Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1908 — HOSTS OUT TO LISTEN [ARTICLE]

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General Apathy, Who Has Been Prominent in the Political Fight, Disappears. TAFT SPEAKS TO MULTITUDES One Crowd So Big He Couldn’t Make It Hear What He Said. His Indiana “Hike”-Bryan Get* A Warm Reception at Chicago -Addresses Many Thou-sand*-Red Fire ' Parade.

Baltimore. Oct. 20.—Hitting straight at his opponent, Bryan, with even more force than In the north, west or south, Judge Taft carried his campaign to the very doors of-New York city, and gave a clear indication of the character of speeches he will make in the Umpire State next week. Taft spent three hours In Newark, an hour In Elizabeth, an hour and twenty minutes In Trenton, an hour in Wilmington, and the entire evening in Baltimore. He encountered tremendous crowds. and enthusiasm spontaneous and ample. His extended efforts of the day were at Newatk, Elizabeth and Baltimore. At Newark he gate attention to all the issues save labor. In his Elizabeth speech be dwelt solely on the labor question, and at night he combined the Newark and Elizabeth speeches. Taft Puts a Child on the Stand.

The zest with which Delaware received the candidate resulted in -curtailing the Wilmington speech to but a few lines. The crowd in the square opposite the public building, where the speakers’ stand stood, was so jammed with people that it was with the greatest difficulty that Taft was gotten through, and when he reached the stand tlie pressure in the throng was so great that many women and children were removed in distress. One youngster was raised above the heads of the people near the stand, and Taft, reaching out, grasped the boy and placed him on the stand. Taft realized, and so stated, that hts voice was such that he could not be heard by the crowd.* Woulct Like Delaware’s Vote. “I can only hay to you,” he remarked, “that from what I have seen in New Jersey today, and what I have seen in Delaware today, and what I ’saw In the south and west In the last three weeks, I am going to be elected, and It would give me the greatest pride If in that eleetorial vote I could have the three from Delaware.”

Real Issue as Seen by Taft. "The real issue of the campaign Is,” Mid Taft at night, “whether you think the Republican party, by what It ha? done in the last twelve years, Is entitled to your confidence. Even if it has done something to displease you, is it not much to be preferred to the Democratic party under any circumstances, considering the history of that party, and considering the peculiarities —to use no more offensive expression —of the leadership of that party?” Then he reviewed the history of the G. O. P. He declared combination of capital as necessary as the assembly of the different parts of a machine, but as the machine had to be regulated, so It was with capital. He vigorously attacked the specific Bryan policies and closed with a review of his own record as to union labor. His Indiana Itinerary.

The Indiana itinerary of the candidate, which will be in operation next Thursday, is announced. He Will speak on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in that state In the following towns: Lawrenceburg. Aurora. Osgood. North Vernon, Seymour. Brownstown, Mitchell, Bedford. Bloomington. Bloomfield. Linton, Terre Haute, Sullivan. Vincennes, Princeton, Evansville. Brazil, Greencastle. Crawfordsville, Lafayette, Frankfort. Kokomo, Greentown. Marlon, Muncie, Anderson, Knightstown. Rushville, Shelbyville. Indianapolis, Greenfield, Richmond, Winchester. Portland, Decatur, Fort Wayne. Columbia City. Warsaw. Goshen, Elkhart, South Bend. LaPorte. Michigan City. Hammond, arriving at Chicago at 8 p. m. Saturday.

CHICAGO BURNS RED FIRE Bryan Makes a Whirlwind Assault on “the Enemy” There. Chicago, Oct. 20.—Emerging from bls special car at the Union station in this city at 7:30 p. m. yesterday, the Democratic presidential candidate found himself In a multitude of cheering Democrats who packed the station shed and on the street were so thick that it was almost impossible to clear a way through them so that Bryan could start on bls “hike” for the speeches scheduled for the evening. The County Democracy was his escort, and with sixty automobiles took the national leader to the place of his first speech, Pilsen Garden park, in the southwest section of the city. As-the candidate appeared there was continued cheering, which was taken up by the crowd in the street and ran along Canal street to Jackson boulevard. which was packed on both sides for blocks. Bryan rode in an auto at the head of the column and was kept busy doffing his hat to the applause that greeted him everywhere. From Canal street, all uloug the line of march, the street was ablaze with red fire, and

