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,fc wHdwaaagasBaESS: REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN OMftBT daily capital JOURNAL, BASMi, .oraiaoy saxuiway, twermtmtfCVjitotfA- hAHJ. NATJONAL HUGHES' FIRES . i tt ivntttA Press beneu i.-. wSSrn. 0., Sept. 5.-Arthur , Srn 4be original Taft mnnagei; which marked the opening of ,w Republican .,-. J.tt Thousands of voters have Xd fro all parts of the state participate in the event and prnc Zlut all the leaders aro on hand. Garner Charles E. Hughes of , York, was the center of Intorcst in jpcech, vigorously supporting J.ti and as'alllng Bryan, was the -di feature of the day,- It .was .the w appearance of New 'York's -gov-Knor In the national campaign and l!,itrong support of the tlckot was Mrtimlirly pleasing to tho lea'der teonnt of the acute sltuntlon in ,Vr rorR itate. Torn In the opening address do ttrf that tho Republican party eMUgeoualy faces tho problems arln lfrom the grent development of iecountry. Ho pnld high trlbuto to Frdent Roosevelt and praised hie policies. Vorya ridiculed tho Idea that tit Democrats plnns to crndlcato tho ti In the government Immediate ly tad In conclusion eulogized Sona ta BererulGe nnd Governor Hughes The parade started at 11 o'clock Hi -a lr and made Its way 1rw?h tho cu5 marked by ono long Icwii'tratlon. Over 10,000 mill torkcrs were In line, nnd moro than SH& members of marching clubs. Jiadi, carriages with tho sponkors cd leaders, 500 cavalrymen com 'td ho procession. Everywhere it Taft and Shormnn bnnnors and uetetne Is ono of real, old tlmo po IM celebrat on. Tho city Bpont !S,000 In decoratlonB nnd arrange iti to mnko the dny n success. Seoator Joseph R. Forakcr wnt Ktpre-ent. Ho said tho other day cit tho committee Irttcntlonnlly In cited him by not Inviting him to nt JsJ the meeting here todny which Ktrks the opening of Tnft's cam p!fs. His nb once was not com mled Upon hut It was noticed by suj.u ho has long been n faniillnr lure at all big Republican gnther ity In Ohio. Wlen tho crowd gathered nbom Uupeaker's stand at Wick park thli iffcftoon Congro-smnn Jnmos Kon fty Introduced Vorys as tho clinlr B". After, hli addross Vorys In Wated Governor Harris, who mndo Krong, optimistic Bpoech, euloglz l Taft and pred'eting Republican orr Harris was followed by Qov r Hughes nnd tho Inst spoakor ni Senator Dcverldge of Indiana. Tit trtatest enthusiasm was dl ftyi throughout tho day and tho "; were well pleased. Tie New York governor wna glvon uoittloa when Introduced. H ipoke as follews: Tie Republican party mnkos an tl to public confidence as tho w-t Important political ngoncy for Oration nnd progress. By tow of us achievements, londor "MM alms. It stands forth at 'Itleat Insfuniont, stiong nnd ttjWe of administration, as the lMrd of stabllHy and prosper Z. lch deI,ends upon stability u an unrlvnled power for tho wcUou o' abuses. lj&nd m striking contrast tirord of vacillating and Wtofc presented by tho chief op Jjwnr When we hoar sound J 'rldent tail to the dofensy Popular rights, wo look to see h coauitute the now patroltle siri seeping we aro to turn over tho destinies of 4LZ,h0 campa,Bn tch- Aifi .. . ' """ government tepr2tlKvCrp0raUon8'" aro t tin n eDlb,aoned o.. Hstatlal a lies. ami ..- seof)B., tkw Mn not Pnaa muster Moae of defense or of salvtt- aiItktVy WU Pause ,)efore "ui K to garrison our Instltu- uni triiu v . " - u ujo- W'' record of th. uaa.,7 Cr,,, TuSi m 9 an elo. JSSS r w Known to all uZrtapeP,ewnelth. " nor mm c.i i... .. .w.Wera' .kin T, .. . l HU ilT? enaclel nta lwt lia. Bet overwhelmed p , vi W0UW regard It !ei . ?4fC (eane fM . MtWcU. OPENING 6UN Bryan snys the Democratic platform "is binding as to what It omits ai well as to what It contain-"." Ho might havo added It is just as significant in one enso ns In thi oiher, Lincoln Bald, "In tho absonc of formal written platforms, tho