New-York tribune., 1908-10-22
TAFT ASSURED THAT
OHIO VOTES ARE HIS
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
LIKELY TO BE NORMAL.
Neuertheless, Energetic York WiU
Re Continued-Candidate Has
Days Rest.
Days Rest.
rBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l

Telegraph The Tribune
,-s-,inuati. Oct 21.-winiam H Taft arrived
-. at $50 this morning. went immedi-
..'v 20 the home of his brother. Charles P.
80 and remained there throughout the day,
-. for a short visit to the rooms of the
,--,,,sns, Taft Club, Of which he was to-day
..o6e = member After being duly enrolled and
.-+-o6,,oed 10 the gathering st the clubs head
,,srters MI Taft said he believed that 1t would
=. =. ,-,n,odest in him TO state that he should
vote with the cluo-
Ssrsously speaking. he said nothing had given
~, so much real qualification this move
lent of his friends, neighbors and fellow towns
-osn. He commented the usefulness Of the
organization. saying that the carrying Of the
,,ol,.ical discussion 10 the home by those who
TsrsonsIy knew the candidate was far more
-.,.ive than having such work done by
s+-snsers His reception by the club was
,se5tngly cordial After he had shaken hands
-5,b members Of the club and many others
-,-essnt he returned TO his brothers house.
To-no-row MI Taft will board his special
.-sin and start st g. N for Indiana. where
Ne viii campaign the last three days of this
veek before going TO New York.
Entering Indiana at L.awreHceburg, MI Taft
5D work his way south to Evansville. the
s,,.hern border He viii speak in that city at
an evening meeting. leaving there at midnight,
-bs, his train Will head north. On Friday
zzsring he will speak at Indianapolis, where
,be t-sIn viii remain over night, and on SatuT-
ssv he will travel north far Gary, sub
u-b ot Chicago. From Gary the Taft special
vii head east and on Monday afternoon the
candidate will make one speech in Connecticut
and then turn back to Brooklyn for the evening
meeting arranged by the national and the state
Central committees
STATE FOR TAFT AND HARRIS
Ohio Is safe It Will give Taft and Harris
no--nal Republican majority. This is the assur-
sace which MI. Taft has received from all quar-
.s-s On his return TO his home city. That MS
recent TIP through this state aroused the Re-
pubicans from their lethargy is the testimony
Of al the leaders
An instance Of the energy with which the
Ohio Republicans are working is cited or Mar
tins Ferry. near which Mr.. Taft made nr1et
s-eech On his recent trip. There had been con-
siderable anxiety regarding the Republican vote
IN that town Since Mr.. Tafts visit things nave
been at the boiling point, SO much so that one
evening this week there were held in Martlh
Ferry two Republican parades. despite the lac'
that no speakers had been booked for the occa-
Eon-
L Hamilton County there has been great
szakening. George B. Cox. leader OF the HaIl!i-
ton County organization, does not like Mr.. Tart
e
Nevertheless, MI. Cox is working hard 1or MI
7e<- tecause he is naturally anxious to elect
hts county ticket, and is therefore urging ms
followers 10 vote the straight Repubhcan TICKET
n, the other hand, two important factors have
- t-+o existence .n Cincinnati which are
doing veornaa work toward bringing oul that
Penn blica- vote which IS opposed 70 COX Ore
Is rhs TAT Business Mems Club the other the
rf-3zengs Taft Club. Both are energetic and IN
1bIa lead thew n
,,-5ne 70 Nj Taft the support OF that Repuo-
f;rs-7 element which is beyond the reach or the
ror o-eanization The Citizens Taft Club
started three days ago with LOO members
Yesterday It increased its membership to Z''Vo'
and a. O'Clock this afternoon the list showed
membership Of 400
o. ne state as a whole the religious element
Of al sects strongly favors Judge Taft, as do all
the kindred organizations. That portion Of the
moral element in the community which might
hare onposed Ny. Taft is being driven 70 his
sr--o-+ tv the associations Of the Democratic
orea1ization and the bitter opposition TO the Re-
publican ticket Of those vicious elements winch
are naturally arrayed against the forces OF gooo-
And his applies, too, 70 Indiana Ihe CalhoIlc
vote Is being driven TO Taft by the circulation
q free thinkers paper, An Appeal 10 fed-
Bon" which viciously attacks the Repuohcah
candidate because he carried out the Mckinley
poHcy with regard to the frtars' LANDS IN tne
Philippines. giving al concerned simply square
deal
There are Indications that the Socialist vote
in Ohio vii Be much larger than ever before ana
this viii be drawn chiefly from the Denocratlo
ranks Many Demo rats with sociallstlc lean
ings are disgUsted with Mr. Bryan. because
having seen the light" es they put It, and hav-
Ing publicly advocated government ownership OF
railroads he .rbackslid" on the issue because he
found Il 20 be unpopular with the Southern De-
uocracy
STRONG FINISH FOR CAMPAIGN
4 whi-lwind campaign is planned for Ohio
from now until Election Day Every night
there vii De from two hundred to three hun
ored meetings n various parts Of the state ana
e- Monday. November 2. Mr. Taft Will speak at
Cleveland and Youngstown. and possibly at one
othsr point In the state OF course. an effort Is
being made by the Democrats 10 interpret this
saergetic finish indicating that the Repub-
hcsn leaders are panic stricken regarding the
Fate, DESPITE the fact that this programme was
Announced here in Cincinnati as long ago as the
middle Of september In an interview which
NJ Hitchcock gave here fn the Clinton Hotel he
ssid that II was his policy 70 have the Repub-
zcsn forcss withhold their fire until they could
Ss the whites Of the enemys eyes. and then de-
liver q continuous broadside through the last
Weeks Of the campaign So, too, MI 1a1ts
Eeeches at Cleveland have been planned ana
s1nounced sor weeks.
There Is no truth whatever in the puollsheo
fe0orts that there is friction between the ma
ooasl and the Ohio state organizations. ano that
NJ Hitchcock IS coming TO the Buckeye 6IAue
" assume personal direction Of the campaign
u The contrary, the utmost harmony preFAl4s