The Washington times., 1908-08-25
Illinois and North Dakota
Senators Want Ohioan to
Take Stump.
ONE CANNED SPEECH
RELEASED BY JUDGE
Phonograph Discussion on Foreign
Missions Refutes Story Candi-
date Is Not Religious Man.
By JAMES HAY, Jr.

HOT SPRINGS. Aug 25-william
Howard Taft today heard further stories
OF political troubles in the West.
Senators Albert Hopkins, OF Illinois,
and P J. AIcCumber. Of North Dakota,
arrived on the early morning train,
each seeking assistance for his State
IN the campaign. Mr.. Hopkins came
TO impress on the candidate the i'm
poTtance of his making at least one
speech in Illinois If he decides to take
the stump outside OF Cincinnati.
Senator MeCumber. who Is accom-
panied by James Kennedy, national
committeeman from North Dakota. SAID
he came TO talk over the political situa-
Jion In his State, and intimated that
thinks are not looking as rosy for the
Republicans as he would like TO see
them.
If Judge Taft takes the stump" said
Mr. Hopkins, I'VE want him TO come to
Illinois. Of course, our State is safely
Republican. but Mr.. Taft could do a lot
or good speaking there. 1 would not be
asking him TO do it unless I was certain
that much good would result from It.
Labor Men MisinfOrmed.
a speech from him viii have bene-
fetal results. particularly among he la
Dor circles. There is large laDo- ele-
ment in Illinois which has been delib-
eratgly misinformed regarding Judge
Taft-s attitude on injunction 1t has
even been told TO them that he invented
the particular use of the injunction 10
which labor unions object. On the other
hand. there is also a large Ia Dor element
which IS for Taft because it under
stands that he is in sympathy with the
purposes of labor unions that are doing
the right thing.
Senator McCumber will have a con-
ference with The candidate late this
afternoon and go over the entire trou-
bied situation in North Dakota. seeking
the best means of making the state
surely Republican.
Judge TAFT today gave permission for
the publication of one of the five
speeches which he talked into a phono-
graph, and which are to be used ex-
1ensiveiy i'm the campaign. The one he
gave ont today is on the subject OF
Iiorelgn missions. and, by~its conten 5.
IS a refutation of the charge m; de
. against him that he is not a religious
man.
What Canned" Speech Says.
The speech says, in part:
Il have known a good many people
who were opposed to foreign missions.
] have known a good many regular at
JsEdants at ChurCh-Consistent members
that religlously, if you choose to use
that terms refused to contribute to
foreign missions. / confess thai there
was time when / was enjoying SNUG
prOvincialism, that I hope has left me
nov, when I rather sympathized with
that view Until 1 went tC the Orient,
until there was thrust upon me the re-
sponsibiity with reference TO the ex-
tension of civilization II these far dis
tant lands, I did not realize the i'm
mense Importance of foreign missions.
7 suppose l ought not to go into a
: discussion here of our business in the
Philippines, but n never ean take up
Fthat subject without pointing the moral.
flt Is my conviction that our nation is
just as much charged with the obliga-
tton 70 help the unfortunate people OF
other countries thrust upon US by fate
70 become SeltgOVerning people a. il
IS the business of the wealthy and for
tunate iu a community TO help theSin-
Trm and the unfortunate of that COM
munity.
Nothing to Forbid It.
TT IS said that there is nothing in
the Constitution OF the United States
that authorizes national sItruism of
that sort Well, Of course, there Is not;
but there is nothing in the Constitution
OF the United States that forbids it."
Wade II. Ellis. attorney general of
Ohio and the man who wrote the Re
publican platform, also came today for /
a conference with Taft He brought the /
news that all his information Is such
IS 20 convince him the country will go !
overwhelmingly Republican in Novem- |
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