Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
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he decided that Mahomet must go to
the mountain. When he found that
the people would not come to him and
listen to his speeches from the golf
links at Hot Springs and from the
front porch of Brother Charles pala-
tial residence in Cincinnati, he deter
mined to go out among the people.
Apparently, however, there Is grave
fear among the Republican leaders
that their candidate will not be gladly
received by the people. In order to
overcome this difficulty and in an eff
fort to bring out crowd to greet Mr..
Taft, the Chicago managers have
found it necessary to send out postal
card notices to the faithful, begging
them to go to the railroad station and
| give the distinguished visitor "a cor
dial welcome" During the past few
| days prominent Republicans have re-
ceived the following notice from Fred
w. Upham, assistant treasurer OF the
Republican National Committee:
Chicago, September 81, 1908.
Hon. VIM. H. Taft, the Republi-
can party's candidate for president
and the peoples choice, will arrive
n Chicago, Wednesday september
23) evening at o'clock, at the La
Sale Street station of the L. S. &
M. S. Ry. Please be at the station
with your friends and give him
cordial welcome. 1t will be Mr..
Taft's first visit since the famous
convention which nominated him
for president Very truly yours.
Fred. w. Upham.
Small Hall for Taft.
To give Mr.. Taft an opportunity to
explain his attitude toward labor and
his injunction record, in city where
hundreds of thousands of laboring men
are interested in what he has to say,
the Republicans selected a hall with
a capacity of less than 1000 and pro-
vided for admission by card only, in
order than none but those who agree
with him might be allowed to enter.
This hall was selected in the heart of |
the business section after an option
on hall with $4,000 capacity in the
center of the working mems district
had been refused The inference is
plain that the Republican managers
feared to have their candidate appear
in a distinctively laboring district |
where all who would might come and
hear, lest the great welcome planned |
for might be turned into demonstra- |
ton for his political opponent, or that
Mr.. Taft might be asked embarrassing |
questions.
Stamping Falls Flat.
The fact of the matter is that Mr.. |
Taft's stumping experiment has fallen |
fiat; he has produced absolutely no |
enthusiasm among the voters, and he |
has said or done nothing which will |
improve his chances. Republicans are |
unable to conceal their feelings of dis |
appointment over the poor showing |
which their candidate has made. Mr.. |
Taft's progress thus far, and the man
ner in which he has been received is
complete vindication of those Repub- |
lican leaders who from the first op-
posed the plan of having him take to
the rear platform. They advocated a
front porch campaign wherein the can
didate should be kept in the back
ground, and others allowed to make
his canvass upon Roosevelt's record |
The advocates of a stumping cam
paign prevailed, however, and now
they are sorry it was ever begun.
Elegance VS.. Simplicity.
The contrast between the Demo
cratic simplicity with which Mr.. Bryan
has Travelled and the elegance of the
Taft accommodations on rail, is as
marked as the contrast between the
size and enthusiasm of the audiences
which have greeted the Democratic
candidate, and those which Mr. Taft
has addressed. While one great New
York newspaper which is supporting
Mr.. Taft and which maintains a press
association service has refused to
have correspondent with Mr.. Bryan,
ample accommodations are afforded |
aboard the Taft special for the special
correspondents of all the large papers.
In addition, for the first time in the
history of any campaign, Mr.. Taft is
carrying with him three press agents
paid by the national committee for the
purpose of influencing public opinion
Hired Press agents.
Notwithstanding all this, the reports
49," from all along the line that Mr..
at l0Nop'ioH Two been remark
ably chilly, and that the audleu.- -.
been Indifferent to his speeches and !
involved explanations of his attitude |
upon public questions. At George |
AIDES Indiana farm large crowd was |
gathered because a harvest festival |
had been advertised. The people ex.
pected a free feast from the full |
dinner pail" but were disappointed |
when they were charged 25 cents for |
dinner while they waited for the ap- |
pearance of the candidate. When he |
did come before them he talked about |
a larger navy, stronger army and |
coast defences, something in which |
they had little interest, while he ig- |
nored the live issues of tariff revision, |
injunctions, guarantee of bank depos- |
it's, publicity of campaign funds, and |
other questions about which they de- |
sired to hear his views. The result |
was that Mr.. Tafts speech was re- |
ceived with inattention and lack OF |
anything which approached enthusi- |
asm. Impartial newspaper correspon-
dents report that the meeting was |
not success. Mr. Bryan is outdraw-
ing Judge Taft by 5 to 1.
Senator Crane Trust Ally.
The appearance of Senator w. Muir
ray Crane, of Massachusetts,, upon |
the Republican scene as chief lad
visor" of Chairman Hitchcock in the |
management of Mr.. Taft's campaign,
is regarded as further unmistakable