an tecedents of candidates become their platforms," and It may nl60-be said that In tho presence of formal written platforms, tUie antecedents can not bo forgotten. Sllcnco la ?ften eloquent. In the election thin fall wo choose nion, not abstractions Patforms muBt bo road In tho light bj history nnd may be eloquent of past mlotnkea and misguided agita tions which their .sponsors gladly Ignoro but which the nation will do well to romombor. Tho country needs a man of rock, based In sound conviction and fundnmontnl principle, In whoso good Judgment In any difficulty all may feel' secure and such " a mnu preeminently Is William H. Taft. Election of Senators. 1 t Some questions which aro dis cussed with no little vigor can hardly bo considered campaign Issues. Drynn doslres thnt United States senators bo clioson by direct vote. Taft nlso inclines to favor this course. This can bo accomplished by a constitutional aiucndmont, nnd U3 long ns thoro nro 12 states who do not doslro tho amendment, tho constitutional provision for tho elec tion by 'tho IcglBlntors can not bo changed. Again Bryan objects to tho pros ont rules of 'tho houso of representa tives. How to mnko tho procoduro of nearly 400 members more fully deltboratlvo nnd nt tho' samo tlmo mnko provision for tho proper dis patch of business Is n quotlou which, parl'amentarlana may discuss to ad vantage. Publicity Act. " ' In tho Btato of Now York, tho Re publican ltfglslnturo in iOpG passed a statuto prohibiting cotporntlons from making polltlcnl contributions dlroctly or Indlroctly. And I know of no moro drnatio statuto In tho country with regard to tho' publicity of campaign contributions nnd for tho prevention of corrupt practices than that passed in Now York nindor Republican nusplcos. TnrllT Itcvlslon. ,f Both parties demand revision of tho tariff but differ In tho prlnclplo and nlm of such revision. Tho Re publican party stands for tho policy of protection and maintains n histor ic position In tho defonscr of Ameri can standards of living nnd of Amor lpan scales of wages. Tho Democratic party seeks, as Bryan construes the plntform, to ovort,hrow protection nnd oitnbllsh n revenut nrlff threatening tho dUlo. cat'on of trndo and tho piost serious disturbance or Industry. It Books not tariff revision but t tariff revolu tion. Miiglolun Hrynn. Again tho mns'clnn of 189G waves his wand. The delusion of 1908 Is comparab'o only to that of 12 years ago. The Art suggestion Is that the law Bhould provent the duplication of directors among competing cor porations. I' a law were passed pre venting the duplication of dlreotOM It would easily bo evuded In tho s lection of men who would represent tho samo intoroits. Whatover ad vantage Buch a law as proposed would bo, It hardly rises to tho dig nity of a "remedy." But a moro Important proposal u "that any manufacturing or trading engaged In Interstate commerce bo required to take out a fedoral HconBo before It shall b& permitted to con trol as much as 25 por cent of th-s product with which It dealB." Llcenso Is pprmteslon and tho ob ject of the remedy Is not to regulate large businesses -but o destroy trusts. Hence, the supposed effic iency of tho pan Is to be 'found In tho prohibition of tho control by such a corporations' of moro than 50 per cent of tho total amount of any product consumed In the United States." This Is another delusion or ratio. i If wo adopt Bryan's proposal, to what period of production Is the pro hibition to apply? la tho output ror a day or a year to be considered? Let ub -suppose a concern which con trols $0 per cent of a gives product akf. art m11 f8,99,MI out of a-teuitr4ejn tiat product asMnt- c HM M,Mt. J K U ml pelled to' reduce Its output to $2. 