The Calumet news., 1912-03-11
TAFT SPEAKS TO LARGE
ASSEMBLAGEs IN CHICAGO
YESTERDAY; ENDS HIS VISIT

a
lest OF his two-days visit to Chicago
"i'hih the three hours before his de
h parture for Washington at o'clocl
iast night, he spoke before bohemian
ussemDiage on the West side and be-
Tore an asscmblage of Polish people /,
south Chicago; rode thirty mile,
through slushy streets. climbed fou,
flights of stairs to reach one meetina
and for ten minutes listened TO a thir.
teen year-old girl deliver an address
OF welcome. Earlier in the day tho
president met politicians and went to
: church.
President Taft's visit to portions of
the city populated largely by foreign
people was marked by enthusiasm AS
on the previous day. he again was
greeted on the West side by crowds
that lined the streets for blocks. Hun
dreds waving flags were standing I'm
the snow piled along the thorough
fares.
To the Polish children in South Chi
cago, the president said:
"It is not inconsistent. and while
you are striving to be good Americans.
that You still retain the sweetest mem-
ories Of the country OF your parents
Poland's history has much In It 10 in
spire, much in IL to arouse a desire for
privileges which you realize i'm this
country Do not be discouraged IL
some of you are poor. II has been
shown that the men who accomplish
things in this country are those who
start with nothing"
Before the assembage of Bohemians
the president expressed a similar sem
timent.
Virginia Counted for Taft.
Washington, ID. c.. March 1.-THE
Taft managers confidently expect to
row. when the Republican State con-
yention of Virginia will meet in Roam
oke to name the delegates "A large 10
the Chicago convention. Some slight |
indications uf Roosevelt sentiment
have appeared among the the Repub- |
licans in the Old Dominion. but so far |
as the situation can be judged from! !
this point the same efforts to crystal |
lize IL have not been made in Virginia |
as In the States farther South. The /
Roanoke convention is expected to be
dominated by Representative Dascomb |
Slemp and other leaders VINO have al
ready Endorsed the administration Of
President Taft and pledged themselves
10 work for his denomination and re-
election.
Fight in N. Y. State.
Washington, March 11.-President
Taft now has one-sixth OF the dele
gates necessary 20 insure his renom
ination. and the big Taft states-New
York, Pennsylvania and the New
England states-havc not yet been
heard from. The total number of dell
egates to be elected to the committee
is 1.O76
or this number. 539 will he a major.
ity sufficient to nominate the republic
can candidate. out of all the 'chal-
lenges" and the talk that is being ban
died back and forth. the fact stands
forth that, with the election Of six del
egates- at large i'm Alabama yesterday,
the president now has a total Of 30
delegates pledged to his nomination.
When the big eastern states get TO
work nothing but political magic will
be able to halt the tide toward Mr.
Taft. according to the claim of the
of the national Taft bureau.
That New York will be the battle
ground for the most vigorous fight of
the pre-convcntion campaign was
frankly recognized at a conference at
the White House prior to Mr. Tafts
departure for the west.
The Taft people have walked away
with the state in the preliminary work
Of naming the delegates TO be voted for
i'm the primaries on March 26. but the
Roosevelt men are TO contest practi-
cally every district by petition. placing
their own choice Of delegates upon the
ballot
Under the New York law the con-
committee of the parties au-.
thorized bv the law meet and nomi-
nate delegates to be voted FOR In the
primaries. AS practically the congress
sional committees OF the Republican
party were controlled by Taft people, {
the delegates nominated are Tart men,
There are exceptions in only a few dis
tricts. Under the law the Roosevelt
men. to oppose these delegates, are
compelled to put their men on the bal
lot by petition. and this they are now
arranging to do,
President Taft and his workers un-
derstand the great advantage they VIII
have throughout the country If they
succeed in carrying New York, and
they do not want to lose what they {
have already gained. They know that I
the Roosevelt forces will fight and +,
fight hard. and they propose to do |
some lighting also.
LaFollette's Position.
washington March il.-"1t Will be
necessary during this campaign to dis
cuss the records of candidates said (
Senator La Toilette in a statement is
sued in answer TO report that ne
was planning an attack on Colonel
Roosevelt. "But such discussion, he
added. cannot be distorted into an at
tack upon the candidate
La Follette's statement follows:
"n, I-ch g6 a New York diSpatch