The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
TAFT TO MAKE
A SPEAKING TOUR
IN CAMPAIGN
Does Not Propose to Have His
Position on Questions
Misrepresented
may make TRIP FROM
COAST TO COAST LATER
Will Make Series Of Addresses I'm His
Trip Through Ohio From Sandusky
to Cincinnatl-LaDor Vote Is With
TAFT.

Middle Basse Island, Ohio, Sept. z.
William H. Taft left here this MORN
ing for the activities of his campaign.
He has written the Republican nation
al committee to arrange for him a
speech-making itinerary and has sug-
gested that the states of Missouri,
Nebraska. Kansas, Iowa, Illinois. In
diana and New York be included in
any tour that may be decided on. Mr..
Taft has also expressed the view that
his stay in Cincinnati might be ter
minated as early as September Fl,
thus permitting the extension of his
services in the general political field
to period of nearly six weeks and
make possible a trip from coast to
coast.
The request of the candidate to be
assigned speaking dates. coming as it
does directly upon the visit here yes
terday of National Chairman Hitch
cock, and his desire to hasten the
time when he is to take to the road, is
regarded as showing his fixed deter
mination to be personally in the field
wherever it may be the thickest and
also his determination that no doubt
shall exist as to his attitude.
Il can't conceive of anything more
depressing than to be denleu par,1..-
patton in an active campaign, or to
be kept quietly in one place, deepnd-
ing wholly upon necessarily frag-
mental reports as to what is going on
| and as to what conditions are exist
ing"
This was the recent summing up
by Judge Taft of hisopersonal feeling
in the situation.
| The Taft party left here at 10
o'clock this morning on Captain Rich
| ardson's yacht Jessemine for Port
Clinton, the nearest shore port. There
| automobiles will be taken for a six
teen mile drive to Spiegel Grove, near
luncheon at the Hayes homestead, as
the guests of Col. and Mrs. Webb
Hayes. Sandusky will be reached by
trolley before dark, where they will
go to the home of Edward Marsh for
the night. The trip to Cincinnati,
which begins tomorrow afternoon,
will be punctuated with at least ten
speeches from the rear platform of
the train. Before leaving Sandusky,
Mr.. Taft will address the old soldiers
and make a political speech at the
local theater. When Tiffin is reached
at $50 O'Clock another speech will be
delivered and then on down through
the state including the towns Of Carey
Wharton. Forest Bellefontain. Ken.
neton, Urbana. Springfield and Day.
ton. These speeches will necessarily
be short as the Taft car will be at.
tached to the regular train on the Ris
Four and no changes in the running
time of the trains have been arranged
for. Mr.. Taft has not prepared the
remarks he is to deliver on the trip
and will in each instance speak eX.
temporaneously. He has handled diff
ferent topics of the campaign in differ
ent speeches.
A. I. Vorys, chief of staff of the can-
didate. returned here yesterday from
Youngstown, where he presided at the
opening Saturday of the campaign.
Mr.. Vorys was very enthusiastic ovef
the occasion.
"We selected Youngstown especially
for the opening of the campaign" he
said, because it is a great industrial
center. The idea has been promul<
gated that union labor is against tho
Republican ticket and we wanted to
show the falsity of these statements.
More than 10000 mechanics were in
line in the Youngstown parade to re-
ply to the charge, being more than
three-fourths of all the mechanics in
that great Industrial center.
"The campaign opening at Youngs-
town was an opening in fact as we'll
as in name. Ohio Republicans never
make much of start until after the
formal opening, but their enthusiasm
keeps up from that time forward until
the close of the polls"