000,000 because only $2,000,000 In vnluo are mado' by others? Or empposo a concern controls 100 por cant of the trado In somo article. What plants shall It retain? It can produce nothing until othors pro duce; but It may produce an amount equal to the production of others and It hopes that .trado will, grow. What a vision of business uncertain ty and confusion; of Idle and Im paired plants, and tho ruin of work ingmcnl liank Guarantee, The plan proposed by tho Domo crntlo platform to provldo for tho guarantee of bnnk deposits Is also open to sorlou's objection. Mr. Taft promptly pointed out. Its- weaknosa and Bryan has been unnblo effec tively to answer his criticism. Tho plan proposes to mnko tho honest nnd prudent banks meet losses for which they nro In no way responsi ble. If the plan Is- a good ono for banks, why should It not bo applied to Insurance companies? They aro chartered by tho state and aro sub ject to Its full provision, But what would bo thought of a proposition to compol a' woll-manngcd' and conser vatlvo Ufo insuranco company to mnko good tho losses sustatnod by thoso Insured In other compnntos that become Insolvent? Tho Republican party has boon solicitous of tho rights of labor; for instnnco, tho ro-ennctcd omployors' liability act, tho safoty appllanco act, tho government employes' compen sation net, tho Investigation of mlno dlsnstorB nndt thc legislation with respect to child labor In tho Dis trict of Columbia. Deotlle. nV nntnnil itift Mnot In. Bpectlon and Pure Food Laws, which ended tljo sale of poisoned food nnd adultorated drugs; tho Irrigation law, which Is making fertile tho arid west nnd will build within our own continental boundaries a new om plro of productlvo wealth. In thcso sovon years we havo enacted moro important laws for tho safety, comfort nnd welfnro of labor than In any two- decades slnco tho government was founded. Wo passed tho Employers' Liability Law, BEVERIDGE bPffiCH AT YOtlNGSTOWN Workers over would bo paid tho they havo boon tho urgers of roforni, American wages of tho present day, but novor ho doors of tho work. he would havo scoffed. All this has como during Repub lican administrations. Wo plan to which revolutionized tho heartless l?on,lm! ?"d !nc.rcn90 U Tho max- rule of the common law and gives "T T l wn,c" " e4na ,wm enlarge . tho markets for Amorlcan products, as Gormany In tho samo way has enlarged tho markots tor hor products, Markots moan Indus tries to supply them; Industries mean demand for labor; demand for ltecorery from tho Panic. Wo nro quickly recovering from Is certain of compensation for In Jury or his family for his death whllo In tho government's' employ. Thc Tariff. Of tho work thnt remains, tho (first Is to rovlso tho tariff. Tho itarlfr wo shall mnko will protect American Industries, nnd also opon forolgn markets to Amorlcan prod ucts. A straight out rovonuo tnrlft Is nnclent: n slnglo protective tariff Is out of ditto Wo Republicans pro poso 'to keep up with tho tlmos. As a strnignt out- rovonuo mnu gives Tnft hns oxposod tho dlslngonu- everything nwny to foreign nntlons ousnoBs of tho plnnk In tho Domo- nnd R0t8 nolj,ng n roturn, bo n cratlc platform that "Injunctions 8tragnt out protootlvo tnrlff gives Phould not bo lswied In nny cnsoB In nolnnB nwny nud KOtB nothing In ro whlch ,nJuncUons would not bo Is- turn Tho mo,icr tariff Is a mnx Btiod If no IndtiArlnl dlsputos were ,,, ftnd nininuin tariff a high Involved," a Janus-faced proposal, tnrIft (0 bo nppiiea to nny nation mennlng what you llko. It profit lthnt .,., not c(vo ,,B niivantnKes In llttlo to tho worklngman .to bq told Ug nmrkotBi Tho Ropubllcnn Idon that ho will bo glvon tho right to a (J 0 moot othor commorclnl nations trial by Jury In enso ho Is guilty of w,th tho,r own wenons, contempt of court, If those who Bj. mCU ft tnrlft Qormany, consld promUo It proposo to entor upon a ornR ,10p comparntlvo resources and ratuonis courao or arbitrary !nte- BtunUoU( n n dozen yonrB hnB ln roronco with trndo. creased hor rorolgn trndo