The Washington times., 1908-11-01
BY JAMES HAY, II.

By JAMES HAY, il.
ROCHESTER,. y. Y, Oct. I.-WLliam
Howard Taft ended his Eastern cam
paien here tonight by receiving a great
ovation in Convention Hail, and cele-
brated the occasion with the declaration
that he will not only be elected, but Will
20 into the White House on big ma
jority Of the country's votes
So far as he is concerned, the cam
paign is now at an end. He expects 10
90 among his own people Monday and
be received as the President-elect rather
than as a candidate. He viii make sew
eral speeches in Ohio, at Dunkirk, CIeve-
land. and Youngstown, but the au-
diences he viii face viii be merrymak-
ers. instead of people who have 10 be
persuaded TO vote the Republican ticket
The candidate received additional dis
patches this afternoon from Arthur
Vorys, his chief Of stan, assuring him
that he Will carry Ohio ana Indiana.
According to Vorys. the labor vote IS
20 assuming better hue every day. and
there is now no longer any doubt that
Taft will get the full Republican
strength among the unions.
Is in Fine Feather.
Taft himself is an high feather. This
- is Halloween, and, merely TO show that
he is in tune with the spirit of the
night. he made a few joking remarks
about Bryan. one of them was as fol-
lows;
There is something about Republic
anism at this period of the year that
has the same appearance every four
years our Democratic friends are like
those football teams that always win
i'm the early contests, and when they
get down to the real fight they have
gone stale. and the Republican cohorts
are lust ready for the big struggle Mr.
Bryan has always won in August and
September This is characteristic OF
his method of campaigning. 1t grows
out of the character of the policies he
advocates. They are always plausible
and always useful for the nrst two
months on the stump Then the power
of logical analysis that the American
voters bring 10 bear on his theories
scatters them to the winds, where they
belong. This does not happen by acCI-
dent, II happens because Of the char
acteT OF the man.
In Cortland, where he spoke this aft
ernoon 10 q big crowd IN the opera
house, he referred laughingly to the
rhetorical furies that sometimes
possess Mr.. Bryan
1900 in Line
Last night in Buffalo, the candidate
escaped the usual torch light process
sion, but it was here in full force.
Eleven thousand men were in line.
There were brass bands, uniformed
marchers. red-fire wagons, sky rockets
aud trained "roOters" and he had TO
review the procession as il passed a
stand erected in Main street
After that he went 10 small nall. .
where he made his regular labor ad-
dress and where his attack on GOmpers
and Bryan was heard with wild cheers
and applause From there he went 10
Convention Hall, a tremendous struc-
tUre, which was packed to the doors
and in the balconies to the roof He
spoke on the general issues OF the cam
palgn, paying particular attention 40
organs record and the prosperity is /
sue His reception was the same story /.
that has been told ever since he has
been on the soil of New York. EutrJsI- .
asm was everywhere. and as he stepped /
On the stage he was Cheered TOR nearly I
ten minutes
He has had a comparatively easy time f.
for the last three days, as the cam .
conditions in the stat that they thought
all II was necessary for him TO do Was
TO speak In those towns where he could
influence the labor vote. CousequentIy. .
most OF his speeches have been on this
subject
Students Welcome.
This afternoon he spoke in Ithaca. the /
seat OF Cornell University. and was
given "a great seud-om by the Cornell I
students. None of them had votes, but 4
they were right there when it came to F.
giving the college yell and lacking
Tafts name TO il. His speech was de /
hvered In the opera house of Ithaca
Ia all, Judge Taft made nine Speeches /
today. He leaves here at 10 O'Clock to +
night, for Buffalo, where he will leave !
the train at midnight, and so to a hotel. /
He Will spend Sunday in buffalo, ana .
go into his own State Monday morning .
his speeches here, Ee predicted tEat he F.
would be elected 10y a big majority
When asked what he thought would (
be the result iG Maryland he said.
Prom my own knowledge of gondi- I
tluns III Maryland and from information
which has come 10 ne from reliable
sources. ] 1m convinced that. although .
Neutrality-suspicious. Is 10 be expected. OF {
all the so-called doubtful States Mary .
land Is perhaps the most certainly Re
publican
IN tie doubtful States he does not
include Indiana. Ohio or New York In I
such States as North Carolina. Tcnnes- I
see, and Louisiana. he expects that tEe +
Democrat mdjOTitieS VIII he cut down. I
partly because of the unpCpuiarity of 4
Bryan among Southern Democrats and 4
partly because of the way Southern peo- !
pie are aWakinE 10 the advantage OF !
Republican policies 10 their Industries.