Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
TAFT PEOPLE CHEEKY
Ginger Injected Into Campaign
by Presidents Speeches.
REPORTS At WHITE HOUSE
Vice President Sherman Declares
Situation Is Greatly Improved.
REPUBLICAN CALLERS HOPEFUL
Former Senator Hemenway Denies
That First Indiana Congressional
District Favors Roosevelt.
REPORTS At WHITE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN CALLERS HOPEFUL

| AdAt pCOpic III the w IQte t1OuSe To-Day
showed ginger and form. They fiocked
| to the Presidents Offices in large num-
| bers. too, and between doses of hssiness
| congratulated the President on the live
| leadership he is showing and ON the ag-
gressiveness of his speeches. Vice Presi-
dent Sherman led Off with congratula-
tons. He admitted that he went to the
White House to talk politics and little
else.
''The situation for the nomination OF
the PRESIDENT has improved wonderfully
| in the last four weeks" declared Mr.
Sherman. During three weeks of that
| time 1t was under the surface; in the last
week the improvement, which has been
especially gratifying, has been above the
surface. l have never had doubt as to
the denomination Of President Taft and
| If had possessed such a doubt it would
have disappeared in the last week under
the great improvement that has been
shown.
How about November some one
asked
THE republican party wins its victories
In November and not In February" re-
piled Mr.. Sherman, with a vigorous wave
of his hand History will repeat itself
this year.
Senator McCumber Confident.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota,
the state where the Taft people concede
the Chicago delegates to La Toilette. fol-
lowed with a high Endorsement of the
President
THE people must admit that President
Taft has accomplished things" said Mr..
McCumber, and that he has done 30
with courage and absolute fairness.
When the people begin to understand
this, as they are now doing, there will
remain little doubt as to what they will
do as to giving him a denomination and
reelection. What President, in all the
as much in less than three years. as Mr..
Taft? 1 think the record is remarkable -
Oyster Bay Story Contradicted-
Ex-senator James Hemenway Of Indi-
ana came along with a positive contra
diction Of an Oyster Bay dispatch of last
night saying that Col. Roosevelt has in
formation from Indiana that the results
in the first Indiana congressional dis
trict showed that there would be an un-
instructed delegation from that state.
THE first congressional district is my
own district said Mr.. Hemenway, who
was present at the convention. ut
adopted stronger Taft resolutions than
did any other district in the state.
Here are the resolutions, which show
that somebody is going off half-cocked.
The resolutions. too, were adopted unani-
mously. It's not good business to attempt
to deceive the country this way. The
truth wants to be known. and when it
is known it will show that Indiana will
send to Chicago a solid Taft delegation,
instructed to work for and support him.
Only one county in sixty-fve showed any
Fred Sims, a stanch Taft man. is to be
elected chairman Of the new state COM
mittee today. He was formerly secre-
tary of state of Indiana. He is now a
oR< NJ tov pay~Nto f0V-
ers of the state. j. p. Goodrich is the
republican national committeeman.
Advised to Dismiss Worries.
eff you have any worries about Con-
necticut dismiss them" was the terse
message sent to President Taft today by
Editor Clark of the Hartford Courant,
one Of the most influential papers In the
state.
Taft is sure to have the delegation
from Ohio" declared Gen. ]. Warren
House today. All that was needed was
the stirring the republicans have had by
the speeches of the President. look out
for Taft wave In that state and all
through the country. 1T Is due now and
/ can see 1t coming.
Booming Of Guns February 12.
Iincoln's birthday is to witness the
booming Of many big republican guns.
The memories Of the great President, his
career At time the most critical In the
country's history. will all be invoked to
arouse republicans to the necessity of
standing together at this most important
time in the life of the party. President
Taft will lead OF with a speech in New
York: Secretary MacVeagh OF the Treas
ury will talk before the Zach Chandler
Clr,I, Nhof yc n
Progressive?" and another cabinet men,
Der. Attorney General Wickersham, will
talk in Milwaukee. Senator Townsend
of Michigan is to unlimber republican
guns at Detroit. and Representative Nc
neapolfs