moro But whllo wo rrooly crltlc'so tho rnpIdly tllIin nny Othor nntlon. By opposing progrnms nnd candidacies,. th,8 ,netll0j Franco haB kopt hor wo as frcoly rocognlzo thnt no party his a monopoly or patriotic motlvos of of slncoro endeavor. Wo criti cise onch othor without blttornoBi; realizing thnt In tho contest of pub- mills open, her ahops active,, hor trado vigorous In spito of causes that worked against hor commorclnl progrcfis. That mnn or nntlon hns begun to dlo who rofusos to learn; He dlBoussIon, wo find tho Biircst ftnd jUBt nfl tho Pronch nu,i aormuns protection of our institutions. . nt,d othor commorclnl peoplos learned the wisdom of a single pro tective tariff from us, so wo must BEVERIDGE'S ADDRESS Youngstown, O., Sept. 5. Sena tor Bovorldgo, tho speaker noxt in Importanco to Governor Hughes, nftor being Introduced by Vorys. opoko no follews: Wo nro mldwuy In an historic- movement for r!ghteou ness wrltton Into law. Shall that movomont bo cnrrled out, or wrecked? IIb concroto expression Is tho Roosevelt policies. Shnll thov bo saved or lost? Had tho about facors In both partlos who now nro poworleBs, Bucceoded, thoy could not havo wreckod tho movement, but only havo delayod. It. For tho poo plo would havo gathered headway again until tholr purposo was worked out. But extravagant schemes and emotional agitators can wreck It. Tho Revolution would havo failed had Impracticable, mon been In com mand Instead of tho cautlouB nnd wise, yet daring and determi'H'1 Washington. Many a cause baB gone down at tho hands of hot-headed and eccentric friends. And so today, In the American peoplo'o mighty moral advance, thus far Bucceasrully led by Theodore Roosoyelt, tho gravest question la whether wo shall place our com mander's standard In tho hands pr his most trusted captain, who will lead us saroly and surely along the well-marked courso wo are follow ing, or In tho hands of thoso who will lead wb on zig-zag marchog arter rash adventures until tho whole movement dissolves In tho peoplo's diHgust and the world's ridicule. "By their frutta yo shall know them." Seven years ago we started upon the great work pf modern and humane legislation that has made the Roosevelt period historic. In thoso years we passd the Ttallroad Rato BUI, which for ihe first tlmo In American history assert tho prin ciple that th government of all the people. VfSpdijP? - wk anyth iMnf of, U! the ago fct awiMttri, MtMic ad ! tho railroad laborer or his family compensation for his injury or death; tho law forbidding railways from requiring employes to work nn Inhuman number of hours without met; tlm Snfotv Annllnnrn Art. which not only lessons tho danger tci,abor ,ncnn9 h,8h Ufo nnd limb of omployos, but which Increases tho safoty or tho traveling, public. Wo passed tho Chlneso Ex-' tho brlofest panlo trf our history. Lot clUBlon Act, which keepB coolie labor I work,ngm6n contrn8t that panic with out of tho republic, and dlmlnlshos Ul0 ono Uut occurmi undor tho last tho numbor of coolies already horo. Don,OCratlc administration and then Wo passed tho Government Empjoy- an8W0r th,8 quOBton for thomselvoB: os' Liability Law, by which cvorv,,vu tho oiC0HOn of Mr. Brvnn or man who works ror tho government Mr Tnft b(JBt ho,p tho rapldly lm. proving business of tho country? And romombor thnt actlvo buslnoBS monns well-paid omploymont. . Tho Navy. A nntlon without power Is a na tion without Influence. A maritime nntlon'B powor is In hor navy. With longer const linos than nny thrco of tho greatest commorclnl nations com bined; with far-flung possesion! nnd n forolgn commorco which In n quar ter of a century will pass, thnt of Englnnd nud Gormnny togethor; with tho canal giving us undreamed ot advantagoo In foreign trndo, tho republic must build n navy as grent as thoso tromondous fncts require. Wo aro midway In that work todny, and wo menu to go on with