Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-27
TAFT IN CONNECTICUT.
Ovation After Ovation, With IRE.
mendous Ono from Yale Students.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 26.-"The
only way Mr.. Bryan ever Influenced
the return of prosperity was by being
beaten. That is the way he brought
on prosperity every time and l hope
the same method will be continued
This was William H. Tafts first mes
sage to Connecticut, delivered to a
crowd which greeted his special train
at Stamford on it's way to New Haven.
The crowd cheered and shouted as
surance that the result desired would
follow.
At South Norwalk. where another
stop was made the crowd was even
larger and waited in the rain to get
a glimpse of the candidate. He frank
ly told them that he was to be shot
right through to New Haven as in d
pneumatic tube, and this he admitted
would have pleased him as his voice,
he feared, was not equal to the 10
minute stops being made. Such a
crowd, he added, was too tempting
and he must talk The candidate had
another opportunity to speak at
Bridgeport which he embraced briefly
The crowd there was still larger and
surrounded stand which it was hop
ed Mr.. Taft would occupy. The time
was too brief and the crowd hurried
to the rear of the train.
When the Taft special arrived at
New Haven at 1880 he was met at the
station by an escort which consisted
Of the Young Mems Republican Club.
of which Mr. Taft became a member
when he was here last February to
attend the Lincoln day banquet. The
Taft Club of Yale, which includes
many OF the student body of that uni
versity and the Wideawakes, an or
ganization which marched in Lincoln's
campaign, also formed part of the
escort
Despite the downpour Of rain, the
marching clubs of Yale students and citi-
zens cheerfully took the drenching. The
big arnory tecmed with good-natured
throng. A flag-draped stand had been
erected in the center to which the candi-
date made entrance from the side of the
building. 1t being impossible for him to
get through the crowd at the main en-
trance. Governor Eollin s. Woodruff.
Charles f. BROKER. national committee
man from Connecticut. Lieut.. Gov. Drake
and Michael [enealy. escorted the candi
date from New York and the governor in
brief address presented him to the big
audience. Walter c. Emerson of Maine
followed Mr.. Taft, making 4 political
speech
Geo. l.. Lilley, nominee for governor.
awaited tie coming of Mr.. Taft and acted
on q local reception committee. as did
Senators Brandesce and Buckley and
Congressman Sperry.
Governor Woodruff introduced Ju lge
Taft as great and finished statesman
His election he predicted as sure and was
conclusion to be- reached with the exer-
else of the sound business and patriotic
Judgment of the American people. When
Judge Taft was being introduced as the
next President of the United States" he
was given another hearty cheer M. O.
Parry. president of the Yale Taft Club,
presented the candidate with memorial
in which. 1t was said. were enrolled near
~ the entire student body.
Judge Taft expressed his hearty ap-
prevail of the action of the student body.
He said he loved the roll of their dis
ciplined yell. which comes like the
ocean,"
The candidate in his address reviewed
the record of the two parties. saying that
If he did not thoroughly believe Republic
can success meant the real prosperity of
the country he should feel like with
drawing from the canvass.
Democratic tariff was compared with
the prosperity said to have followed its
repeal and the establishment of a protec-
tive system. The establishment Of the
gold standard, the regulation of the trusts
and not their destruction. were each
. l,n 4 xI,,t
Mr., Bryan wanted to take the tariff off
trust-made goods and thus not only de-
stroy the trusts. bat their independent
competitors The coming of the recent
panic was referred to. The candidate
said he was willing Bryan should call it
a Republican panic. because no Demo-
cratic panic was ever caused by our
prosperity as this one was" uaughter.)
1.-The panic is not deep seated and with
a restoration of confidence will be for
gotten. This can come about by strict en-
forcement of the law and the firm mnder-
standing that there is going to be no cru
SADIE against business" (Applauseo
That Mr. Bryan if elected might by ex-
ecutive order put the country on silver
basis was another reason why the Ne
hraskan would be detrimental Bryan
went around the world and his friends
said he was coming home safe and sane"
He resented that and proceeded at once to
demonstrate its falsity by advocating the
government ownership of railroads. He
went next to Oklahoma and the result
was the greatest botanical garden of
crank ideas in the constitution