The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
MADDOX
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IELo oouENT SPEAKER ADDREssED
CROWD SAT oPE RA
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CHEER ! ! /: | !. ] | ! WORDS
Well Known Orator Addrsssea Crowd
I. a the Babcock Theater, and
sures Audience There u NJ Dou1t
About the Election o. Nj. Taft, Tint
i Is alI over but Counting.


y. hear Fletcher MAJ ddox discuss the
features Of the campaign and tell 81 n
conditions in the east. IIIis message
vas reassuring, showing that
will carry the country without y doubt
md that It = nov over except the
ss5
Il MI. Maddox ~ no stranger "A Bill-B
lngs He received = warm welcome
when he appeared upon the stage. re
vas called upon yesterday ~ hun
dreds Of friends who have known him
fer many years. He was ness 1T he
5 alton yesterday morning ~ about
100 people who escorted him 70 his
hotel and made his stay Il the cify
pleasant. sS
AS Mr.. Maddox, Chairman Chris.
Yegen and the candi dates came on the
stage the Second Regiment band
played the Star spangled Banner
and the audience arose. lS
Ghairnap Yegen introd duced each of
the candidates and had something to
say Of each Of the standard bearers
to the audience. The Repub blican male
quartet made . great hit when they
sang their new topical cong, which
named each Of the candidates on the
Republican ticket. They were gener-
Iously applauded
Mr.. Maddox SPEAKS.
Chairman .Yegen introduced Fletch-
er Maddox to the audience. 58ils
Mr.. Maddox said that as he trav2
eled through the country he could see
the spirit Of Republ blicaniszn throughout
the land. II every city. town ana
hamlet the enthusiasm Tor ndr. TAFT
was growing.
II The speaker said that the reason
there would be : Republ lican victory
this fall IL because the Republi lican rep
resentattves elected two years $50
have made good.
Four years ago the Republ bltcans
took everything II this state but the
governors citadel and this must BE-
captured TITS year by electing Edward
'Donlan. the presentative Of the
5workingmen.
Mr.. Maddox paid q high tribute To-
William Jennings Bryan Is an Amert-
can citizen, but said he could not see
why Mr.. Bryan should be elected. AT
though he has given more advice to'B
American people than any other man,
none Of his advice has proven to be
worthy and every measure he has
ever advocated has been shown to Sbe
chimerical. Every campaign y new
paramount issue had to be discussed.
n, 1896 1t was the silver issue. That
died. IN 1900 It was that Roosevelt
was q tool Of the corporati ions and this
of course has been solutely disprov-
en-. Shall the people rule, & that cam
paign slogan invented BY the Demo
Gratis, is ridiculous. The people have
always ruled, for did they not nomi-
nate that sterling man, Charles =.
Hughes as Republican candidate for
governor Of New York, when he was
opposed BY the political machinery
and the strong interests which were
put out Of business BY the 3anti-gan,-
bling bill framed BY Mr.. Hughes?
Issue of Campaign.
IL. 4
The speaker said that the one plank
in the Republican national plat
which says the difference between Re
publicanism and Democracy Il thats
one means prosperity and the other
adversely. The Republican party. ~
standing for the happy and contentsdl
workingmen: the Democracy, forI
wretched and poverty stricken fanai,
lies.
Mr.. MADDOX said that the Repubii-
can party - always besn the friend
Of labor 81 enactins laws for
lworkers' beneiit
William Howard TAFT = ono 81 ~
hsst triss.ds of labor & dsclays1
Nj. Iaddox. and the 4 sclals tioEI
Ireceiye6 WITH app m sthsn ~
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