The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-02
REPUBLICANS HAVE TREATED
LABOR FAIRLY BY PASSING
LAWS WHICH HAVE BEEN
GREATLY TO ITS INTEREST.
CANDIDATES COMPARED.
TAFT Is Worker and Doer of Deeds
While Bryan Is a Dreamer Two
Thousand People Hear Cabinet
Member.

Two thousand persons shiyered and
shook at the Coliseum last evening to
hear an address by James r. Garfield,
Secretary of the Interior in the cab
met of President Roosevelt. He de-
livered one of the most thorough cam
paign speeches ever made in this city.
The temperature of the building was
extremely low. but the enthusiasm was
high. Clad in overcoats, capes and
jackets men and women applauded the
words OF the speaker. Preceding the
meeting at the Coliseum, the drum and
bus,e corps and Taft Club made a
short march on Main street.
Mr.. Garfield reflects the personality
of President Roosevelt and was un-
Lesitating in his manner of address.
His style was conversational and so
pleasing that the hour and half he
consumed passed all too quickly. He
SPOKE as a man thoroughly acquainted
with the facts he represented and one
whose sincerity is unquestionable.
Speaking far more rapidly than the
ordinary campaigner, his words were
enunciated with such distinctness that
they were heard in every part of the
large hall, and without extra effort on
the part of the speaker. His address
was conservative in detail, free from
mud singing and vituperation-a pre-
sentation of mere facts in a concise,
logical manner that must carry convic-
tion to the unprejudiced mind.
In wonderfully convincing man.
ner. Mr.. Garfield punctured the fan
cies.' of William ], Bryan. the Demo-
cratic candidate for President. Bryan
was classified as a fancier, a dreamer,
a chaser of theories, and the speaker
told why he is such. The attempt of
Bryan in his campaign to arraign one
set of men against another by charging
that the laboring men must fight for
their lives or they will be oppressed
by capital under the dominance OF the
Republican party, was classed by Mr..
Garfield as dangerous campaigning. Mr..
Garfield did not apply the Rooseveltian
term undesirable to Bryan, but said
he is a dangerous citizen"
The facts set forth and the argument
advocated by the speaker. according to
his statements. had been obtained by
him as chief of the Bureau of Com
merce and labor and Bureau of Corpor-
ations. 1t was first-hand information
and for this reason the speaker was
accorded the closest attention. and his
words were received by the audience
with telling effect.
of this city, who was member of the
Civil Service Commission with Mr.
Garfield. acted in the capacity of mas
ter of ceremonies. In presenting Mr..
Garfield to the audience Mr.. Foulke
said: when President Roosevelt be-
gan his administration: an administra-
tion which has been without precedent
In achievement in modern times. one
sof the measures of deepest interest to
him was that of civil service reform.
When he desired to reform the old
commission, John r. Proctor. of Ken
tucky. stood at the head In a short
time Mr.. James Rudolph Garfield sue
ceeded Mr.. Proctor, and I have never
known more harmonious body OF men
to exist in connection with the govern
ment than was that commission. We
were one in all things. and it was with
the greatest regret that we lost Mr..
Garfield. But why did we lose him ?
The evils of the spoils system were
looming above everything else The
Danger Of predatory wealth was the
most conspicuous and when the Bu-
reau OF Commerce and Labor was Gre
.eted, the President sought through the
entire land and selected as the fittest
man for the position James r. Car
field. Then he was transferred to the
position of Secretary of the Interior OF
the United States. He has been one
OF the Presidents most trusted ad.
ssisess. He has been one OF the men