Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-06
HUGHES PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
New York Executive Discusses Ca
paoity of Democratic Party.
BRYAN NOT AN ADMINISTRATOR
Public Records of Two Candidates Are
Sharply Contrasted.
MR.. BEvERDGE ALSO TALKS
Indiana Senator Says Nation is
Midway in Historic Movement
of RiEhteOusness written
Into Law.


YOUNGSTOWN, O.. Sept s. Two
formidable political projectiles fired from
heavy republican guns went screaming
away i'm the direction of Lincoln, Neb..
today and the republican campaign in Ohio
was declared formally underway Through
the smoke could be the gunners.
Governor Hughes of New York and Senator
A. j. Beveridge of Indiana. Another shell,
fired by Governor Harris OF Ohio, disap-
peared in the direction Of Cincinnati, the
home OF Judge Harmon democratic candl-
date for governor of the state. but q frag-
ment of Il seemed bound for the sun
parlor at Fairview
Along the rust-red waters OF the Ma
honing river today the great mills OF the
Carnegie works of the United States Steel
corporation, the Republican Iron and Steel
company. and the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube company were quiet for three-day
holiday had been declared, including sun
day and Labor day. Youngstown ls a
steel town. and the Drawn and muscle of
her chief industry formed the body of! the
parade which preceded tile discharge OF
the heavy political ordnance.
There was an immense crowd at Wick
park when Governor Harris, following an
Introductory speech by Arthur l. Vorys.
began the oratlon with an address dealing
largely with the liquor question in. Ohio.
which has become an important state issue.
Governor Hughes followed and the speak
ing closed with the address of Senator
Beveridge, both devoting themselves
strictly to questions OF the national cam
paign
Hughes sounds Keynote.
The words of Governor Hughes, The
army opposing us cannot pass muster
either as one of defense or of salvation,
| and we may we'll pause before we permit
| Il, despite It's boast OF fidelity. to garrison
our national institutions" was the keynote
of the meeting.
Governor Hughes started with a brief
! euloky of Mr. Taft, sketched the success
| of republican rule for the last twelve years
! with high praise for the reforms OF the
Roosevelt administration. dwelling on the
creation OF the bureau of corporations and
! the passage of the railroad rate bill. the
pure food bill, the meat inspection bill,
| the employers liability bill and others.
| Speaking OF the fact that the new presl-
| dent probably would have the appointment
| of four justices OF the supreme court of
| the United States, he alluded to Mr. Taft's
high standing as a jurist and his wide
knowledge of the bench and bar from
which such appointments, OF the highest
! Importance, must be made. Governor
! Hughes contrasted the candidates, dis
cussed election laws the tariff. criticised
Mr.. Bryan's scheme for guaranteeing bank
deposits dsparaged his remarks for
mcnopollstic abuses and insisted that labor
had no truer friend that Mr.. Taft and the
republican party.
BeverIdge Emphasizes Tariff.
As the governor torcefully brought out
his points he was loudly cheered. The
ovation which had greeted him was
peated when Senator Beveridge arose.
1--WE are midway in historic movement
for righteousness written into law" said
the senator Shall that movement be
carried out, or wrecked?"
He declared that of the work remaining
| to be done by the republican party, revision
| of the tariff comes first. He said the re-
publican Idea is to meet other commercial
nations with their own weapons. He
favored an adequate navy. for, he said
Mr. Bryan's idea of a navy only large
enough to protect our own snOres meant
the abandonment OF the Monroe doctrine.
That doctrine was as nothing. he declared.
without ships to make 1t respected. Con-
trasting Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Taft, the
speaker said:
"Mr Bryan has never handled a single
foreign problem, ne hdd governed no
Philippines, regenerated no Cuba, built no
canal. avoided no alien danger. saved up
from no threatened peril. In demoesllo
affairs, Mr.. Bryan has written not one law,
administered not a single department, ad-
vised president-while lecturing all. He
is a preacher OF righteousness, but not an
administrator OF affairs. Mr.. Bryan Is
an Aaron. not a Moses; a Henry, but not q
Washington; a Wendell Phillips, but not
an Abraham Lincoln"
Youngstown was profusely decorated
with the national colors when the boom or
cannon in the public square announced the
arrival Of the distinguished speakers Of the
day. The latter in carriages, participated
in the parade, which ultimately brought
them to the magnificent grove OF oaks
called Wick park. The crowd, mostly in
uniforms worn during the parade. packed
| closed around the speakers standard and
was liberal with its applause.