The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-30
TAFT CAMP A|GNS
FOR z HOURS IN
MASSACHUSETTS
Talks About the Tariff and the
Square Deal
LAST ADDRESS AT LOWELL
Suuuests Amendment That President
Serve Longer Term and Be IN
eligible for Reelection

Boston, April 29-President Tart
ended 12-hour campaign through
eastern Massachusetts in Boston TO-
day. From the time he began his
speech.making at Attleboro with
talk on the tariff until he made his
last address at Melrose and asked Tor
"a square DEAL" the President spur
red his husky voice into strenuous
action. 1t was one of the hardest
campaign days Mr.. Taft has spent
since he entered the White House.
but members of his party were con-
fdent tonight that his second lnVas-
ion of the Bay state will bring votes
for him to the polls tomorrow.
MIR. Taft's last long address was
made at Lowell to an audience that
hacked the opera house. When ne
came to talk about the bosses and
Mr.. Rooseyelts charges some one IN
the gallery shouted. Hes mar
mo. that isn't in my vocabulary,
said the President Later when ne
was referring to the Lorimer case
the same man evidently repeated his
cry after a mention OF Colonel
Roosevelts name. He's a liar he
shouted.
My experience on the bench has
taught me the value of words, sald
MIR. Taft. zone OF the most unsafe
things to do is to 90 further than TO
show the facts. ! appreciate the sup
port of my distinguished and enthu
siastic friend, but ! must decline 10
adopt his vocabulary"
After declaring that he was sorry
it was necessary sor him to have &c
mingle in a political struggle, he sue
gested an amendment of the consti
tuition SO that President should
serve six or eight years and be IN
eligible for reelection. Il thlnh
that would prevent ais, ne SAID
NO man has the sht to misrepre
sent another TO gel himself up In OF
fee no matter how humble that mar
is" the President shouted at one
point in his Lowell address. Con
denim me II you will he said in con
clusion, but condemn me by othel
witnesses than Theodore Roosevelt
IL was "A man of straw. but ! have
been man OF straw long enough
every man who has blood in his bod.
who has been misrepresented as
have been is forced to fight. ap
peal to my friends in Massachusetts
who think believe in a square
deal"
In the first half dozen speeches h
made today, the President did no
mention Colonel Roosevelt by name
although he followed closely over tn
path his predecessor made through
the state Saturday and today. Lat
in the afternoon. however, Mr.. Tai
abandoned his early appeals for SUI
port because OF tariff and labor LEG
islation, and once again attacked MI
Roosevelt by name.
AS he came nearer and nearer L
the colonel's footsteps the Presiden
warmed up TO his subject and al
tackled the colonel time after time
. The President declared that he wa
for government OF, for and by I'll
/, people, explained what he thought G
: the charge that he alone used polit
cal bosses; and asked again an
, again il he had been given a squar
: deal by Mr.. Roosevelt
! The crowds were large, and the
: cheered enough to warm the heart
. of the Taft managers aboard hi
|. train. AT Lawrence, Haverhill, Low
: ell and Melrose the President spok
in the rain. Practically every tow
I. the President visited is manufa
: turing center, and in many places II
: mills were closed. the schools Ia
!. declared partial holidays and ever
:, preparation had been made 10 we
y come the nations chief.
= The President sounded new mo-
: at Haverhlll in replying to Mr. Roos
y velts charge that he only came oil
, against Senator Lorimer of lllino
after he lost out in the primaries
that state mfr. Roosevelt says tn
= = ! did not go back on Lorimer al
% Lorimer was not successful in carr
ing Illinois for me- Well, my lett
to him about Lorimer was written
year before | knew that the colonel
!. hat was in the ring at all. say tn
- MIR Roosevelt had no right und
any circumstances to misreprese
M mo In fhnt rprnrd