fags, bunting, and other decorattoM (domed the buildings on the line, and thousands of the spectators waved flags. * Arrived at the garden -Bryan found It packed, and when he was seen on the stand a great shout went up that 'continued until the silver-tongued orator raised his hand and voicelessly pleaded for silence. His speech dealt with all the dominant Issues of the campaign and its points were rapturously applauded. Concluding at the garden the Democratic leader nulde his way to his auto find again escorted by the County Democracy the line of travel took him to Arcade hall on the south side of the city. Here he arrived between 9:30 and 10:00 p. m., his route being ablaze In many blocks with red fire and lined with people. He spoke to a packed audience In the hull and was enthusiastically received. Tills concluded the night’s work and Bryan sought a rest that had been wellearned.

En route to Chicago from St. Louis Bryan first went to East St. Louis where he addressed several thousand workmen, aqd it goes without saying that bls subject was largely the injunction question and hts remarks were en thuslastically received. He also made an address at Granite City and coming through the state made a number of rear platform speeches to crowds at stations. He spoke for thirty minutes also at Lincoln, 111., one platform near the irtatloiL Everywhere his reception was very gratifying to n man running for office.

On leaving this city this morning Bryan Started through Indiana en route to Louisville, Ky. ,A dispatch from New York says that great preparations are being made for the candidate's reception at the eastern metropolis, ('has. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, wired to' national headquarters to ask that another day be devoted by Bryan to New York city. During this final tour tlie paths of Bryan and Taft will cross at a dozen places and the two presidential candidates will engage in a struggle which has not been duplicated in political history for several decades.

AMENITIES OF THE CAMPAIGN Sherman and Kern Are the Boys Who Do ’Eng Up Nicely. Utica. N. Y„ Oct. 20.—Townsmen of James S. Sherman, Republican vice presidential candidate, gathered In large numbers In the Majestic theater here to listen to an expounding of antitrust arguments by Sherman’s political opponent. John W. Kern. As the Democratic nominee walked up the stage he was handed a message of welcome telegrajdied to him by Sherman and the speaker’s opening remarks were in a happy vein, apropos of the incident. He said:

“My friend Sherman, in a speech recently delivered by him in my home city, extended to me a polite invitation to be present at the Inaugural ceremonies to be held in Washington on the 4th of next March. With all due respect to my genial opponent, 1 must question his authority to issue Invitations to the ceremonies referred to. I had already received and accepted an invitation to attend the inaugural function, extended to me by William Jennings Bryan, and I have no sort of doubt that that invitation will be duly ratified and confirmed by the people in November.” Sherman’s invitation, Kern said, was much the same as though a neighbor should invite one to dinner In one’s own house. “Nevertheless,”.be continued. “whether my home shall be in Indianapolis or in Washington after the 4th of March, Jim Sherman and his friends will always be welcome.” Wilmington. Del., Oct. 20.—-While his opponent for the office of vice president. Kern, was speaking at Utica, N. Y., James S. Sherman, whose home is Utica, was speaking here. He began this way: “If there is anybody in this audience who expects to hear me roast my opponent, Mr. Kern, they will be much disappointed. He is speaking tonight In my home city. Utica, and I have sent him a telegram, regretting my Inability to be there to entertain him. and I hawe asked my fellow citizens to give him a rousing receirtten. I also wished him every success in private life.”

Cannon-Booms in Missouri. Springfield. Mo.. Oct. 20. —Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, of the national house of representatives, concluded the Arts day of his three-day tour of Missouri here by addressing a largely attended Republican rally. Speaker Can non left St. Louis early in the morning, and throughout the day made fifteen speeches from the rear platform of his train.

Ohio County That Goes Wet. Columbus. Oct. 20.—Returns received at the iiendquartersof the Ohio AntiSaloon League, show that Lorain county, voted to retain saloons by a majority of thirty-six. There are 154 saloons in Lorain county and the campaign was one of the hottest waged up to this time.

Debs Too 111 to Speak. Columbus. 0.. Oct. 20.—Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for president was too ill to speak here, and a large crowd which overflowed the Board of Trade auditorium, was disappointed.