The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-14
TAFT ROASTS
| COL. ROOSEVELT
| ON OHIO TRIP
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President Makes Fun, Of Oyster
Bay Residents Aspi.
rations
WANTS JOB PERPETUALLY
Tells Voters to Ask Former Ex-
ecutive What His Aims
| Are
WANTS JOB PERPETUALLY

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Steubenyllle. o., May 13.-Presi-
dent Taft's first day OF his campaign
through Ohio came to an end with q
speech here, tonight, and was mark
ed by the most pronounced verbal
assault. on Roosevelt, that Taft has
so far given utterance to. In
speeches that were filled with In
dignant attacks that bubhled over
with uncomplimentary adjectiyes
the President discharged his oratory
at his predecessor In the White
House.
He started upon his campaign, to
urge the people OF Ohio TO support
him In the primaries of May u, at
Marietta. in cold hard rain, which
kept up for several hours He spoke
at Denison, Bridgeport, UlrichvIlle,
Tellaire and Clairsyille.
AT many points. the President
touched the steel manufacturing
districts of Ohio which his political
opponent openly said was opposed to
his reelection Crowds were large
and made his Ohio friends optimls-
tic.
Speeches are Different.
Although, in substance, all or his
speeches made today were much like
those he delivered In Massachusetts
and Maryland, they differed.
One of the attacks on Col. Roose-
welt, which raised laugh, was de-
livered at Denison, and ran like
this: 4 txss,1
Il think Il would be dangerous to
put a man with Mr. Roosevelt's con-
stitutionai data and the intoxication
he would necessarily feel, by reason
of getting something all the great
presidents have never gotten, it
would be unsa& to elect him.
People want Teddy
The reason the American people
|are going to elect him, he says, Is
because he Is necessary for the job.
That Is the description he gives.
Well | hope the American people
/ win not think he is necessary for
the job. | want to call your atten-
ton to what the job is. 1t is the
millennium that he Is going to bring
about when he gets into office All
bosses are going to disappear.
Pollticals will be fewer and he is 60
Ing to have finger in every COM
munity, In every state. and every
thing is going to be heaven. If that
be true the millennium lis coming
and the job must take longer than
four years, beg of you to ask him.
when he comes here. whether he will
take a fourth term or a fifth term
and If he does not want to always
hold the office"
Another salley that brought forth
spasms of laughter was much like
that delivered at Cambridge. Speak
ing there, on the job Mr.. Roosevelt
said the people wanted him to do.
President Taft said:
Suppose he were waited to the
skies In chariot like a prophet OF
old and were to disappear from
sight, how do you suppose this coun-
try would get along anyhow?
Roosevelt is Dangerous.
MY friends 1t Is dangerous
thing to put into the White House
for third term man with his
views OF himself and the constitu-
tion. He thinks he is the whole show
md there Is nothing else in the coun-
try. It Is |, |, |, and therefore ! say
that If you feel that vanity and
egotism by giving him something
that Washington did not get and
Jefferson did not get and Jackson
did not get and Grant could not get.
you are going to put him In office
with sense Of power and view of
constitutional restriction that would
hurt the country"
Mr.. Taft compared Roosevelt and
Lincoln with q smile.
Roosevelt likens himself to Abra-
ham Lincoln more and resembles
him less than any man In the his
tory Or the country no remarked
during the day. ..sss v