New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-05
Thousands of His Cincinnati
Friends Give Him Most En-
thusiaStiC Reception.
CHEERED AT MANY PLACES
He Declines to Talk Of Politics,
but Speaks of Prosperity
and the Proposed Banks
for Farmers.
rBv Telegraph to The Tribune. J

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Cincinnati, Nov. 4.-President Will
lam II. Taft is at the home OF his
brother. Charles P. Taft, tonight. He
arrived in Cincinnati, his home town,
at 7:3O o'clock this evening. His COM
ing was heralded by brass band, ana
nearly ten thousand enthusiastic ad-
mirers. who met him on all sides with
acclamation.
That the home coming demonstra-
ton" equalled the Taft home pride
demonstration at Music Hall several
weeks ago goes without saying. lu the
throng which greeted the President was
a large delegation Of the most promi-
nent business men of the city, mem
bers Of the Republican Prosperity
League and thousands OF workers,
many Of whom missed their suppers 10
get glimpse Of the Chief Executive.
Red and green fire spluttered along the
sidewalks for more than three squares
as the Presidents automobile sped on
its way to the home Of his brother.
Tomorrow morning the President
will go out 10 Madison Road, where,
I'm his home precinct, like any other
citizen. he will cast his ballot. He will
receive the returns OF the election at
the home of his brother and will return
10 Washington on Wednesday.
Declines TO Talk Politics.
President Taft had breakfast just
after leaving Buffalo this morning, and
was ready TO greet the crowds that
fiocked about his private car at West
field. y. Y, and Conneaut, Ashtabula
and Painesville, Ohio. He spoke at
each place, but declined to talk poll
ties. In Conneaut he said:
am on my way to Cincinnati to cast
my vote. ! hope all OF you who have
the privilege OF voting will not forget
10 do go / am not here to make po-
litical speech. Your minds are already
made up one way or the other, / doubt
not.
In his speech at Palnesville the Presi-
dent spoke OF. prosperity and the pro-
posed farmers banks. He said I'm part:
want 20 congratulate you on every evi-
dence that | see OF the prosperity that is
spread through your entire community.
The statistics OF our foreign and domes-
tic 'trade are startling, and they give
every evidence that We are going on to
greater and greater material growth and
prosperity That liz no reason why We
should stop in attempting improvements,
but II 10 \ reason why we should be
philosophical and accept what 10 coming
without grumbing and assuming that
everything Is bad.
| could 20 into some subjects that have
come to you recently. especially through
your neIghbor, Myron T. Herrick, who
has delved into the question or increas-
ing the credit OF the farming community
with a view to enabling farmers to better
equip their farms and borrow money at
a rate OF from to per cent. instead OF
from I to s per cent That does not sound
altruistic, but is real business, for the
benefit OF the entire community, because.
my friends, our mouths are increasing
with great deal more certainty than the
production OF our fields, and II we go on
as We are now for fifty years we will
have TO get our food somewhere Vse.
Now, what we ought TO do is to learn
how to make our fields produce moro.
one OF the means Of doing so is TO enable
the farmers TO get the best equipment
and the best machinery. They cannot
DO Il unless they borrow money at
lower rate of interest. and II we can by
among them make their security sufIi-
cient to attract capital at 4 and per
cent It will be tremendous benefit, not
only to them but TO all the country.
Mr. Taft spent two hours in Cleve-
land, where, after making a short ad-
dress to a small crowd at the Union
Station, he held public reception on
the rear platform Of his car. Several
persons shook hands with him.
The President came nearest to talk
ing politics at Columbus, where
crowd was waiting at the station to
catch a glimpse of Ohio's most dis
tinguished citizen. AS he started to
speak the engineer In a nearby locomo-
tive cab blew his whistle.
That must be a Bull Moose whistle"
shouted to a bystander.
II think 1t is said the President,
with smile. 1T makes enough noise"
A moment later the President started
his speech, remarking: II don't intend
to ask you for your votes"
You don't have TO-" yelled a man in
the crowd. We're all for you here"
We'll" continued the President, with
a laugh, ''if there are enough Of you
we wiz win.