Show t TAFT ANSWERED QUESTIONS No man who doesn't know his hla V o own mind Ind has nn any business addressing people peo peo- people pie at Cooper Union In New York S People there have a habit of thinking and of or asking questions Those who attend public meetings s in Cooper Union are probably as well weB informed as any citizens in fn the nation and most of them are wage earners too Frida Friday night the they asked Secretary Taft a number of questions On his replies will be he based the conclusion of or millions of or men in the nation as to whether or not h he should be supported support support- ed el for the tho Presidency If he had not the he wit to answer rightly if he hadnot had hadnot not the wisdom to bo be generally prepared prepared pre pre- V pared beforehand that were a bad meeting for the secretary to attend But he lIe faced that ordeal and emerged triumphantly It is an ordeal ordeal or S deal that an any man aspiring to high office should he ready to face tace If It ho hc can not give gi reason for the faith that thatis thatis is In him he should certainly not ask ash for the supporting suffrages es of his fellow fellow fel low Jow citizens The They asked aske him about the Brownsville Browns BrownE yule ville affair and lIe he told 1011 told them them it IL was wat one of the things things' the tho secretary of or war could not discuss publicly at this thia time Ho He was was' in charge of or that d department at the time of the riot and the they knew knes what he did then Now the matter mattei Is before beCore congress Eer Every man realIzed realized real real- tho the secretary of war while not I at nt all dodging lodging must decline to open oper 1 that case in a public meeting And Ant I the they lIk liked d him better hetter that he ho did lid not tr try to evade evale or ask them to palliate When v I. I en H they e Inquired If ho he thought t laboring men were ge getting enough pay he lie replied that some were and some were not riot and they laughingly agreed with him Then he proceeded seriously serious serious- l ly to show the value o of labor and the obligation of capital And Ancl so all the way through his address Ho lie answered in a broad wa way every question ques lion tion asked barning barring the ono one on which honor bade him keep silence Old Peter Cooper never did a bettel better better bet bet- ter tel thing for Cpr the nation than when he lie established that hall ball for for the the discussion discussion discus discus- sion slon of public questions He realized the demand of voters for Cor information concerning the men who ask for votes Ho He knew tho the thirst for knowledge which the better clas of or workingmen possess and anti he did his share in supplying sup plying it It has vastly helped the manhood of the nation It has served as a model for our Western people But n above o e everything else just at present it has shown the stature of Mr Taft Those p people who heard him have ha felt a sort of at antipathy p be be- it is charged h he has been unfair j II S I I i f I to labor Tho They left heft the tho Cooper Union Friday night wit with a better opinion of him They find him informed antII and tI fair fall an and l st strong ong They Thoy believe him honest Th They Thoy y know now he will not dodge c nor lie And that is IR a n great reat deal Inthe In Inthe Inthe the favor of any candidate ato Mr 11 Taft luis haa done lone much in his quest for fat tho the Presidency b by his address to the tho workingmen in New York on Friday FrIday Fri V day night |