Times-promoter., 1908-10-16

Times printed the fraudulent Cleve
land letter. To my mind, 1t bore upon
its face the evidences that 1t was q
crude forgery, doing violence to the
known sentiments Of Mr.. Cleveland
/ found that most of Mr.. Cleveland's 's
friends and nearly all the newspaper
men believed it to be a fake. Mrs
Cleveland has protected the memory
of her distinguished husband by heI
course in the matter, for the letter as
published did violence to his utter
ances and to his public career. was
informed at the time that the forged
letter was offered to the New York
Herald and to the New York World
but they refused to touch 1t. The New
York Times has a good motto: "Al
the news that's fit to print,"-it would
do well now to add-"no fake stories
printed that other journals refuse
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
to circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
letter must, if honest, spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was
clumsy fraud.
Post Card System.
When Mr.. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahom
ct, he decided that Mahomet must
go to the mountain. When he found
that the people would not come to
him and listen to speeches from the
golf links at Hot Springs and from
the front porch of Brother Charlie
palatial residence in Cincinnati, he
determined to go out among the peo'
pie.
Apparently, however, there Is grave
fear among the Republican leaders
that their candidate will not be glad
ly received by the people. In order
to overcome this difficulty and In an
effort to bring out a crowd to greet
Mr.. Taft, the Chicago managers have
found it necessary to send out pos
tai card notices to the faithful beg
ging them to go to the railroad sta
tion and give the distinguished Wis
itor "a cordial welcome" During the
past few days prominent Republicans
have received the following notice
from Fred w. Upham, assistant treas
urer of the Republican national CON-
mittee:
Chicago, Sept. 81, 1908.
Hon. VIM. H. Taft, the Republican
party's candidate for president and
the peoples choice, will arrive in Chi
cago Wednesday (September 23)
evening, at five o'clock, at the La
Sale street station of the L. S. & M.
s. Ry. Please be at the station with
your friends and give him cordial
welcome. 1t will be Mr.. Taft's first
visit since the famous convention
which nominated him for president.
Very truly yours,
Fred W. Upham.
Small Hall for Taft.
To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity to
explain his attitude toward labor and
his injunction record, in city where
hundreds of thousands of laboring
men are interested in what he has to
say, the Republicans selected hall
with capacity of less than 1000 and
provided for admission by card only,
in order that none but those who
agree with him might be allowed to
enter. This hall was selected in the
heart of the business section after an
option on a hall with $4,000 capacity
in the center Of the workingmen's
district had been refused. The in
ference is plain that the Republican
managers feared to have their can
didate appear in a distinctively Ia
boring district where all who would
might come and hear, lest the great
welcome planned for might be turned
into demonstration for his political
opponent, or that Mr.. Taft might be
asked embarrassing questions.
Stumping Falls Flat.
The fact of the matter is that Mr.
Taft's stumping experiment has fall
en- fiat; he has produced absolutely no
enthusiasm among the voters, and he
has said or done nothing which will
improve his chances. Republicans
are unable to conceal their feelings
of disappointment over the poor show
ing which their candidate has made.
Mr.. Taft's progress thus far, and the
manner in which he has been received,
is complete vindication of those Re-
publican leaders who from the first
opposed the plan of having him take
to the rear platform. They advocated
a front porch campaign wherein the
candidate should be kept in the back
ground, and others allowed to make
his canvass upon Roosevelt's record.
The advocates of stumping cam
paign prevailed, however, and now
they are sorry that it was ever begun.