Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-24
BACKS HIS UTTERANCES
BY DOCUMENTARY PROOF
Friends Of the President Confident
Of His Ultimate Triumph.
GRATIFIED BY RECENT POLLS
Results in New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Iowa Accepted as
Change in the Preferen-
tial Trend.

With President Taft leaving Washing
ton this afternoon on the most important
political trip he has ever undertaken:
with the country watching for his ex-
pected hot attack upon Col. Roosevelt;
with the cabinet at a nearly all-night
meeting considering these speeches and
giving their approval: with the Taft peo-
pie optimistic over their prospects since
the victory in New Hampshire yester-
day and in Rhode Island today, the po-
litical may today began to show more ac-
tivity than has been exhibited in weeks.
1t was 2:30 o'clock this morning when
the special cabinet meeting, that had be-
gun many hours before, adjourned and
the President and his advisers went to
their beds. At this meeting, it is known,
the attack the President is to make upon
Roosevelt was carefully scrutinized and
the agreement finally reached represents
the combined wisdom Of nine good men,
many OF whom were in the Roosevelt
cabinet and formerly close friends Of
his.
The cabinet stood with the President In
his view that the time had arrived when
soft-spoken words and conciliatory meth
ods were to be discarded and plain
truths uttered for the benefit of the
American people. Mr.. Taft had dictated
several Of the speeches he will make in
Massachusetts tomorrow, and in New
Jersey the following day. and he wanted
the advice of his cabinet on them All in
formation today was that the character
of the pepper to be used had not been
changed.
70 Speak by the Record.
The President. Il is understood. has for
titled every utterance he is to make by
cold facts gathered from confidential files
and from newspaper and other reports of
speeches made by Col. Roosevelt. The
cabinet carefully considered all these lot
tiers and all these utterances. The Presi-
dent and his advisers realize that the
speeches he Is to make will be carefully
answered by Roosevelt and that the fight
that Is now starting may lead into a most
bitter struggle In which the man holding
the best hand Of facts and figures ought
to win, with the American people as the
Jury.
II Col. Roosevelt is to be made out Q
plain falsifier. as is the purpose Of Mr..
Taft's attack. the President knows that
he must have 1.-The goods both in the
opening Indictment Of the e1-President,
and in the come back that Is inevitable.
The promise from Massachusetts, men
that the campaign there from now until
next Tuesday. the day OF the primaries.
will be the hottest that historic old state
has ever known. The Taft forces there
~ -
Gardner. the king Of political scrappers in
the state, the man who beat Senator
Crane four years ago in the night for dele
gates to the republican national conven-
ton.
Gardner knows no fear of Roosevelt
or any other man: he is not to be swept
from his feet when the colonel turns
loose his batteries there this week and
next. and every time the colonel makes
one OF his dragnet attacks on every
thing In sight that is against him. Gard
ner will tackle him good and hard. It ID
Gardner's leadership there that inspired
Taft men today with confidence as to
the outcome.
Confidence Restored.
ticeable in the Taft ranks today. Count
Roosevelt, and confident that Gardner 8
.
the Taft people were optimis,.c. They are
prophesying that Massachusetts, will 70
for TAFT by big majority. and declare
that this, with the results in New Hamp-
shire yesterday and in Rhode Island to-
day, will stop the Roosevelt tide and
nomination will be 'cinched'' in another
three weeks
There was more than mere hope in
this feeling. too. Counting the New
has 405 votes in the Chicago conven.
tion. Roosevelt has only 215. La Fol
lette SO and Cummins s. There are
1913 votes In the national convention
and $40 Will nominate. President Taft
must secure only 135 more. OF this
number he will have 10 from Rhode
Island. stven him today. leaving him
Within Iss OF the prize; With Mas
give him at least 30 Of its 3S votes
his friends count on his having to Sc.
curfe but S5 OF the large number OF
delegates to be elected.
He has every advantage in most of the
remaining states. Among them are
arkansas. California, Maryland. Texas
Utah. Wyoming. Montana. New jersey
and Ohio There is every reason, it wa.
declared today. why the President should
get the bulk of the delegates from theg
states and settle the fight. He Is alse
certain Of some delegates In Minnesota
North Carolina. South Dakota and else
large from Tennessee. which has elected
Taft delegates In the congressional dis
tricts. and also In some OF the other state,
whore state conventions have not beer
: held.
Roosevelt Leader Loses.
Texas democratic senator's and repre-
sentatives say that Cecil Lyon the re
publican boss Of Texas. Is beaten. and 4
seeking a division OF the Texas delegates
Texas has forty delegates in the conven
tion. and that means something In tn
final wind-up.
The Taft managers in Ohio are goinl
to make a red.hot 'wind-up In the fgh
there The primafies are to take plac
May II. It IL probable the President will
spend two or three days In the state be
fore the primaries. especially II hi
nomination 10 still in doubt when tn
primaries take place. Ohio has forty
/, eight delegates In the convention, an