| Show TAFT DID NOT STICK TO THE PLAIN TRUTH Republican Candidate Made Statements at Buffalo Which Proved False GOMPERS ADDRESSES MULTITUDE MUL OF PEOPLE PE TELEGRAMS FROM JOHN MITCH MITCHELL MITCHELL MITCHELL ELL AND JAMES J MES DUNCAN STATING THEIR POSITION New York Tork No Nov 1 Samuel Gompers president of the American of ot Labor made his final appeal to toor or organized labor to support the candIdacy of ot William J Bryan B an In an address extending over oer two hours Sir Mr Ir Gompers Gomper dealt in fn detail with the labor Issues 01 ot o the campaign Grand Central palace where the meeting was held was wa crowded In the course of oC his address Sir M if Gompers declared that William IL H Tart Taft in a speech at Buffalo last Fri day da night had endeavored to misrepresent sent the cause rause of ot labor and to do de decele cele laboring men Into the belief that thai I prominent leaders leader were falling tailing away wa I from Crom Mr Gompers In his effort to tc Pledge the labor vote ote to the Demo Democratic cratic cratie party parl quoted phrase being included in a paragraph from Mr 1 Tans Taffs Buffalo speech which Sir Mr 1 Gem Com Compers Gompers pers read After Atter reading this Sir Mr Gompers said Then Sir Mr Taft Tart mentioned the names of ot John Mitchell James Duncan Morris and Daniel J T Keefe Keete as men mer who were falling away awa from Mr Gom Gompers Gompers Gompers pers Yesterday I sent telegrams to John Johr Mitchell and to James Duncan I did not sen send sena l telegrams to Morris or Keefe I will now read you the answers Duncan and Mitchell True Quiney Mass Oct 31 lI aI I have not ot changed In thought word or deed since I our Washington executive meeting when our circular was drawn up and I approved by the whole council Any An 1 statement by any party part stating statin o differ differently differently i Is without authority from me menor menor menor nor do 10 I expect to change my views i You are at liberty to use this in any anyway anyway way w you ou see s e fit Signed I JAMES JArES DUNCAN I The next telegram tele Is dated Chicago Oct 3 and ds Your Helf tete ram m giving pur purports ports por s to b t tract of ot a speech made 1 by b y Taft at t Buffalo Is ii ti at hand His statement so far as relates to me con conveys con conveys i T I In full fulland veys a wrong impression am I and ind complete accord with the policy I jf oC the American Federation of or Labor Laboris is as promulgated and outlined by the executive council Signed Sl OHN MITCHELL I IG Gompers G Policy Endorsed i Sir Mr r Gompers read a telegram of sim simlar similar lIar lar purport from Max ax Morris of or Den Dener Yr er He also alo load iad ad two telegrams one from the branch of oC the American Fed Federation ration of ot Labor at Louisville and the theother oUter other Iron from the branch at Fort Wayne End Ind Both the telegrams informed Sir Mr Ir that those branches had en endorsed Mr Gompers policy polley The telegrams and peroration were the he two striking features s of the labor leaders speech Sir Mr Gompers was in Jn such mch great earnestness that he tm Im Implored the audience not to interrupt him with applause saying I want to appeal a to your our conscience rind and your Judgment and not your our en enthusiasm The appeal I T make tonight F hope will not pass away like ap all or linary appeal I want you OU to remember remember ber er what I say not until next Tuesday Tue but jut until has been secured for tor labor abor Tafts Record Exposed Sir Mr r Gompers attacked Judge c Taft for what he lie termed his unfair and andt tern bly ly injurious lab ns 45 f fHe He detailed the that had hadeen hadeen been een conducted to secure recognition n nat at it the Republican and Democratic na national lonal conventions and ended with the oil owing I 1 appeal to you oU on en this coming Tu Tuesday rudy d y to so cast your our ballots as to exPress your demand for justice to la Ia lalor labor bor lor or I appeal to you ou to so cast your our ballots allOts that on the of ot March next we re no shall shan place in the presidents chair ch lr i ith th hat t great commoner that great trib ine une of or American rights that I dental American that magnificent who will live lIe so long in the minds of or American men as liberty shall shallie shalle I Ibe be ie e a principle of pf eur Ur government I i to you foil foit the home for the resides firesides for the destinies of American men flea for human virtue I appeal to ou to cast your votes for Cor William J 3 Bryan |
