Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-28
THREE HOURS IN SCHENECTADY
Judge Discusses His Record on Labor
Questions Here.
TAFT SMILE WON'T COME OFF
In His Address at POuEhkeepSle lie
said IL WIN still he There
Next Tuesday
Might

Greater New YORK to Troy were made
the text for the speech of william n.
Taft today to the people of these cities
and towns
Yonkers smiled on the big form OF the
ohioan through "A heavy shower. lie
talked at length to as many as could g1t
into the largest theater and then ud-
dressed those who had stood and waited
in the rain, whose number was even
greater.
Mr.. Bryan spoke In Yonkers yesterday
and. saying he understood his distin-
guished opponent had charged that the
republican party had done nothing for
labor, Mr.. Taft first asserted that the
policies of the republican party had been
chiefly devoted to the interests of labor
and then pointed out that the protective
policy made possible the sugar refining
industry, the chief enterprise of the city
Certainly Mr.. Bryan was a bold man
to advocate such views in town like
Yonkers," continued Mr.. Taft, (which 1
believe, Is one of the greatest manufac-
turing towns in proportion to its size
in the state of New York and is dependent
upon the protective system"
Tariff ON sugar.
As a sample, Mr.. Taft said, Of the
utterly impractical destructive charac-
ter of Mr.. Bryan's recommendation with
reference to economic reforms" he would
cite what Mr.. Bryan would do with the
Yonkers Sugar refinery, as summing for
argument that the refinery was in
trust"
Mr.. Taft said:
1--WE would take off the differential on
sugar--that protection which is necessary
to enable us to have any sugar refinery
in this country. 1t would cause the estab-
Of your population here dependent on this
refinery would be affected. And not only
would It destroy the trust, but with 1t
the independent refineries'
"The republican party is just as much
npposea to monopoly as the democratic
party" announced Mr.. Taft. 1t passed
and enforced the antitrust law. II be-
lieves in going directly at the evil Of
monopoly by furnishing men for continuing
It, rather than by destroying the industries
and great combinations OF capital that have
much utility and are of such benefit 10 the
wage earners.
Taft Smile Won't Come OFF.
ut believes in stamping out the evil and
not stamping out the corporation"
Tarrytown, Peekskill, and FishlSill Land
ing listened In the rain to the short
speeches delivered by the candidate from
the rear of his car. The dampness did not
seem to dull the ardor of the citizens. When
the Taft special reached Poughkeepsis at ]
o'clock the rain had just ceased and the
sun came out brightly.
Mr. Taft was driven to the Coliinwood
opera house, which was crowded to the
! very doors A class of girls from Vassar
college tried to get" Judge Taft's speech
in shorthand. and an enthusiast in the
gallery attracted brief attention by shout
ing He surely wear the smile that won't
come Of "
ut will still he there next Tuesday
night" rejoined Judge Taft, and in his
hope the audience seemed to concur
Mr. Taft was so much in demand by the
crowd outside the theater wien he emerged
that he made a second speech from the
steps of the republican headquarters build
ing.
Another brief speech was made at Hud-
son. after which the special ran to schc-
nectady. where nearly three hours were
occupied by the candidate in the delivery
| OF three speeches, all OF them predominant
with the labor issue. The employees OF the
American Locomotive Works were spoken
to first, receiving the candidate with much
show of enthusiasm.
Schenectady contains more organized OF
union men than any town In the country
of its size" declared Mr. Taft. and he
then proceeded TO inform his hearers of his
own labor record, of the labor legislation
which the republican party had enacted, a,
compared with the blank record Of the
democratic party.
Not ON Hospital List.
YONKERS. n. Y, oct. 27-Judge Taf
reached here i'm a driving rain, but was me
at the station by a big crowd. He wa
driven at once to the largest hail in IN
city, which was well filled. Judge Taft wa
in better voice 10 begin his days work thar
usual. To his Yonkers audience the eandl
date made a general speech touching o
many Of the issues in his usual vein.
As the crowd outside appeared to eolec
quite as many as had heard the candidat
inside Mr.. Taft was induced to make an
other speech. He told the overflow meet
ing that a great issue Of the campaign
whether or not the country shall have
return Of prosperity. The republican party
he declared, was the best equipped to NEE
that issue.
4 Word TO Newspapers.
/ That Judge Taft was nettled at the stor!e
printed I'm New York regarding the cam
, paisn in New York at the beginning OF hi
speech was evident lie said:
This is an opportunity which l seel
| because II had read the newspapers thi
, morning as you have, without having ha
little inside information, I should hav
expected 10 see myself brought IN here o
a stretcher. I dout like 20 say that ou
metropolitan journals are gwen TO AN
more mendacity than other journals, b.
= they have a particular facility for mi In
formation that does not seem to extend ger
eially into the country. / may pride mS
self as being a man able 70 walk and n.
; In a state OF nervous or physical COLLAPSE
! | should hesitate TO go on and state jus
what | ate for breakfast this morning, 5l
as those details would seem 10 BE- rel,
) want TO my condition ! might do so an
, demonstrate what il seems 10 he neoessar
p 10 demonstrate, that il "a not found necei