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New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
WORKERS CHEER FOR REPUBLICANS.
Six Hundred Crowd Into Bradshaw Hall,
Whose Capacity Had Been goo Persona

Madison Square Garden was not more solidIv oc-
cupied Wednesday evening than was the little
Bradshaw Hall. a half block from the Hudson
River front. in West 69th street, last night when
the Workngmen's Independent Republican CIuh
composed of Russian refugees. hardy sons of Nor
way and Sweden, negroes born in slavery and
sober-n minded Germans. aPplauded the speakers and
did not forget the scarlet uniformed and vigorous
Italian band.
The hall has never been expected to hold more
than three hundred persons and it was announced
last night under circumstances less interesting
Governor it never had. But fully six hundred
vorkngInen got into the brilliantly lighted room
last night and. although there was not space for
them 10 stand comfortably. they remained to reg
lister their hearty approval of the points made by
the speakers.
Harry W. Mack the presiding officer but the
crowd soon permitted old negro in a drab. long
coat who escorted each speaker from the platform
through the crowd 10 the outer door, TO consider
himself the real majordomo Asked his name he
replied with dignity: = Judge Richard H
Black an wuz one oh de Presidential electors in
Florida in de time OBJ Asto Hayes. 1t wuz az de
resk OBJ my own life dat 1 done cast my vote for
i'm. an ! thank de Lawd dey didn't outer
doin de right thing
The history OF the Republican party with refer
to its legislative enactments beneficial labor
and The reasons why Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Hughes
should be elected were dealt with. amid much en-
thusi9sm by Representative J. Van Vechten Olcott
Alexander Brough. Lemue F. Quigg Alfred e.
Ommen, James r. Feeney and William NJ Chad
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
HITSBRYAN TRADE IDEA
Mr. Sherman Closes Days Cam
Daigning zoith albany Speech.

AIbany Oct 2s-After a day of active csinPe csP
ing through the Adirondack Mountains in Ie, go
County, James S. Sherman, Repuohcdh - -,
Dental candidate, tonight addressed a,. "
dience in Albany Before the meeting HUME
marching clubs paraded through ule ~
streets and much enthusiasm was SHOWN VA
Sherman reached here on a speciaI ua1i,
O'Clock coming from Warrensburg' "iele W II
dressed a large meeting at noon SOiNf
OF farmers and mill hands 49,
After dinner the candidate was escoI'eu W
hall where he received vociferous welcome lfoi'
a crowd that packed the auditorium.
After discussing general campaign issues M
Sherman sharply attacked Mr.. Bryan a'H'uu
toward the foreign markets for AiileIlca" ~
factures. He said in part
Mr. Bryan and his echoes ind fault because
sometimes articles of American manuIactuTISS H.; ie
sold abroad at lower prices than az tes to the
damage of American industry. Let us tGL aI Oh tr,T
product of American manufactures is about ntteen zen
thousand million dollars II was in 1 l0 ,rdns,Tes f,e
and hand trades and other nation ever man d
ured so much in a like period. OF this vast proc PROF.
uct, our people consume at home an OF 'ne ~
Great Britain. as the worlds common car catrle[ nI
handles more goods than we 10, Wtn et,e .nG1 i the
ception the leadership of the United states III efe
worlds commerce Is unrivaed and unchaLensiHu 5nsi-
The reason is found IN the marvellous pIouuCtloii
of our country in all branches. which IS tosteFee
promoted and defended by the firm ana Often
better prices be got abroad for noveitles ana
the output OF our nacmne saGps bere fnds readest
and best buyers on own soil. -
No expert with any title to accuracy ever ra rgcn
oned that on so much per cent or AIreriGan
ma nufactllres exported has concession IN pIIc
taken place abroad below the domestic sLahaAlI =
The American free trader is the only one VINO IIo,
fault with the practice Of all markets. ana ne Iqe
II only to forge weapon against the proleclIiEe
tariff The clamor against any concession IN p, pI,ce
abroad IN order to broaden our markets ana ofs s
additional erlpIoyneut our furnaces anu IaC
tories is the latest exhibition of the frenzy ot
Brvanfsn against American industry II IS a PaIe PTh
task of these parttsans IS to destroy not 70
ers they yiIify and denounce and they care notn-
ing for sr1okeless chimneys and closed IactoileS
and furnaces, If only they can chno 10 po"ei'
Other speakers were Edward R . Nancy canol-
49, fo- Attorney General: the Speaker Of the As
sembly James W. wadsworth, tr.. and Francis n
sho6nmaker After the meeting Mr. Sherman was
taken to tie Fort Orange Club, where reception
was held Later he left here.for Utica where ne Is
to speak tomorrow with William h IaIt-
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
REPUBLICANS HAPPY.
See Nothing but Victory AH Along
the Line on Tuesday.

