The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
|OH|O CHEERS FOR
PRESIDENT Tiff
sidsstsps lelides and in seattsssd
spesehes Talks Of
GsneraliHes.
sTOpS AT CLEVELAND FOR
C0ME1INCE WITH vo1YB
Given RouAing Reception Upon
Arrival in Cincinnati
BY supportsn.

ical preference Of at least one 0tate-Ohio.
All tho way from Connssut. his frst stop
In tho Buckeye State, on his way homo to
vote. until he reached this, his home city.
cheers and violent demonstrations Of ap-
proval At every stopping place. That
these were due to his own personality. and
not to- his political utterancss, was appar-
ent from the fact that he carefully re-
Trained from talking politics. because, a.
he said. said at several places. he was
sure the people had made up their minds
before this how they were going to vote.
and he was sure they would vote right"
The Presidents speeches. for the most
part, contained illusions to the pros
perity which he said was reigning
throughout the country, and the hope
that nothing would be done to interfere
with this. Farmers credit systems also
came in for a large share OF his consid-
Grafton. the name Of Myron T. Herrick.
Ambassador to France and n native
Ohioan. figuring largely in his talks
Confers with vorys.
At Cleveland the President's private
car, Ideal" was sidetracked for an
hour and q half to allow him to change
trains and to confer with National Com
mitteeman Arthur I. vorys and State
Chairman Harry Daugherty. who
brought him cheering news Of the situ-
alton throughout the State. The Presi-
dent made no speech in Cleveland.
At Crestline the Chief Executive re-
ferred to railroad legislation by saying:
II am glad to think that the railroad
men OF this country are sharing the
prosperity Of the country in general.
that the business of the railroads 10
growing SO far that it almost exhausts
their capacity. We have attempted in
Washington to help along with respect
to the relation between the railroad
men and the railroads We have at
tempted to put into operation good
many laws to protect the railroad men
against injury to their persons. and the
risk of their lives that has in the past
attended their service to the railroads.
We are going to do as much as possible
to reduce the statistics Of the loss of
life which shames every American who
reads statistics as to the loss Of life"
In Shelby he told some 5000 people
what he thought of the present PROS
perity. adding a few words anent' the
Balkan war.
Talks of Balkan War.
Il am on my way to Cincinnati to cast
vote. We have been having in this
country. and I hope We will continue to
have, a great deal of prosperity that
will bring comfort and happiness to the
people. and the contrast that makes with
some other countries Of the world Ii
enough to make US very grateful for
our lot and sympathize with people Of
other countries who are now being sub
jected to the cruelties, the burdens, and
the horrors of war.
Just what is to come out Of the Bal
kan war between the Balkan states and
Turkey I am afraid no men can proph-
esy. The issues are 30 complicated and
the possibilities Of an extended war ore
sufficient to make every one hold his
breath and pray that in some way or
other pease may be brought about.
Zone of the evidences We have made
in the progress Of the world is the SYM
pathy that the fate Of one nation
awakens In the people Of another.
would like to stop and argue out with
you the question whether the Senate
ought not have confirmed the peace
treaties that I negotiated with France
and you will have to take 1t for granted"
Fling at BaT Moose.
At Columbus. four hours before reach
ing Cincinnati. the President attempted
to speak to a large crowd from the rear
platform of his car. nearby engine.
with steam escaping. interfered with his
delivery, however, and he was forced to
stop.
That's Bull Moose engine" shouted
some one in the crowd.
YES" replied the President. mostly
noise and hot air.
After brief stops at wellington. Gal
ion. Delaware. London. Springfield.
Dayton. and Middleton, the Presiden-
tial train pulled into Cincinnati on
time to the minute, having made up
half an hours delay since leaving CO.
lumbus. A marching club. a brass
band, and red fire galore waited the
President npon his arrival here. Con-
voyed by a platoon Of police. and ac-
by several hundred shout
the Chief Executive mo-
tored at once to the home of his broth
er, Charles P. Taft. where he will re-
main until time for him to return to
Wednesday afternoon.
II is expected the President will vote
early tomorrow morning. casting his
ballot on his way to the golf course.
where he expects to spend the greater
part Of the day.
A special wire has been strung into
C. P. Taft's study. and the President,
his brother, and the latter's immediate
will receive the returns there
night.