The sun., 1912-05-28

oWu.nc of the polls
lnc Prs rs,dcnt has been greatly encour-
aged by tn" reports that Republican
leaders have brought to him in regard 10
the effects of h- campaign tour in New
jersey. uted States Senator Briggs and
state Senator Austen Colgate have leen
travelling with the President ever since
II" entered Jersey and to-day they gave
out statements Of the rrports they had re-
oeiei and the impressions, they rad
gathered. Senator Briggs sad.
SENTIMENT FOR TAFT.
Il have given the campaign my atten.
tion for several weeks and all my time
for the las, two weeks. cannot help
being impressed by the great change OF
sentiment in New Jersey To my mind
all doubt is cleared away and | believe
that IN" President will carry the solid
delegation with perhaps the exception of
two districts. and IN these districts we
have an excellent chance.
"The people are beginning TO rcali ze
exactly what the campaign means The
absolute necessity for nominating the
President is apparent TO all thinking peo-
pie OF the State. | cannot, however. urge
too strongly upon all the voters of the
State who believe IN the denomination
and election of President Taft to
vote =. they think and 10 see that every
vote i recorded. Ii this j. done
President Taft will receive an enormous
majority in the State
Senator Colgate in his statement pre-
dictcd that the President will get besides
the delegates a. large at least twenty
of the twcntyfour district delegates.
TAFT MAY BREAK EVEN.
There are old Taft Republicans in New
Jersey. however. who do not pain, the
picture so rosllv and their views seem 10
coincide more accurately with the i'm
prcssions gained by Independent, political
observers These Republicans say that
the President may get ten of tho twenty
four distric, delegates. with a chance of
landing the delegates at large The Taft
people generally will b. satisfied if they
break even with Roosevelt in New Jersey
The Presidents trip to-day carried him
through Middlesex. Monmouth Ocean.
Atlantic and Cumberland counties The
enthusiasm that marked the President :
tours IN New Jersey last week was CON
tirued AT nearly all his stops TO-DAY. As
he got further south in the State the
crowds became larger and they whoopcd
it w In finr shape.
The President left New York at o O'Clock
III the morning His rest on Sunday had
don" him lot of good and he was well
prepared for another strenuous swing
among the Jersey voters
Perth Amboy was the President : first
stop. He found crowd of 1000 awaiting
him there The Perth Ambov folk seemed
trifle loss enthusiastic toward the TAFT
candidacy than did the fhronCs that
E"n"tcd tho President in Jersey on Sat
urCiay. Perth Amboy and several other
places tnal the President visited to-day
ar" supposed 10 have a leaning toward
Hoo>"v"lt aud tn" sentiment seemed to
hc reflected in the meetings
The siren horns on twenty-five or more
automobiles sounded terrifying welcome
- The President special train pulled into
Matawan. \ stand had been erected
near the railway station and as The Presi-
dent mounted it all tn" school girls in
Na'awan waved flags to the strain of
America - III" President al this stop
i1ai" a -lrach to tn" boys and girls all
10y themselves II" struck bra gain with
them. They promised TO ieep quiet if he
would ignore their fathers and mother,
for "A f"w minutes and talk exclusively
to them.
"When anybody say. anything abou,
N"tr country what are YOU going o do 10
hun:' asked tn" President of tho school
chldrcn
Fright him" shouted back. .Matawan's
boys and girls, and the Pre- ii"nt laughed
heartily
40, said the President. Il wouldn't
fiSh' him would Just say that ne does
not know a good thing when ne -ee- it
and If b" j. al American and doesn't
know that much about our Government
he d1c-n't deserve the name
The President urged Republicans 10 go
70 thc polls tomorrow whether they voted
for him or not
hope voi will all come ont tomorrow.
said the President However YOU NAV
vote, come olt and perform your duty a.
a citizen IN this crisis"
a crowd Of ABOUT ZOO welcomed the
President AZ Rcd Bans In his speech
there he said Mr.. Roosevelt j. preaching
the doctrine of dlscOntcnt. lie is irving
to arOlls" those who are disconnected
against h" more fortunate. He is breach
ing II doctrine which if /, becomes sue
ocssfGl and leads others To follow his
course viii bc the beginning of the break
ing down Of the republic"
A man passed a French poodle pup up
as present to Mr.. Taft The Presid.n,
thanked the man. but was obliged to
decline the gift. The pup howled and
looked very happy after he had ESCAPED
the danger OF having IA President of the
United States as his master
AT Long Branch the President found a
crowd of several Thousand gathered AT the
railroad station. He was introduced
there by Mayor Newcomb.
NO THIRD TERM FOR TAFT.
Mr.. Taft got a fa'tering reception at
Asbury Park. He spoke there from a
stand erected near the station and the
crowd was SO large that his voice reached
only part OF them. James Carton pre-
henred the President
At Manasquan Mr.. Taft referred to the
thrd term issue in new way. lie said:
II understand somebody is afraid that
| haven't promised that ! would not take
ii ihird term, that ! haven't directly said
Iha, | wuuidn I. hay. opposed the
ilird term for everybody els" and under
those circumstances | certainly would
oppose II for myself. and won't change
my mind"
While the President was speaking of
Rouscv"'t AT Manasquan somebody in the
crowd shouted. Don't mind Limi'
q" wish ] didn't have to mind him"
said I'm" President in reply.
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