Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-08

Candidates Taft and Bryan occupied
seats at the same table last night. with
only one man between. and probably es-
tabiished a precedent in presidential cam
paigning. for the meeting is said to have
been the first of it's kind between leading
candidates for the presidency in the his
tory of the republic. The occasion was
banquet of the Chicago Association OF
Commerce in connection with the deep
waterways movement. Both candidates
delivered addresses. non-partisan in char
acter. and many pleasantries were eX-
changed. full account Of the meeting
is given elsewhere in The Star
KERN CRITICISES PRESIDENT
John w. Kern, the democratic vice pres
idential candidate, denounced in no uncer-
tain terms before a big audience In
Roanoke, Va. last night the participa-
ton of President Roosevelt in the ma
tional campaign, declaring that he had
brought the high office he occupied to the
level of ward politics.
when Virginians. in common with all
Americans. reflect upon how the conduct
of President Roosevelt in its illumination
Of political philippics. reeks with partisan
bitterness and sectional denunciation,' he
said, they must feel the degradation
brought upon the Office and the humilia-
ton upon their cOuntrymen.'
HUGHES CLAIMS NEBRASKA
After having spoken in fourteen towns
within a radius of a few hundred miles OF
the home of the democratic candidate for
President. Gov. Charles E. Hughes OF
New York, in speech last night.
declared he was convinced that 1.-The voice
Rrya
be the weakest in repudiating the Bryan
and reaffirming the republican policies
next month";
At Lincoln Gov. Hughes was escorted
through the streets by Gov. George L.
Sheldon in an automobile decorated with
large placard bearing the words
Hughes 1912; Sheldon 1876
MORE NEBRASKA CLAIMS
Each laying claim to Nebraska by 1O,OO(
plurality. Thomas 8. Allen, brother-in-laW
of William J. Bryan and chairman of the
democratic state committee, and J. War
rem Keifer, jr., son OF the veteran repre-
sentative from Ohio and chairman of the
republican state committee, have full
working forces in the field un>"r their di-
rection from headquarters in Lincoln
The rival managers of the great presiden-
tial fight in Nebraska talk confidently OF
the result, with this difference: Mr.. Allen
backs up his claim with figures, while Mr.
Keifer declines to do SO. for the avowed
reason that that would be giving his
hand away"
WATSON Is PESSIMISTIC-
Thomas E. Watson, populist nominee
for President addressed an enthusiasts
tic audience at the Grand Opera House in
Atlanta last night. He said:
I'm theory, l am a king, addressing an
assemblage Of fellow soyeregns. AS a
matter of fact, am a political nonentity,
addressing a good looking crowd of citi-
zens who are just as helpless as myself.
I'VE imagine that we have a great deal
to do with the government Of our country.
In theory we rule 1t. The actual truth
is that nobody consults us in the making
of laws, the shaping of policies Or the
selection of rulers"
SHERMAN Is BETTER
Special excursion trains from many sur
rounding counties brought great crowds
to Piqua, Ohio. yesterday, to hear James
S. Sherman speak. The entire popula-