The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-28
COURTESIES
EXCHANGED BY
CANDIDATES
Bryan and Taft in Minneapolis
at the Same Time, but They
Failed to Meet.
ENGAGEMENTS OF BOTH
PREVENTED HANDSHAkE
MANS ARM BROKEN IN FRANTIC
STRUGGLE TO GREET THE NE
sRAsKAN UPON ARRIVAL.

Minneapolis, Sept 27.-Judge Taft
and william J. Bryan exchanged cour-
tesies here today. Mr.. Bryan arrived
here about o'clock in the afternoon
and Immediately sent one of the men
travelling with him to the West hotel
with a message to Judge Taft that he
would be glad to call on him at the
hotel at $50 in the afternoon. Mr.. Taft
sent word back to the Democratic
leader that he would be glad to see
him at that time. Mr.. Taft was sche-
duled 20 speak at the dedication of a
new Y. NJ c. A. building in st. Paul
at 2:3O o'clock and he hurried back in
an automobile to keep his engagement
with Mr.. Bryan.
Engagement Forgotten.
When he arrived at the hotel he
found a message from the Nebraskan,
who said that Mr.. Bryan was very
sorry, but that he had forgotten that
he had a dinner engagement at $50
Mr. Bryan suggested that If 1T was
convenient for Mr.. Taft he would drop
in at the hotel on his way to the rail-
road station about o'clock and shake
hands with him. Mr.. Taft, however
had an engagement to speak before
the congregation of the Fowler NJ. f
church here in the evening, and he
sent Colonel Daniel Randsall. sergeant
alarms of the United States senate
who has personal charge of the Taft
| train to explain the situation to Mr.
Bryan and convey his regrets. This
Colonel Randsall did. Mr.. Bryan ex-
pressed his regret at missing an op-
portunity to greet Mr.. Taft, and, after
| inquiring about the condition of. Mr.
Taft's voice, said he hoped that he
would speedily recover
Great Crowd to Greet Bryan.
| Mr.. Bryan while he was in the city
stopped at the home of John Lind, for
mer governor of Minnesota Mr.
Bryans arrival in the city was signal
lied by vociferous cheers from a grear
crowd which had assembled at the sta
ton. At st. Paul he was met by F
B. Lynch, national committeeman, an(
escorted here.
Because of the fact that Governor
johnson had a speaking engagement il
ST. Paul he was unable to meet tbs
Democratic candidate. En- route from
Milwaukee to this place Mr.. Bryan wa:
greeted by several large crowds. wh'
cheeref him and demanded that h
make a speech. Mr.. Bryan, however
informed his hearers that Sunday wa
his only day of rest and that it wa
his invariable rule not to make pol
itical talks on that day. In the fran
tic struggle of the crowd at the sta
ton here to get to him and shake hi
hand, a man had his arm broken
| Mr.. Bryan left tonight over tn
Omaha branch of the Chicago & North
western for Mitchell. S. D.
Speech at Y. M. c. A.
Mr. Taft's Y. NJ. c. A. speech in ST
Paul was before a large audience A
the conclusion of his speech, Judg
Taft held a reception, meeting among
others about eighty st. Paul minis
tiers of all denominations.
Quentin Roosevelt. the president
son, was in the audience. He is jus
after getting back from hunting tri
in the northwest. Mr.. Taft took hin
i'm his automobile over to the West no
tel in this city.
Mr. Taft's speech at the Fowler NJ
E. church today was on foreign mis-
sions.
Judge Taft will leave here at
o'clock tomorrow for North Dakota
His principal meeting in that state vii
be at Fargo tomorrow night. His voic
is niue improved.