Show TAFT ADDRESSES I OlD SOLDIERS Makes Political Speech at Gal Ga Gallipolis and a NonPartisan Talk at Athens EXPLAINS PLAINS E CAUSE OF PANIC DECLARES REPUBLICAN REME REMEDIES REMEDIES REMEDIES DIES ONLY EFFECTIVE ONES f 44 4 f 4 Toledo Aug 29 IThe The Taft party part 4 arrived at 1140 tonight and 4 at once embarked embark d on Commodore S SO 4 O 0 Richardsons yacht acht for Middle 4 Bass Bags Island a sail The 4 enthusiastic crowd at Columbus was 4 duplicated at Dunkirk West est Mans Ians Mansfield 4 field Kenton Arlington Findla and 4 Bowling Green Although the travel 4 was W 8 In the night the candidate made 4 short speeches from the rear plat platform platform 4 form of the train and shook hands 4 4 with many man In the crowds He was 4 enthusiastically cheered at each 4 4 place 4 4 44 MM 4 4 4 Athens 0 O Aug 29 W H Taft Tart broke away from his schedule today and delivered an Impromptu political speech from the back platform of ot his J train with Mrs Mm Taft by his side In which ho pitched the campaign on the issue Which party Darty by Its works and not by b Its promises has earned the confidence confidence dence dt not only of capitalists but of the and farmers The Tho speech was cheered by a large crowd of or residents of or 0 O where the Taft train stopped for five minutes this morning Athens gave Mr lIr Taft a rousing wel wet welcome welcome come when he later reached that place and several thousand of or her citizens made themselves a part of or the reunion reu of ot veterans of or the county now being held and listened with interest to a speech by the candidate in which he eschewed politics and himself to the tho human Interest of or the life lite of ot the veterans The exercises at Athens were em embraced embraced embraced O braced In a stay sta and In Included Included eluded a luncheon party part at the home of or General Charles H Grosvenor for many years ears a member of ot congress The Tho exercises were held In the city park and after addresses the candidate was given an opportunity to shake hands with his hearers Throughout the trip to Athens there were ere constant demands for the appear appearance appearance appearance ance of or the candidate on the tho rear plat platform form fernI and when ho he complied he was cheered and many cordial remarks hurled at him himIn himIn In at G oUs fr said Bald Too Many Issues The campaign as It Is la developing on the part of or our friends the thc enemy enem the Democratic party seems to Involve so many Issues that it takes a week or a month or more to cover coer them but I Ifancy Ifancy Ifancy fancy after all aU that the one Issue which vill present Itself to the voters ot of this country Is the question of ot confidence In Inthe Inthe inthe the one or the other of or the parties as asto asto asto to which party by b Its works and not by b Its promises has earned the thc confidence confidence confidence dence not only of or the capitalists but of oC the and of the farmers For twelve years ears wo we have been en enJoying enI I J I joing a prosperity never before f equalled In the world and whether or not the Republican party brought about that prosperity certainly certain It made It possible for tor us to enjoy enjo it so that the farmers were never more comfortable the never have had higher wages nor a higher hI her standard of or living and the business man never enjoyed ed greater prosperity In the course of or that tremendous prosperity abuses crept in and with a knowledge of or those abuses the Republican Republican lican party part undertook as It always has undertaken when obstacles presented themselves when evidence became ap apparent apparent apparent parent a remedy for tor those tho e evils Under I that matchless Republican Theodore Roosevelt the Republican party has gone ahead to take the steps to remedy evils and is in the course of ot do doV doing doII V II Ing so sov v The Panic Explained Now ow at this point we havo have had a let letup letup up p of or the prosperity of or the country countr There has been such an of capital so great Investment that the capital for the time was exhausted and there came cathe came a lack of or confidence on the part of ot the Investing public but we hope there has not been a halt In that progress In prosperity which has been so wonderful for the last twelve years ears I The question now tot for the people to set settle settle settie tle tie is whether the remedies which the Republican party has adopted and car carried carried ried ned out under Theodore Roosevelt shall shan be continued whether tho the confidence which the tho public have In tho the Republican can party and whether the business businessmen men have in the Republican party and those thoRO who are willing to Invest their capital have in the Republican party part shall be availed of or by the people of ot this country In order to bring back the prosperity that we have had or whether cr er we WO shall turn tho government to a apart party part that has been doln doing everything by turns and nothing long that in proposed not a revision of or the tariff nor any an other remedy but to scale down don our debts debt by adopting a silver dollar that was worth 50 cents In order to bring about a prosperity which their leader said was impossible He said If Ir you ou remember that unless we took free rree silver Ihor wheat would go down and he did not have to live Uve two years earS before he saw sai that prophecy repudiated by the facts On and on In the face tace of ot their declaration of or the necessity for such a remedy goes gocs the greatest prosperity ever seen And so again in Sn 1900 we were told that we must have something against imperialism We Va must avoid that destruction Uon tion to which the country was hurrying because we were helping a poor people miles away way a to get geton geton geton on their feet teet in order that they the might gain the standard of ot civilization and then again In 1904 we were treated to another cha chace ce to restrain Theodore Roosevelt because it was feared he t would become a tyrant in this country and would usurp all aU legislative and ju judicial functions These are arc the remedies that we have had bad proposed In the past pat and now we wea a ne aie a again threatened by this party part un Continued on Page 2 I c I TAFT ADDRESSES DRESSES OLD SOLDIERS Continued d from Page Pane 1 der the leadership of or 1896 and the tho lead leadership leadership ead or of 1900 isoo which claims that by b new remedies by new nostrums they will country to prosperity I ask you ou business men I r ask you farmers I 1 ask you jou wage earners whether the tho