The Washington herald., 1908-08-20
HUGHES TO SOUND
CAMPAIGN KEYNOTE
New Yorker Will Make First
Talk for Taft.
WILL BE AT YOUNGSTOWN
Some Others Also VIII Have Their
say in Ohio, hut Governor l.
sIoted TO Tell All About It-Ar-
thur I. VOrys 70 Preside at Meet
ing 30 Be Held on September ).

Hot Springs. Va. aug. Is.-The YouEgs-
town tOhio) meeting. on September > At
which Gov Hughes vii be the st-r
speaker. Is 10 be more than a state al
fair. Il will practically mark the opening
Of the campaign throughout the country.
and the speech which AIr. Hughes is 10
deliver viii De vritren vita KAT s4ct IN
view The selection Of Mr.. Hughes TO de
liver the opening speech Of the cam
paign is an emphatic answer BY the man
ayers Of the national campaign 10 TIE
complaints Of New York leaders that the
governor Is not a regular party man.
Representative James Kennedy. Of
Youngstown. was here to-day making
the final arrangements for the meeting
with Arthur Z Vorys. Mr.. Vorys IS 60
ing 10 preside al the meeting Besides
representatives. from all the counties IN
the State. there viii be delegations from
Illinois. IVES; Virginia, Pennsylvania. and
New York, Tennessee. Kentucky. and n
diana M Taft viii not attend the meet
ing. in accordance with the plan not 70
make any speeches in the campaign out
side Of Cincinnati. his home city The
candidate has great confidence in Ar.
Hughes ability as a campaigner, and
the news that the governor IS 10 do some
more speaking in the Middle West later
was pleasing TO him
Governor Is Popular.
Representative Kennedy had this 70
say to-day about the feeling in regard TO
Hughes IN the Middle West Gov.
Hughes. next 10 Roosevelt and Taft. is
more popular in this part Of the country
than any other Republican. The people
/ feel that he is hpnest and independent
! and trey Ike him
There viii be general regret from Re
I pubncans Of the Middle West II ne is
turned down IN New York State"
{ Senator Beveridge. Of Indiana. and Gov.
I Harris viii be the only other speakers in
I Youngstown. Senator Foraker has been
{ invited. but 10 word has been received
! from him a. yet The Taft men do not
I look for any urpleasa1tness at the meet
/ ing because of the elimination Of Sena-
{ tor Foraker from the list OF speakers.
but the situation may get away from
I them in the event of the Senator being
/ present.
Representative Kennedy agrees with
I ar Vorys that Ohio viii give the Repub-
/ ican national ticket a majority Of at
/ least 1Go.9oo.
With the exception Of the vote cast
/ for Roosevelt he said. 1t viii be a rec
, ord breaker. Business men. the men with
small stocks IN their stores. and the mer
Z who have labor TO sell. take it that the
/ election OF Bryan would be a genuine
! calamity
Mr. Taft spent practically the entire
day working on the speech which he /:
10 deliver before the Virginians here OF
next Friday
To the Southern Voter.
Mr. Vorys. the candidates chief O.
istaG- announced today that this speech
IS designed chiefly to appeal to the inde.
pendent Democratic voters Of the South
It viii involve a discussion Of the par
taken by the two great parties in meet
ing the abuses Of trusts and monopolies
but special emphasis will be laid on tht
duty Of Southern Republicans to maxi
every effort 10 increase the vote in tn,
South this year. by accessions from tn
ranks OF the independent Democrats. Mr.
Taft viii point out the issues on whicl
such an appeal ought TO be based
James R. CARRIED. Secretary Of the In
terror was a visitor here to-day. He ha
just returned from an extensive tril
through the West. and ran up from
Washington TO make Mr.. Taft acouainte,
with the conditions which he had found
Mr. Bryan cannot carry Nebraska. hi
own State" was one Of the most encour
aging bits OF Information he brought -
have Travelled extensively through Cali
fornia. Oregon. Idaho. Montana. Colo
rado. Nebraska. and kansas said Nj
Garfield. and everywhere I found tn
sentiment OF the people very friendly {
Mr. Taft The Republicans in Callforni
! have patched Up their differences. an
are spiendidly organized. Senator Car
ter. OF Montana. gave me a message Z
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