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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
5
The Oswego area rallies behind Governor Hughes with public receptions in Syracuse and Batavia. Lee Stevenso n shifts loyalty to Hughes after visiting New York backers. Republicans forecast strong county votes while Democrats face factional strain and Chanler criticism.
Secretary Root spoke to a large Republican crowd at the Valentine Theatre Toledo urging Ohio to back Taft and Harris. He criticized Bryan slogans, tied labor issues to prosperity, and warned against East influence while praising Harris and Ohio’s role in national leadership. He departed for New York after the talk.
Cincinnati speech by Elihu Root attacks Bryan as dishonest on banking and government plans. Root argues party platforms are crafted to appeal to sections, urging voters to reject the candidate. He likens fishing with bait to manipulating the public and warns against misreading the American electorate.
Speaker Cannon forecast strong Republican gains across several states including Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Indiana Missouri and Missouri in 1908 predicting re elections and victories for statewide and local tickets while leaving his own candidacy to voters he has represented for thirty years.
A West 6th Street hall crowded beyond its 300 capacity hosted the Workingmen's Independent Republican Club meeting. Speakers including J Van Vechten Olcott and Lemuel E Quigg urged Taft and Hughes while Judge Richard H Black recounted Florida electors history as the majordomo guided the event.
North Dakota Supreme Court struck down the pledge portion of the primary law requiring pledges to vote for the primary winner but kept the general voting law intact. Legislators are free to select their preferred candidate in the U S Senate election set for next Tuesday. Hansbrough, defeated in the spring primary, will attempt a return amid a field that includes T F.
Washington reports describe a broad rush toward Taft and Hughes, with White House aides and Republican leaders asserting the race is effectively decided. Postmaster General Meyer, Attorney General Bonaparte, H. H. Kohlsaat, and others predict Taft carry states like Ohio and Illinois, and New York by large margins.
Taft's Cooper Union speech drew a mixed crowd of Republicans and critics as he defended his labor record. The candidate faced initial indifference and a Tamany-led disturbance, then delivered a forceful appeal asking whether his labor stance and decisions were being misrepresented, stirring strong applause from supporters.
Governor Hughes will tour The Bronx and Manhattan in eight to ten outdoor and indoor speeches Monday night. Republican organizers Herbert Parsons and John Boyle arranged the stops after high demand from supporters who couldn’t hear him on the last trip. Party managers are confident Tam many’s city majority will shrink.
The Cornell Daily Sun held a mock election in Morris Hall to gauge 1,700 voters among faculty and students. Taft led with 1,276 votes to Bryan 424 and Pebs 5, while Hughes led with 1,380 votes to Chanier 219 and Shearn 2, reflecting a Republican tilt in national and state tickets.
Albany Oct 29 Republican Vice Presidential candidate James Sherman spoke to a large Albany audience after a Warren County tour. Marching clubs paraded through streets and farmers and mill hands filled Warrensburg noon meeting. Sherman condemned Bryan on foreign markets and praised protection for American industry while highlighting U S manufacturing strength and home consumption. Other speakers included Malley Wadsworth and Schoonmaker. He then visited Fort Orange Club before heading to Utica to speak with Taft.
Charlemagne Tower former US ambassador to Germany spoke at a large Republican mass meeting in Norristown Pennsylvania. He praised Republican progress since 1897 under McKinley and Roosevelt, defended protective tariffs, and warned against Democratic tariff uncertainty citing global economic woes. He criticized William Jennings Bryan as unstable on dollar values and warned of Democratic risks to finances.
Congressman W C Hawley of Oregon and Representative James Francis Burke of Pennsylvania arrived in the East to stump the final days of the campaign. Hawley said Taft will win most western states, save possibly Missouri and Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, and noted eastern capital supports western business. He claimed Bryan has lost ground in Nebraska and would lose by six to ten thousand votes. Burke predicted a crushing defeat for Bryan if the current Taft Sherman momentum continues.
Elihu Root will preside as Ex Governor Black delivers his only campaign speech. Senator Dolliver Walter Emerson and Edmund Wetmore also speak. Yale Princeton Harvard delegations arrive. many colleges represented. A parade from the Republican Club at 7 to Fifth Avenue and Carnegie Hall.
Governor Hughes's secretary informs Isidor Wasservogel and Douglas Matheson, Republican City Court candidates, that failure to appoint them was criticized. The governor favors their candidacy and would have appointed them if court facilities justified it. He regrets the misunderstanding and conveys high regard and best wishes.
An estimated eighty thousand or more men are to line up for the Business Men's Republican Association parade this Saturday. The parade exceeds all expectations with many prominent guests on the grandstand at Madison Square and bands recruited from New Jersey and Connecticut to meet music demand. Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan will serve as grand marshal and enforce naval order, guiding the march from lower Broadway through Waverly Place to Fifth Avenue before disbanding at its street.
Chicago business leaders from banking to labor unions largely expect Taft’s election to spur activity and prosperity while Bryan’s victory is seen as risking stagnation. Executives across industries predict improved trade, manufacturing, and railroad expansion under Taft, with hesitancy or decline feared if Bryan wins.
Taft praises discipline intelligence and courage behind policies that brought credit to the nation while attacking Democrats for disunity and perfidy. He argues party efficiency and responsibility matter, cites labor injunctions, and notes a large Auburn crowd applauded his praise of Representative Sereno E. Payne.
In Binghamton the State Baptist Association wrapped up a three day convention with Rev W N De Vries of Brooklyn delivering the final sermon. He urged voters to elect Governor Hughes next Tuesday and then President, saying defeating him would discourage advocates of truth morals and righteousness and be a disgrace to the state.
The Taft campaign claims that labor voters largely back Taft, countering Democratic counts. James L. Feeney of the Bookbinders Union says Ohio and New York tilt Taft, noting Debs siphons some Bryan support and that Roosevelt era labor support favored Republicans. He predicts a shift as Election Day nears.
Chairman Hitchcock and other leaders claimed Taft leads in key states. Forecasts cited Nevada close, Montana, Kentucky, Tennessee competitive, New York favoring Taft, and strong GOP gains expected in New Jersey Ohio and New Hampshire. Multiple officials projected substantial Taft majorities as election winds turn.
John D. Rockefeller speaks at his Broadway office after a long absence and says he will vote for William H. Taft. He favors Taft over Bryan for balance, law, and stability, and endorses Republican tariff and currency positions while noting the administration did not favor his life’s interests.
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