Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-22
PROGRAM FOR JOURNEY
TO CHICAGO CHANGED
Special Attention Will Be Given to
Question Of Recall.
SATISFACTION ATWHITE HOUSE
Next Step Of Ex-President, It Is Be-
ieved, Will Be Announcement
That He Is a Can
didate.

Roosevelt's Columbus speech will be
replied to by President Taft at Toledo.
In answer today to dozens of kilograms
from Ohio asking him to stop in that
state on his way to Chicago in March,
President Taft decided to visit Toledo
and talk before the chamber of COM
merce of that city. Whether he will
agree to other stops has not been decid-
ed upon.
The only view taken of the acceptance
of this invitation is that the President
will answer Roosevelt in the same state
and among the same people Roosevelt
addressed yesterday.
resident Taft:s program had been to
leave here for Chicago the morning of
March 8. reaching the Windy city the
next day. 1t is now planned to leave
Washington the night of March Z, speak
in Toledo the evening of March and
get into Chicago the morning Of the 9th,
as heretofore arranged
The President has not decided just what
he will say in Toledo Or how he will say
it, There is doubt also whether he will
attempt to reply to the whole speech of
Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t is more likely that
he will take up sections of it at time
and anaiyze them at leisure.
Will Not Mention. Name.
Mr.. Taft will not bring Mr.. Roosevelt's
name into his reply. He will not oppose
many of the coloners doctrines on public
questions Frankly. the President is the
advocate of many of the same things Mr..
Roosevelt Incorporated in his speech at
Columbus. Therefore MI. Taft does not
care to be put in the position OF fghting
Mr.. Roosevelt's doctrines as a whole.
On the application Of the recall, of
decision Of the courts on constitutional
questions the President will talk spirited
ly. He is already on record as to this
question and the recall of judges. but
his Toledo speech will again elucfdate
his ideas and lay his views squarely
alongside those OF the propositions Of
Ethet. ex-President. He. Will furnish one
side of the parallel and let the public
the voters 10 whom MI. Roosevelt ap-
peals, decide the issue.
There is genuine satisfaction at the
White House and among the Presidents
friends that Col. Roosevelt has at last
unfurled lns flag and loaded his guns
with the ammunition he expects to use
from now on. The Taft people thereby
are enabled to know where to shoot and
what to shoot at. 1t is to be a clear-cut
issue from now on. Heretofore the
colonel has been almost as mysterious
about his platforms and policies as he
mas peen ABOUT his candidacy for Presi-
dent. lie has come boldly into the open
with the PLATFORM and his opponents
now know where and how to attack.
Verification Is Expected.
The next step of the colonel, it is now
believed, will be his positive verification
of the reported Cleveland announcement
that Ibis hat is in the ring That is
the logical step following the unfurling
of his flag He must now take command
OF the forces he has enlisted in his fight.
There will not be the least surprise at
the White House when the announcement
comes. There was time when this was
looked upon unlikely. That time has
passed
most curious thing is presented in the
attitude of Rear Admiral w. s. Cowles,
retired. toward his brother-in-law. Col.
Roosevelt. During the Roosevelt admin
istration Admiral Cowles and Mrs. Cowies
were practically attached to the admins
tration i'm social and official way. They
spent about as much Of their time at the
White House as they did at their own
home. Admiral Cowles came to Wash
ington several days ago from his Connec-
ticut home to open his house here. He
has made two visits to the White House
to see President Taft, and today he was
a guest Of the President at luncheon. He
has told a number of his friends he is for
Taft for denomination, and that he is
sure Col. Roosevelt is not to be a candi-
date. This is about the same attitude
that has been taken by Representative
Nicholas Longworth, Col. Roosevelts SON.
in-law.
The position of Admiral Cowles and
Representative Longworth contributes 10
the mystery that has hung over the in
tentions of Col. Roosevelt for months,
but. in spite of all this. the Taft man.
ayers are expecting the colonel IN the
open next Monday, according to fntima+'
tOns now coming from him.
The White House today got kilograms
from all directions showing q satisfac-
tory lineup of the Taft people. Adair
and Craig counties Oklaf sent word that
republican county conventions in both
counties sent instructed Taft delegates
to district and state conventions. The
ninth Virginia district came along with
two instructed Taft delegates. Page and
Franklin counties. Va, instructed for
Taft. as did Shelby county, Tenn. POLL
at gathering at Boise. Idaho. showed
1874 for Taft out Of q total of $50 present,
5S for Roosevelt, for La Toilette and
80 not voting.