New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
TAFT IN NEW HAVEN.
Thousands Brace Pouring Ram to
Hear Republican Candidate.

Pain oouI1 not damp the ardor OF ConnecCcut
Republicanlsm. although 1t came down III 49,
I4or5a1, during Judge Taft's brief trip through
The little Nutmeg State. and record crowds were /
gathered at every station at when the Ial' SP0
ciaI stopped and at some at which IL did not 49,
The Yale Taft Club, the Wide Awakes Of l00V- ~
the I'd Regiment of the Governors Guards "hlc-
organization headed by Benedict Arnold marcHeu
to Lexington in the War Of the Revolution tle
men in their Colonial uniforms. and a number OF
other New Haven Republican clubs met the Presi-
dental candidate at the station in New Haven ana
escorted him to the armory, where the MONDAY
meeting was held
For considerable part of the way they marched
r. r,rqh q sea Of mud while the rain came down IN
sheets but nothing deferred them from cheering
TIdge Taft continuously and the streets were hned
with men and women. who, as obiv1ous 10 the ei7-
ments as ducks. kept up a continuous applause do
the Taft automobile went by
When the armory was reached Judge 1ait 1ouHu
an audience OF more than ten thousand persons
packed in it's spacious drhlhaH and seated IN the
galleries and the cheer which went up as tHs can
dfdate appeared the platform sounded, as Judge
Taft exDressed it like the roar Of the ocean beating
on New Englands rocky coast The dominant tone
was YaIe's long cheer. In the anterooIn OF Tue
drfllhau Mr.. Taft held impromptu reception pc
fore going the stage Among those VINO WEI
coined him 10 the state United States Senators
Brandegee and Buckley, Representative IAHey'
candidate for Governor; Governor RoIin woodruff
Theodore Mcdonald, chairman or the FcepuOHcdh
town committee and the officers of the Governors
Guard.
As soon as Judge Taft introduced by Gov
ernor Woodruff. Maxwell O. Parry, president OF
the Yale Taft Club, stepped forward and presented
TO him an engrossed testimonial of the admiration
end anection of the Yale students. which Mr.. TAFT
held In his hand while he made his address, his
first words expression OF thanks 10 the
Yale students who organized the Yale Taft Club
, and Of his good wishes to those VINO had Jolheo
cot bar noticaI organizations" although he hoped
their aspirations would not be gratihed this time
Judge Taft reviewed the record of the two parties
saying that If he did not thoroughly Oel'eVe IKE
publican success meant the real prosperity OF inc
country he should feel like Withdrawing from the
canvass A Democratic tariff was compared Win
the prosperity said 10 have followed It's repeal ana
the establishment Of a protective system The
establishment OF the gold standard, the regulation
of trusts and not their destruction were esch
3 touched upon
The candidate said Mr.. Bryan wanted to take the
tariff off trust-made goods, and thus destroy not
only the trusts but their independent competitors
The coming of the recent panic was referred to,
and Judge Taft said lie willing Bryan should
call II a Republican panic. because no Democratic
panic was caused by our prosperity. as this
one was The panic Is not deep-seRted and with
restoration of confidence will be forgotten This
can come about by strict enforcement OF the law
and the firm understanding that there is going TO
be no crusade against business
That Mr.. Bryan. if elected. might by Executive
order put the country~pn silver basis, was an
other reason why he said the election OF the Ne
braskan would be detrimental Bryan went
around
coming home safe and sane. He resented that and
proceeded at once demonstrate its falsty by
advocating the government ownership OF railroads
He went next TO Oklahoma, and the result was
the greatest botanical garden OF crank ideas in the
constitution of that state
There was limit to the enthusiasm with which
Judge Taft's remarks were received, and a mighty
roar followed the close of his speech
Although no stops had been scheduled between
New York and New Haven. Mr., Taft yielded to the
opportunities of National Committeeman BROKER
and made brief stops Stamford. South NorwaIk
bridgeport. AS each OF these points reached
crowds estimated a from 1000 to 1900 persons
around the rear platform TO listen TO the short
speeches which the candidate made during the
three-minute stops.
Judge Taft was In excellent spirits. He had rest
ed well and greatly refreshed. and when he
reached New Haven his voice was In good condl-
ton so that. although the rain beat the armOry
roof like a tattoo hundreds of drums he
had no difficulty in making himself heard through
out the hall When MIR. Taft returned TO the sta
New Haven he found his boy Robert. now
Yale student and grown tall as his father,
awaiting him. When Mr.. Taft embraced his
there murmur of pleasure among the several
hundred persons who had gone TO the station
Judge Taft made his first speech in New York
State yesterday at Port Chester the return trip
from New Haven. From a stand just outside tho
station he spoke TO audience Of probably Ave
thousand. which filled every available nch In front
of the station and swarmed the fronts and
roofs Of the buildings on the opposite side OF the
street, while only two squares away Mr.. Bryan
talked tn a much smaller audience the public
square.
Several thousand persons the platform at
Mount Vernon to the train pass, but no stop
made.