The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-26
CONFIDENCE
SIGNIFICANT
Lack of Opposition Throughout
Northwest a Great Stimulus to
Republican Party.
MR.. TAFT is HIGHLY PLEASED.
Injunction Is His Only Real Trouble
Talks to Laboring Men Dis
polling Hostility.
lR. TAFT IS HIGHLY PLEASED.

reception he has met all along the
route. In reviewing the trip thus last
might he said:
II am more than satisfied at the re-
ception given to me in Indiana, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the
Dakotas, and Nebraska. The temper
of the people | have met is such that
l am convinced the republicans Will
have the electoral votes of all these
states beyond doubt.
The people have treated me kindly
and have listened with such great at
tention to my plain, matter OF fact
kind Of speech making, that l believe
they are with us in this campaign.
The trip has been a great success thus
far and the enthusiasm of the people
is more than could have been expected
when we started out"
On his arrival here, Mr.. Taft COM
pleted, according to the official railroad
estimate, rapid journey of 1888
miles. Since he left Cincinnati Tues
day of last week he has probably come
within the personal observation of not
less than 100000 people.
He has not spoken to that number,
of course, Blu taking the most con-
sentative estimate of the meetings and
making fair allowance for the crowds
along the streets, it is not at all extra
VACANT to say the republican candi-
date for the presidency has had more
M, lose pf bic norconolit1, ip,Drooca1 on
more than half million people of the
republic.
From here he makes a long stretch
westward, reaching Denver Friday
night. Then comes a return towards
the east and south, taking in Kansas
soon after noon of next Wednesday,
making the round trip from that point
a matter of two weeks, and adding
considerably to the mileage already
achieved.
NO UNSEEMLY INTERRUPTIONS.
Mr.. Taft's reception everywhere over
the 5000 miles already travelled mas
been of the most satisfactory nature.
For one thing, there has not been a
single unpleasant incident on the en-
tire trip. There have been no I'M
seemly Interruptions, no insults, and
not the slightest attempt at disorder
in any place.
This may be because the people are
Indifferent, but l am inclined to think
it is because they are friendly. In
~
we have made SO many stops the
crowds gathered about the railroad
station were distinctly orderly, as the
farming class of meetings always are.
But when Mr.. Taft spoke to the men
at the Allis-Chalmers works outside OF
Milwaukee, and when he has address,
ed other distinctively labor gatherings,
he has been accorded the same courte-
GUS treatment. From this it is evil
dent that whatever may be the result
of the election itself it is certain that
the American people are not deeply
stirred up at the present time, and that
partisan resentment has not been
aroused to the point where passions
have been infiamed anything like as
much as during the two other cam
paigns when Mr.. Bryan was a candi-
date.
Yesterdays trip in the shape of
huge fishhook from Lincoln southwark
and then northward to Omaha, practi-
cally completes the tour of Nebraska.
By daylight we were in the extreme
northwestern portion of the state, EN-
route to Denver, and, with the excep-
ton of North Platte, there will be few
or no stops in Nebraska.
Politicians here and elsewhere at
tached a great deal of Importance to
this state, merely from the fact that
it is Mr.. Bryan's home. For that rea-
son it was considered wise by the ma
tional committee to devote two whole
days to Nebraska, and they have now
been completed, with a result which
must be gratifying, to say the least,
to the republican management
BLAZE OF ENTHUSIASM.
Mr.. Taft's journey through Nebraska
has been accompanied by blaze of re-
publican enthusiasm beyond all ques-
tioning. The crowds, even at the
smallest places, have been large. The
weather has been enticing, and as most
of the crops are now pretty well out
of the way, the farmers and the coun-
try people have flocked to the sta
lions.
At the smaller places there would be
a line of buggies and farm wagons,
while every railroad center of any size
was fairly crowded with automobiles,
which is sufficient indication that the
people came long distances, as well as
being a manifestation of prosperity,
which is so evident in the eastern coun-
ties of Nebraska.
In my judgment the republicans will
win Nebraska in the country districts.
There will be some losses in all OF the
towns, and particularly in Omaha and