The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
SHAKING QuAkER2 :
BY THE ]: :s1D
President Taft Student Of History"
and "Two Shot Golfer Pays
Visit to Phlla-
delphla.
WHILE COLONEL SPEAKS
Roosevelt Admits That Perkins is For
Him and Says He VIII Not
Repudlate Him
Later.

Later.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
PHILADELPHIA, April 27.-Poli-
tics was tabooed with President Taft
today. Questions of his conflict with
Colonel Roosevelt which has reached
the acute personalities stage, were
to the rear and it was Taft
the student of history" that addressed
the Union League club here. His
topic was General U. S. Grant great
est of moi thern generals and he paid
high tribute to the savior of the
union.
The president has been a life long
admirer of General Grant and his
tribute was eloquent and forceful.
Fresh from attendance at the funeral
of General Frederick Dent Grant, son
OF the man whose fame he was justl-
flying, President Taft gave added
earnestness to his subject by that fact
and he refused all tentative invita-
tions to turn the affair into vote
making effort.
The president enjoyed one of his
easiest days of the year today and
it was plain that he was resting as
much as possible for Mondays ordeal
when he will take the stump and
again reply in person to Colonel
Roosevelt on the backgrounds of
massachusetts where next Tuesdays
primaries. 1t is conceded, will have 9
momentous effect on the outcome OF
the struggle for the republican presi-
dental nomination.
1t had been expected that President
Taft would reply this afternoon or
tonight to Colonel Roosevelt's personal
attack at Springfield where his rival
for the nomination openly charged
him with hyprocisy and with having
bitten the hand that fed him" But
in his brief stay at Trenton the presi
dent only shook hands with delega
tion Of New Jersey republicans and
here tonight he stuck to his assigned
topic and left politics outside.
! The big feature of the presidents
game at South Orange. He and o
i s. Chandler took on Colonel George
Harvey and T w. Webbin, four
some which the president and his as
sistant won handily. The latter par
of the game was played in a SOAKING
4 rain. The last hole was changed 81
as to bring the putting green unde
the club house balcony which was fill
ed with visitors waiting for the presi
dent to come in Before this applaud
| ing gallery Taft made brilliant driv,
to within two inches of the hole, en-
4 abling him to make the hole in tw,
shots
1 A special train picked up the pres
dent at Malabeth. N j., and too
him to Trenton where he held a put
lie reception and shook hands wit
! 5000 people.
! Troop A. Philadelphia city cavalr,
4 the society organization met him a
the station here and escorted him t
the Union League club where fror
4 an upper balcony he reviewed thre
regiments of the Pennsylvania il
fantry.
Roosevelt In Boston.
BOSTON, April 27-Addressing tw
Of the largest meetings he has Ell
countered since he threw his he
into the ring" Colonel Roosevelt t,
night freely admitted that one of HI
most prominent supporters we
George w. Perkins, formerly {
Morgan and Company.
The admission proved a sensations
sidelight to the colonel's prepare
speech He had declared that he d
( not desire to indulge in personalitit
but that 1t had been necessary to a
. swer publicly some of the charg'
made by his political opponents.
then read the list Of men he sa.
were supporting President Taft, hea
ed by Senator Lorimer of Illinoi
who he made a feature of his $
speech. He was interrupted by mi
who yelled out:
"Well isn't Perkins supportil
YOU" /"
:. Roosevelt took the bait with e.
dent relish. HE certainly is"
shouted with a great display of h
I: white teeth and the noted smile mu
9 in evidence, "and you won't embarra
me by asking me that ouestio
q Furthermore II a man is for me | W
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