Chairman T4itrhcock Of the Republican National
Committee said last night that he probably would
give out his election forecast this afternoon or
tonight He. said that Nevada was close. but
that he was confident Of Montana Late reports
received by the national committee show that the
Republicans in Kentucky and Tennessee have 4
lighting chance Of success Nr- Hitchcock fees
sure of Maryland He said that Mr. Taft left town
FOR the vind-up OF his campaign feeling entirely
satisfied with the outlook
Mr. Hitchcock said that the immense crowd that
attended the Madison Square Garden meeting and
the enthusiasm that prevailed among the thousands
who could not get into the Garden, but we're COM
PEELED to stand outside in the rain were eonytnc-
ing argument that New York favored Judge Taft
for President.
Taft VfI carry every state west Of the Missis-
sippi with the possible exception OF Missouri and
Oklahoma. Texas and Arkansas said Congress
man Hawley. OF Oregon. last night
CONGRESSMAN Burke. OF Pennsylvania. made the
prediction that II the tide kept running toward
Taft and Sherman It has been in the last two
weeks Bryan would suffer his worst defeat
Secretary straus Of the Department Of COM
naerce and Labor said that Judge Taft would carry
New York State by a majority ranging between
that received by Roosevelt in 1904 and by Mckinley
in 1900 Roosevelt carried the state by about 175-
900 and Mckinley by about 5000
1T is only a question OF a majority in New Je--
sey." said former Governor Murphy Victory for
the Republican national ticket IN my state has been
cIinched-''
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge OF Massachusetts.
said Ohio would give Taft handsome majority.
fdent that not only Judge Taft OUT Governor
Hughes Will be elected BY a large majority" hs
added
TAFT Will get big majority from New Hamp-
shire" said Senator Streeter. Of New Hampshire.
1T will be somewhere between 1oO1o and 15oe'.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
BRYAN THE FISHERMAN.
FutiIity Of His Bait Pointed Out by
Secretdru Root.

Cincinnati Oct 2s.-In his speech under the
auspices eof the Citizens Taft Club at Music Hall
last night Secretary Of State Elihu Root described
Mr.. Bryan follows:
candidate who IS ready 10 swing away from
the guarantees of honesty in banking and to re
Qure every honest banker. at the expense not only
Of stockholders but Of depcstors and borrowers 20
guarantee the debts OF every dishonest banker; TO
swing away from the old plan under which GOD
Furnishes the man who IS not hones1 and helps the
who is. and to put honesty and dishonesty.
prudence and recklessness conservative business
and speculation all the same basis by allowing
any and every speculative scoundrel who can ralse
s25.0G0 10 start bank under our free banking sys
and borrow money through receiving depositS
on the credit Of all the banking capital OF the
United States
A candidate who is ready TO swing away from
the old American plan Of individual enterprise and
put all the great railroads Of the country IN tne
at Washington, through the hordes OF ONCE
holders controlling and managing our railroads
shall control business from East TO west ana
North 10 South and leaNs every proHuCel anu sI!iA
per q the mercy of the Washington government
A candidate who is ready to swing away from
equal laws for all, and take away from our courts
ton OF any mans right to carry on MS business
upon the ground that the right TO carry on busi-
ness the right TO buy and the right TO sell one 5
not 10 be protected by the law.
Every one of these propositions of new thlnss.
for the sake of which we are asked to turn out
the honest and effective administration, TO reject
the honest efficient, capable candidate, the proved
and tried canddate-every one appeals 10 some
Of the people because II framed for that pur-
pose. because all these new proposals are goods
made 10 sell, and are advertised generously ana
attractvely.
The skiIful fisherman has whipped the stream
with black flies and red and yellow and white and
brown these many years. What wonder thaE the
silly FISH are not all caught An IS rnlstake
10 think that the American people, as whole Is q
gudgeOn,
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
RRYAN THE INTANGIBLE.
Charlemaghe Tozcer Points ont
Dam pers an His Theories.

