Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-08
Experts Watch the After-Ef-
feet of His Oratory
ORATORICAL "ROUGHING 1T"
Candidate Makes Many Little Rear
Platform Talks
WITHOUT PREPARING A LINE
Pretty Nearly Every Hamlet Be
tween Sandusky and Cincinnati
to Hear Something or Other.

SANDUSKY, Ohio. September S.-Wil-
liam H Taft as the ready campaigner. is
TO he given his second try-out today. He
is TO speak from here to Cincinnati. Most
of his speeches will be from the rear plat
form of his train and will present all
shades of conditions in oratorical rough
ing it, His first political speech will be
at rally in the theater here. although
he got his voice warmed up by an ad-
dress to the old soldier residents of the
Erie County Soldiers Home.
Every phase of Mr.. Taft's performance
today will be scrutinized most closely by
the politicians whose duty it is to pass
finally on his future assignment in the
campaign. and in this fact is said to lie
the real Importance OF the days work.
Mr. Taft has prepared none of the
speeches he will deliver today. his plan
being to talk extemporaneously Of many
of the issues.
Chez, Won't He Be Hoarsep
Besides the speeches he is to deliver
here his itinerary calls for addresses at
Tiffin. Carey Wharton. Forest. Belle
fontaine Urbana, Springfield. Dayton and
at such other stops on his line Of travel
on the Big Four road from here to his
home city as may be warranted by the
crowds presenting themselves.
In a reminiscent and historic mood.
Judge Taft spoke for ten minutes this
morning to many of the 1854 inmates of
the Soldiers Home here. While politics
was not mentioned by the candidate he
took occasion to give credit to Senator
Foraker. under whose administration as
governor the home was erected. The
notable feature of Mr.. Tafts speech was
his comparison of the sacrifice of the
veterans of this countrys wars for the
principle of freedom with the veterans of
France, quartered at the Hotel Des In
valides in Paris, who, he said, had been
the instruments of the ambition of one
man and had not fought for a living
principle.
Taft Warmly Greeted.
Mr.. Taft was warmly received by the
soldiers after he had been introduced by
Commandant j. f. w. Cline. He spoke
from the front steps of the home, sur
rounded by his audience which stood.
He praised the bravery of the men who
had sacrificed themselves in the civil
war and told the old soldiers that in be-
ing able to look back on the service which
they had rendered to their country, they
enjoyed privilege that every man must
envy. Mr.. Taft was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the veterans. He shook hands
with every one of them and was greeted
with such expressions as God bless you.
sir. You will be our next President"
Don't forget the boys in blue when you
are elected
Mrs. Taft retained her seat in the auto
mobile which took the party to the home.
Gen Keifer and Gen Corbin also spoke
TO the soldiers.
Mr.. Taft today received a telegram
from Frank II. Hitchcock stating that
Wright had withdrawn his gubernatorial
candidacy in Tennessee which had clear
cd cit, ~, hat
state.
That the Foraker-Taft row in the state
organization has been entirely smoothed
out by the reconciliation between the SEN
ator and Mr.. Taft is evident from things
that have happened here since the candi-
date arrived.
Mr. Taft will leave here this afternoon
over the Big Four for Cincinnati. He
speeches on the way to his home city, but
they will follow along the line of his
Sandusky speech.
He will arrive in Cincinnati at o'clocki
in the evening.
Playful Old Keifer.
Surrounded on the stage of the local
theater by the Erie county committee and
distinguished republicans, Mr. Taft deliv-
cred his first political speech of the day
TO fully seated house, having a capacity
of 800. He got an ovation when he came
upon the stage at IL 80 o'clock. \ band
playing, but the applause and shouts
drowned out the music. The meeting was
opened by County Chairman Clark, who
introduced Henry Graefe, cashier of the
Citizens' Bank. as presiding officer. Be
fore Representative kefer. the last
speaker. plunged into a tariff discussion
he INDUCED in the pleasantly that the
smaller wheels OF the wagon always went
first.
Mr. keiffer took a parting shot at
Bryan by declaring: Yes. the people rule
everywhere except in those states of this
Union where democracy is completely
dominant
Gen. III. c. Corbin followed with q short
exhortation in favor of political energy
after which former Gov. Myron 7. Her
rick spoke against a government guaran-
tee of bank deposits.
Mr. Herrick's preliminary pleasantly
was that it surely Tad been proven re-
Gently that he was not a politician. Mr..
Herrick said that Bryan's plan for bank
deposit guarantees was an economic fall
lacy as illogical as the silver scheme OF
1S96-that it was simply a plan to tax
the great body of bank depositors to
make good the bad management or dis
honesty of certain bankers.
In saying a word for the state and ma
tional ticket. Mr. Herrick said:
The responsibilities of adversely are
al this moment on the republican party
and IL behooves all of us to put our
shoulders to the wheels of industry and
make them move"
Mr.. Taft began his speech shortly after
the hour of noon. He said he should
discuss one of the issues. but wished to
follow with word regarding Mr.. Her
ricks reference to the panic OF last year.
Confidence. he said, was a plant of slow
growth. The people of the country-farm-
err laborer. capitalist-were all in the
same boat The investment of money
was he said. necessary for the return or
prosperity and confidence was normal.
Bryan's Election a Menace.
And | want TO say to the men and
women of this country-for l want to in
terest the women on these questions-that
the election of Mr.. Bryan would be a
menace to the confidence which is neces-
sary to the confidence on which pros
perity rests"
This statement was warmly applauded.
What Mr. Taft really wanted to talk
about he said, was Mr.. Bryan's claim
that ''he is not only the heir to the poll
cies of Theodore Roosevelt. but that he is
also the parent of those policies" Laugh
ter) Let US then see,'' continued Mr..
Taft, what the Roosevelt policies are
and what has been done by Mr.. Roosevelt
in carrying them out and what has been
the attitude of the democratic party to-
ward that action"