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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
5
A vast Taft brigade moved through Brooklyn with a half million spectators amid parades and reviews. In New Haven rain-soaked crowds welcomed Taft at the Yale club and armory, where he praised labor reforms and warned against Bryan’s plans. He contrasted Republican measures with Democratic ideas on trusts and tariffs, and noted stops along the route drew large audiences despite the downpour.
Busy day as Taft and Bryan tour New York with stops in Yonkers Peekskill Fishkill Poughkeepsie Hudson Schenectady Cohoes and Troy Taft spends morning to evening in Manhattan and Brooklyn while Bryan canvasses labor halls and venues across the city plan.
A labor leader asserts that trade unionism has flourished and grown powerful under the law and that judges who apply lawful principles are benefactors of labor. He cites a Taft case as guiding the legal framework for unions and disputes with employers. He rebuts criticisms by Gompers as misrepresentation.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee returned from Chicago with upbeat notes on middle Western states. He singled out Montana and Nevada as the only doubtful Northern states, predicting favorable outcomes for the Republicans. He soon met Taft at Henry Taft’s home, then traveled with Taft to New Haven, stating he spoke with reporters but issued no forecast.
Chairman Hitchcock said Oklahoma, once viewed as safely Democratic, now showed Taft as having a fighting chance. He predicted a decisive Taft plurality in Ohio and a nationwide favorable mood. In Chicago he met twelve state Republican chairs who all assured Taft would win. George A. Knight reached New York, said Taft would be elected by a heavy vote, and California could give Taft more than a normal Republican plurality.
In Boston on October 26 the Independence League staged three mass meetings with presidential nominee Thomas Hisgen of Springfield as the main speaker. At Dudley Street Opera House Faneuil Hall Tremont Temple crowds heard Hisgen recount his battles with the Standard Oil Company and urge votes for a party he says stands free of Standard Oil money. He said Republicans have disowned the Standard Oil crowd while Democrats welcomed it.
The Citizens Union civic committee met at its headquarters on 3th Street and Fourth Avenue and endorsed Charles H. Beckett for Surrogate of New York County. They also supported Justices A. E. Blackmar and Luke D. Stapleton for Kings County Supreme Court. R. Fulton Cuttin presided and spoke in favor of Beckett with S. Bard and Jona C. Babler also voicing support.
Charles Bonaparte will speak at the Commercial Travellers’ Sound Money League noon meeting at Union Square. C V Campbell also speaks. Woman's Republican Club meets Waldorf Astoria at 3 30 with William Bennet and Judge Whitman. James Sherman planned five addresses in the evening. List of venues and speakers follows.
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