Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-10

printed tho fraudulent Cleveland lot
ter To my mind. II bore upon its
face the evidence that II was crude
forgery. doing violence to the known
sentiments OF Mr.. Cleveland | found
that most Of MIR. Cleyeland's friends
and nearly all the newspaper men be
lieved II TO be fake Mrs Cleveland
has protected the memory Of hcr dis
tinguished husband by her course In
the matter. for the letter. as pub.
lishcd did violence to his utterances
and TO his public career was in.
formed al 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 II To print 1t
would do well TO add-"no fake stor-
les printed that other journals refuse
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
TO circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
letter must. II honest. spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets saying
that the letter they circulated was
clumsy fraud
Post Card System.
When Mr. Taft learned that the
mountain would not come to Mahomet.
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 al 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 he gladly
received by the people In order 10
overcome this difficulty and In an II
fort to bring out a crowd to greet MIR
Taft. the Chicago managers have
found II necessary to send out postal
card notices To the faithful. begging
them 10 go 10 the railroad station and
give the distinguished visitor "a cor
dial welcome" During the past few
ud4N lAtHAblAt fAAAS iAsAf -
ceivcd the following notice from Fred
W rpham. assistant treasurer " the
Republican National Committee
Chicago September u, 1905.
Hon Vim. II Taft, the Rcpuhli.
can partys candidate for president
and the peoples choice. will arrive
in Chicago Wednesday tSeptcmber
23l evening at o'clock. at the La
Sale Street station OF the l.. 5 &
NJ s. Ry. Please he AT the station
with your friends and give him a
cordial welcome II 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 70
explain his attitude toward labor and
his Injunction record, in a city whore
hundreds OF thousands OF laboring men
are Interested in what he has To say
the Republicans selected a hall with
n capacity OF lcss than , 900 aud 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 a 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 distinctively laboriug district
where all who would might come and
hear lest the great welcome planned
for might he Turned into a dcmonstra-
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.
Taf,'s stumping experiment has fallen
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