The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-09
TAFT ON A 100 SPEECH
TOUR HOPES TO WIN OHIO
Going Next Week to Zigzag
Over state and Talk in
Every Town of 5000.
WILL THEN STAY TO VOTE
President Winds Up First
Speaking Trip With Big
Meeting in Columbus.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Nav :. President
Taft will spend eight days. beginning
next Monday. campaigning in Ohio His
itinerary. which was made public day.
covers practically every city Of more than
five thousand inhabitants. He will zigaag
across the State several times north and
south and will make about a hundred
speeches
The principal speeches will be as fol-
lows: Monday evening. Steubenville. Tues
day evening. Youngstown: Wednesday
evening Sandusky; Thursday evening
cleveland; Friday evening. Toledo: Satur-
day evening, Springfield.
The President will spend Sunday in
Cincinnati Hs will close his campaig gn
with "A speech a. Dayton on Monda y
night. He will return to Cincinnati 10
vote in the primaries on Tuesday. After
voting Mr.. Taft will leave for Washngt on.
arriving on Wednesday.
Mr.. Taft made a vigorous speech al the
Memorial Hall here tonight in which he
criticised the political relations existing
between Col Roosevelt; and George "
Perkins one OF Mr. Roosevelt : campaign
managers
!, Mr. Perkins. the President declared is a
| director OF the harvester and steel trusts
which Were not prosecuted during the
Roosevelt administration but which the
| Department Of Justice at the President :
1 directions has attacked under the Sher-
man antitrust law. Mr.. Taft added that
| he did not intend to suggest that anv
corrupt or improper relation exists he
tween Mr. Perkins and Col. Roosevelt
but" Mr.. Taft added, Il want to ask you
what do you think MIR. Roosevelt would
say of mo If had not prosecuted the steel
trust and the harvester trust and IL ap-
peared subsequently that MIR. Perkins
was a larg. contributor to a special fund
| expended for my use, | do not infer
| from those facts anything improper
On the contrary ! do not believe there is
| anyth ing improper. but | do say to him
that he is so prolific in his suggestion OF
suspicion and 40 easy in his charges Of
improper motives that for him now. with
the evidence that was before the public
| 10 charge me with being an agent Of the
special inte rests takes that audacious
courage that | still admit him TO have"
The address here was the last OF series
of eighteen made at different towns or
the way from Cincinnati to Columbus. II
was the hardest days campaigning the
Presiden, has ever experienced. At Ba
tavia Mr.. Taft said:
MIR Roosevelt is proposing innovation,
and amendments which will render th'
Constitution worth little more than thu
paper it is written on"
While Mr. Taft was speaking at Port e.
mouth a little girl tainted Breaking
on his speech abruptly the Presiden
said Hand her up here"
The President lifted the child to the
speakers stand and placed her in the
care of Major Thomas l.. Rhoades. the
Presidents aid and also his medical ad
wiser. DR.. Rhoades soon revived th'
girl and the President continued his ad
dress,
Mr. Taft arrived here about 7,3o o'clocl
> and went directly 10 Memorial Hall whicl
was packed 70 the doors The GROVE
cheercd as the President denounced Col
Roosevelt's misrepresentation of Mr.
, Iafts views and the policies Of his al
ministration.
, Al Oak Hill Mr.. Taft said: Il am in hi
fight now to stay. | am not going q
, have a man strike me below the belt an
: not hit out and hit him fair
After his speech here tonight the Presi
dent left for Washington. where he ia du
!, to arrive about I o'clock tomorrow after
2 noon