, 1908-10-01
CANDIDATE TRYING TO DODGE
HIS OWN RECORD ON THE
TARIFF QUESTION IN
HIS SPEECHES.
Judge Taft Follows Him Up and Re-
minds His Hearers That Nebras.
kan Has Uttered Dire Prediction
After Dire Prediction and None
Of Them Have Ever Come True
Republican Party.

braska opponent.
The of speech Mr.. Taft de-
livered during the day may be learn.
ed from the following extracts of re-
marks made at different places along
the road.
Trying to Avoid Record.
"The difficulty with Mr.. Bryan, my
distinguished opponent, Is that he is
engaged in trying to avoid his record,
and the republican party and it's can.
didate are trying to stand by its rec
ord, Mr.. Bryan, | believe, yesterday
invited my consideration TO a number
of issues, but l don't think that he
dwelt, with that intense emphasis of
which he is capable, on the condition
the farmers We're in when he was, so
to speak. at the helm.
Some Lapses of Memory.
Il don't think he called your atten.
ton to the effect on the market price
Of farmers produce under The Cor
man. Wilson tariff bill, of which he
was one of the chief advocates. He
did not refer to the fact, with any
degree of significance, that wheat nm
der the influence of that great tariff
measure went down below 30 cents.
Brought About BY Democrats.
HE did moi call your attention to
the fact that corn was at II cents;
that oats was at 10 cents; nor did he
dwell on the fact that affe- the demo
cratic party, under his leadership, had
brought about such a condition of at
fairs, that then, in order to help us
all out Of difficulty, he proposed a
method by which We should repudiate
half u debts, anil in thatwa.--t"~
ST. back 10 prosperity.
P~rophesies Failed.
e" don't think he called your atten
tion to the fact that within two years
after the gold standard was adopted
in 1896, every n of the p~rophesies
which he made as to what would hap.
pen unless You adopted free silver was
refuted by the event. / don't think
he dwelt at any great length on the
paramount issue, which, together with
free silver, was brought to your at
tention in 1900.
Still Celebrate the Fourth.
Il don't think he invited your con-
sideration to the fact that on the 4th
| DAY OF July. when ne WIS notified III
Lincoln of his second nomination, he
said that unless we got out OF TIE
Philippine islands, unless We abandon
ed that awful issue, that awful policy
of Imperialism, by electing him, we
should not celebrate with true patriot
ism.
Some Schedule Changes.
Il am i~nterrogated as to whether the
tariff should be revised down or up
wards. My own impression is, with
out being familiar with the schedules
as an expert, that in most cases he
operation of the protective tariff has
been normal, the cost of production
has been reduced, and therefore the
revision with respect to those sched-
| ules should be downward.
Some to Go Upward.
There are a few-pottery is one
in which no such change has taken
| place. Indeed, the change has been
| the other way, and in that respect
probably the tariff ought to be raised.
Not F%Iattering Campaign Fund.
"Mr. Bryan says that we may not
| expect anything from the republican
party, that it is governed by the pro-
tected interests and hat they contrib
ute to the campaign fund. If they do,
am glad to advise you that the cam
lpaign fund this year is not f1attering,
| and that no campaign has been carried
or more economically than this cam
paign.
A Party That Does Things.
Secondly, | want to call your atten,
| ton to the fact that when the repub-
lican party rises to bring about a
trusted promise, it %enforces that prom
Use against any corporate influence, as
il has done during the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt, and following
the example of Theodore Roosevelt, 1t
will be my pleasure and my duty to
insist, so far as the executive head
of the nation and the republican party
can gather such influence, to bring
about an honest and thorough revision
of the tariff, on the one hand, protect
ing the industries by the method Of
protection explained, and on the other
seeing that that measure is not toe
great, in the interest in the con
sumer.'
contrasted With Bryan.
Judge Taft's voice permitted him t
be heard fairly we'll. His speaking
assistant during the day was Repro
sentative Adam Bede Of Minnesota
who jokingly referred to the candidate
as the upholstered statesman HI
said the great distinction between
Taft and Bryan was hat you coult
see Taft much further than you could
hear him, and you could hear Bryan
much further than you could see him
or ought to follow him" a