The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-01
SPEAKERS TOUR STATE
FOR WILLIAM 4. TAFT


] Minneapolis, October 25.-Starting
I, from Minneapolis Monday or Tues
day night, special train will tour
/, the state next week in the interests
of President William Howard Taft.
The decision to arrange the train
was made late yesterday when as
surances were received from the Chi
cago Taft headquarters that a speak
Ter of national prominence would be
sent to Minnesota to accompany the
| train. The twin cities Taft train
will carry from thirty to fifty Taft
workers, according to George H.
: Selover, vice president of the Henne-
! pin County Taft club. Most. of the
men on the train will be young
! men," said Mr.. Selover today. "Sev-
eral speakers from the twin cities
and from the country districts also
will make the trip.
| Hope to Secure Hadley.
| 1t is hoped to secure Governor
Hadley of Missouri to speak in the
state. Under the proposed schedule,
the Taft train will leave Minneapolis
over the Milwaukee road, arriving in
La Crosse early Tuesday morning.
The swirg across the southern por-
ton of the state will then start. Al
most every station on the southern
division of the Milwaukee road will
be given an opportunity to hear the
speakers who are working for the
presidents reelection. The longest
stop on Tuesday probably will be at
Albert Lea.
| Will Come to Mankato.
The first days campaigning will
end with a mass meeting and Taft
rally at Pipestone where it is pro-
posed to have one of the largest
political gatherings the town has
ever Witnessed Everybody on the
train if he so desires will be given
an opportunity to speak word in
behalf CT Mr. Taft.
The first stop on Wednesday will
be at Luverne. After an hours visit
at this town, the train will be switch,
ed to the Omaha road bound for
Mankato. Short stops will be made
all along the route. From Mankato
the carnpaigners will go to Marshall
over the North Western road, thence
to Granite Falls over the Great Nor
thern, to Willmar, Benson, Apple
ton and Montevideo, arriving in Min.
neapolis Thursday night.
Trip in the North.
Under present plans it is proposed
to end the first half of the journey
with a monster republican mass
meeting in the Auditorium If the
plans carry, it is believed that this
mass meeting will be one of the
largest of its kind held in Mime
apolis the present campaign.
On Friday morning the second leg
of the journey will start when the
train heads for the northern part of
the state. 1t is planned to cover that
part of Minnesota as thoroughly as
possible so that when the special
returns TO Minneapolis Saturday
night, the workers will know that
they have given their best efforts
in behalf of the presidents cam
paign. "''
p ~ Believes Tart Will Win.
Minneapolis, October 25.-David e.
Thompson of Lincoln, Nebraska, for
mer United States ambassador to
Brazil, and later ambassador to Mex
leo, who was in Minneapolis and
who has been on trip throughout
the Northwestern states, said that
he believed that President Taft would
carry every state in the northwest.
Mr.. Thompson said that the
strength of the president and his
chances for reelection were more
than 100 per cent better than they
had been six weeks ago.
People, business men in particu-
lar, have been thinking the matter
over" he said, land are convincing
themselves that the safest policy is
to retain the present administration.
rather than to have a democratic
president. The farmers will also, if
they think the matter over, come to
this same conclusion. | venture to
say that in a years time, if a dem
cratic president is elected farmers
will get Is per cent less for their
products than they now receive.
Thinking men will see that if they
wish the present prosperity to con-
time, their safest measure is to vote
for Mr.. Taft
May BE Violation of Law.
The Dispatch Printing company,
publisher of the st. Paul Dispatch
and Pioneer Press, is in danger of
becoming entangled in the corrupt
praC Ices act. The Dispatch company
has offered to the newspapers of the !;
state page supplement setting forth |
the qualifications of George L. Bum
for justice of the supreme court. |
The corrupt practices act provides
that mo corporation doing business
in this state shall contribute or offer
to contribute any money, property,
free, service of it's officers or en-
ployes, or thing of value, to any po-
litical party, organization, commit
tee or individual for any political
purpose whatsoever" The Dispatch
and any Incorporated newspapers
that might accept the offer may find
themselves in trouble. The question
has been submitted to the attorney
general for an opinion.