The Washington herald., 1910-11-03

Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 2.-Mem-
bers of President Taft's Cabinet
have entered Ohio with an appeal
on his behalf.
! They have waved all State is,
sues aside and have said frankly
that the only question to be de-
cided in the present Ohio fight IS
whether Mr.. Taft's own State will
indorse him or not.
They acknowledge with equal
candor that the present struggle in
this State will have a most mpor-
tant bearing upon the 1912 ma
tlonal campaign.
ISSUES ARE NATIONAL.
However much you may be assured.
/ said Secretary OF state Knox, speaking
here sight. that the great issues in
this campaign are local, it is not so. They
are national However much the Demo
/ cratic party may desire victory in other
States. it is as nothing compared with
their frantic hopes 70 defeat the Repub-
lican ticket IN Ohio. and thus arm them
selves for 1912 with the cry that Ohio
has condemned the Taft administration.
has repudiated her own son. However
the case may be elsewhere. IN Ohio the
line of cleavage is the President. his poll
cies and his success, and his intelligent
9nd honest purpose il working them out"
| While Secretary Knox was making tins
frank statement 10 voters in the central
part of the State, Franklin Mac agh.
Secretary OF the Treasury, was on tbs
stump at Toledo. pnJting the same pFCpO-
siti0n in these words:
we cannot disguise the fact that your
ele- viii oe given out 10 the coun-
try as an Endorsement or a failure 10
I indOTse your Ohio President. Now, do
not misunderstood me Even IL his own
state fails 20 go Republican. the President
/ viii continue to grow IN the confidence
Of the nation and win be the nominee
Of his party in 1912. But it viii be ex-
tremely unfair 10 him and very ungra-
cious on the part Of the Republican party
OF Ohio If the election in this State does
not result IN q Republican victory"
Taken as Announcement.
These speeches By Nj. Tafts Cabinet
| oncers come nearer TO being an authori-
tauve announcement Of hts candidacy for
1912 than anything else that has yet oc-
CURED. Secretary MacVeagh's reference
TO 1872 clearly indicates. it is believed, tho
! Presidents determination at this time %
/ enter the field for denomination regardless
of the action OF his own state AT the polls.
/ Both Cabinet officers invaded Ohio upon
: invitation OF the local State committee.
/ Secretary Knox viii deliver another
! speech here on Saturday night. and Secre-
/ tary Of Agriculture Wilson and Attorney
{ General Wickersham are also scheduled
/ for speeches in the State this week IN
I fact. il is apparent that the Toft admins
} tration is thoroughly aroused over the
/ situation in Ohio and the possible effect
I Of a defeat on 1872 and has trained it's
| heaviest guns upon the state in an effort
10 save the day for Mr.. Taft
/ The Man for the Place.
Speaking further Of President Taft. Nr
Knox said in his speech here tonight:
Let me say OF President Taft he is
your fellow-cijizen- He was chosen how
never, I am bound 10 say, not because ne
was an Ohio man, but because he was
the man who best represented the ideals
| of the whole nation. He has given the
! country an administration that responds
to the sentiment which caused his n0ui-
nation and election. His lofty conception
OF his responsibilities never has been
/ lowered. His loyalty TO the pledges under
which he took the Office has been demon
/ strated. His hrmness IN resisting all the
/ insidiOus pleas for national extravagance.
/ his determination that there shall be
1 economy in government affairs. have
! been responsive to the wishes OF the Amer
! lean people His wholesome interpreta-
ton OF his Office calls for no eulogy Il
/ is inherent in the man whom you knew
for so many years as one of yourselves.
/ His federation for honest differences OF
/ opinion his freedom from petty strifes,
| are in complete harmony with the fund
amental conception OF that liberty OF ac-
/ ton which is permissible within party
+ lines without affecting the broad basis
! upon which party principles rest
Want state 10 BE Loyal.
Reviewing President Taft's administra-
ton, it would seem that an Ohio Presi-
( dent might confidently look to his own
State to sustain and strengthen his ad-
mlnistration. The country might properly
assume that minor differences, personal
OF local. will be put aside: that all citizens
OF Ohio who sincerely desire that Presi-
dent Taft's administration shall continue
and complete the work in which il is en-
gaged-a work which involves the full
) fllment Of every pledge made. Of keeping
faith with the pe0ple-wlll sink their per-
sonal or local differences and stand to-
gether in uphOldng the President. There
are only two parties in the contest The
vote which is TO be given next Tuesday
! BY the Presidents fellow -OhiOans should
I De vote of confidence"
] IN regard to 1912, Secretary MacVeagh
threw out this warning 10 the Ohio voters:
The election OF 1910 in Ohio, and in all
/ the other States. but for obvious reasons
/ in Ohio especially. involves with great
+ distinctness the election of 1912. The con-
I Continued ou Rapa 2 CoFuusu