Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-31

Continued from rage One.D
into the arena and allowed the charge |
that the trusts were opposed 10 Taft
to stand. | challenged him to name
one trust officer that was supporting
me. Not being able to find an official.
he named ST. Louis attorney who
in one case represented the president
of branch of the Standard Oil COM
pany.
Roosevelt in his eagerneSs to re-
lieve the republican candidate of the
odium of trust support, accepted this
as proof that the Standard Oil COM
pany was supporting me, of how
Rockefeller. the head of the Standard
| Oil company, was supporting me.
| Now Rockefeller comes out openly il
support Of Taft and gives the reasons
| that lay bare the false preteBses upon
which the republican campaign has
been conducted. If the republican
party were honest, ii would announce
| that. having made arrangements with
| the trusts for funds to finance the
campaign and having pledged the re-
| publican party to protect the trusts
1 from punishment, it would release the
rank and file of the republican party
| frcm further support of the republican
i ticket
4 Taft Attacks Gompers.
/ Buffalo, Oct. 31.-The burden of
Judge Taft's. speech here last night
was Gompers. whom the republican
presidential nominee attacked with
sledge hammer blows.
Taft and sherman Together.
| Utica. n. Y, Oct. 3l-"Your Jim
assured me that we are going 10 be
elected and | believe his Judgment is
good" declared Taft to a great audi
ence here yesterday. The meeting at
which Taft spoke was followed by
20-minutes conference between the re-
publican candidates at the hotel.
Sherman was waiting in his automo-
bile when the Taft special pulled into
the station. Taft greeted him with
the greatest cordially. The two went
TO the hotel Twenty minutes later
Ithey were driven up through the
crowded streets. Two audiences We're
waiting TO receive the candidates. one
at the Majestic theater and another
at the Orpheum. The Majestic was
visited first and Taft and Sherman
appeared side by side on the stIge.
The audience was electrified into an
enthusiastic demonstration. The.
shouting continued for many minutes
When Taft had concluded, Sherman
followed with a brief speech. The
candidates then spoke TO another audi
ence in the Orpheum theater after
which Taft left for Batavia and
Buffalo.
Cannon Begins Explaining.
Danville, ILL.,, Oct. 31-Spealxer Can
non yesterday at the request of Rev.
F. NJ. Bristol. bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church at indianapolis, adj
dressed him an open letter in answer
to the question put 10 the speaker,
/ did the speaker prevent the house
from taking vote ON Littlefield bill?"
| Cannon says:
! 81 did not prevent the house from
4 considering the Littlefield bill or voting
/ upon it and | will add | had no power
| to prevent the house from doing either
for. as Littlefeld says in his letter to
me. dated Sept ~. there are no rules.
There is no committee on rules. There
is no speaker that can prevent ma
jority of the house from taking up
any measure and acting upon it at
anytime.
4 Il have said in my speeches and l
repeat it to you. that the bishop of
the Methodist church were mislead by
agents who either wilfuily or ignorant
~ made the untruthful reports to
them