Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-03
Taft Addresses Immense
Audience in Denver.
Cheered to Echo as He Points
Out Democratic Weakness.
Bryan Attempts to Answer criti.
.eisms Of His Qualifications.

| Denver, Oct. IN the Denver audi
| forum in which William j.. Bryar
was nominated for the Presidency last
July, William II. Taft tonight address
ed y tremendous throng. setting forth
| reasons and arguments why the Ne
braskan should not be elected
Mr.. Taft's entry into Denver was I'M
| der inspiring political conditions Ev-
| cry preliminary to the big street pa
| rade and its attending spectacular fea-
lures had been carefully arranged. SC
that when the Taft special pulled into
the Union station the town had on a
| bright red glare. The candidate was at
once made a part of the festivities. In
All automobile he had the place of hon
or in the parade and bowed his ac-
acknowledgements to shouts and plaudits
along the line of march, which ended
at the Auditorium where the entire
seating capacity had been thrown open
Mr. Taft's subjects ranged widely
over the various issues of the cam
paign. He paid his respects to Mr..
Bryan many times, and received en-
coura cement from the audience One
new feature of his address was In
handling the subject of the beet sugar
industry, which he took as an illustra
ton of Democratic proposals toward
the trusts. Rcat sugar he said. was a
trust-made article. The Democrats pro-
posed to rut all such articles on the
free list just to punish the trusts. This
would, he said, not only punish the
trusts but would also punish many in
nocent farmers and producers as we'll.
Mr. Taft's language particularly on
the labor question, has been decidedly
vigorous and positive today.
This thing OF Mr.. Gompers having
the labor vote in his power and labor
ing men believing the lies he tells Is
some thing that l complain of.
"I.aboring men ought to look at the
record and see which party has done
things in their behalf. If you will eX-
anime the Legislative record you VIII
find not a line in the federal statute
books that was put there by the Demo-
cratic party. Not a line was put there
nv Mr. BRYAN when he was twice a
member of Congress in Grover CleVe-
lands administration. nor did he at
tempt to have any passed.
Mr.. Gompe1s attacks me on the
ground that I am an enemy of labor l
81
ed the cases that came before me as
tie law and evidence required and
em not making apology for a single
decision.
81 appeal to the clear-headed, intel l.
ligent and independent working mer
of this country to lock into the facts
and the law and if they can find there
that I am an enemy of labor to vote
against me. But what I complain OF
is this wind jamming and msrepre-
sentation of man who claims control
of labor in order to defeat man VINO
is in favor of labor
On his trip from omaha to Denver
MFR. Taft gave talks to farmers about
tn. tariff and the necessity for main
tanning the protective principle. nc
made his views on the labor question
known at nearly every station AL
Ogallalla. Neb., Judge Taft was pre-
sented with a watermelon, the gift OF
Keith county Democrats. II am GLAD
| It's a melon and not lemon, smliln@-
Nv said the Judge as he took the GIT
committee representing the state
of wyoming boarded the train at PINE
| Rluffs. 1t consisted of Gov. Brooks
| Senators Warren and Clark and =. W
| Burke. At Greeley an immense Grove
had assembled and Mr.. Taft varied nj:
| usual line Of argument to place nm
| self in line on the beet sugar industry
| which thriyes around Greeley
| After the Denver meeting Mr.. Ial
| took up his journey eastward.