Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-07
Defeat at Home Likely "a
Eliminate President as Ser
ious Contender for Republic
can Nomination at Chicago.
REVERSE IN MARYLAND
DISC0URAGEs FRIENDS
President Plans Strenuous
Five Days Campaign and
Fight to Finish for Buckeye
Delegation to Chicago.


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Cincinnati. May 7.-Ohio. President
Tait'a home state. bids fair 10 become
tho bloody battle ground where tho
president and COL Theodore Rooss-
welt viii fight 10 a Finish one Of the
decisive actions" Of the present cam
pas8n for The republican presidensiaf
nomination.
Friends OF President Taft with MIN
on his visit 70 Cincinnati. declared
maries made Il certain the struggle
Tor Ohio would be hard. The
dent will spend more time campaign
ms IN Ohio would be hard. Tho
president will spend more time cam
paigning In Ohio that he dld IN Mary.
land where be spoke only during one
Gay His secretary, @. d. Hiiisa. an.
nounced that Mr. Taft, would return
70 Ohio for a four or five day stay.
Eie Will visit most OF the principal
towns and cities not touched on the
present trip.
Tho Ohio campaign viii wind up
only few days before the state prl-
marles. May "a, and from his home
state the president probably win turn
his attention 70 New Jersey, which
gives her opinion OF the presidential
candidates one week later. SO far no
ihvaaions by the presidcnl Of other
states IN whish primaries are 10 be
held have been planned.
The president Is resting today, nut
tomorrow he starts north on a sixteen
hour tour that ends n Columbus late
tomorrow night and on which he viii
make at least fourteen speeches IN
towns OF all sizes
The president was said today not to
be DISCOURAGED by the fact that
i Colonel Roosevelt won out In the
Maryland primaries. Mr.. Taft spent
Only one day campaigning there ana
was said 70 feel that he had done
we'll although other members Of his
party we're disappointed.
President Taft for the frat time in
several weeks, today cast aside the
cares Of office and worries Of the no.
litical stump and enjoyed day Of
recreation and real. "A diversified pro-
gram had been mapped out for him,
official business having no place on III
In the morning the president held
an informal reception Tor his many
friends made during his period OF
residence here. In the afternoon he
occupied a box az the cinclunati-phila-
delphia baseball game In the evening
Dir. Taft will attend the opening al
the Cincinnati May music festival
and while h IL the custom of both
himseelf and Mrs. TAFT 10 remain
through the musical season he win be
able % attend only the opening nieht.
me political campaign through Ohio
necessltailng the cutting short OF his
stay here
Mrs Taft. hewevcf. win remain 10
The end OF the fealival.
Among the proaident'e visitors were
MIS-. Ricketts, shell ana Mrs. sarah
falconer, representing the Twentieth
Century club, two of Cinclnhati's most
active sufragiata.
The question OF iuat what tyne OF
women we're interested Ia the Ohio
suffrage campaign waa pat 70 taen he
the president with much interest. The
/ club representatives told him that in
/ ohio the movement had practically
the same sort Of support that Il had
10 California and in other states
where Il had won.
The president said ne could not
I properly give his views On che auea-
uon az this time because he did not
wish 60 exploit any advantage which
might accrue through HeekinE favor
with the women who form the suf-
I frRge movement but he assured his
csilefs that II they wrote him after
tho Republican convention he wcule
Bive thom his Views on the question.