Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-13
Taft Starts Out in Ohio
With His Fighting
Blood Up.
ON 1,000-MILE TRIP
Wyoming Convention First of
Week EventfuI in G o. P.
Politics.

Marietta, Ohio, May 1S.-With his
fighting blood up, Taft today began
here his thousand-mile speech-mak-
ing dash around Ohio. According to
Major Rhoades, the presidents phys
ical condition is the best for the next
ten days work.
HITS FROM SHOULDER.
Cambridge, Ohio, May 13.-In one
OF his most bitter speeches Taft here
today held Roosevelt up to ridicule,
called him an intensely dangerous
egotist, flatterer. demagogue and
suggested that there be but little
hope of the future of this section
if Roosevelt were waited to the skies
in chariot like the prophet of old
and there were no one left to do the
job Roosevelt said the country needs
him to do.
Il hate to see a man try to honey
fugle the people by telling them
something he don't believe" said
Taft. Roosevelt promises a millen-
ium, free from the bosses. Why
wasn't there a millennium during his
seven years in the White house?
REGRETS OWN POSITION.
'One Indictment" he said, sis the
character of the campaign Roosevelt
is carrying on and, personally l feel
? that more deeply than any other, be-
cause l think he is to be indicted for
> making the kind of accusory and
libelons- -canlpaiGn-Mhieh requires me,
the president, in order to save the
, cause l represent, to come out on the
, platform and go about making polit-
ical speeches in my behalf. doing
something a modest man dislikes."
The speech boiled over with at
tacks on and criticisms of Roosevelt.
IN A ROOSEVELT TOWN.
Dexter City. Ohio. May 13.-"They
tell me this is a Roosevelt town." was
Taft's opening remark today to the
!, crowd that met the train 'It isl"
, yelled a man stationed on the platform
They say you are against me-" con-
tinued the president, because | was
, in favor of reciprocity. Well, was.
| was in favor of it because believed
, 1t to be good for the farmers and ev-
cry other class"
Just as he finished the sentence the
train started to pull out stop the
train" said the president, to the de-
light of many hearers. 81 want to talk
to these people"
. 1--WE sell foodstuffs and agricultural
products to Canada four times what
a they sell u.s." declared the president
:, They can't raise corn there. They
!, and it would be a great benefit to the
: farmers. But the thing is dead
It. II. THREW HIM DOWN.
n Now, | want to say to you, you
: are utterly illogical in opposing me on
e account of reciprocity, when the fact
: is, before | entered the reciprocity
: campaign | wrote Roosevelt. He com
r mended me highly for going into the
d business and approved it in every way
e Now that he finds reciprocity not pop
o ular with the farmers he recants and
o says that-well, he changed his mind
! appeal TO you whether il is square
S deal for a man TO change right in the
n nick when he wants votes. although
il we both were for reciprocity"
l. WANTS BACK BUT ONCE.
0 Caldwell, Ohio. May I3.-Taft re-
/ viewed the administrations achieve
e ments today and then turned to the old
S line of criticism of Roosevelt. He CON
cluded: "If you approve Of this ad-
ministration it has been the custom
TO nominate a president once again,
= but only once again.
CONVENTIONS IN WYOMING.
e Cheyenne, May 13.-The republt-
II can and democratic state conventions
are in session here today 10 select
Il six elegates-at-large to the national
: convention, six alternates, three
: presidential electors and a national
{ committeeman. Although Governor
Il Garry is one of the seven governors
IL who urged Roosevelt TO announce his
candidacy for the nomination, Taft
will have full control of the republi-
can convention.
FAVOR CLARK
The majority of the delegates to
the democratic convention are favor
. able to Clark, but Wilson adherentf
probably will fight and the result
will be an uninstructed delegation.