Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-05
BOTH REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
TRAVELLED UP AND DOWN
STATE YESTERDAY.
harvester Case Shown UP
The President Then Threw New Light
on Dhy the Trfust suit Was
Never Brought.

lands primary campaign closed to-
night and IL IL conceded to have been
the most vigorous ever waged within
Marylands boundaries. This sixteen
votes which the state will have I'm tho
national convention will be determln-
ed by the personal preference for
presidential candidates expressed by
the people Monday.
For the republican preference the
struggle Is between President TAFT ana
Theodore Roosevelt and both these
candidates were in the state tonight
leading the fight up to the last hour.
After bisectng the state from north
to south yesterday, Colonel Roosevelt
crossed II today from east TO west ana
delivered his parting shot tonight at
Cumberland on the edge of ihc Alle-
ghenies. The president saved his am
munition until the last day Of the
campaign. He entered the state early
this morning and after blazing a trai)
almost to the northern boundary and
back again, made his last appeal In
Baltimore tonight.
County Districts Control.
Although the city of Baltimore con-
tains nearly half the population of the
state, the apportionment of delegates
to the state convention relegates the
interest in Mondays contest to thu
country districts and adds to the un-
certainty of the outcome. Baltimore
has but 2S of the 129 state delegates.
The candidates for whom the prlm-
aries instruct the majority of these
delegates will go to Chicago or Balti-
more with the sixteen Maryland dele
gates bound TO them by the unit rule.
What Taft Said.
In the closing speech of a fourteen
hour campaign trip through Maryland
President Taft added a new chapter to
the~history Of the Harvester trust here
tonight. Speaking to an audience
that filled the Lyric theater to the
doors, Mr.. Taft declared Colonel
Roosevelt did prevent the prosecution
Of that trust after George W. Per-
klns. one Of the directors and now
Roosevelt supporter had asked that
the trust be not taken into the courts;
intimatlng that Charles ]. Bonaparte,
attorney general under Mr.. Roose-
Welt was mistaken" when\ he said
that he (Mr. TafD was present at a
cabinet meeting which decided against
prosecution and said that the diary OF
Herbert Knox Smith, then and now
Of Of
tions, proved that at the time referred
to he was on IA trip around the world.
Mr.. Taft's --olanatlon of the Har-
vester trust muddle was only one OF
the many points on which he attacked
Colonel Roosevelt He said his pre-
decessor's attitude toward the trusts
clearly showed that he wished to es-
tablish a charitable "despotism" TO
discriminate against various trusts.
Was Chccrcd Frequently.
Mr. Tafts Baltimore speech came
at the end of day that took him
over much Of the central south part OF
Maryland. He made seven speeches
to crowds that were attentive and that
cheered him frequently.
In nearly all OF his early speeches
the president brought in the name OF
Colonel Roosevelt and asked again and
again for a square deal"
The presidents Baltimore speech
was delivered just befo, he left for
Washington, where he will take break
fast and luncheon before leaving for
Cincinnati today for a short stay.
What the Colonel said.
CUMBERLAND, Md, May 4--"The
bosses In the democratic party and In
the republican party" Colonel Roose
welt charged today, have combined e.
defeat him. He asserted that the dem
ocratic bosses foresaw their own
downfall If he should win.
II was the last day of Colonel
Roosevelt's Maryland campaign: the
final shot of which was fired here
tonight. The colonel made n num-
ber Of speeches as he travelled across
the state and IN Cumberland tonight
made his last appeal for support In
the primaries Monday From Cumber-
land he started back to oyster Bay
for weeks rest.
"The democrats ar almost as much
concerned in the outcome 9s 0c are
he said In his speech at lla~erstown.
"If we overthrow our own bosses ih-
example will b. catching That's w'r
the democratic bosses are furiireiy
aiding the b"ssrs in our party 60 de-
feat MS.
The federal office holders have