Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
TAFT USES BITTER PHRASES
Fierce Attacks on Roosevelt Catch
Fancy Of Audience at Toledo.
Net Conscious Of Violating ANY
Rules Of cenduet--Brown snd
Hanna Cone In for
scorfug.

TOLEDO, o., May M-"Ive got tired
Of being lied about and held up to the
country as having violated every rule Of
conduct when ! am not conscious that
have violated any shouted President
TAN last night In the course OF
speech 10 crowd that filled the Audi
torium. ~ As
Mr.. TAft'p speech was one Of the most
bitter and most plain spoken since he
has begun 10 answer the charges Of
Colonel Roosevelt and TO use hot shot
Of his own. The president bluntiy charged
that waiter Brown Of Toledo. one Of the
several Roosevelt leaders here. had ceased
to be Taft supporter because the presl-
dent refused TO accept his rscommenda-
ton for judicial appointments. lie de-
elsrsd that thu opposition TO him on the
part o. Dan Hanna OF Cleveland came
ss consequence Of indictments against
Mr. Hanna BY the Taft Departmsnt 81
Justice.
The president reached Toledo more than
two hours late and many OF the crowd
IN the Auditorium had been waiting
longer to see and hear him. When the
doors finally were thrown open again
and those who wished went IN they
made 90 much noise that Mr. TAN had
to stop speaking for more than five
minutes. His appeals 10 the crowd for
square deal and his attacks on Mr..
Roosevelt were chsersd emphatically.
Accusatiens Appisadea.
The presidents unusual bitterness to-
ward Mr.. Roosevelt was apparent from
the first. lie launched Immediately into
accusations Of unfairness upon the part
Of his predecessor that caught the fancy
Of bic hearers and brought forth many
bursts OF cheering and hsndciapplns. !
THE memory Of the names Mr.. Roose-
Welt has called ma" said the president.
"still fingers In my ears, Since the time
he began his personal attacks on me he
has used an tina splthets he could think
Of and all the names IN The calendar. such
as no president has svsr bean subjected
to by = man who had two, terms in sha,
office" ~.
Mr.. Tau called The tariff views Of mr.
Roosevelt ridiculous. and labelled hts
"seheusp' for . tariff that would make a
division OF profits between the iahorer
and the emrlDyer "catchpenny phrasss.''
"Neithsr-Mr. Roosevelt nor anybody
else" declared the president. could ever
draw such a bill, He was IN the White
House seven years and never tried TO
revise the tariff
Coming 10 ohIs and Walter Brown tho
president said: 4 have had Walter
; Browns support In the past and Il was
effective, but Walter Brown and differ
about judicial appointments. and
thought knew more about them thar
he did.
Indietmeat Causes Chsnge.
Mr.. Dan Hanna was indicted unde
the rebate Law. and after that date th'
Cleveland leader and all his paper
turned against me.
1T little lies In Roosevslts mouth h
say that am tied up with the interest
when the evidence that has been bFongh
cut In the Harvester and steel trust case
and Also right here In ohio shows wher
he stands."
Mr. TAFT. for the first time. fiatl
charged that Mr. Roosevelt. his cam
psisn manager. senator Dixon and DER
ooratlc senators prevented the ratifies
ton q the peace treaties a. the
eriginally were put before the senate.
who defeated those treAtiesr' b
asked. shaking bis fist and walking y
and down the platform. lit wss The
aore Roosevelt. Senator Dixon and u
democrats
What am AFRAID Of" said the pres
Gent, ia the danger that you and ID
whole country win be blurred in yos
vision Of the true issues by Mr.. Roos'
yeits stacks on me and that men vi
50 on voting for Mr. Roosevelt bscaul
thsy believe what he says Of me an
forget the danger that lies in putin
him ~ the White House for thiI
tsrm."
Roosevelt In ceiamhu=. y
COLUMBUS. o.. Nay k--.Prezidei
Taft's theory Of constitutional cover
ment." said Colonel Roosevelt here :
inight. n that It 10 . government ~
ministsret hy Msssrs- Lorimsr. Gusgsl
9 helm, Barnes. Galllngsr and their like {
esfisnes Of the viii Of the people: III
liz q government under which ths Peep
are defraudsd II hsir rishis By the
men-~