Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-28
VOTE TO SETTLE CONTEST
IN STATE IS BEING POLLED
Taft Continues Fight for Jersey While United States Senator Briggs Claims
President viii Get All but Two of the
Men Colonel Sure of
Predicted Todays Contest at the Polls
President Is Sure
He'll Get Jersey

SALEM. May 2s.-ln his closing liours
of his campaign through New Jersey
President Taft today desared In
speech at Pitman that II was his highest
duty, as he conceived It, TO come out bs-
fore the voters aud ask their aid IN de.
fetating Colonel Roosevelt. Il am very
sorry 10 have come out on u political
mission, said the President; but the
unprecedented campaign of MIR. Roosevelt
has made Ii my highest duty as / con-
ceive II, aud am here to oppose Mr..
Roosevelt because of that fact, and be.
cause of his unsound constitutional
views To dominate him IS to depart
from the wise Tradition that limits two
terms as enough for any man.
In short speech to the school children
at Woodbury. the President predicted
that when the girls he was addressing
grew pthey would have right 10
vote.
i have no doubt that when these
young Indies. grow 10 womanhood they
VIII have the ballot. And therefore.
whether yousare going to have tho bah
lot or not you ought to make prepara-
lion to understand your country and 10
know the gratitude you ought to offer
W N'oh ioi fSiuE aifleiltdUS. tBn1 nf
the things want TO impress on von an
IS not to listen to the carper, the critic
Of Your government. tho critic of tho
country. II y the best country and the
best government that ever was. and Won
ought TO be thankful that YOU are =
real part OF 1t. Study hard and nlav
hard, and then when voting comes at
tend to that"
AT Woodbury. Mr. Taft nut his char.
acterization of Mr. Roosevelt In n nav
way. II don't think," .suId the presi.
dent, 10 put man with Mr.. Roosc
Velt $ unsonnd constitutional views into
oihcc, or with his hcadstroug tendencr.
with his iupaticuce of legal rcstlaiui.
aud with that desire or capacity for ap-
sorping escrything into his own ego.
| ATLANTIC CITY. May 2s.-Altnougn he
| did not get to bed until long after mid
| night President Taft was 10 early TODAY
10 begin the last lap of his New Jersey
campaign. lie left Atlantic CITY by sna-
cisl train shortly after O'Clock. with
l speeches planned for nearly 4 doxe,,
smpll towns before neon
| ManG persons are still nursing hrnts.-
as result OF the panlc last night at
| the Million Dollar Pier, following tha
arrival of President TAFT II is esti-
mated that 10000 persons were on ~.
pier and that 10000 Others followed fha
president to the gates
I Unable 10 cope with the mob. tl,e m.
lice drew their clubs and began beating
| them bnek. Men and women warn
knoeked down many tainted, the glass
| doors were smashed In the atteiDpf ID
rush the gates and more than a score OF
men we're beaten by the officers before
the gates were finally closed against til,
bowling multitude.
More than ever apparent was the bit-
terness of Taft's personal aud political
fight with Theodore Roosevelt yester-
day In the Presidents dozen or moro
speeches along the Jersey coast
! He began tamely enough at Perth Am
boy, presenting defense Of his udminIs-
tration aud slipping In charge now AMI
then against Mr.. Roosevelt BY the time
he arrived at Red Bank, however, ges-
| lures were frequent. perspiratio,
streamed down his face aud the militant
Taft was in action.
During the day he received the as
surance of Senator Briggs, who is len l.
ing the New Jersey campaign, that If tue
+, people of the State follow their convsc-
tions and see that all the votes are re-
corded the State will fall In the Tafr
| column.
OF the third term. he said
'He (Roosevelt) is not talking u great
deal about the third term now because
he does not desire to emphasize .t. Then
lin 1904 and 100s) he was not thinking
that II was so necessary to his reputa-
tion to obtain third term. Now he is
| In hot pursuit of it
The President denied all connection
with Senator Lorimer. of Illinois. He
| said
Roosevelt charges me with completely
with Lorimer, when he knew by cores
pondence between him and me that had
done more than anyone outside the Sen
ate TO arouse senator's to the necessity of
examining their record and speaking
against Lorimer and wrote him for the
purpose, and yet he goes to Illinois aud
says my name is linked with Lorimer and
vote for Taft is vote for Lorimer, IL
not the President of the United States
entitled to a square deal?'