Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-10-15
liciy advocate tie election Of Judge

licly advocate tie election Of Judge
Taft.
Mr.. Corey is best known to the
world as the man who divorced his
wife to marry the actress, Mabelle
Gilman. He came to Chicago this
week with the latest Mrs. Corey, tray-
cling In three special cars, aboard
which was an orchestra composed of
IL musicians. 1t was while travelling
in this luxurious manner that the
head of the Steel trust gave out the
interview urging the election of the
Republican presidential candidate.
Mr.. Corey stopped the music aboard
his palatial train leng enough to say
to newspaper men:
Judge Taft is all right. He Is a
man of great ability and believe will
make an ideal president. / think he
will be elected"
why Taft Went West; or, Is Coli
q Ladylike Came" might afford an APP
propriate title for q chapter on Mr..
Taft's recent campaign trip. Il now
develops that one of the chief reasons
why Mr.. Taft took to the rear plat
form was to tell the farmers OF the
northwest about golf, and to show
them that he is not a dude. Mr.. Taft
emphasized that fact in his speech at
Fargo, N. D. BY inference, at least,
1t was apparent that Mr.. Taft wanted
to inform his hearers that IL by any
chance he should be elected president
there would be NO more tennis cabi-
nets, such as President Roosevelt
maintains. but that he would proceed
to organize a golf cabinet and play
the game on the White lot He might
invite that other distinguished
golfer, John D. Rockefeller, to play
with him, but John D. Is not 80 popu-
lar with the farmers and laboring men
as he is with the Republican party,
80 Mr.. Taft did not mention him. /
Instead of telling the people what
he thought about the guarantee Of
bank deposits. publicity of campaign
funds, the popular election Of senatorss
physical valuation Of railroads, injunc.
ton and other subjects In which they
are interested, Mr.. Taft discussed golf.
Here Is record Of what he said ON
the subject, as transcribed from the
stenographer's notes:
II want to make q little personal
explanation. got an intimation that
/ ought to 60 out to North Dakota and
convince the people that am not an
aristocrat and above the people. They
said that had been playing golf this
summer, that that IL an eastern game
and 1t indicated that was out OF sym
patty with the plain people. Well,
now, / want to state my case In order
to satisfy public opinion on that game
of golf; In Scotland golf 10 the game
Of the poor, and in this country, where
you can get place to play 1t, It is the
game Of the people that are not active
enough to play baseball and tennis
that have too much weight to carry
around. And yet when man weighs
295 pounds you have got to give. him
some opportunity to make his legs
and muscles move, and golf affords
that opportunity. It may be that 1t 10
q game Of rich men, but / beg to as
sure you that Lam personally advised
of the fact that a very poor man can
play it. But somehow or other my
friends were certain that II could
only come out here and show you the
kind Of man am in appearance that
you would get over the impression
that there is anything about me that
resembles dude. So. I am here and
/ am glad to be here"
After setting himself right on the
all important golf question Mr.. Taft
proceeded to explain why 1t was that
Two RSQtlSmSQ, aS ne cu6ldCIcIlktQ
them, who had violated the antitrust
law, and who were presidents Of two
subsidiary concerns of the Tobacco
trust, had not been put in Jail when
they had confessed their guilt. He
then argued that 1t would be better to
have trusts than to have the statutes
piled with laws which would result in
red tape and impose burdens on cor.
porations."
In the same speech Mr.. Taft paid
Mr.. Bryan the compliment OF admit
ting that to take the tarin on and put
on the free list-ev trust-made arti-
Gle in this country would Ger
tainly end the trust that was depend
emit on the tariff
Mr.. Taft, perhaps unwittingly, how
ever. admitted also that the Dfngfey
tariff is not responsible for the pros
perity of the farmers, for he said. Il
don't maintain that the Dfngiey tariff
-bfil alone accounts for the great pros
perity that we have enjoyed In the
last IL years Certainly 30 far as the
farmers re concerned, the Lord has
had a go0d sdeal to do with 1t In the
; matter Of GOOD crops"
This is the first instance ON record
where the Republican party ever con-
scented to divide honorS with the Al
mighty.