Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-29
TAFT ON STUMP
IS PROBABLE
IN CAMPAIGN
Stumping Tour Arrangements
BY Bryan Managers Likely
to Change Republican Plans
As Announced.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The re-
port from Hot Springs that Judge
Taft may yield 10 pressure and take
the stump In behalf of his own can.
didacy is cheerful news to those who
like a lively campaign. Stumping
tours already are being arranged fon
MIR. Bryan and with Taft on the stump
the campaign ought not to be notable
for its dullness.
Ii would have required on the part
of Judge Taft a lot more resolution
than most men possess TO have carried
out his original program of speaking
only to Cincinnati visitors. He likes
the stump, and the desire to see ana
hear him is almost universal. MIR.
Bryan always has been able TO draw
large audiences bat as ne has become
a familiar figure upon the hustings OF
almost every state in the union and
Judge Taft Is comparatively a strans-
er in most parts of the country, it is
altogether likely the Taft audiences
Will rival the Bryan audiences in size.
There has been a tradition in Amer
ican politics that the candidate for
president VINO took the stump was
fore-doomed 10 defeat, and it certainly
is true that coincidence has seemed
to justify this belief. But what is so
ing to happen If both Bryan and Taft
go on the stump? We are quite ready
to believe it would result in the cleo
ton of the prohibitionist. of populist
or any of the several other presiden-
tial nominees
With both Taft and Bryan stumping
the country. there viii be needed but
one thing to make the campaign nota-
bic for its speech making, and that
one thing promises to be Forthcoming.
1t is announced with authority thai
President Roosevelt will make a mum
her of speeches in behalf of the Re
publican ticket. The times and places
of these speeches have not yet been
determined, but one Or two of t1eE
win be in New Yo'l. It IS contrary
to Erecedeut for = president TO be-
come a stump speaker, but whatmeans
a precedent or two? Mr.. Roosevelt
has smashed a lot of them during the
past seven years, and the American
people invariably have applauded.
There is not the slightest reason to-
doubt they would applaud ais taking
the stump for the man ne caused to-
be nominated for the presidency.
And when Mr.. Roosevelt does make
stump speeches he will have audiences
that are audiences. In comparison,
the crowds to which Messrs. Taft and
Bryan viii speak will look like corpor-
ais guards. If there were not other
attraction, the absolute novelty of a
president of the United States on the
political hustings would cause multi
tudes TO flock to hear him.
The strength of the speaking cam
paign will be further reinforced by
the tails of the ticket. Both Mr.. Kern
and DIR. Sherman are strong and pop
ular men on the stump and the re-
spectiye campaign managements will
use them a lot to good purposes. In
the 1909 campaign, Colonel Roosevelt,
the candidate for vice president and
his popularity on the stump did a lot
TO offset the loss as a speaker. of Mr..
Mckinley, whose conceptions Of pres
identiaI dignity would not admit of
his active participation in the cam
paign.
Four years ago President Roosevelt
followed the example of his predeces-
sors and refused TO make any speeches |
In his own behalf, just as ne probably |
would do this year were he and not
Judge Taft the Republican nominee. |
Judge Parker made a few speeches, |
but he did not take the stump. Vice |
President Fairbanks campaigned for !
the Republicans, but Henry Gassaway |
Davis, the Democratic nominee for |
vice president, is not campaign ora
tor The result was a very dull |
campaign. The most notable speech |
of the campaign was made by Tlihu |
Root, whose utterances had been re-
vised and o. KID by Mr. Roosevelt.