Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

More hustling and hard work for the
candidates of all parties. Taft IN len
nessee, Bryan in Colorado. Debs IN BAL
timore, Hughes and Chan1er IN Ne"
York. Fairbanks in Manhattan. others
everywhere. put i'll a busy day telling the
people all about the burning issues or the
day. The democratic congressional CAM
paign fund is published in detail. but
nothing of this sort has served. or Will
serve. according 10 the republican man
ayers. to draw the fire of their side. Chalr-
man Hitchcock is nearly ready to quit
shutting between Chicago and New York
and settle down at his desk for the re-
mainder of the campaign. Chairman Mack
is returning from the west to the poiltl-
cal storm center in New York.
TAFT AFTER THE SOUTH
Judge Taft. speaking at Bristol. Tenn,
last night. said he was astonished at
the marked cordially Of his welcome In
Tennessee. He pleaded for the breaking
up of the solid south. saying that the
southern states are the tail of the north
ern kite. and adding:
FURNISHING no electoral votes and sub
Stantially but little congressional support
to- republican administration, it Is not
human nature that your leading men
should have influence with republican adj
ministrations' He said that he under
ST ood the tradition of the south which
led the son to vote as the father had
voted. but said this tradition should be
put away with other things the occasion
for which had passed.
BRYAN TALKS IN DENVER
Candidate Bryan was the guest of Den
yer for several hours last night and made
speech in the big convention hall in
which he was nominated last July. Great
crowds lined the streets and there was
plenty of enthusiasm on tap-so much, In
fact, that the peerless leader thrice halted
the parade to make addresses to sections
of the crowd \ feature of the parade was
an effigy of the republican elephant lying
dead and pierced with democratic Shafts
KERN'S PREDICTION
Vice Presidential Candidate Kern spoke
in Brooklyn last night and predicted that
II the republican party is not defeated
November it will within eight years
occupy an impregnable position, that So
cialism will spread fostered by the evils
perpetrated by the republican party, and
that at the end of twenty-five years
property rights in the United States Will
have been destroyed.
FAIRBANKS IN NEW YORK
Vice President Fairbanks addressed
many thousand persons in a round of
republican rallies in New York city last
night. Beginning with Grand street. on
the lower East Side Mr.. Fairbanks talked
tariff. the currency, the trust issue ana
the records of the republican candidates
in the national campaign. lie spoke also
on S5th street, in Harlem and elsewhere,
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place to place in a big touring car.
SAYS BRYAN IS GAINING
Josephus Daniels, who is chairman of
the publicity bureau OF the democratic
national committee, passed through
Washington yesterday on his way to New
York, leaving a string of optimistic pre-
dictions behind him. Instead OF it being
true as the republicans say. that Bryan
strong a month ago. is now growing
weaker, Mr.. Daniels says the contrary Is
the case. The present claims Of Taft gains.
he says. have no foundation in fact.
DEBS SPEAKS IN BALTIMORE
Eugene Debs. the socialist candidate
for the presidency, urged everybody to
wear the brand of undesirable citizen"
in an address at Richmond Market Hall
in Baltimore last night. He added that
every one of the country s most Illus
trious patriots had been undesirable citi-
zens in the eyes of those whose power
they opposed. Debs received a remark
ably demonstrative welcome, men and
women standing on chairs, shouting and
cheering as he entered the hall He
illustrated his assertion that both par
ties were afraid of the socialists by say
ing that recently, in Cleveland. he had
an audience of 5000 who paid admission.
while Coy Hughes. speaking there the
same night. had free crowd of 5000.