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Show HIS OPPONENT WTHJNTRUTH I Begins Fight for Ohio Dele- j gates by Denouncing Roose- I m velt and So-Called Bosses Hi Supporting Him. ffl CROWDS TURN OUT ' H IN SPITE OF RAIN H President Again Calls Atten- ti tion to the Threat of Perkins 1 1 and the Backing Down n of His Predecessor. H By International News Sendee. am CINCINNATI, May 6. Driving Sjj rain at most of the places where ; ffin he stopped did not deter Presi- ! Ml dent Taft, "who arrived hero to- 1 bR night, from getting into tho political KB battle in southwest Ohio. All day, be- in! fore crowds varying from 500 to 2500, ill the president defended his administra- i ffi 'tion, denounced Kooscvclt and. boss- ! In! ism Ohio bosses in particular and UH discussed trust regulation. 9n 'P. 0. Laylin. chairman of the Tie- I Mm publican executive state committee; Om Gen. 0. Jf. Grosvenor, former repre- hh scntative from Ohio, and a delegation Wtig lot state organization men accompanied fig the president's special. Today's speak- KK ing tour, which will be followed by a ,w strenuous campaign swing Wednesday , H and another after the, president's 'Bui Princeton trip next, week, indicates fgM that he will have the fight of his polit- : um Seal career. Starts Fight at Once. H The president began It is fight well rag today by opeuly assailing" Walter "TV wl Brown, chairman of thc Ohio state JIB central committee, the Roosevelt lead- Hgl or, and Dan "R. Hanna, son of tho late III Mark Tlanna, and owner of several Mm Ohio newspapers, as well as a supporter lift of thc colonel. Wfi "I" am a man of modoratc words," fflA the president said at Ilamdon, whero nfi he spoke after makiug addresses at Jan Nolflonvillo and Athens, "but sonic- jjjjn times I have to restraiu myself. All T. jig can say is that anybody who says I jjaj am not in favor of popular government gnf says something that is not true; that ' jlfj l.n his speech at Tvelsonvillc he made tifl his first attack on Walter Brown when flH ho said: WDK Roosevelt ' ' Bosses. ' ' fYbu have Walter Brown in this jKHH state, lie is the only active boss who jjjgUu is hustling around in this slate to get mUtt Eoosevelt elected with a view to cu- Ifflfflf larging his power. What bosses am t &Kmf upholding? I could go over the list fflj g and show you a good many for him. If If Thero is a Mr. Flinji in Pennsylvania, . H II ono of thc worst bosses they over had, Wt nj who is strongly for M. Hoosovelt. raj B Walter Brown, who is a budding boss K1 in Ohio, is also for Mr. Roosevelt, I jjffjlq am not blaming him for accepting that fflBn Mipport any moro than I am to be Hffilfi blamed for accepting the support that (incomes (in-comes to me. Mr. Roosevelt does not j ffffife ask anybody who comes to support him RDfjl whether ho has a certificate from any fffl$i Young Men's Christian association as iifl to his good moral character. lie says, fgafk I would like your support. I will Sk1 make no agreement with you, but I HhII will accept your support glad- . gjm! ly and gratefully and I will believe IBbS that when you tender mo j'our support ffll that is an indication of your good aftf! .iudgmcnt.' Now that is all that there j JgHH is in this boss business. )jiRBi Asks Pertinent Question. BBj "Bosses are made by local condi- fflwB tions nnd tho prosidont has to accept , Wififl the senators and congressmen who axe SH R sent to Washington. Would you think J 139 that if Mr. Roosevelt were nominated B ffi and elected president wo would not Kg flj have nuy moro bosses? M I "Mr. Roosevelt charged me with bo- la inir subject to tho control of special m Kj nrivileens. Well, I deny it. I havo gfl w prosecuted every trust, every railroad jj Am and every lending man, whether it be ram Dau ITnnna or Mr. Gury, at the head 'ffl of tho steel trust, against whom indict- : ffiltal uumts wero found. The administration ifjKP has followed the lead of Thoodoro HpjsS Roosevelt in his policies, in every re- 'Hnjea spect but one, and that one was that jDfflN I directed the prosocutiou of the steel UebSh trust and also tho prosocutiou of tho fra harvester trust. jfBnBB "Now, under these conditions- when jnfffl there is a published statement by -Mr. 2BH Perkins of thc steol trust and harvester Pj85gjP trust that if he were prosecuted or his companv were sued, that they would p'r fight, no snitH wuro brought agains? vjj ' " f TAFT CHARGES THAT T, R. IS UNTRUTHFUL (Continued from PaKe One.) them and Mr. Perkins is now one of the leading financial contributors to Mr. Roosevelt's campaign I ask you if the circumstances wore roversed, with his prononcss to impute improper motives, whero Mr. Eoosevelt would put me under those conditions? "I don't charge 'any improper motive mo-tive on the part of Mr. lioosevclt in Ihatmatter. I don't agree with him. J think he was wrong, and I do think it takes the most audacious courage on his part to charge mo with being under privilege when the evidence is such that calls for explanation from him." Tho president will remain at the home of his brother, Charles P. Taft, until "Wednesday morning. 1 |