Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26

i The candidate participated in five rail-
i lies tonight, ten stops had been ar
ranged for. Eight additional stops
were made upon urgent demand by
4 dali, in charge of the train, and
at each OF; these brief pauses good
crowds We're on hand TO cheer.
4 1t was Mt these stops. as well as at
A the regularly organized meetings, the
4 candidate got on to perfectly familiar
terms with the individual members of
4 his audiences. He shook hands. he
chntted and he joked. He was called
4 Bill. and was told he was all right
and would surely get there, IN ;
i Stfon as a llandshaker. Mi. Taft makes
4 an interesting picture. He Will lean
4 fal, over the rail or the car platform
Land work with both hands at once.
grasping sometimes two ana . s45t hree
hands in one clasp. and then let go and
take another bunch. re- 81 s;s,
The people Of Clinton, after sur
Grounding the train 1t the sta ton before
4 s o'clock this morning, escorted the
candidate to II -draped Mat formsin
1.-The city parry Hllere--llisyy voice showing
much Improvement over the day pc Pc
fore. he spoke at some length :on labor
questions. Al Davenport at hall St
Bio another trip from the train was
l8made ana Mr.. taft, after being en-
|sdorsed and introduced by Giov.fl um 2.
Eilnins, talked of # the Roosevelt
L policies. SOlsSd
! 1t was apparent here that the candi-
date was going to have trouble Will,
his voice before The day was over, Ina
5,inon the advice of DR.. richardson
who gave his throat constant attention
he began to 8curtail his remark s..
NEW CAMPAIGN METHODS.
At Davenport the train was shifted:
from the Burlington to the Rock Island,
road and proceeded to Burling ton, snort
stops being made at Muscatine@ ana.
wapello, where the regular crowds
We're in waiting. An entlrely IieM5
method Of procedure was adopted n ts
Burlington, the candidate being taken
lin carriage up through the city, pre-
gceded by a band and accompanied nyI
an immense crowd. Half-minute Stops
were made at each corner where peo-s
pie had stationed themselves. and Mr. Mt
Taft, rising in the carriage, SPOKE a
few words. ...
Arriving at the Burlington station,
Ito which road the train had again been
transferred handshaking program
| was carried out. 6t
Crowds were entertained briefly py
the candidate and his assistant GAM.
paigners at Columbus Junction. Morn
ing Sun, Mediapolis, Ottumwa, where
the Rock Island road was again taken,
to Mount Pleasant, Fairfield. Eddy
VILE, Pella{ Monroe and Oskaloosa.
& The additional stops resulted In the
loss OF time, and it was after 8 o'clock
when the candidate delivered himself
$up to- the committee u of Des Moiness
for the Ave meetings he was there for
tonight Time would not permit of the
automobile ride which Chairman
Young of the local reception commit
tee had planned, and Mr.. Taft was
taken at once to Plymouth church,
where was in progress a womanls
a 1,1yaN fy.S1
Mitchell. 4 To the women Mr.. Taft had
something to say briefly about the
Philippines, which, he admitted, was
subject Very near his heart.
AT the Auditorium Mr.. Taft talked
on the tariff. covering the same
ground as in Milwaukee last night.
Gov. Cummins and Senator Doiliver
also spoke at this meeting. At the
Foster opera house and in meetings In
Mast and West Fifth streets, Mr..
Taft's remarks were very brief.
Gov. Cumrnins and Maj. Lacey We're
luncheon guests on the train Of Mr.
Taft. At Burlington the two rode in
they had taken their seats one of the
horses began a sensational bucking ex-s
hibition, In this procession e. large
banner. reading Taft and Cummins."
was carried Immediately behind the
Taft carriage.
The Des Moines church meeting,
where he addressed several thousand
women. was the feature of his evening
here, which was crowded with events.
In presenting the Ohioan to her au-a
dience, Mrs. Mitchell said: He stands.
pre- emlnently for the home and for
morality and represents the highest
type Of our splendid American man
hood "a
In responding, Judge Taft said he
had been honored during the day by
the reception of 100000 Iowans, but
this meeting caps the climax.
He then at once got the good will of
his audience by saying, with a smile:
~ am purely domesticated animal
and understand the influence of the
fore / welcome the opportunity of
talking, not to voters, but to those who
control the voters. z
FAvoRs WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
This compliment went home at once.
TN the first place, he continued. Il
want to put myself on record regard
ing matter that Is not an issue in
either platform, and IL Mr.. Bryan was
here he could not refer to it, because he
has put himself under bonds to say
nothing about anything but what is In
the platforms. But I am not SO limit.
ed. Therefore j wish to say that l am
in favor of woman suffrage-when all
The women want it,
Mr.. Taft followed with a brief dis
clssion of the Philippine problem,
The candidate was hustled to an
other part of the city and spoke at an
outdoor meeting, then was whisked to
the Auditorium. the largest hall in
town, which was packed to the doors,
and where he spoke briefly on the
tariff, prefacing his remarks with the
statement that the reported dissensions