The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-30
TAFT'S TOUR FAILS TO
STIR UP ENTHUSIASM
People Do Not Show Hostility
But Expect Him to Redeem
Tariff Pledge.

CHICAGO, Oct. 30-Turning his
face eastward at the end of 40 days
of political tour. President Taft to-
day concluded his journey in the west.
The president expressed himself to-
day as well satisfied with the results
OF the trip.
1T has been a great trip" he de-
clared, Il have had nopportunity TO
get close TO great many Of the peo-
pie, and they have turned out in great
numbers to hear what had TO say.
have been able TO tell them great
many things about my reasons for not
doing various things and for declining
think the trip has been a great sue
cess"
Twenty-Five states, from the Allan.
tic TO the Pacific, from Massachusetts
to California have heard the president
in the past 40 days. Cities, towns and
villages with an aggregate population
of 100000 people have entertained
him, and smaller towns with popu-
lation aggregating 24.000,000 more,
have heard him make brief rear plat
form speeches as his special train
passed through, There have been 110
scheduled stops1on the trip and near
ly twice as many more rear plat
form" stops.
Speaks On Seven Subjects.
Altogether the president has made
800 speeches. All of these have been
confined to seven subjects. The pres
ident started on the trip with five big
speeches-peace, his explanation Of
IL ax4f
the tariff board his attitude toward
trusts, and defense of the supreme
court Standard Oil and Tobacco de-
cisions. To these he later added
speeches on conservation and the
necessity for Improvement in agrlcul-
ture.. These seven have embraced
every speech he has made on tho trip.
His early utterances on the trusts
were rather conservative, but as the
trip progressed he went further ana
further on this point until when he
reached Chicago after the government
suit against the Steel trust had been
filed he announced unqualthedly that
the law must be enforced. Only one
other speech has aroused any real en-
thusiasm on the trip, and that was on
peace. Everywhere the president has
spoken on this subject 1t has been
well received and his supporters claim
that he has converted some dozen
senators who were originally opposed
TO the French and British arbitration
treaties now pending in the senate.
Politically, the result OF the presl-
dents trip remains TO be written IN
the electoral college in 1912 But po-
litical sharps all along the route have
generally agreed that Taft has snc-
ceeded in fixing the attention or the
people he has talked to on the next
session of congress. He has promised
tariff reform at the next session ana
In the accomplishments of the winter
II is generally conceded he must look
for the verdict of the people. NO
open hostility has shown itself on the
trip. but in the states OF Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska, Idaho, Washington,
OREGON California South Dakota, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, an undCrcur-
rent of the show me- attitude was
apparent. In these states, Repub-
Iioan insurgency is making It's hight.
And political sharps have generally
expressed surprise at the amount OF
sentiment apparent in these communi-
ties I'm favor of Woodrow Wilson, IL
he IA nominated by the Democrats.
In Oregon. the presidents opposi-
ton to what has come to be known
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