The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
TAFT TOUR ENDS.
Republican Candidate Closed His
Campaign at Youngstown
With Three Speeches Made to
Large Crowds.
HE WAS OUT Al DAYS.
Has Made 41S Speeches Since
Sept. %.
Has Faith i'm HitchcOck's Claim
of 325 Votes.

Youngstown, O., Nov. 3.-The last
word of his campaign was spoken
here last night by w. H. Taft.
vote the Republican ticket and
preserve prosperity, protection to
American industries, business integrity
and the rights of labor"
This was the message with which
Mr. Taft finished his fight.
The close of the campaign in this
city was in magnitude and en-
thusiasm a fitting climax to all that
has gone before. The six and one
half hours that Judge Taft spent in
Youngstown were crowded with
political events, respondent with the
pomp and show of party organiza-
ton and a carnival of hilarity, noise
and general abandonment by the
populace to the occasion. Three
speeches were required of the can
didate at the park theater, the Grand
opera house and in the public square.
Preceding these he reviewed parade
miles in length, composed of thou
sands of uniformed marchers. He
was the guest of the Republicans OF
the city at the Youngstown club, for
dinner which was served before the
evening speech making began. The
last day of the campaign for the can
didate was remarkable in that there
was an increase rather than
diminishing OF the crowns Wherever
he went Judge Taft's speech here
was a repetition of his arguments to
show why there should be no change
in the policies of the government as
applied by the present administration
to which he took advantage of the
opportunity to emphasize that not
withstanding the opposition to him
and the Republican party by Samuel
Gompers, he will, if elected, main
tain his great sympathy for and in
terest in the welfare of organized la
Dor which he maintains his previous
record sustains.
ct want to say" he declared, that
it does not make any difference how
much Mr.. Gompers may misrepresent
my position; it does not make any
difference how much he misrepresents
the position of the president OF the
United States-I suppose 1 ought not
to feel hurt because 1 am running for
office. If these gentlemen had the
patience and justice to read my de-
cisions when 1 was on the bench and
when 1 had not the slightest idea of
ever yielding to the weakness of run
ming for the presidency, they would
have found that I have not changed
from the principles I stated then. l
have not turned an iota from the
principles then established and those
principles and those principles alone
are the basis upon which trades
unionism can flourish in this country"
THE question of today" he added.
sis how far Mr.. Gompers is able by
deed of grant executed, to transfer
what he has not got. Every attempt
made by Misrepresentation and other
wise as to the attitude of the Repub-
lican party has beef made to preju-
dice the wage earners of this country
against the party and its candidate"
In this connection 1t was made known
that Representative Burton had in
formation from Samuel Keefe, pres
ident of the Longshoremen's union,
that the telegram published from
John Mitchell to Samuel Gompers, in
which Mr.. Mitchell declared himself
in sympathy and accord with the pol
icy of the American Federation of La
Dor is garbled inasmuch as 1t leaves
out two important words; these words
being "non-partisan political" The
text of the telegram as 1t should have
been published was read as follows:
Chicago, ILL.,. Oct. 81. 1908.
Samuel GOmpers. Washington, d. c.
Telegram quoting what purports
to be an extract from speech deliver
ed by Taft at Buffalo last night receiv-
ed His statement so far as it relates
to me conveys a wrong impression. 1
am in full sympathy and accord with
the nonpartisan political policy of the
American Federation of Labor as it
has been outlined and promulgated
by the executive council.
(Siened) JOHN MITCHELL"
Among the prominent speakers at
the several meetings were U. 8. Sen
ator La Toilette of Wisconsin, Secre-
tary Garfield and Representative
Burke of Pennsylvania.
Judge Taft's three speeches here
dwelt largely with the labor question
and again he emphasized his denial
of charges against him of unfairness
and asserted his friendliness to labor.
His special train left shortly before
IL o'clock for Cincinnati.
When he stepped on the park theater
stage he faced an audience almost
wholly friendly but of an inquiring
mind. Several persons called to him be-
fore he began his speech What about
the full 7inner pail?" Il am going to
talk to you tonight said Mr.Taft, about
the reasons labor men should support
the ticket and my talk Will cover the
question of the full dinner pail
Mr.. Taft then made his tariff argu-
ment showing from his point of view
that protection of American manufac-
lures projected also the men who work
ed for the manufacturers. When he
finished that part of the speech ques-
TONERS in the audience still Insisted
the full dinner pail question had not
been answered, and Mr.. Taft said:
''All right. / will answer you
He then spoke of the recent panic
and said that II labor men wished to fill
the dinner pail that had been depleted
by the recent depression. they would
resenting the party that had legislated
for both labor and capital and Mr..
Bryan. who had only theorized on both
subjects. From this argument Mr.. Taft
went to his own labor record and his
aggressiveness and independence won