election of ot the present Democratic party under Its present leadership is I not and if I you do cIo not feel In your our hearts that it Is a threat against prosperity with such a suggestion tion of or pew remedies that will keep ep capital in the tho pockets of or the Investors and make mako worse the halt in our pros prosperity prosperity perit that wo we now have Capital comes with great cau caution caution tion We V are now gradually feeling the return of prosperity It is coming slowly Confidence Is a plant of ot slow growth and in order to overcome that you must continue to keep in power the party that has conservatism on on the one hand and the progressive spirit on the theother theother theother other so that we shall avoid the evils or of regulation and not by destruction so that we shall encourage capital to come out so that the t wage earners may have full time and full tull wages In order that the farmers may have markets In or order order order der that the business man may ma have business My I friends ladies ladles and gentlemen I 1 cannot go into details of ot the issues but upon this platform of principles 1 I ask your our support of oC the Republican ticket That if i at the Novem November November November ber election you record your vote in favor of ot the Republican party you ou will assure to everyone everone a progressive and conservative course and a gradually re returning returning turning prosperity If It you commit to the Democratic party no one knows and I say it advisedly what will hap happen hapPen happen pen and with such doubt at of a the future you can be sure s re that business will re rt remain remain main at the halt at which It has been during tho the last three or four months Speech at it t Athens S At tho the conclusion of his speech Mr Taft was applauded the first evidence of or which came when the speaker men mentioned mentioned mentioned President name At Athens Mr Ir Taft raft said Mrs Taft and I are glad to be able ableon ableon ableon on our trip to Middle Bass from Hot Springs to enjoy the hospitality of At Athens Athens Athens hens even for tor so short a period as three hours Athens as the seat of a state university and the center of great mining districts of ot Ohio has always ahva s been a place of importance In the state Our stay Is rendered rend red doubly agreeable by the fact tact of ot this Interesting soldiers reunion The Tho Interval since the civil war is rapidly rapid approaching half a century the report of ot the commissioner of pen pensions pensions pensionS shows that of ot the pensioners of 01 the Civil war nearly died In the month of or July If 1 that ate is kept up every ever month it means that there are passing away from this world to an another another other ather men a year who bared barc their bosoms in defense of or their country It would seem that with this constant diminution in the ranks of or those who in their memories still see the battles of ot the Civil war participants therein the survivors should cherish with all the eagerness and effort possible their as association association association with their fellows in that crisis In the life lite Meetings of ot this kind evoke of the deep deepest deepest deepest est patriotism as the recollections of ot our perils and the sacrifices that were made to save sae her are revived In memory Veterans of Two Wars What I am specially glad to note in inthis Inthis Inthis this reunion is that the veterans of the Civil war Is the association with the veterans of the Spanish and Philippine wars It Is I true that the Spanish war was a very veo short one and the dangers of ot losses of or men were very small in comparison with those of ot the Civil war Yet It Involved the same love hove of ot coun country country country try and the tile same spirit of oC patriotism on the part of those who entered the army for lor the purpose of lighting fighting that war that led to the outpouring of the volunteers In the Civil war The same thing tiling Is true of oC the Philippine war The fact that there were some of ot our coun countrymen countrymen who were ordered or red to the Phil Philippine Philippine war var and who condemned the government for tor attempting to suppress the rebellion and to produce tranquillity Is sometimes used to disparage the pa patriotic patriotic patriotic feeling and courage of oC those who went to those far distant islands to uphold the authority of oC their country under direction of oC their chief chi r What I wish to emphasize here Is that a life lost or health lost in that war entitled the loser to exactly the same gratitude that the country feels to those who lost their lives JIves or their health In the Civil war They were sacrificing themselves In the maintenance of or a n benign policy polley of oC this country toward the islands in Insuring for them a higher civilization and an opportunity to fit themselves for popular The Heroes of the Philippines Those who went vent Into the tho war had hadnot hadnot hadnot not the Immediate inspiration of oC an Intense feeling upon a moral issue Ruch as preceded the Civil war but when they were exposing themselves to the bullets of ot the enemy nemy or to the ravages of or tropical disease miles away from their homes It required a great and continuing effort constantly to ful tul fulfill fulfill fill the duty of or a soldier loyal to his colors Many valuable lives live were lost lostin lostin in those island islands but as they th were lost lostIn lostIn lostin In an effort by this country to dis discharge discharge discharge charge Its ito highest duty dut toward an un unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate fortunate people that providence had bad thrust upon It they were doing the work they were discharging the duty awed by b their fellow citizens citizen to the world and they are arc entitled equally with all the other soldiers of or orthe the republic who have fought to up uphold uphold uphold hold the Jile he flag to a place on Its roll rollof rollof rollof of honor honorI I am m glad to have the opportunity of or meeting m you of feeling again the thrill that tight of ot scarred and vet veteran veteran eran fran soldiers gathered in reunion must always s give to a lover of ot his country countr r T hope that the future of ot those of or you Tou who are aro survivors of or the tho Civil war and who are going slowly down the hill hillot of ot life lICe may be I full CuB of ot the sweet calm and pleasure which comes from the ret rete retrospect of or a well spent life Ute in which you have hao done your full duty to your our country and your fellow men |