New York. with It's large number OF
electoral votes at stake, that the real
battle will be waged. There practi
cally all the leading candidates will
concentrate their efforts, ably assisted
5y a large number of the country'i
most forceful and resourceful cam
palgners.
Ohio and Indiana also will be given
considerable attention, particularly by
the two leading parties. Among the
'peakers who will urge the voters OF
ohio to support Mr.. Taft will be sev
eral members of President Roosevelts
cabinet-Secretaries Root and Garfield
and Postmaster General Meyer-and
he Republican presidential candidate
himself will deliver two formal ad
dresses at Cleveland and Youngstown
on Monday. Vice President Fairbanks
will head the Republican forces in In
diana which will include Senators Bev
eridge and Hemenway Edward II. or
nun, consul general of the United
States at Constantinople, John l.. Grif
nj
and Representative Gardner of Mich
igan. William j. Bryan, after -four
dys in New York state, will close his
long, hard campaign by a series OF
speeches in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana
Both Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bryan were
In this city last night. All the forces
the Democratic national committee can
summon will be brought to bear to Sc,
cure the electoral vote of New York
state for William ]. Bryan. Led by
the presidential candidate himself, who
Will speak four days in this state. an
army of speakers will be sent into
every county and town to spread the
dnctrine and appeal for votes for the
ticket. Mr.. Bryan went to the cities
and towns in the southern tier Satur
day and after two days campaigning in
the Greater City he will stump cities
and towns that fringe the east shore
Of the Hudson River, which seldom are
visited by Democratic candidates, in
search Of support. The Democratic
campaign in the state, 1t is planned by
the party managers, will receive its
impetus from the meetings here Mon.
day at Madison Square Garden and In
Brooklyn Tuesday.
Besides these meetings many others
at which Mr.. Bryan will speak have
been arranged in different parts OF the
city. Tammany Hall has planned to
make the Madison Square Garden
meeting the greatest demonstration
given the candidate In this campaign
and red fire will burn and bands will
play In every assembly district on Man.
haitian Island Monday night Monday
forenoon will find Mr.. Bryan visiting
cities and towns in the near vicinity
OF New York after a flying visit to
Paterson, N. J. Tuesday will be spent
In Brooklyn and on Wednesday the
Nebraskan will turn up state. Follow.
Ing a meeting in Syracuse Thursday
night Mr.. Bryan will leave the Empire
State to devote the closing days OF
the contest to Ohio, Indiana and Hin.
OILS. Meanwhile all the prominent cam.
gaigners the Democratic state and ma.
tional COMMITTEES can enlist will have
been sent to the 6l counties of New
York state and to the doubtful states OF
the middle west. Among the leading
speakers in New York state for the
week will be ex-Judge Alton b. Parker,
John Sharp Williams, Senator Bacon,
of Georgia, Governor Hoke Smith, OF
Georgia, Governor ]. II. Higgins, OF
Rhode Island, and Governor Ansel OF
South Carolina.
The Republican wind-up OF the cam.
paign in New York City calls for 22
mass meetings to be addressed by
speakers Of national reputation; a
parade OF the Republican clubs OF
Greater New York and big parade OF
the Business Mems Republican asso
citation.
The big Republican event OF the
week will be the Madison Square Gar.
den meeting on Wednesday night, Oc
tober 2S, at which Mr.. Taft and Gov,
ernor Hughes viii be the principal
Speakers. Tse other speakers will be
Senator William Alden Smith, OF Mich
igan; George A. knight, of California
and United States Assistant District
Attorney II. A. Atwood, OF Chicago