Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-27

After day spent in lightning cam
paigning In the rain through Westchester
county. New York, William j. Bryan
last night faced in Madison Square Gar
den. in New York city. an audience that
cheered him for fourteen minutes and
applauded to the echo when he said ne
fully expects to be in the White House
after March 4. He appealed for demo-
cratic House of Representatives SO ne
can accomplish legislation which VIII re-
lieve the workingmen of the country Oh
the burdens a republican administration
has put upon them. Estimates or the
throng in the big amphitheater placed the
number at from IA, 900 to $4,000. 1t pack
ed every inch of space in the hall and
filled the topmost galleries. In the neigh
borhood of 5000 were unable TO iorce
their way into the meeting.
TAFT STIRs BROOKLYN
William H. Taft began his New YORK
state campaign last night In Brooklyn
with a grand rush. He made five speech
es in the course of the evening. all the
wav from Brownsville to the Academy OF
Music, reviewed a big procession and at
tended a reception in his honor at the
Rrooklyn Union League Club after every
thing else was over. Probably more tndn
30 900 persons heard him talk in the
course of the evening.
The candidate was accompanied by ms
two brothers, Secretary Straus, Sena.or
Depew, Senator Dolliyer, Chairman fl.en-
cock and others in the course OF ms
Brooklyn travels. and he was ever WIZ
area,eS with enthusiasm. At the Cler-
mont Avenue Rink and the Academy Oh
Music thousands waited two and three
hours to see and hear MIN lot le"
minutes He spoke with consloeraple ap
parent difficulty, but his physician soiu
that his throat was in fairly goon con.
ditiop and that 1t would undoubtedly last
out the campaign.
SHERMAN DENIES CHARGE
Before leaving Utica, N. Y, yesterday
afternoon to resume his speaking tour Oh
New York state, James s. Sherman re-
publican vice presidential candidate, gave
out a statement dealing with the charge
to the effect that Mr.. Sherman had been
involved in an attempted deal in govern
ment timber lands in New Mexico with
one Edmund Burke and others, the COM
pany which they had formed seeking TO
obtain possession through sharp praceices
valuable timber. Mr.. Sherman state
ment is, in part, as follows:
NV attention has been called to a SEN
sational article in today's New YORK
World. making charges against me IN
connection with the New Mexico Lumber
and DEVELOPMENT Company. corporation
which hasn't been in existence for some
years. A careful reading shows that the
charges, so far as 1 am concerned, nave
no substance whatever, and as TO my
connection with the enterprise. the fullest
possible investigation and publicity are
courted.
HUGHES IS HUSTLING-
Gov. Charles E. Hughes struck the real
"whirlwind" stage of his campaign yes
terday. Under gray skies and driving
rain, utilizing steam cars and trolley cars,
and covering thirty-nine miles by automo-
bile over roads knee deep with mud, he
swept through Montgomery, Fulton and
Schenectady counties, in New York, and
concluded the day by addressing mass
meeting in Albany last night. The noml-
nee successfully invaded hostile territory,
and several recalcitrant members of his
own party. who have fought him for two
years. surrendered their cutlasses and
climbed into the band wagon.
CANNON IN PHILADELPHIA
Speaker Cannon visited Philadelphia
yesterday. He was unanimously re-
ceived. Red fire, parades and four big
meetings in the interest of the repub-
lican organization and Senator Penrose
were the program. The admirers of the
Speaker as a statesman and of Penrose
and Contractor McNichol as leaders
turned out in huge numbers and with
huge enthusiasm.
In an interview the Speaker talked in
characteristic vein upon national topics.
GoMPERS ARoUSES BALTIMORE
Training his heavy artillery on Judge
Taft for issuing injunctions against work
ingmen; denying that he ever pledged the
vote of his followers to Bryan, and dis
avowing having any quarrel with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of Labor,
stirred 5000 and more of the hosts or
labor in Baltimore last night with an
appeal to conscience and a demand for
human liberty and equal rights.
Cross Street Market Hall, in which the
address was delivered. was taxed to its
capacity by wearers of union buttons,
and 1000 more toilers who We're unable
to get within 100 yards of the door lis
tened to Baltimore spellbinders in Weyler
street.
BEvERIDGE ON THE STUMP
Senator Beveridge began a five days
tour of Indiana yesterday. He is travel
ing in a special train. consisting of a pri-