The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-01-30
TAFT, AT SPEECH IN cLEve-
LAND. APPEALS TO PARTY TO
STAND BY ITS GUNS.
PLEDGES CARRIED OUT
Everything Promised In the Last Cam.
paign Was Done, Declares Esscu-f
tive--"it Seems TO Me There 10 No
Occasion for tho Republicans TO Fear
tho Issue"-Hoids Confab.

Cleveland. ian. 2a,--President Taft's
three days visit TO ohio began IN
Cleveland today and before he retired
to his private ear tonight the presi-.
dent had spoken on peace and arbi-
tration, talked ohio politics with some
Of tho leading republicans of the state
and sounded the Keynote for tho
coming presidential campaign.
Leaving Cleveland late tonight he is
due IN Columbus eurly tomorrow for
n 36-huur stay.
The presidents train pulled into
Cleveland IN the middle or q winter
rain that had turned snow-co.sered
streets into Ice and slush. There
were comparatively few people Mt the
s'a,inn and no large crowds In tho
cold driving rain 10 welcome him At
the halls where he spoke, however,
his reception was cordial.
At the chamber OF commerce. where
Mr.. Taft spoke on Peace and Arbi-
trntlon.' came one of the surprises
of the day Az he entered the build
ing. James II. Garfield. secretary OF
the interior In former President
ltoosevelt's cabinet and generally ac-
kuowledsed as politically "anti-Taft,"
vas one of the first to greet him.
\ Hello. Mr., President" said Gar
field
Hello. Jimmy: I'm glad to see YOU"
said the president, as he shook hands.
| Mr.. Garfield was luncheon guest at
the same table with the president and
the two indulged In much conversa-
tion that seemed TO interest and
amuse them both.
Political confab.
The Presidents political conference
with ohio leaders took place at tho
hnme of former Governor Herriclx. In
addition to Mr.. Hdrricb Arthur I.
vorys and William II. Miller. former
assistant attorney general OF the
state, were present.
Other republican leaders saw the
president FOR brief intervals today.
Mr. Vorys said tonight he told the
president things never looked better
politically for him than now. He
added that the Ohio delegation would
go to Chicago instructed for the pres
ident
Appeal to the Party.
AT the Mckinley day banquet given
hy the Tippecanoe club Mt the cham
bor OF commerce tonight. President
IuII 0lhue stTonB appear 10 lHe re-
publican party to stand by It's guns
and rest confident that II has carried
out it's pledges. He declared he faced
the future with equanimity and In the
belief that the Judgment of the coun-
try would prove him right In his
opinion. TO his hearers It appeared
that a Keynote" speech, on which the
coming campaign might be fought
was being delivered.
Tho Keynote.
Looking over the record OF what
has been DONE" said tho president
"it seems 10 mo that we are armed
with the facts and with things accom-
pished sufficient to meet our enemy
In the open field and to overcome
him IA the Judgment OF an impartia
umpire II seems To me there Is M
occasion for the republicans to feal
the issue with their knowledge of thu
! progress that has been made I'm th'
! last -four years. with their adoption
9 or progressive principles indicated Il
their platform of 1908 and In th
= proposals of the administration sine
.yt.