Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-01

the rear platform. They advocated a front porch campaign wherein the candidate should be kept in the back ground, and others allowed to make his canvass upon Rooseyelt's record. The advocates of a stumping cam paign prevailed, however, and now
 they are sorry that it was ever begun.
 The contrast between the Demo cratic simplicity with which Mir.
 Bryan has travelled and the elegance of the Taft accommodations on rail,
 Is as marked as the contrast between
 the size and the enthusiasm of the audiences which have greeted the
 Democratic candidate, and those which
 Mir. Taft has addressed. While one
 great New York newspaper which is
 supporting Mir Taft and which main
 tains a press association service has refused to have correspondent with
 Mir. Bryan, ample accommodations are afforded aboard the Taft special for the special correspondents of all the large papers. In addition, for the
 first time in the history of any cam three press agents paid by the nation al committee for the purpose of in fiuencing public opinion.
 Notwithstanding all this the reports come from all along the line that
 Mir Taft's receptions have been re markedly chilly and that the audienc. es have been indifferent to his speech es and involved explanations of his attitude upon public questions. At George Ade's Indiana farm a large crowd was gathered because a harvest festival had been advertised. The people expected a free feast from the
 full dinner pair but were disappoint- ed when they were charged twenty five cents for dinner while they wait ed for the appearance of the Candi- date. When he did come before them he talked about a larger navy, a stronger army and coast dsfences, something in which they had little in terest, while he ignored the live is- sues of taTiff revision. injunction guarantee of bank deposits, publicity of campaign funds. and other ques- tions about which they desired to hear his views. The result was that Mir. Taft's speech was received with and d lack of anything which approached enthusiasm. I'm partial newspaper correspondents re- port that the IE,diana meeting was a frost.
 In order to obtain a crowd to greet MT Taft at the railway station in Chi cago it was necessary for the Repub lican managers to send out postal card notices to the faithful to turn cut with their friends and give the distinguished visitor a cordial wei come" Despite this MT. Taft found few besides the reception committee and regular travellers at the station 10 meet him upon his arrival in Chicago. Fearing that a demonstration would be made against him the Republican managers refused an option on hall in the heart Of the labOring district seating 15.000 people. and selected 9 hall in the down town section, where the seating capacity is only 1000. To this place admission was by card only in order that none might gain access to the hall who were not in full sym pathy and accord with Mr. Tafr's posi- ton No one was wanted who might ask an embarrassing question, yet Mir. faft's speech was supposed to bs one m which he would defend his labor record. In a city where hundreds ot thousands are interested in this sub iect, the audience was picked and