The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
C. 0. P. Leaders Define
 Their Issues.
.HUGHEs's TIVE IN DEMAND
Leaders of Party Deliver Impressive
 Speeches.
The Governor Makes sstiricaI Comments on William Jennings x
 Brydn's Ideas of Regulating so-caIled Trusts.

Youngstown, Ohio, Sept 5.-Aside from formally defining issues both na- | tional and State. the opening. of the Republican campaign in Ohio here to- day, according to Republican critics, fSst oysrnor an cRRSries Haghes of New York. will be in great demand outside of his own State during the national campaign.
 lv effort by Senator Beveridge. not only held the attention of a crowd Of thousands who had been listening to them to vigorous outbursts of appro- he finished. by hundreds who pressed forward t oshake his hand. Ills sati- rical comments on William J: Bryan's ideas of regulating trust called forth shouts of laughter Revision of the tariff and a continnancs of the p6n- county wide local option were the Key notes sounded.
 Senator Beveridge. Of Indiana. and sive speeches dealing with national is- sus. while Governor Andrew L. Harris, rA-nominated by his party. devoted State of which he is the Chief Execu- tive Governor Harris deviated from the original text of his address to comment on the annoHneenerr nannneein r,bepL or ! material nominee, that he owed no ia vors to the liquor interests. The Governor in ringing tones ellcited ap- plause hy declaring that no liquor association had indorsed his candidacy. The speaker declared that the issue was temperance Issue, not one or proh ibitlon. He said that although the Democrats said 1t did not exist, 1t was very live one with some people. He insisted on high taxation for the sa- looms and local option for the people. That means. he asserted. taxation as called for In the Aiken law, and a county wide local opition as well as local option in small political units. Dreamer of Dreams.
 Both MT. Hughes and MT. Beveridge dealt kindly with MT. Bryan in his physical capacity, but insisted that he was dreamer of dreams. preacher and not an executive. Glowing tri- butes were paid to President Roose- welt Senator Beveridge drew a sirnli- itude between the President and the captain of a ship. saying amid cheers that when he stepped from the bridge the passengers could dR no better than turn the comuand of the craft over to the chief officer.
 Both speakers insisted on a revision of the. tariff from protective to a maximum and minimum basis in line with the policy of Germany and France. Tariff for revenue only, the Inoiana statesman declared, was obsolete and the purely protective tariff out "s date. Undcr q maximum and minimum tariff. he said that Germany had forged ahead to the front rank in the volume and value of her foriegn trade.
 Arthur I .Vorys Republican cam paign manager for Ohio, was chairman of the meeting which was held among the tall oaks of Wick Park. In intro ducing Governor Harris, Mir. Vorys said:
 Again our chief opponent is the Democratic party. Again, ignoring and repudiating responsibility for the ac- connpIished and anticipating no respon- sibIity for the reforms to come. through the same undaunted, oft-defeated. but never Respondent leader as amtable and inventive as ever. if not so brilliant and courageous, the Democratic party proposes its quick acting, automatic, self-executing short cut. cross lots al turing schemes to instantly eradicate all evils and at once bring about the desirable altruistic state of which will are required to be and, therefore, will be honest and square, free from evil,