The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Taft And Teddy
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 Boston, April 29.-The President of
 the United States and the only living
 ex-Pres1dent, both striving for the
 nomination in the first state primar-
 ies of Massachusetts on the Republi-
 can ticket, today, crossed each others
 trails in their 11th hour whfrlwind
 plea before thousands of voters in the
 mill centers of the Bay State.
 It was a verbal duel for ballots
 such as Massachusetts and no other
 state has ever witnessed before on
 the eve of any election. And while
 the President and ex-President were
 lambast1ng each other representatives
 of Speaker Champ Clark, of the Ma Governor Wilson. of New Jersey,
 were working in all the larger cities and towns of the state to interest primary voters.
 The local headquarters of three
 Taft organizations and the respective and Clark frankly and nervously ad- mitted that the Massachusetts pri- mary vote, tomorrow, will, even more than Pennsylvania's, almost certainly mean that the two men who receive
 the majority of tomorrow's votes of their respective parties will be given advantage at the national convention 1 that will spell virtual victory. This way of looking at the outcome was even more pronounced at the respec- tive Republican headquarters than at
 the places where Wilson and Clark boomers were working.
 Ire real fight is between President
 Taft and ex-President Roosevelt. Publicly, both sides are already claiming victory. Privately, both sides were as nervous over the out look as any young playwright on his
 first opening night. Colonel Roose- velt's unparalleled reception at the Arena here, Saturday night, is still fresh in the minds of Roosevelt sup | porters. It was on this condition their claim that Boston Republicans will return Roosevelt with hand some majority. On the other hand, Taft headuuarters officials declared, l today, th>t the Presidents support | throughout the state would offset any l possible majority Boston Republicans | might give Roosevelt.
 Colonel Roosevelt, after day spent at the home of W. Sturgis
 Bigelow preparing today's speeches at Chelsea, Lynn, Salem, Beverly, Ip-
 switch. Newburyport, Georgetown. 1 field, North Adams, Pittsf1eld and ! other western Massachusetts cities. 1 began his speaking tour from Boston at 8 o'clock, with the first speech
 from the rear platform at Chelsea. President Taft reached Providence
 at o'clock, this morning. He plan ned to cover the same itinerary the i Colonel took, Satur day, along the 1 north shore. He expected to speak at Attleboro, Taunton, Fall River,
 New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy. Law renee, Haverhill and Lowell in time 1 to come back here for a short speech | l Providence, April 2s.-President Taft started out from here, early to- day, for his final swing through
 Massachusetts before the crucial pri-
 was delivered at Attleboro at s:1o a. n.. and the itinerary will keep him l busy until late this afternoon. He l will make speeches at Fall River. l New Bedford, Middleboro, Brockton, 1 Lawrence, Haverhill and Lowell, be- sides numerous three minute plat ! form talks at stations enroute. 1 It is expected he will continue his l onslaught on Roosevelt. although the Colonel, Saturday, kept away from ! the personal note. Taft had a new speech prepared, similar to the one with which he astonished Massachu- | sets, Thursday. charging chiefly that Roosevelt is not giving the adminis- 1 tratfon a square deal in his cam ! paign.
 IaIt repeated ms C0ntra01ctlOn or | Roosevelt's charge that the President ! while Q member of Roosevelt's cabi- l net, knew of the governments nego- | tiations with the harvester trust and l approved them. Taft asserted that l he was not in the United States when the harvester incident arose.
 l On the train coming to New Eng land the President gave out letter 1 from Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abra- ham Lincoln and formerly head of the Pullman Car Company, denounc- ing Roosevelt for "perverting and
 misapplying" his fathers words and 1 views.
 l Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel joined the President. The Executive was in much better voice, today. The cold he contracted in the
 rain, Saturday, was much improved.
 Attleboro. Mass. April 29-President Taft, following T. R.'s trail through the factory district of Massachusetts,
 abandoned his personal attack on his predecessor and confined himself to
 his administration labor record-em-