The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-15
TRAVELLING
Men Are Boosting For
the Election of
Bryan
AND DOING GOOD WORK

shNS - SHtNN NSOS ~ Sahh
William Hoge, of New York. vice
chairman Of the Travelling Mems
Bureau of the Democratic National
Committee, is in Chicago this week.
He is enthusiastic over the work
which the travelling men are doing for
the election of Bryan. One of Mr..
Hoge's purpose in Chicago is to ar
range for MONDAY Bryan meetings
here, similar to those which are held
in New York under the auspices of
the travelling men. MIR. Hoge has an
organization of more than 1000 travel
ing men who over their signature have
pledged themselves to spread the
gospel of Bryan Democracy wherever
they go. These men make it a point
to discuss politics on trains, in hotel
lobbies, in newspapers and with every
one they meet.
Discussing the campaign from the
travelling mems standpoint, Mr.. Hoge
said
"If Mr.. Taft would study the COM
mercial traveller of this country he
would learn something to make him
nervous. If the Democratic National
Committee should spend million
dollars hiring paid agents to travel
around arousing public sentiment
against Taft and the trusts, those
agents could not do half the work
that the travelling statesmen are doing.
First of all and hardest of all the
commercial travellers felt the effects
of the trusts. l think it is only fair
to say that 10000 of them have lost
their jobs. Other thousands have
seen their earnings drop off and the
entire class have been menaced.
Under trusts, it is only matter of
time until their work will be further
depleted
81 tell you tonight that, at this
very minute, there are 10000 CONNER
cial travellers, the brightest and
smartest men between the Atlantic
and Pacific, scattered around this
country in villages and in all big
cities talking against the trusts and
against Roosevelt-Taft combination.
They touch every side of humanity
and are convincing takers.
"We have organized a travelling
committee of one thousand Demo
cratic commercial travellers, each
member of which has pledged himself
over his own signature to work for
the election of Bryan and Kern. They
will play an important part in the
campaign against the trusts. This
committee has the qualification of
knowing that we have formally set in
motion movement which will cover
the continent, gathering strength as it
goes and welding an influence for
good in every city, town, village and
hamlet in the land. To be conserva-
tive l will say that this travelling COM
mittee will talk with ten men during
the day. That means the gospel of
justice is being preached by them to a
congregation of 10000 voters. A face
to face talk beats the best campaign
document ever written.
eve have opened noon day meet
inge at 597 Broadway, New York City
and 1t is gratifying to record the tre-
mendous success Of these meetings
as a favorable reminder of the con-
trast between 1904 and 1908. In 1904
the impression went abroad that the
Commercial Travellers of the U. s. A.
were supporting the Republican
party. This year it is conceded that
they are almost unanimous in their
support Of Bryan and Kern. The meet
ing place at 597 Broadway is a verit-
able hot bed of enthusiastic patriot
ism. The very highest type of ma
tional speakers deliver addresses
there. When Mr.. Bryan spoke there
ten days ago, Broadway for many
blocks on either side was jammed by
tens of thousands of people eager to
see and hear him, SO that traffic was
brought to complete standstill for
an hour. Ten thousand pieces of lit
erature are distributed from there
daily. Mr.. Bryan has ordered a CAM
paign book to be sent to every Demo-
IN oil two