Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
NOT GOING TO CINCINNATI
Leaves New York Tomorrow tt
Spend Week in Buckeye State.
coMMENfaN CLAYTON BILL
Says Suggestion for six-Year Term
for President Is "Tom-Fool0
Proposition.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
OYSTER BAY. n. Y, May lit be-
came known today on the eve of Col.
Roosevelts departure for Ohio that there
is division of opinion among the colo
nels managers about the advisabilty of
his making personal campaign in Pres
ident Taft's home state: in fact it is
said that until the last moment strong
pressure has been brought to bear to
have the colonel abandon his proposed
trip. Senator Dixon, however, is said to
be one of those who urged the colonel
to carry out his plan and make an active
| campaign. He does not believe that it
would be wise to leave the situation in
| the hands of other speakers who are to
help in the fight.
Col. Roosevelt has repeatedly said that
there would be "little new stuff in his
Ohio speeches, and that he would devote
| most of his time to drilling into the minds
of the voters of Ohio just what the prin-
ciples and doctrines for which he stands
mean. He has said that he did not ex-
pect to go to Cincinnati, Tafts home, and
it has been learned that on this practi-
cally all those interested in his campaign
agreed. Whether the colonel will cling to
his original intention and keep invectives
out of his speeches is a question, however,
which cannot be answered Until the last
Speecn Oh tile OnlO campaign Is OeIlNereQ.
Now that Col Roosevelt has finally de-
cided to invade Ohio, he is going to
make thorough job of it. He will leave
at 6:3i Monday evening from the Penn
sylvania station, and said today that he
will remain in Ohio until the following
Monday night. He wanted to return one
week from tomorrow, but has changed
his plans in order to canvass two more
congressional districts and make a clean
sweep of the state. His first address of
inn, nrfo will ho mt nd
he will go to Dayton. Other addresses
will be at Columbus, Cleveland and
Akron. Sunday he will spend with
James r. Garfield, in Mentor.
Today Col. Roosevelt spent most of
his time on the preparation of his ad-
dresses, but spared the time to grant an
interview to the newspaper men. One OF
the first questions was about Represen-
tative Clayton's bill proposing to limit
the President of the United States to
single six-year term. and the colonel
made it evident that he did not like that
idea at all.
Have you been asked to comment on
the Clayton bill?" was the question.
Il have been asked to commit myself
on all kinds of tom-fool propositions"
the colonel replied, and ! presume this
is one of them
Jests About Vote-Buying Story.
Col. Roosevelt was told of a story pub
1ished in newspaper that $1,000 had
been spent in New York county on his
fight at the primaries, and that IA. 500
votes had been cast for him, giving
ratio of So a vote.
How about it. colonel?' a reporter
asked.
The colonel smiled and then, spying
Oscar S. Straus, who was a visitor at
Sycamore Hill, replied jestingly:
There's Mr. Straus; let's go over and
ask him if he got his So"
He would make no other comment.
The colonel expressed great satisfaction
over the results SO far in Minnesota,
especially in Hennepin county. He ex-
poets to get nearly all of the delegates,
if not all. from Minnesota.