Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-15
H|LLES OPENS
TAFT CAMP A|GN
IN WEST TODAY
Chairman Of National Com :,
mitteeM Minimizess Strength
of Roosevelt Party IN
Press Statement.

chicago Aug. 14.-Cnarlee Dational
,hs;rman Of the republican n tndav
cnalr a;t4aa me arrived in Chicago aa;. .oasy
COZ conh 1annched the republican pest mest
snu ..a1 camnaign in the mlooie W." ad
Gen. 0en.' 4ha assertion that ne consAuoA ~ he m
VIII aenocratic party the enemy ~ no ~ n
4 we r. ud and Mr., Wilson as tne - s. as.
1ouen ,,o,,1d have to be defeateu ~
WY puasident Taft's re-elec1on. RI
su.e ~. titles made no references
Sla, NJ. Roosevelt or the prosles1;e an1;es
Colone axcent in terse, caustlc .1ars i.p,
parry ytarroeations by interview 1--WE. W. a.
70 ~ snolxe Of the third parry ~
lnen a as me third term" party. rv
A1t T,,a nresident's former .s,;can
+he members Of the repuod md
me. ,,tive @ committee in conferences .4ar. aa
~. acore of state leaders tnls a aad
A. Ile. :" u aaid he felt more encouiae :
10y .anf,dent OF republican sue es;,
anu ~ had at any time since iie'1
dent Taft's renominatlon'
n,.e,.ses T. RS Negro Po"'S.
..onr friends think the tariff WA WI,
ba the issue in this campalsn, nha-
M Hilles. "Mr. Wilson mas oln ~
sized the tariff question ana on am +ha
clined to think that the 1lght - +ha4
presidency will center aoou' N'
issue. will have
charge Of the campaign work ~ aiana n.a
- ali of the country west Oh Hiu. n.n+as
excepting the Pacific coase s.a. sron,
where the work will be dlrecleu
headquarters in Portland. Oreson
questioned regarding Colonel hoose ,se',
ve1t's attitude on the negro question
Mr.. Hilles said: poose.
al really don't know what MI. nooso
ve,t,s ideas are on that suDJeGs 80,
dnn,t, understand them and ] think lew
oe1ses - se s1aekihg Be- fhsf555yifst.
aof the 100000 negro voters IN the
,orth today. 100000 were born III the
south If Mr.. Roosevelt bars the SOUTH
sTn negro because the southern negro
10 corrupt' then what OF the Zuo'Uoo
sonthern negroes now residing IN the
nnrtr7 can't see where ne draws 'no
line" ...,
Thos. K. Neidringhaus of St. Louis,
r,amhar Of the executive committee
and a former champion OF Colonel
roosevelt. said President TAFT had as
pood a chance to carry missouri as
any other state. 3,
.Goyernor Hadley will be right IN
line for President Taft throughout the
campaign" said Mr.. Neldrlngnaus.
.sWith John c. Mckinley, republican
candidate for governor, 1t Will make
strong team for campaign work Un-
Lass the state supreme court snouio
overthrow the primary law, the pro-
pressiyes cannot place a state TICKET
n the field in Missouri. Democratic
feeling because Of the defeat OF
sneaker Clark at Baltimore and feel
inr against the progress1ves because
~ what Colonel Roosevelt did to Gov
ernor Hadley here at the republican
national convention will aid President
.Taft's cause greatly really look for
. renublican victory in Missouri IN the
fall
plans for Roosevelt's Campaign.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 14.-Plans
for opening the progressive partys
campaign are to be completed To-Day
nv Colonel Roosevelt, Senator Dixon,
his campaignm anager, George w Per
kins Of New York and Medlll NC
lCormick of Chicago.
one Of the most difficult problems
has been found in the arrangement OF
= satisfactory itinerary for Colonel
Roosevelt. He has received several
thousand invitations to make cam
naign speeches, and expects to deliver
about sixty, distributed in such way
that he will speak in every state with
possibly three or four exceptions. Sen
ator Dixon has outlined tentative
itinerary which he Will submit today
to Colonel Roosevelt.