The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-27
TAFT'S HARD DAY
in OLD NEW YORK
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| is Junior at Yale and who had been
making frantic efforts TO get to MS
father through the crowds, hnally
reached him at the station.
"My son. said Judge Taft. as he
placed the boys ruddy face between
his hands and planted kiss squarely
on his lips. Robert was taken aboard
and was an admiring listener to his
fathers speech at Port Chester on the
way back.
Here a tremendous crowd had as
sembled for the purpose of listening to
both William j. Bryan and Mr.. TAFT,
who were due there about the same
time Judge Taft arrived first and was
met by cheers and the waving OF many
small flags.
"Bryan said a year ago that the re.
cent panic was not due to Roosevelt.
said Mr.. Taft in his brief speech, He
now says IL was due to Roosevelt. The
change in one year is not exceptional IL
BRYAN IS career
Going to New Haven, Mr.. Taft spoke
to crowds in the rain at Stamford,
South Norwalk and Bridgeport, all stops
very first utterance of the day was that
Bryan had aided prosperity IN no other
way than to be defeated.
When the Taft special reached New
York on its return at 1880 o'clock the
candidate was taken to the Montauk
club, Brooklyn, accompanied by State
Chairman Woodruff, where he was the
guest of honor at a dinner participated
in by q hundred prominent Republicans
of that city.
Has Jewish Audience.
It required an automobile ride OF an
hour in a heavy downpour of rain for
Mr.. Taft to reach the Montauk club in
Brooklyn, where he had dinner. He ar
rived there at o'clock. Among the
guests were his two brothers, Charles 2,
and Henry W. Taft. and Frank II.
Hitchcock national chairman. A five
mile automobile ride brought Judge
were crowded, The auditorium in the
Metropolitan Sanger hall was filled with
Jewish audience, and after five min
utes of cheers had been given for Taft
the assemblage paid a hearty tribute to
Oscar Straus, secretary Of commerce and
labor. Mr.. StTaus, In introducing Mr.,
Taft, said that be wanted to leave no
doubt that the election of Mr.. Taft
would work the greatest benefit to the
country.
"Nowhere in America,'' said Mr..
Taft, ''is there a greater spirit Of free
dom and love OF country than right here
among the people who owe SO much to
nuI Immigration laws.
The one thought he wished to impress,
he said, was that by the increase of the
navy and army, President Roosevelt had
been enabled to exercise greater infu-
ence for peace than any world ruler
heretofore.
"Therefore. he continued, eve
should progress 10 that point where no
matter in what part of the world the
American citizen shall be found his GER
tifcate of citizenship shall be all that is
required to insure his respect and good
treatment Nothing, If / am elected
president, will give me greater pleasure
than to devise ways and means to make
the American passport respected the
world over
At Congress hall, the next meeting.
the audience was of the same character
MI Taft launched into a speech to show
why there was no good reason for chang
ing the policy of the administration
How about the panic, Billy7' came
voice.
Mr.; Taft answered by showing that
Theodore Roosevelt had awakened the
then brought out that the exponent of
this moral awakening in New York TO.
day was Governor Hughes. As to the
panic, he said 1t came year ago in Oc.
tober Prosperity so great resulted in
wildcat schemes and consequently loss
OF confidence, and then the panic. This.
he SAID, was not widespread and was
rapidly disappearing, and with Repub
liean success would speedily disappear
altogether Such, he declared. would
not be the case with Democratic sue
cess.
At Arion hall the candidate found an
immense audience awaiting him. 1t was
composed largely OF Germans. Mr. Taft
declared that to the German Americans
belonged great credit for the defeat of
the free silver heresy. BRYAN. he said
could, If elected, put the country on
silver basis by executive order.
Thirty-two blocks of z parade. which
divided on each side of the street and
big feature of the evening.
When the candidate reached the Cler.
mont rink he reviewed the issues TO an
immense audience did the same at the
new. Academy of Music. and was then
received with great enthusiasm at fhs
Union League club. '"'