Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Times printed the fraudulent CleVe-
land letter. To my mind, it bore upon
its face the evidences that IL vas q
crude forgery. doing violence to the
known sentiments Of Mr.. Cleveland.
I found that most of Mr.. Cleveland's
friends and nearly all the newspaper
men believed it to be a fake. Mrs.
Cleveland has protected the memory
of her distinguished husband by her
course in the matter, for the letter as
published did violence to his utter
ances and to his public career. ! was
informed at the time that the forged
letter was offered TO the New York
Herald and to the New York World,
but they refused to touch it. The New
York Times has a good motto: All
the news that's fit to print,"-it would
do we'll now to add-"no fake stories
printed that other journals refuse
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
to circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
letter must, if honest, spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was a
clumsy fraud.
Post Card System.
When Mr.. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahom'
ct, he decided that Mahomet must
go to the mountain. When he found
that the people would not come TO
him and listen to speeches from the
golf links at Hot Springs and from
the front porch of Brother Charles
palatial residence in Cincinnati, ne
determined to go out among the peo
pie.
Apparently, however, there is grave
fear among the Republican leaders
that their candidate will not be glad
ly received by the people. In order
to overcome this difficulty and in ar
effort to bring out a crowd to gree
Mr.. Taft, the Chicago managers have
found it necessary to send out pos
tai card notices to the faithful beg
ging them to go to the railroad sta
ton and give the distinguished Wis
itor "a cordial welcome" During thu
past few days prominent Republican
have received the following notice
from Fred w. Upham, assistant treas
urer of the Republican national CON
mittee:
Chicago, Sept. Fl. 1908.
Hon. VIM. H. Taft, the Republican
party's candidate for president an
the peoples choice, will arrive in Oh
} cago Wednesday september 70
evening, at five o'clock, at the l.
) Sale street station of the L. S. & N
) S. Ry. Please be at the station wit
your friends and give him a cordis
welcome. 1t will be Mr.. Taft's frs
visit since the famous conventio
t which nominated him for presiden
Very truly yours,
Fred w. Upham.
1 Small Hall for Taft.
; To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity
e explain his attitude toward labor an
;, his injunction record, in a city whel
hundreds of thousands Of laborin
men are interested in what he has
d say, the Republicans selected a ha
with a capacity of less than 1000 an
provided for admission by card onl
p in order that none but those wi
e agree with him might be allowed
enter. This hall was selected in Il
heart Of the business section after {
option on a hall with $4,000 capaci
in the center of the w~orkingmer
II district had been refused. The
d ference is plain that the Republic;
n managers feared to have their ca
e. didate appear in a distinctively
e boring district where all who won
e might come and hear, lest the gre
10 welcome planned for might be turn
n into a demonstration for his polite
lie opponent, or that Mr.. Taft might
lie asked embarrassing questions.
le Stumpine Falls Flat.
gu The fact of the matter is that \
n Taft's stamping experiment has fl
10 en- fiat; he has produced absolutely
At enthusiasm among the voters, and
Is has said or done nothing which "
" improve his chances. Republica
LII are unable to conceal their feelin
" of disappointment over the poor she
es ing which their candidate has ma
u Mr.. Taft's progress thus far, and
n manner in which he has been receiv
is complete vindication of those ]
.a. publican leaders who from the fl
an opposed the plan of having, him ia
st to the rear platform. They advocat
70 a front porch campaign wherein
all candidate should be kept in the ba
10, ground, and others allowed to ms
90 his v upon Roosevelt's reco
is The advocates of a stumping CT
lat paign prevailed, however, and n
De- they are sorry that it was ever beg
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ler Theo. A. Bell of California, Y