The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-17
LARGE CROWDS
GREET WILSON
ON TRIP WEST
Democratic Candidate Finds
Many People Waiting for
Him at Stations in Ohio
and Indiana.
MAKES SPEECHES
NOT ON PROGRAMME
Takes Beveridge to Task for
Recent Remark and Attacks
Platform of the Bull
Moose Party.
By International News Service.


Y Indiana on his way to Sioux
City. Ia, via Chicago. today,
was the most highly successful that he
has made in the campaign. Everywhere
along the line the candidate was well
coined with tremendous enthusiasm.
Whether by prearrangement on the part
of the campaign committee or because
the train hauling the governors pri-
vate car was an exceedingly slow one,
stops were made at all the jerkwater
towns. Word had travelled on ahead of
the governors approach, and crowds
turned out to greet him at every sta
tion.
Somewhere near Logansport, Ind,
committee consisting of Mayor David
d. Tickle, State Senator Fred Kistner
and other prominent citizens, boarded
| the train and informed the candidate
| that the entire town was turning out
to welcome him. Senator Kistner, who
is the Democratic leader Of Logansport,
! told the governor that Senator Albert
J. Beveridge had been attacking the
| Democratic nominee as the instrument
of the bosses, and that no one had un-
dertaken to controvert the statement.
Replies to Beveridge.
Governor Wilson lost no time in do
ing so himself. He told the crowd that
he had known Bovcridge for a good
many years, but had not until now
realized that he was bumorist. The
governor proceeded by logical argu.
nent to prove that the third party,
represented in Indiana by Beveridge,
was fostering practically all the bosses
and WAS anxious that the government
should enter into partnership with
them. This made big hit with the
crowd which WAS plainly in sympathy
with the Democratic nominee. They
crowded about the rear platform before
tho train pulled out and hundreds Of
them shook hands with the governor.
Senator Kistner told Governor Will
son that Indiana will undoubtedly give
him 10o, 1000 plurality
The governor had not planned TO
make any speeches until after leaving
Chicago. In fact he did not know that
he was expected to speak at all from
the rear platform of his private car.
His first address was to be made at
Sioux City. Today he delivered four
speeches from the raer end of his car.
In several plsces tho crowds had been
J waiting from early morning until noon
Just to get a glimpse of the nominee.
Excitement Begins EARLY.
The governor had scarcely finished
breakfast this morning before the eI
citement began. The train stopped fol-
moment at Urbana, Ohio, where q
o crowd Of about hundred had gathered
at tho station. There was no time fol
speech. but the candidate was kept
busy shaking hands until the train be
= gan to move.
Next came Bradford with a crowd oi
several hundred, The stop here wa:
short but tho governor was persuaded
! 10 make short speech, At Piqua there
e was plenty Of handshaking and enthusi
@ asm. At Union City tho crowd mum
5 bcred no less than 1000 and the dc
mands for a speech were so inssten
that the governor had to respond. Hi
y remarks were received with usual ap
y plause. lie was checred until the trair
= was out of sight.
: AT Red Key there was time merel,
g for handshaklng and pleasant wore
k to the crowd. One old gentleman
reached up to the back platform for
n handshake and asked, ''1s this Mr.
> Presidentf'
=. "Not yet" replied the governor
with hearty laugh.
10 "Not yet, but soon," ronrod an
l. other
l. "That is what you have to decide,
It came the prompt reply from the can
~ didate.
Comlmends Bryan.
of At Dunlsirk, Ind, another crow
y charged tho rear platform. The COVER
q, nor shook hands with al many as pos
g sible. At Hartford City, Ind, wher
sl IL big crowd had congregated some on
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