Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-07

The requests for President Roosevelt's
presence in the doubtful states continue
to come from republicans. Many letters
were sent to him from Missouri last week
asking that he complete the good work
Taft is said to have done In that state
Bryan. speaking in Iowa, last night was
especially earnest in his denunciation OF
the publicity ideas of the President and
Taft.
MISSOURI WANTS ROOSEVELT
Judge William H. Taft practically
wound up his speaking campaign through
the middle west with several republican
rallies in and about st. Louis, Mo-. last
night The crowds that have greeted the
republican presidential nominee during his
two DAYS invasion of Missouri have in
spired a demand that President Roosevelt
take the stump and touch this common
wealth In a sweep from Atlantic to IA
cific slope. Requests that President Roose-
welt actively enter the fight went to WASH
ington last night, supplemented by the
promise OF the republican leaders of this
factiontorn state that a speech here Will
change at least twenty thousand votes,
and. it is confidently asserted. swing Mis-
souri, again into the republican column.
BRYAN SPEAKS SHARPLY
II present myself as an example of one
who has outlived the venomous attacks of
his opponents. You heard me called
demagogue twelve years ago. You saw
them bury me, and you heard them chant
their songs over my grave, and now they
have to explain why it happened that l
was not dead.
With all the fervor that he could mas
ter. William Jennings Bryan, facing
vast aSsemblage in the Chatauqua Audi
forum between Tama and Toledo, Iowa,
delivered this utterance. At no time dur
ing the present campaign has he spoken
so earnestly or with such vigOr. His re-
marks followed bitter denunclatlon or
MI. Taft for refusing to agree to publ
cation of campaign contributions before
election. mo honest man and no politi-
cal party conducting an honest cam
paign," he declared need be afraid OF
the light
BRYAN BANNER IN WALL ST
Politics invaded the New York financial
district with a vengeance yesterday. the
first campaign banner being flung to the
breeze, and Wall streets amazement was
the greater because it was a Bryan and
Kern banner. The Bryan cohorts had
thus stolen a march on the Taft forces,
whose first Broadway banner from the
Battery north is at Maiden lane.
Two flag poles were raised yesterday at
the uptown side of Cedar street and
Broadway and the banner which was
strung across bore on white strip the
inscription Lawyers Bryan and Kern
Club" The long red and white bunting
Haunted itself aggressively in front of
the Office windows of Edward H. Harri-
man, Dumont Clarke. Benjamin F. YOa
kun and other financiers in the heart of
the financial section.
HUGHES STIRS WEST
That he has stirred up the republican
ranks in the states of the middle west
to an unprecedented activity was the as
surance given Gov. Charles E. Hughes of
New York on his arrival to speak at
Omaha, Neb., last night. Gov. Craw-
ford of South Dakota accompanied the
Hughes party through that state and as
sured the New York governor that the
visits of himself, Mr.. Taft and Senator
Beverage to the northwest had thor
oughly aroused the voters of that region
to the issues of the campaign. A gen.
uine western aspect was given to the
tour by the presence of United States
Marshal Seth Bullock Of Deadwood, s. D..
formerly companion of President Roose-
welt. He joined the Hughes train at
Watertown.
GUFFEY ANSWERS HASKELL
In reply to Gov. HaskelPs open letter
to President Roosevelt, in which Col. ].
Nj. Guffey, former democratic national
committeeman lTOul 1cIluSy lVduld, anu
T. w Barnsdall, Pittsburg oil operators.
are charged with being agents for the
Standard Oil Company. and in that ca
pacity having engaged in conferences
with President Roosevelt. the following
statement was given out by Col. Guffey
last night:
''Haskells statement that 1 ever dis
cussed the Usage oil lease with the Pres
ident is an absolute falsehood. The fact
Is, l never met or spoke to President
Roosevelt but once, and that was at a
reception and dinner given to him July 4,
1852. at the Schenley Hotel. Pittsburg.
That l am connected with the Standard
Oil Company is lie more than thirty
years old, revived every once In a while
by some scoundrel endeavoring to shield
his own iniquities.'
SIBLEY EXPLAINS
In connection with recent statements
made regarding his connection with
Standard Oil, Joseph c. oley yesterday
made public a signed statement beginning
as follows:
ITO the Public:' For thirty years last