Norristovru Penn Oct. 29-Charlemagne rover
formerly United States Amba ssador to Germany
was the principal speaker at an enthusiastic Re-
publican mass meeting here tonight The speaker
said he had seen the position Of this country ao-
vance so rapidly in the family OF nations since
1897 under the Republican administrations OF Fresl-
dent Mckinley and President Roosevelt that II mas
gained in that period more influence ana greater
authority throughout the world than It hao ac-
ouired ur 10 that time since the foundation OF the
government
Nj Tower defended the protective tarin and SAID
the Republican party is taking gooc care OF Che
wage Garner by keeping the manufacturer from
being encroached upon from abroad. He declared
that the business depression was not due 10 po-
litical causes. because worse conditions prevail
abroad He told of the unemployed in France
Germany and England and said great hnanclai
depression had swept over the Industrial centres
of the entire world. The country itself Is rlcher
to-day and stronger than ever before, ne said
In the Democratic threat to introduce Vagarles
into the tariff laws" he said. we have the un-
certainty as TO what a Democratic administrator
would do with our countrys finances Mr. Bryan
is the most advanced advocate Of all the Intangible
and uncertain things suggested by Democratic the
orsts and he is not steady in his estimate OF the
value Of the American dollar"
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
THEY'RE ALL FOR TAFT
Chicago Business Men Look to HIS
Election for Prosperity.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

r.b,o.,o oct 2a-Brsiness men of Chicago gave
interviews to-day to THE Tribune on the prooapie
effect on the commercial interests Oh .ne 0s -.
country Of the election Of Mr. Taft or OF Mr. Bryan
Tho leaders of the ctys commercial actFlues-
whether In banking mercantile or industrla INES
are united in their opinions
Talking nureIv from a business point OF we" ana
overlookIne any influence their utterances rsight
ba1e mon voters men standing high in the direc-
tories of financial corporations agree with those
in the inner circles Of labor unions that tne Oaahoe
is to tip either toward activity and prosperity ot
toward stagnation and adversely. In every case
there was the understanding that the comments
were not made for coercive purposes but soleiy aS
statements of fact and Judgment. Brief excerpts
follow:
Jonas Kuppenheiner senior member of B. kuP-
penheimer & CO. clothing nanufactur rers-l @ ar, an
9ess in our line While feel that this would be
true throughout the business world can speSA
p A POTTER. president American Trust and Sav-
ings Bank-General prosperity Is oeglnning ss g bi
nesa ness is sir improving the lumber business is ipT%oT %
ns In shs Sr3oS 3pT tRRe am Of the opinion that this
returning confidence would certainly Dc 0iieIAeu
oy tne Psnd secretary7treasurer Furniture Drtv-
ers' Union-I going to vote for 1aLL W s1% e.
and I I make no apologies for it In fact. / am
working get many members OF our our s{t ana
! don't care rap what Gompers says eornpeiS
oGgsn aenry I'm Miller. president Chicago Eastern
Illinois RaiIroad-During the last few weeks my my
travelling has been between Denver and New 1oLh'
In every case. in answer 20 my inquiries. manu- M
facturers and merchants predicted prompt re
sumption of their business following 1aI's e''
b P Ripley president Atchison. Topeka g 1as Saasa
Fe Railway in an interview given out al GSIveT e.
TON on Tuesdav said that the election OF BE-. :
would cause the abandonment OF an aSsIVSSi'0
plans for construction by the railroaos-, roa1r,.
Thomas E Donnelly. treasurer OF X X - Don,ey Iay
q, sons Enthusiastically only opinion Is thdt uavL
TAFT business would gradually continue 70 P6S
i1ntiI N would seem like old times ana we WOg-
resct the high water mark Of 1906 and l9p' Onoei
R~van don't know what would happen -
Frederick Bode president of Gage Bros q ;S ~
,eaTfertIiring and wholesale milliners-l would
saT with due Difference to both gentIen1eE tlar
fP Mr Taft is elected business at large would PICK
IN a. once while If Mr.. Bryan were elecIeo me,
Would be some hesitancy IN all lines tnet tn ~1u1
check Improvement There Voulo Do
about business
George W Jackson. president George w JACK
son 1nc general contracto-s-It IS my belief tnat
the election Of Bryan would be disastrous 10 the
industrial interests of the country
J. Harry SELF second vice-president selz' sch"dO
& Co. manufacturers of shoes-lf the eiection goes
for Taft business will improve right at the start
and in all lines.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
HANsBRoUGH TO TRY AGAIN.

Bismarck y. D. Oct 29-Mernbers OF the North
Dakota Legislature will not be compelled 10 keep
their pledge 20 for the successful candidate
at the primary in the election of q Senator next
TUESDAY rhe Supreme Court to-day declared un-
constitutional the pledge feature of the primary
law as it relates 10 popular election Of United States
Senators but upholds the law providing for the
vote writ of mandamus is denied. and the cleo
ton will proceed, but al members OF the Legis-
latre are free 10 exercise their personal IN
The election of a Senator 10 succeed Fl. =. Hans
broueh This means that MT. Hansbrough, who
was defeated at the spring primary. will try again.
Many other candidates will be in the field among
tenn T T. Marshall
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
ROOT HELPING In OHIO
Urges Election of Taft and Harris IN
Toledo.