that pro gram ot economy, anfoty and ponco. Had our navy boon ns largo In 1898 ns it Is today, Spain would not havo gouo to war nnd Cuba would havo boon freed by diplomacy; yet tho actual cash, spout In that llttlo wnr, would havo built two navies ns great as tho ono wo hnvo todny and maintained thorn for n scoro of yoars. Bryan' Nnvy SuiTj'iulrrH Moiiiw Doctrine. Mr. Bryan and tho opposition nro against' any navy excopt to protect our coastg. But with such a nnvy what becomes of tho Monroe doc trluo? Tho Monroe doctrlno Is not sanctioned by Intomntlonnl law it rests on tho Btrongth of our navy alone. A navy Inrgo onough only "to defend our coasts" means nbnn donmont of tho Monroe doctrlno Also It ndmlts thnt wo may hnvo to defoml thorn, yet confines ua puroly to dofoiiHo. But ofton in wnr, tho host dofonso lo attack. Wo aro no Parthian nntlon, shooting arrows bo hind us as wo fly. A poncoful hoart and a stiong nrm nro tho best pro vontlvofl of war. 0)iiiwiHmoii of llryuu and Tuft. This lo n campaign of, cnndldatoa oven moro than of platform. Tho quntion is not which candldato Is most upright, patriotic, bravo, for both aro equally so. Both mean equally well toward tholr country Tho real question is which candldato will mnko tho .best Prosldent? Which la tho vhot and atundlept? Which man would you cIioo'bo ns adminis trator of your o3tato? Which would you soloct to mauago your buslnosH? Which has tho boat training and (ho m out exporlonco? Mr. Bryan novor has handled a alnglo forolgn problom. Ho has gov erned no Phlllpplnos, roRonoratj'd nn Cubs, built no cankl, , avoided no allon danger, saved ub from no threatened1 peril, Mr. .Taftlbno done all tliH. Tnft tlio Kxperlfncod. It was ho whoso counsel Prosldent Roosevelt sought at every crisis of historic administration', ho who helped nvort war whon llttlo politi cians and narrow minds would have plunged ui Into conflict. It was Wil liam H, Taft whom our President, when confronted with foreign jer- ptexltk-a and with the awful weight of our ninety millions' welfare on his heart, sought for strength and wis dom; nnd It Is William II. Taft moro than any man over called to tho lead ership of tho Amorlcan people, who lias had Uio host training, tho wldont expei lonce and the wisest teaching to fit him for that glorious but r lous tusk. r-ryiui' IllglitfHl niul Uwful Phtrv. Let no man denounce Mr. Bryan. Such men aro necesary to human progress. Always ch mea kav5 hu th vato of jwotwk, but swyor tho ratcs3 o a mum, Always lonrn tho advantages of a doublo pro tootlvo tnrlff from them. Xw SrnrkotH NeedcHl. Such n tariff will soil abroad many bond of live utock, barrels or flour, manufactured nrtlclos, whoro one now Is sold. ThU Incronso In trado means- now omploymont for tho la borers, now markota for tho fnrmer. Prosporlty doponds on trndo and trndo dopends on mnrkots. A Tnrlff Commission, Nor will wo stop thoro, Republi canism moans ndvnnco. Tons or thoiiBandB of Amorlcan citizens nro domnndlng a tnrlff commission. Tho great organizod producing Intorosti manufacturers, farmers, fltock ralsors--havo petitioned congress for this common-Bonso mothod of handling this Intricate question, as Germany, Franco, Japan and othor aggrosslvo twentieth-century nations aro handling tholr tariff question Yet tho only hopo for a tariff com mission is In tho Republican party. Whon tho tariff commission idea was advanced, Mr. Brnyn opposed It In formal printed debate. Whon a tar iff commission bill was Introduced In congress, ovory Democrat was hostile to it. A tariff commission has not a single friend among tho Democratic public mon. Certain Republican public men are against It, too; but Its only friends are Republicans. A Democratic vote Is a corjaln vote agnlnst'a (tariff commission. A Re publican vote Is a possible voto ror this bu8lnea8-llko reform. Tins Ileal Labor Question, Evory labor