Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21

COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 21.@Sen-
ator Henry Cabot Lodge opened the re-
publican campaign in Ohio today with an
Unqualified defense of the administration
and a plea for the reelection Of Presi-
dent Taft.
81 come to urge upon you to do every
thing in your power. in this. his own
state, for the reelection of President
Taft" he said. II urge this as republi-
can who believes most profoundly that
now, as in the past, the success of the
republican party Is for the best welfare
Of the people of the United States. l be-
lieye that the election Of the republican
candidates, from the highest to the low
est. was never more important than at
the present time
Throughout the preconvention canvass
the Massachusetts senator held aloof
from factional -Quarrels because OF his
peculiarly intimate relations, peraonai and
Offcial, with Col. Roosevelt. and his
friendly relations with the Taft admn s.
tration. Today's speech was his hrst
formal utterance on national issues as
newly defined at Chicago and Baltimore.
He described the democratic party as
having abandoned the fundamental princi-
pies which It once supported, and SAID that
its platform looked on It's face ike
perfectly vague and incOherent aggrega-
ton of sentences, mass of language IN
tended to get votes The return to power
OF that party was pictured as the fore
runner of commercial disaster. providing
its present attitude on the tariff was
maintained.
Roosevelt Not Mentioned.
Senator Lodge did not mention the pro-
gressive party or Col. Roosevelt by name.
but by implication he opposed the policy
Of the recall Of judges and devoted third
Of his time to what he said was propo-
sition to tear down the Constitution of the
United States. Ito convert 1t into q
statute changeable by the whim OF the
moment"
Edward L. Taylor Of Columbus pre-
sided at the afternoon meeting. r. b
Brown, nominee for governor; Kew. Dr
John Wesley Hill Of New York and Rep
| resentative Philip P; Campbell OF kansas
were the other speakers.
Warren G.. Harding of Marion. who was
the republican nominee for Governor OF
Ohio two years ago. Will preside at TO-
nights meeting. at which ex-Hepresenta'
er w. Waltermire. nominee for lieuten'
ant governor: Tom L. Lewis. nominee fol
secretary Of state. and other candidates
on the state ticket will speak. Parades
of attending marching clubs will precede
the evening meeting.
Criticises Democratic Legislation.
Senator Lodge. in his address this aft
ernoon, after declaring his pleasure II
addressing an Ohio gathering. told OF
| his long intimate friendship with Presi
| dent Mckinley. His speech was largely
| devoted to a review Of the acts of the
| recent Congress.
1.-The democratic House." he said, "de
| ternined to enter upon a career of legis
| lation and in order to secure their legis
| lation they adopted to an extent never
known in our history that most vicious
practice of attaching legislation to ap
! preparation bills, which hitherto, the rules
| Of both houses have been carefully
! framed to prevent. They started our
/ with the proposition that they were 60
| ing to make great economies but wher
| the final account was made up it was
1 found that the economies all crippled
/ those branches of the government where
| there We're no votes and the extrava
| gances in which they freely indulgeG
| were poured out lavishly where ii wa.
| thought that large sums from the Treas
| ury would result in securing support a.
the polls. The economies and extrava
| gances alike were determined not b,
the interests of the government or tn,
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