New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-08
PRESIDENT VOTES EARLY
Afterward Makes Two Speeches.
in Cincinnati.
DEFENDS PEACE TREATIES
Mr.. Taft Meets Old Friends,
Including Governor Harmon
and Ex-senator Foraker.

cincinnati, NOV. t-President tart ~
second day in Cincinnati led him 10 tbs
polls. ike thousands Of his fellow citizens.
made him tie guest at luncheon of the
local manufacturers club. where he said
he expected 10 come back TO Cincinnati
some day 10 practise law. and gave him
an opportunity to speak on peace and arDi-
trstion TO the American Society for mo
Judicial Settlement Of international DIS
putcs Tonight the President was the
guest and principal speaker at the dinner
! Of the Commercial Club At the close %
this speech Mr. Taft retired on board his
/ private car, and will leave this city early
] to- morrow morning for Frankfort and
Louisville, Ky
! The President met scores OF Orleans to-
day who knew him when he lived here'
! Governor Harmon. who came from Column
| bus TO vote. met the President and sat
| with him at the manufacturers luncheon
and later on the platform I'm Music Hall,
where Mr. Taft made his peace speech.
EN- Senator J. B. Foraker. Mayor Louis
! Schwab, four United states Judges and
many other we'll known Ohioans dropped IN,
home or sat with him at luncheon or public
| functions.
At the entrance of the Business Mems
Club, where the Commercial Club gave It's
| luncheon. the President met Governor dar-
mon and Mr.. Foraker. The three talked
for moment. and then Mr.. Taft linking
ono arm In that Of Governor Harmon and
with the other thrown over the shoulder
OF Mr. Foraker. entered. the building
| After he voted al the polling place IN
Ward g. Precinct NJ, the President was
in a happy vein when he spoke 10 tho
manufacturers. President Robertson in-'
troduced him with one OF the shortest in
troductorv speeches of his entire trip;
Gentlemen. the President" said Mr.. Rob-
ertscn. and the audience applauded.
| II am glad to see that you still believe
lawyers are necessary evil" said the
President. II am coming back here myself
some day to become 9 necessary evil. II
SEQ a good many we'll fed lawyers, and
have no fear OF the future. am coming
back To compete for business with Cover
nor Harmon and Senator Foraker"
Arbitration Treaties Advocated.
In Music Han Mr.. Taft spoke at length
in behalf OF the arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France. He said thers
was nothing inconsistent In his demands
that the Panama Canal be fortified and
that the Senate ra.ify these treaties. We
ought to use common sense in everything"
| said the President. I'VE ought 10 fortify
the Panama Canal 10 keep It for ourselves
and 10 prevent IT falling into the hands 81
an enemy"
Jacob Gould Schurman president Of Cor
nell University. also spoke on the peace
treaties. He said in part:
We do not want to strike out q singis
sentence Of the proposed treaty. 7 think
that enlightened public opinion approves
| OF the treaty In it's entirety. For M own
part I believe that the treaty, n ratified,
will mark an epoch in the moral history or
mankind. ! earnestly covet for the United
| States the honor and glory OF initiating
this great reform. And I venture to pre-
dict that IL everything else President Taft
has accomplished or may accomplish islls
a prey TO the nav of time and oblivion.
| his leadership in the cause OF international
peace and justice will enshrine his name
! with enduring renown in the moral annals
OF mankind.
I'm time OF peace prepare for war" was
the opening clause OF n speech by John
Hays Hammond. lie said In part:
! In the Anglo American and Franco
| American arbitration treaties a long step
has been taken in the right direction. While
Il is true that the Senate has not ratlfed
these treaties, the pressure OF popular de-
mand will undoubtedly induce faVorable
| action at an early date.
The peace treaties ARE the crown OF
President Taft's achievements, and they
are destined, II ratified. TO become the
glory of our common country" said DR..
| S. C. Mitchell. president OF the University
| of South Carolina.
| Al the night session addresses were made
by James Brown Scott, William l. Hull, or
| Swarthmore College. and John II. Letane'
| Of Washington and Lee University.
Washington, Nov. 7-Secretary Knox has
gone 10 Cincinnati where he WILL deliver
an address tomorrow night before the
| American Society for the Judicial Settle
ment Of International Disputes He Will
! advocate ratification OF the arbitration
,treaties without amendment.
Frankfort, KY, Nov. frankfort is In
gala dress for the visit tomorrow after
noon of President Taft and notables who
will come 10 unveil the statue of Abraham
Lincoln, already on It's pedestal and wait
ing i'm the rotunda OF Kentucky's state
! Capitol. =.
which will be occupied by the President
and his party, has been set aside for the
rise of former slaves. A score OF these be-
| Ionged In the old days to the family or the
| giyer OF the statue James B. Speed. OF
| Louisville.