The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-06
Pres. TAFT, DEFEATED,
HOPES NO HARM
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| can be made without halting p, os,
perity. sincerely hope II may BE-.
| The vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. the
third party candidate, and for MIR.
| Debs, the socialist candidate, Is a
warning that their propaganda IN
favor of fundamental changes in our
| constitutional representative govern
I ment has formidable support. While
| the experiment of change in ,ae
tariff liz being carried out by the
! Democratic administration. 1t be-
| hooves Repubsicans to gather again
| to the party standard and pledge anew
| their faith IN their party's principles.
| and to organize again to defend the
| constitutional government handed
! down to US by our fathers. We must
/ make clear to tbs young men of the
| country who have been weaned away
| from sound principles of government
| by promise of reforms, impossible Of
| accomplishment by mere legislation,
that patriotism and common sense
1 require them to return to a support
i Of Our constitution Without conn
! promising our principles We must
convince and win back former Re-
publicans and we must reinforce our
ranks with notwithstanding Demo-
! Gratis.
| I'VE favor every step of progress TO
ward more perfect equality OF oppor-
/ tunity, and the Riding society OF in
justice. But we know that all progress
| worth making is possible with orr
| present form OF government, and to
sacrifice that which is OF the highest
value in our governmental structure
! for underlined and impossible reforms,
Is the widest folly. We must face
the danger with clear knowledge Of
what II Is The Republican party In
/ equal to the task. 1t has had no
nohler cause. Let us close ranks and
/ march forward to 10 battle for the
/ right and the true"
| President Expected 1t.
The presidents admission of defeat
had been prepared for some time. and
Its issuance was DELAYED only at the
express request of Chairman Hilles.
| who wired from New York asking
! the president not to specifically ad-
| init the rout OF his forces until the
last hope had disappeared. In dis
eussing the prepared admission OF de-
feat the president laughinglv told the
watch party that he had asked Mrs.
! TAFT some weeks ago whether she
wanted ten. twelve or fourteen
room house.
Mrs. Taft replied" added the chief
executive. that she thought consid-
Grafton OF that kind little prema-
ture."
/ After conceding his defeat in the
ace for the presidency. President
Taft tonight sent the following tele-
grams to the pfesfdent-eiect and to
Chairman Hilles. Of the Republican
/ national committee:
Congrntuiates Wilson.
| ITO Hon. Woodrow Wilson.
Princeton, n. j..
| II cordially congratulate you on
your election. and extend to you my
best wishes for n successful admins
| tration.
tsigned) WILLIAM II. TAFT"
Congratulates IIilles.
Hon. Charles ID. Hilles. Chairman
Republican National Committee,
| Times Building. New York:
| You have conducted a most dim
| cult campaign In the face Of unusual
obstacles. I congratulate you heart
| lily on the fight you have made. and
l am deeply grateful to you for it,
| (Signed) WILLIAM H. TAFT"
Jokes With Newspaper Men.
before retiring at midnight the
| president gathered around him the
newspaper correspondents who have
! accompanied him for thousands of
| miles of nationwide journeys and
| laughed and joked with them in as
| jovial a manner as ever
Il want to thank each and every
one OF YOU" he said, "for your earn
est cooperation with me, and hope
| to see more Of you before next March,
will you run again In 1872" asked
! one OF the correspondents.
That's looking little too far into
the future" laughed the chief exeeu-
| tive.
You can't expect me to think about
that now"
And with a cordial handshake and
| personal word to each, the presi-
dent babe his war correspondents,
as he was fond OF calling them, good
night and officially ended the watch
party"