Toledo oct 2a-Secretary Root addressed q
great Republican meeting here tonight MdsFch
ing clubs bands and drum corps escorted MN ~
the Valentine Theatre. where crowoeo hou'e
awaited him His entrance was the slghai ioi
an outburst of cheering and applause
oMv friends of Ohio" said Mr. Root, II you
v-ould nreserve your credit and not let the enete
East beat you you must be up and DONG anu
roll up a majority worthy of your worthy eoii
We should be sorry to see Ohio fall IN aus ap-
preciation of the good and faithful services OF
that grand old veteran Andrew L. haltAS' a'iu
not return him again TO the Governors chair You
will no+ long be able to honor another Of those
men who by their valor on field Of battle mace
II r,ossible for YOU 10 have nation and fresl-
dent TO elect
Mr. Root assured his audience that the chief
issue in the campaign was the promises oi
BRYAN gotten I'D TO attract the attention OF the
people. which. when they failed. were discaroeu
and other novelties substituted
I read in a paper a statement that labor Is
having the fight of its life and If Bryan 1alis Oh
election the cause of labor viii he lost ne sdiu
Labor is having the fight Of its life-a fight to
keep from having its vote controlled by an
other. The election of Bryan will mean that
labor is not its own master The question with
labor is whether it is TO retain its own master
shin or be dominated bysits leaders.
'ryye are lust recovering from the Wall Street
manic Of last fall and no one is more interested
in that recovery than labor. The election OF
Bryan will stop the trend toward prosperity
The election of Taft will bring the full tide OF
prosperity and the factory doors will again
swing open to labor.
The questionable catch-line-of Bryan is
Shall the people rule There are some people
who believe that because Bryan does not rule
the people do not rule. There is plenty OF room
for discussion. But such claptrap and buncombe
as that and other catch phrases are an insult to
every intelligent American, and we ought to
distrust man who uses such means to gain
votes"
Mr. Root left here at II o'clock for New
York
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
TAFT WINS LABOR VOTE
Bookbinders' President Predicts Sur
prise for Democrats.
rrron IN. tribune Rur.au. !

washington Oct z-'Ths most surprised polls
ticians in the country on the day after election
will be those Democratic leaders who are claiming
an enormous proportion % the labor vote They
will find that most workngmsn who voted the Rs
publican ticket In 1904 will continue 70 cast thsI
lot with that party. and that Debs has taken
enough Democratic votes to countsrbaI2ucs Rny
dessrtfons."
James L. Feeney. president Of the BookbindsrE
Union. made the foregoing statement to-day on bis
return from careful study Of the political con-
dtt,ons in Ohio and New York Both these scatss
he places undoubtedly in the Tatt column
TT has been an Acknowledged fact for years that
the majority OF the labor vote was Dsnoorare.
he added William Mckinley was the only Re-
nublican who polled a fair share q the working
mems vote and President Roosevelt rnsds ever.
stronger showing among the Iabertns classes The
men who voted for Roosevelt have not resreItso u,
and my prediction Is that at least - per cent q
them will vote the Republican ticket this year Ina
argument which most appeals to WoFAnsInen 3 tns
nrosperfty argument They realize that w1thouf
work there will be little use OF in1uncEous ~
legislation Of any kind. and they are too ta-"
sighted to risk the chance Of livelihood oy voting
for Bryan.
Two months azo would have conceded great
number OF Republican labor votes 20 Bryan. but
that was before Judge Taft made clear his position
and while he was being r1isrepresented 20 working
nan on every side. The Democratic party IN New
York will not poll large labor vote tn1s year
as II did four years ago. for the reason mat tners
Is a strong Dens sentiment among the voters, ana
every vote that given Debs will be taken rom
Rrvan II was an unusual thing short time after
the conventions TO hear laoortns man SPEAK ouE
for Judge Taft but this stage or the Campaign
the Ia fti.es are taking the aggressive side OF tha
ar7r1rnent and between now and Election Day
hundreds viii regret their Bryan allegiance ana
vote the Republican ticket There are many now
who are keeping silent when politics are discussed
but who will make themselves felt when they a.
rive -. the voting booth
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
PRAISES JUDICIARY CANDIDATES.

