The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
TAFT FINISHES r SOUTHERN TRIP
tContinued from Pase ons.)

factories. If the Republican policy of protection were departed from
 How is it." he pressed, that our Democratic friends can go on voting one way and hoping to God that some thing will happen that will make their votes count for nothing? There VIII come a trne when you can run adherent tradition into the ground ana thihh that time mas come.
 To his Statesville audience, he said:
 "Complaint is very often heard on the part of your people that North Caro- lima Is not given her part m the ad- ministration of he government She Is not. She has able men, but as long as you are voting for the Democratic ticket, and the Republican Party is in power. cannot see how these gentle men who do the voting, can expect 10 share in the power. In other words, let them vote as they think and then we will wipe out sectional lines"
 At Salisbury. Judge Taft remarked:' A Protective Tariff.
 You are second in rank in the man. ufacture of tobacco, you are third Tn the rank of lumber and timber pro ducts. You make in one of :our cities in this State, nearly as much furniture as they make in Grand Rapids, Mich. l am giving these figures merely to point out that unless we continue to have a protective ta. f, most of these indus tries will be destroyed and the wealth | that you have accumulated has been accumulated by reason of the policy l insisted upon by the Republican Party l in respect to the tariff. And yet, how m. my electoral votes have you cast Tn North Carolina for the Republican l Party? Someobdy may have better memory than I have, but I don't recol- l lect a single o=e. They are enterpris- | ing, progressive, courageous people in | foa nd | | time that they began in politics to snow the same enterprise that they do In manufacturing furniture and In reach ing out to develop the enormous wealth | of North Carolina.
 "I have no words Of enmity or or criticism for MT. Bryan, except that find myself Lever agreeing with him on any economic theory, and l am bound to say that his experiments for the last sixteen years have been such that 1t has not taken more than Tour years generally to demonstrate that at the end of tEese four years nooooy agrees with his economic theories at all."
 A brief stop was made at Reidsville before the expedition reached Danville.
 Judge Taft addressed a large crowd from the rear of the car The audience here evidenced a decided liking Tor Bryan by shouting with great Visor when his name was mentioned
 "I am delighted that have so many | Bryan men here so that can talk lit tie sense into them, ,-remarked the can didate T would like to ask whether they are in favor today of the free l coinage of silver. No not one, and yet inc chief of their party recommended | that for eight years. for three Presi- | dential campaigns. Are they in favor | of the Gorman-Wilson bill? Are they in favor of the government ownershlp 1 of railroads? Are they In favor or | government bank deposits? GA voice sstd. ves1 Yes. I have no doubt you | are because you are committed 10 | Rryan. What you are in favor Of IS this. You are in favor Of any man opening a bank with $10,0OO and then going to his neighbors and saying; | "Riye me S1OO,0O0 der osits so that may sneculate with it, because Robin l son. who has got a bank up here, has | $500. 900 deposits and he is responsible for every dollar Of my deposits" This | is 8 fine kind of a proposition Tnat ls | Bryanesque. That appeals to my tfienu right there That illustrates just the lcharacter of A business man that Mr. I Bryan and his followers are, and that such was how much confidence you Will get by putting Mir. Bryan into the | White House"
 The RIchmond Meeting.
 The Richmond meeting was held in l the EFf,eaa.sF fotvsr Q Eilatng at lakewood, in the outskirts of the city. The building, was-oceupied by an immense audience and the candidate was in good form. He not only repeated in 1 substance of his southern speech. but went at length into the general topics | of thee campaign. giving his views on l the tafi6 and labor question as he has | done in the past.
 Senator William Alden Smith. who followed Mr.. Taft, took occasion to | comment on the general effect of the southern trip of the candidate and stated that Sin his opinion he had es- abolished a precedent which will be followed every four years.
 The Rlchmond meeting illustrated | the intense desire of the people of the old Confederate capitol to see the Re- publican nominee. The largest meet | ing place in the city was packed to the doors. There was most spontan- eous blIf good natured Bryan senti- ment exhibited and after the first out burst. Mir. Taft remarked dryly:
 "Mr. Bryan has been running for the presidency for twelve years. We ought tc allow a shout for him any way"
 When the candidate followed this with the remark that he was proud to be the first Republican candidate for the presidency to carry his canvass Into Virginia, he was accorded great applause.
 "I shall be prouder," he continued, If I can play such a part as shall bring Virginia and the states of the North closer together" And then add ed with deliberation:
 If we don't get her electoral vote this time. you will see me down here four years hence advocating the elec- tion of some one and with more cer- tainty of electoral votes of Virginia than l am today and especially so if we should now be so unfortunate as to elect the Democratic ticket"
 With these preludes Mir. Taft es- tablished friendly relations with his audience and proceeded to discuss inc serious issues.
 The row of boxes which clrcled tbe large floor pit was animated with inc society folks of the city.
 Taft is Deceived.
 New York. Oct. 17-In beIievinp that he is making inroads into the solid South's Democracy, Mir Taft is victim of self deception" said Jo. sephus Daniels. National Committee man from North Carolina today. at Democratic headquarters, and he add ed:
 "He Is falling into the error of his predecessors to the office to which he