The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-20
Three Presidential Candidates
Making Their Final Appeals
For the Voters Support at the
Primaries Tomorrow.
FOUR CONGRESS- DISTRICTS
VIII Be Visited by President
Taft During the Day.
Col. Roosevelt Will Close His
Tour at DennisOn.

Cincinnati. May 20.-President
Taft started on the last day of his
Ohio campaign this morning greatly
refreshed by his day and night rest
in Cincinnati. The presidents sched-
ule for the day called for visits to four
Ohio congressional districts and more
than ten speeches. He will return TO
Cincinnati to spend the night at the
home of his brother, Charles F. Tatt-
After voting at the primary tomor-
row, the president will leave for
Washington in the forenoon. On his
tour today the president was sched-
uled to pass through the Third,
Fourth, Sixth and Seventh districts
Eaton GreenvilIe, PiQua, Troy, TIP
pecanoe, Xenia and Dayton. After
the Dayton meeting the president Will
return to Cincinnati.
Roosevelt and La Toilette.
Cleveland, May 20.-His campaign
for votes in the primary to be held in
Ohio tomorrow, will be brought TO
close by Col. Roosevelt today. his
last stop will be at Dennison.
Thence he will go to oyster Bay
there to await the news from the
election which it is said may decide
whether he or President Taft will be
chosen by the Chicago convention, as
the candidate of the Republican party
for the presidency.
Col Roosevelt after week of hard
campaigning spent yesterday quetly
near Cleveland, as the guest OF Jas.
r. Garfield, his former cabinet oftl-
Ger. Last night the former president
left for Marietta, his first stop TOT
today. other scheduled stops We're
Caldwell Cambridge, GAINESVILLE, New
ark, Trinway, Coshocton, NeWcom-
erstown, UhrischVllle and Ne" FAille'-
one of the large armories of the
city has been reserved for senator
La Toilette tonight. The Wisconsin
senator who would like the RepubH-
can nomination for president Will pe
third of such aspirants to be heard
here within five days, president IaIt
and Col. Roosevelt having preceded
The schedule of Senator La Toilette
for today embraces Medina ana
Painesville, nearby towns, at which
he was to speak before making MS
closing appeal to Cleveland voters on
the eve of the state primary.
Taft Makes Hot Retort.
Hamilton, May 2O.-President Taft
on the last day of his campaign tour
cism of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
In a speech here today Mr. Tart MADE
hot answer to Colonel RooseVets
charge that he had abolished many i'm
nortant commissions" appointed in
the last administration by making the
counter charge that these commissions
frequently had been unlaWtully ap-
nointed. Mr.. Taft added to his state
ment of last night and again declared
that Mr.. Roosevelt evidently thought
he was the Republican party. 1t was
q speech that handled the FORMER
president without gloves and the
crowd broke in several times with
cheers and applause.
The presidents attack on Roosevelt
began with a discussion of the mining
bureau bill. "Mr. Roosevelt says that
he originated that bureau" said Mr..
Taft. .'That he appointed a commits
sion which was abolished by congress
and that I am not entitled to any
credit for the mining bureau bill. That
offers a good illustration of his re-
spect for the law. Whenever he
thought it necessary, without any au-
thority of law, he would appoint
commission That commission would
fpcrr expenses until congress decided
to limit him in that regard So In
bill which was passed before I came
into office at all and a bill which Mr.
Roosevelt signed the president was
forbidden to appoint any more COM
missions because congress regarded 1t
as an unlawful expenditure not au-
thorized by appropriations.
'sNow Mr.. Roosevelt says that am
to blame for yielding to the bosses be-
cause I did not continue many of the
commissions which had been unlaw-
fully created. Well, L could not do it
because of the express prohibition of
the law which was passed before l
got into office and which he himself
signed.
Inaccuracy of Memory.
saThat is an instance of his inaccur-
acy of memory. He applies that to the
country life commission, to the mining
commission and to every commission
that his lively imagination thought 1t
would be well to appoint. 1t is easy
enough to appoint a commission to de-
wise ways and means but 1t IS good
deal harder to get statute through
that does anything except advertise
the administration.
Charging that Mr.. Roosevelt had
Withdrawn thousands of acres of land
without warrant of law, the president
pointed out that he had statute MAX
ing such Withdrawals lawful put on the
books and then Withdrew 100000 acres.
saThat is a fair Illustration of the diff
ference in his administration and
mine" concluded Mr.. Taft
s'It shows the impatience with which
he regarded the law that limited his
action"
Turning to Mr.. Roosevelt's comment
on the way delegates have been Sc
Iected in many states, the president
said the Roosevelt contests Were made
as the basis of a campaign bluff
Mr. Roosevelt says we are resorting
to fraud and force and everything else
in getting delegates" said the presi-
dent.
..Those are just general statements.
He does not back them up with any
evidence because there is no evidence.
They began campaign of bluff for the
people making contests wherever pos
sible.
II ask from Republicans of Ohio
square deal for my administration. If
that does not bring me your approval.