Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 4 | Taft Will Invade the "Solid South"

TAFT WILL . 1LVA0E THE "MSB SOOTH" Adini(s, However, That He Does Not Expect to Curry All of "Dixie." CINCINNATI, Oct. 10. iI am going south to make a. few speeches in Ken-tuck-, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia Vir-ginia and Maryland, not so much with a viow to carrying those states as to ! show their pcoplo that thoy are a part j of the union and as such ought to voto j for the party which will give them the influence in the nation to which their progress, energy and enterprise entitle them." Judge Taft said this to tho Taft-Shermaii Taft-Shermaii club of Highland. Ky., which came to tho Sintou hotel to pledgo its support. Ills address throughout, was an expression of intense feeling regarding regard-ing tho political condition of the south. The south had, he said, made wonderful progress under the application of the Republican principle or protection and vet it remained a perpetual asset to i'ua 1 iDomocracv of tho north, to bo delivered j en bloc, no matter what miglic be the ; issue or interest at stake. Mr, Taft busied hims'ilf during the I day in clearing up his office matters Ipreparatorv to leaving Monday morning for a campaign trip which will keep him constantly on the road uu-jI ileclion morning.' His personal headquarters j hero will bo presided over by his secre-! secre-! tary. Fred W. Carpenter. , i