The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
Would Go Before People On Tariff Question
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REVIEWS ACTS OF
 HIS ADMINISTRATION
Those Who Heard Speech Before Tippecanoe Club Felt That It Was Keynote" Speech-Mr. Taft
 Sees Ohio Politicians

Taftis three day visit to ohio hogan Tn lCieveland today and before he retired to his private car tonight he had spoken on peace and arbitration, talked ono politics with some of the leading re- lpublicans of the state and sounded the keynote" for the coming presidential campaign.
 Sees Garfield
 | Leaving Cleveland late tonight he Is due in Columbus early tomorrow for 36 hours stay. There were comparative lly few people al the station when his train came in and no large crowds in the cold drizzling rain to welcome. At the halls at which he spoke, however, his reception was cordial and his ut terances were frequently applauded.
 At the chamber of commerce, where MT Taft spoke on peace and arbitra- tion, came one of the surprises of the , day As he entered the building James Garfield was one of the first to greet him.
 Hello, Mir President said Mir Gar field.
 Hello. Jimmy I'm glad to see you said the President. as he shook hands, MT Garfield was luncheon guest at the same table with the President, and they indulged in much conversation that seemed to interest and amuse them both.
 Political Conference The Presidents political conference with Ohio leaders took place at the home of former Governor Myron T. Herrick In addition to MT. derrick, Arthur l. Vorys and William Il. Miller. former associate attorney general of the state, were present. Other repub- llcan leaders saw the President Tor brief intervals during the day. Mr Vorys said tonight that he told lile President things never looked better politically for him than now. He au- ded that the Ohio delegation would 30 1 to the Chicago convention isstfnetea | for the President
 | In addition to his two principal | speeches the President addressed tnc | Grand Army veterans and the students l of tho Cleveland Law school. His last speech of the night was 10 Hungarian cltzens. His visit to the Hunsari1h banquet was planned Tn recognition or | their successful efforts In raising money and erecting in Budapest statue of | George Washington.
 Principal Speech The big event of the Presidents first day in his own state came in the evening at the Mckinley day banquet given by the Tippecanoe club at the champer ot commerce The President made strrtns appeal to the republican party to stand by its guns and rest confident that 1t has carried out the pledges it made to Inc people He declared that he faced the future with equanimty and in the beet that the judgment of the country would prove him in his opinion.
 To his hearers it appeared that Key | note speech" on which the coming cam l toirn might bc fought a finish was ing delivered.
 Hooking over the record of what has been done" said the President, it seems to me that we are armed with the facts and with things accomplished sufficient To meet our enemy in the open field and to overcome him in the judgment Of an in- partial umpire.
 No Occasion for Fear
 "It seems to me that there Is no occaslon for the republicans of this country to fear the Issue with their knowledge of the progress that has been made in the last four years with their adoption of progress sive principles indicated in their platform os 1908, and in the proposals of the admin istration since that time. They must, if they would serve the country well, dis crminato between what is really progress sive and useful and what is utterly at l variance with sound, excellent govern mental and economic policy "On this, the natal day of Will liam Mckinley, let us take new vows in behalf of the grand old party standing by the constitution, standing by the rights of liberty and property of : the individual and willing to face defeat many times in behalf of the cause of sound constitutional government" President Taft was handicapped by cold that made his voice husky, but he gave a comprehensive review of the achievements of his administration by the l attention devoted tO tariff rho attempts made since 1908 to revise t. He indicated his willingness to go into the campaign on this issue alone. The deln- ocratic party. he said, had mistaken the results of the 1910 elections and had in- ferred from its victory that the United States must abandon the principle of protection and set up that of tariff for revenue only.
 Democratic Vote Small
 This Is shown by the fact that the democratic vote was less rather than greater than it had been in the presi- dential eecton,@ said the President. The 1 defeat of the republican party came not Fl from an increase in democratic votes but from a defection Of republican votes. l. e.. of it's own members who stayed at home and refused to stand by the party In wha. they regarded as e failure to redeem its pledges"
 Discussing his vetoes of the wool and  ted that the wool schedule, the cotton schedule and possibly others. of the Payne Aldrich law were too high, but said that unscientihc revision a much greater evil than a delay in securing revision
 we should be entirely willing said Mir Taft. ''npon the issue of whether those bills ought to have passed In the i, form in which they were drafted with i the little information as to their effect which Congress had, or was able to fur | .sg.bt tI to A..f0 . | try and invite the verdict of the people. l am confident that on this issue the peo- : iple will be with us and that our friends the enemy are entirely mistaken in their interpretation of recent popular express sion We are not welded to any partlc- ular rates. and we are willing as party to re-examne any rates in the light of proper information should the mandate of power again he given to the republicans l-----------------~------- ->--- lCnNTJNIEn nN pAGE aA