The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
IN THE LAST DITCH
 TEDDY TRAILS TAFT
Third Tenn Candidate Giving
 BIg Bin Stiff Battle
PRESIDENTS OWN STATE Both Sides in Desperate Ap- peaIs For 0hio's AS Votes

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 Cleveland, Ohio. May 14-Hitting the trail of the President over which Taft yesterday denounced Col. Roosevelt as an intense and dangerous egotist, the Colonel re-entered Ohio at Bellaire early today for the final dash for Ohio's delegation at next Tuesdays primaries.
 With only five more campaign days before the primaries. President Taft today made plain his determination to refute the charges that Roosevelt and against the Taft administration.
 Gov. Harmon. alone among the Dem- ocrats aspiring to the presidential Zanesville tonight Harmon is. expect ed to strengthen his speech delivered first at. Wooster last night, in answer to charges made, by. William J. Bryan, The governor denied Bryan's accusa- tion that. he had repudiated initiative and referendum pledges. and sought to offset the Nebraskan's denunciation Olx Al1A4 S1S IllS S1u64C CuO1CG u w dll street for President of the United States.
 Ohio has not yet obtained the pres- idential preference. primary. The statewide primaries May 11 are to elect delegates to state convention, which the Republicans win hold in Columbus. June 3 and 4, and the Ohio has forty1eight delegates to the national convention. Col. Roosevelt, At Beilaire, was scheduled to make seventy-fOur speeches in as many towns before next Monday night in a desperate effort to prevent the S wanias ranso1 Rs M 1eme Ssas Roosevelt tonight while Taft will con clude his second day at Youngstown, less than fifty miles distant.
 East Liverpool. O., May 14-Presi- dent Taft and Col. Roosevelt almost met at SteubenviIle this morning almost. While a salvo of saiuting riv- in his private car in the Pennsylvania yards and stirring him into action for. day of strenuous work, smother. fanfare. of factory trNmpees was splitting tho dnWn In welcome to the Coloners special train just pulling
 Taft.s train started ont ear1y. I:30 neasn RCoeevelt was sehedu1Q1 10 speak at 8:30 at BeiiairA
 Seven times today Taft atsi 1QEe- welt bJ4y94 fixGf naAtineess tn she towns althoasAI sI,, AZ s1s, no noa,,s place were
 They missed each other by only a few hours in Warren Niles and YOuugStoWu.s stt- ,
 The start of Taft's day was marked by good early morning crowds and much excitenent Taft waited to see what sort of come-back the Colonel woaIid have for his sarcastic comments on Roosevelt's vanity yesterday. The is in a fighting frame or mind last nights big noisy, red-fire- burning crowd at Steubenviile having heartened him.
 wellsviile, Ohio. May 14-Today will not soon be forgotten by Weilsville. President Taft, stumping his own State was here at 10 a. m. An hour Iater came Col. Roosevelt, hot on the Ohio trail of his successor, and three hours later came Ringing Brothers circus.
 President Taft talked about his own administration and patiently was walt ing to hear what Roosevelt would say in Ohio, but the President went after Inc Colonel once. He said:
 ssDid not the bosses flourish like the green bay tree in MT. Roosevelt's ad- Yet he says he is now going to introduce millennium where there were no machines and no bosses. His issue of the rule of the people against the rule of the bosses is sham issue. If he, gets in for an other four years. the bosses will be Just as much in evidence as they were before"
 Bellaire, Ohio. May 14-Col. Roose- welt began his Ohio campaign today, aas encountered during the present ,ampaign. The ex-President arrived nere at 7:3O a. n., grOomed for week of fighting in am effort to capture the Ohio delegates to the Republican na- .iopal convention. ,or him by his Ohio managers, sixty speeches will be made. Every Con- yressional district will be visited with he excepfion of the First and Sec- )nd, which is composed of Hamilton and includes Cdncinnati' The State will be crossed three times and ..740 miles will be travelled by Roose- att,acks will be made in southeastern Ohio and in the north central section If the State where his strength is said 70 be questioned. His first set night 1 speech will be delivered in Canton to- 1ight, wednesday night he will speak n Dayton and on the following night n Toledo Friday night he will be n Columbus and Saturday night in .Ieveland. Speeches ranging in length rom five to 45 minutes are billed for he numerous stops which will be l made during the day.
 Today President Taft and Col. crossed and re-crossed their paths, in a number of the towns they 1 missed each other by only a few hours.
 The decorations arranged for one were equally as good for the other. l The Colonel entered the Ohio cam ,aign jubilant over his successes of he past week and determined to give 1 lis opponents a hard run for their money. Fight is his watchword and here will be no let up until he leaves oennison, Ohio, late Monday afternoon | or New. York. only to renew his fight l n New Jersey on the following Thurs lav 1
 After speaking in Bellaire today Col | spoke in Bridgeport, Martins | Terry. Steubenville, Wellsville. East | liverpool, Rochester, Youngstown, 1 sirard, Niles and Alliance. He will | .rrive in Canton late this afternoon. TO CONSIDER
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