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Show oo TAFT PRAISED BY A STANDPATTER Marquette, Mich., Sept. 20. President Pres-ident Taft today listened to an at-i at-i tack on "spurious progresslveness" and "shifty politicians" by Representative Represent-ative Young of Michigan, while ho j was waiting to address a throng of i several thousand people gathered under un-der a big three-ring circus tout brought from Chicago for tho occasion. occa-sion. I Mr. Young coupled his denunciation j of the Progressives with praise oi I President Taft as a "wise and pm-I pm-I dent, consistent progressive," and his remarks were loudly cheered. The president did not allow Mr. Young as a lead. Ho said he had Intended to praise the congressman here among his own peoplo, but ho was afraU after all the nice things Mr. Young had said about him. there would be I a suggestion of collusion. "You're all right," yelled a man In the rear of the crowd. "I'm glad to be assured," called the president In reply. Representative Young referred to Mr. Taft as "the greatest Irving rep-I rep-I resentatlve of genuine, reconstructive j progressiveness." I "Opposed to this wise, prudent prog-I prog-I resslveness," continued the congressman, congress-man, "there is a spurious progressive-, progressive-, ness at which cynics laugh and angels I weep. We love the President for j many things, but we love him above all for the enemies he has made." j The President spoke on the peace tn-aties. Mr. Townsend listened to his appeal for support in tho senate and pledged bis own vote In favor I or ratification. In his discussion, Mr. ' Taft mentioned the name of Colonel ; Theodore Roosevelt The name cams in incidentally and was not noticed by the crowd. vn |