Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1908 — “CANNED” ELOQUENCE [ARTICLE]

“CANNED” ELOQUENCE

Will Be Used by Candidate Taft as Part of the Campaign Machinery. SPEAKS INTO THE PHONOGRAPH Wife Catches Him at Practice and "Gives Him the Laugh.” Bryan and the Printers—Hltchbock Appoints a “Sub”—Mack Con* few with a Tammany Man—Coming West. Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 4.—Candidate Taft has consented to make several short speeches Into talking machines for reproduction. As the process jjf making a phonograph record is somewhat different from making a campaign speech from the back of a car platform or from a front porch Taft found Mrs. Taft laughing at him as he was doing a bit of rehearsing for the real records. Several experimental talks were made and reproduced with varying degrees of satisfaction. The speeches which a single record will hold average about three hundred words In length. The topics to be discussed for repetition in this way have not as yet boon decided upon. As an example of what the machine can do, the candidate was treated to the reproduction of a record made by W. J. Eryan.

Bryan and the Typos. Lincoln, Neb,, Aug. 4.—The election of Wm. J. Bryan as an honorary member of the Typographical union here was not unanimous and Bryan has not been advised of the causes which prevented liis unanimous election along with Governor Sheldon, and was disinclined to discuss the matter beyond stating that only a very short time ago a large delegation of the Central Labor union, with which the Typographical union is allied, had visited his homo and presented him with resolutions expressing confidence in him. No Incident worthy of note marked the day at Fnfrvlew. Only a few callers journeyed out in the sweltering host, and these, for the most part, came merelv to pay their respects. Bryan thus was' enabled to transact a good deal of business, be having been occupied practically the entire day with his secretary. Rose, answering letters and outlining several speeches which he will make in the course of the next month.

Hitchcock Appoints a “Sub.” New York, Aug. 4.—The management of the New York headquarters of the Republican national committee in the absence of Chairman Hitchcock will he in the hands of Victor L. Mason. of N. .T.. who has been appointed a £ assistant secretary of the committee. This position is identical with that held four years ago by Hitchcock, when he was the chief assistant to Chairman Cortelyou. The appointment of Mason disposes of the report that there was to he appointed a vice chairman with active cppvtrol of the eastern campaign. Mr. Hitchcock intends to direct the work in all parts of the country but will name a vice chairman iat-r who will be in charge at Chicago when Hitchcock is not there. The headquarters of Secretary Elmer Dover also will be in Chicago. Mack Goes to Chicago. New York, Aug. 4.—An important conference to outline a plan of campaign in New York state was held by Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. The conference continued for some time, and it was said that the part which the national committee will play in the campaign in this,state was determined. Chairman Mack lias left here for Chicago and wilt remain there for t\vs weeks.