Jaw wo have passed and will pass Is a part ot that web or industrial questions which wo call tho labor problem. But nftor all, tho fundamental labor problem is ,4he problem or employment and pay. Work and wages aro the foun dations of labor's well-being, with out which al labor legislation Is the giving of a stone Instead of bread. More American worklngmen own their own homes (and thovo homes havo more comforts) than tho work lngmen ot England, Germany, Japan and Franco co whined. Had any po litical cooalt fceoa tM 21 yrs Mr. Bryan Is an Aaron, but not a Moses; r Henry, but not a Washing ton; a Wendell Phillips, but not an Abraham Lincoln. He Is tho storm of unrest which clears tho atmos phofo, but not tho trado winds that carry to port the freighted ships of a people's hopo. Four years ago, in his own home, paying tribute to his character and mind, I CAllod him a dreamer who boholdB happy visions but achieves no useful doed, His Is the mind that thinks ot tho barron Held bending with grain; but his Is not the, plow. mau'8 hand, tho sowers' craft or the gleaner's husbnndry. Tho poet'3 dream or nn undiscovered Utopia has chcorcd us all; but the Pllgrlmrf, ac tually landing on Plymouth Hock, planted t ho real troo of liberty, be neath whoso real shade we'V&et and, by whoso real fruits we live. No ABtmlojrcr." William II. Taf't ,1a of the' Pilgrim stuff his Is tho wisdom that makes' tho Ideal viulon a living fact. Tried In ovory realm of government, tested la ovory dopnrtmout of statesmanship, ho novor yot has fallod, Ho Is a skilled Boamnn ot statesmanship who tnkes his rockoulug by tho fixed stnrs or human nature nnd experi ence not an uncortaln astrologer casting nbsurd horoscopes from Imaginary sings and symbols. And not onco on all iil voyngos htu tho reckoning ho hns mado boon wrong; hot onco hns a slnglo horoscope) thttt Mr. Drynn hnB enst boon right, Wo daro not trifle with our future "Humanity with nil Its renra, With nil Its hopoB of futuro yearn. Is hanging broathloss on our fato." Whon tho groat commander who lino guided our ship of Rtnto through storms or opposition and amid the rocks ot hatred straight tor tho port ot our higher hopes nnd our larger llbortlcs, voluntarily stops trom the bridge nnd dellvorn to us IiIb high commission, lot us hand It to the nblost ofllcor nbroad nnd nnfoly make tho harbor or our heart's dcslro, i DoWUt's Lltdo Early Rlnora nro Bmnll pllln, onuy to tnlco, gontlo and sure. Sold by nil druggists. r. i WIItKLKSS STATION 000 FI5HT AltOVH MONUMIiNT Ulnltol ITfM Lenitd wire.) Washington, Sopt. 15. Tho wnr dopnrtmunt today Is considering t proposition mndo by Lluot. Com- mnndor Cloland Davis for permission 4o Inatnll a wlroloas tolngraph station on Washington monument. Tho of floor'n plan lu for tho postoltlco ox porlmontntlon only, nud contem plates tho oroctlon or a tomporarr towor to a height, or 000 root abov thotop or tho shaft. With thin he bellovofl ho can compuiulcato with thq continent or Europo, with Pnnn nift nud possibly with Maro Inland nnd Bromorton. Llout. Commnndor Davis' has ask od Socrotnry Metcnlf to urgo his re quest boforo tho wnr department. Public objection on the pnrt of thf Washington roaldonts has boon nlado to tho plan. "Bad Blood" ghows itsolf in a muddy com plexion, pimples, blurred ey . sight. Iqbs of weight, and gen eral debility. "Bad blood" ia impovrighd bloodtoo poor and thin to furnish nourishment to th fleeh, nerves and itX organ. jQeecuim'd i Stat by their beneflcial actioq on the ytem will purify th blood and unbuild the bodily and mental vigor. JBecham? Pilkliegin aright by corr4tingf the digestion and establishing regularity of the bowel. They increaso the health making elements that enrich the blood and give tone and vigor. Beecham's. Pilte a beat for poor blood as tkey cleanse it thoroughly and Carry off ImpCiritieS pS NMI oB WW IWVWO' W9 P"B