The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
Immense Crowd GreetS Him
at First Stop of Up
State Tour.
is IN FINE FETTLE
SAVE HOARSENESS
at Tarrytown Candidate Is Taken
From Train Almost by
Main Force.

YONKERS, \. Y, oct. PA crowd
that packed the depot yard and over
flowed the streets for a block around,
greeted Mr.. Taft in the rain, when he
made the first stop of his upstate tour
today. Accompanying the candidate
from New York were Job Hedges. John
". Hutchinson, James b. Reynolds, and
other prominent Republicans
When Taft reached the Grand Central
Station ten minutes before his train
was scheduled, he encountered a great
crowd OF Connecticut commuters who
gave him a rOusing cheer some one
shouted speech" but he shook his
head and smiIingIy said. I'm coming
back TO talk tomorrow, but I would like
10 say that nave not collapsed.
TWO young women elbowed their way
through the crowd ana shook hands
with him. one Of them carried huge
yellcv chrysanthemum, which she pre-
sented to AIR. Taft with a wish fer
good luck"
'WeH," he exclaimed. this is worth
waiting for
The. other young woman cried as she
left the train. Il feel like d millionaire %
Voice Improved.
lLr. Tafts voice is considerably im-
proved today, He spoke for foTty-fve
minutes at Blaneys opera House, re-
viewing the records Of the two parties,
and going over the issues Of the pres
ent campaign. During the course of his
remarks he paid his compliments to the
New York papers, some Of which print
ed stories today TO the effect that he
had collapsed Monday night after his
strenuous whirl around Brooklyn.
If j had read the morning papers as
you have, ne said. without having
had a little inside information, / should
have expected to see myself brought IN
here on stretchef-
II don't like TO say that metropoll-
tan journals are given TO any more
mendacity than other journals but
some have a particular faculty Tor mis-
information that does not seem TO eN-
tend generally into the country. 1 may
pride myself as man able 10 walk
and not IN state of nervous OF
physical collapse. 1 should hesitate to
90 on and state just what i ate for
breakfast this morning, but as these
details would seem To- be relevant to
my condition. / might do so and dem
OnstraJe what IL seems 10 be necessary
to demonstrate, that it is not found
necessary TO carry me TO a hospital
at the end of each day"
Fight to Hear Him.
a struggling fghting mob battIed to
get into the opera mousse WnIle MT Tan
was speaking and several women were
taken from the crush in a fainting con-
dition. After leaving the theater the
candidate spoke 10 the great overflow
Jmong in the street from his automo
bile
At Tarrytown, in spite of the fact that
he was scheduled 20 speak only five
minutes, Mr.. TAFT was taken off the
train almost By main force by the en-
thuSiastlc local arrangement committee,
and escorted 10 a stand near the depot.
Col ID. RansdeH. sergeant-at-arms Of
the United States Senate. who is man
aging the Tart special for the national
committee, protested in vain against the
program, and finally, when Overruled,
announced that he would wash his
hands of the whole job if outsiders
''buUted in again.
I am expected 10 run this train on
SCHEDULE time" he said, '-and can't do
Il if every Tom, Dick, and Harry comes
on and overrides me If this happens
again I viii quit"
Job Hedges and John w. Hutchinson,
who had aCquiesCed 10 hauling Mr Taft
on the train. promised TO be good in
the future.