The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-31
ON NATIONAL ISSUES
Ex- Governor Waller Speaks to Colored
 Democrats Amid Vast Applause.

The largest crowd of the season for Masonic hall on Webster street, was on hand last night to hear ex-Gover- nor Thomas M. Waller. over hun dred were unable to get in at all.
 The Republican club down the block gave an oyster dinner to It's members to keep them from going to the democratic rally but when the band came by playing "A Hot Time in the old Town" Marching Through Georgia" and 'I Won't Get Home Un- til Morning" there was a break among the colored members of the club Many escaped to hear the faults of Roosevelt and Taft brought to light, and all would doubtless have come If someone had not locked the doors.
 In speaking of Mir. Lilley. Mir. Wall CT said that he had been sighted by Taft Mir. Taft when In your city" he said, was standing on the plat form a few feet from MT. Llley, yet he did not have the courage to men ton him. Nothing good could be said of him yet If had been speaking, I would have had the courage to have said what could be said of him. In New York, MT. Taft spent whole evening in eulogizing Governor Hughes"
 Mir. Waller said that he had heard words of good cheer from every part and that he had said in Providence that ft looked as though New England would have two democratic governors this year for the first time in de- cade, one in Rhode Island and the other In Connecticut.
 Taft will have 750,O0O votes handi- cap. There arc 36O,OOo highly paid government employees who will vote for him and each can be counted on to bring another. It will be the inde- pendent voter who will overcome these.
 'I dub MT. Taft Lapsis Linguae' and if he don't get elected 1t will be because of this He has also elected to pursue the terrible policy of Theo- dore the First and God grant the last.
 Taft in Connecticut said that Bryan would precipitate the free silver uues- ton on the country This was q lapsis linguae, At the memorable service at Grants tomb, when Taft spoke of Grant as drunkard and loafer whose fortune of war made him great man, this was lapsis lingune. I can not conceive of a great man who makes such lapsis linguae,
 Taft was always apologlzing for his decisions when judge in the United states court. He expended sbO0000, GOO In the Philippines, not to mention thou sands of lives of brave American men.
 The Panama canal has cost s4O,OOO 900 to buy from Wall street men who paid S6,)00,000 for It, and the work has cost S5o,000,000 more than the es- innate made for the entire work al- ready.
 As to the Brownsville trouble MT. Taft did not have courage 10 oppose Mir. Roosevelt when he said that the president had no right to dismiss the colored troopers, lf he had done what any man of courage would have done resisned--he would have been nomin- ated for president and would not have lost one vote for his action
 "1 will soon be out of politics for. ever, as [ am now out of office"
 He here spoke Of MT Taft's treatment of Mir. Lilley He said that If Mir Taft's conscience would not let him speak in favor of MT. Lllley. why dIdn { he have courage enough to denounce him, as he was a disgrace to Con necticut
 'If Taft gets in' he said in conclu. sion 'I hope he won't strike "In Cod We Trust" off everything, and order COW" spelled with TX" or tell every one how many children they are to have and when they are to have them"