Governor Hughes's secretary has sent he follow
ing letter to Isidor WasservogeI and Douglas Ma
thewson, candidates on the Republican county
ticket for justices Of the City Court
1t has been brought TO Governor Hughess atten-
ton that his failure to appoint you "A judge OF
the CITY Court was being used in criticism of your
candidacy The Governor this, as he
strongly favors your candidacy. He would have
been glad to appoint you to fill of the present
vacancies had 1t not been that ne informed
that for some time to come suitable facilities
would not be provided for the work of the court
so as to Justify this appointment
He greatly regrets that there should have been
any misunderstanding, and directs convey
TO you the assurance of his high regard aid his
best wishes for your success. He Is very sorry
that the demands upon him are such that he can
not at this time write in person.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
COLLEGE MEMS TAFT RALLY TONIGHT
After Parade in Fifth Avenue Students Will
Meeting in Carnegie Hall

Elihu Root Secretary of State, will preside at
the Carnegie Hall meeting for college men this
evening Ex-Governor Frank S. Black will make
his only speech of the campaign, and among the
others who will speak will be Senator Dotver, Of
Iowa; Walter Emerson and Edmund Wetmore
This rally has been planned by the Republican
Club for the benefit of college men. many Of whom
are voting for the first time this election.
Large DELEGATIONS are expected from Yale, Prince
ton and Harvard while Columbia, New York Uni
versity the College of the City of New York, New
York University Law School, Stevens Institute
Pratt Institute Brooklyn Polytechnic General and
Union Theological seminaries will also be well rep
resented A parade of college organizations will
start from the Republican Club at o'clock march
up Fifth avenue to 9th street and thence TO Car
nrgie Hail.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
HOW TAFT DRAWS VOTES.
HIS Magnetism Sho1on an Its Effect
at Cooper Union Meeting.

Not at anv time in the campaign did William
Howard Taft reveal more accurately the kind and
caibre of man he is than in the labor meeting at
Cooper Union on Wednesday night. At other meet
ings he had captured the audiences. But the per
sons present II is safe TO say were preponderantly
Republican. They knew Judge Taft as the man
who had made good. who did things. They had
read about his achievements and liked to hear
him tell of them. And when Judge Taft spoke at
meetings where he sure Of support he was, Of
course not one whit less explicit in his expana-
tions Of Republican achievements or of the Re-
publican programme for the future. but he was
different
At the Cooper Union meeting the audience
almost typical Peoples Institute gatherings
reporter for The Tribune who had often at
tended the meetings presided over by Charles
sprague Smith was at the Taft meeting. If 1t may
be so called. He many faces familiar as regu-
lariy present at the -and-easy discussions Of
everything under the sun. He observed with care
the emotions expressed by those present as Judge
Taft proceeded in his speech.
The Republican candidate got a rousing recep-
ton but rot from Everybody There many
who sat with stolid Indifference at the beginning.
Some had a look of amused tolerance of their
neghbors' enthusiasm. Tammany was represented,
and in the beginning there were sporadic attempts
at disturbance. Then Judge Taft warmed up.
It a generous warming up. too. An attempt
by Congressman Bennett to check him that the
schedule of attendance other meetings might
be adhered 10 resulted in the first glimpse OF the
side OF the Cdndlqdte not Ollen seen. Win an
earnestness that was rebuke without the ex-
preston in words he said, and there ring
in it that stirred the audience nothing had done
before:
Why I have only just begun to speak"
He had only just begun 20 tell the large miscel-
laneous gathering the truth about his labor rec
ord. Then the phase of character of the
man who had done things that every
and woman of the three thousand IN the hall
he asked:
rs it fair that my decisions should be misrep-
resented? Is it right that my attitude toward labor
should be dtstorted?"
He could not have made more effective plea.
There in Judge TSfts voice such sincerity
Just tinged with Indignation, that the whole gath
ering got up simultaneously. and the burst OF ap-
plause was Of that kind that shows belief devo-
ton. There no longer of several parties
present. They admirers OF Judge Taft, be-
uevers IN Judge Taft; who had caught the
blaze of truth from his lips, men who knew that
no mere seeker after votes talking TO them.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
A pARApE o. 10000 REPuRLlcANs.

1t Is estimated that eighty thousand or
men will be in line when the Business Mems Repub-
ncan Association parade starts on Saturday. The
great number Of applications for place in me
parade has exceeded the expectations Of the com
mittee in charge. and IT is expected that will
eclipse anything of the kind in the city.
Many prominent men have signihed their intention
of being guests In the grandstand at Madison
Square, and so great has been the demand for
music 1t found necessary 10 go into New
Jersey and Connecticut for bands.
Rear Admiral Joseph 3. Coghlan will oficiate as
grand marshal and has given orders which insure
that the whole affair will he carried out IN true
naval style The line Of march win be from lower
Broadway. through Waveyley Place to Firth ave-
nue.. and up 10 I'D street. where the parade Will
disband