Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

In a demonstrative rally that brought
back memories of old-time campo lgning,
voters from all over Vermilion county
paraded the streets of Danville. ILL.,. last
night In support of the election Of Joseph
G. Cannon and the entire republican
ticket. both state and national. The pro-
cession was two miles long and lasted
more than an hour amid a display Of
fireworks. Electric light globes to the
number of hundreds stretched across the
streets. illuminated the city.
Trains on every railroad entering the
city brought hundreds of visitors to Dam
Vile. and the thousands blocked street
the two largest halls In Danville. were
packed to the doris an hour before the
speeches began.
SHERMAN ON LAST DASH
ONOANTO, n. Y, October 21.-Beginning
the days campaigning at Utica, where he
spoke from the same platform with Judge
Taft, his running mate. James s. Sher-
man. the republican vice presidential
nominee. swept through three counties
yesterday down the Mohawk and Sus-
quehanna valleys, ending at Onoanto
last night with big rally.
WIND-UP IN PITTsBURG-
United States Senator p. c. Knox.
Lieut.. Gov. Robert s. Murphy and, Repre-
sent alive William H. Graham we're the
principal speakers last night in Pittsburg,
Pa, at what was practically the closing
demonstration Of the republican party in
Allegheny county, Pa. B. F. Jones, IT.,
Of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
presided at the meeting, which was held
in Carnegie Hall. northside, formerly AL
legheny City.
wRYcuT TN RArTTM0RE-
The closing meetings of the campaign
in Baltimore were held last night by both
the democrats and the republicans. For
the last named party, Secretary OF War
Luke E. Wright addressed two meetings,
one in Forest Park, a suburban residence
district and one In the northwestern part
of the city. both being In the congress
e;onal district which Robert Garrett, re-
nmhiic.n IL irving TO wrest from the
present incumbent, Representative ). FREQ
&c. Talbot.
FRANCIS PRES1DES-
David r. Francis. who was Secretary
of the Interior in the latter part OF the
second Cleveland administration, presided
at largely attended democratic meeting
at the Odeon Theater last night IN 81
Louis He made short speech, telling
why he boIteQ the democratic Hdtionni
ticket In 1896 and why he Is supporting
w j. Bryan this year.
JERSEY CLAIMED FOR BRYAN
A plurality of approximately 1900 for
Bryan and Kern in New Jersey is the
prediction made by the democratic state
committee in an official statement.
TAFT ON IMMIGRAT1oN-
Belief in the immigration laws as they
are administered under Secretary Straus
is expressed by William II. Taft, the re-
publican candidate. in a letter to Felix
Vorenberg, a merchant of Boston, in an
swer to a communication from Mr.. Voren-
berg asking for an expression of Mr..
Tafts opinion on the question of immi-
grafton.
Mr.. Vorenberg. in his letter. said that a
persistent rumor that Mr.. Taft had ex-
pressed himself against any and all immi-
grafton was being widely discussed
among Jewish voters.
In the letter replying to Mr.. Vorenberg
Mr.. Taft said:
Il have never expressed myself at all
against any and all immigration: On tie
contrary / am holding myself exactly
with the republican party on that issue,
and believe in the immigration laws as
they are at present administered under
Mr.. StrauS. with such amendments as
may be necessary to make them more ef-
ficient to exclude anarchists and enemies
of society,"
INDIANA HEARS CHACIN-
Before large crowd last night at
Marion, Ind. Eugene w. Chain and
Aaron s. Watkins, candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President on the prohibition
ticket, discussed the phases of the cam
paign from a prohibition viewpoint. Mr..
Chain declared the prohibitionists to be
the only true Lincoln republicans of the
day. He predicted the death of the de-