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Show TAFT ASSAILS I TPDY'S POLiCB TOLEDO, March 8. Speaking Jo-night Jo-night to an audionco that filled -to overflowing the Toledo Coliseum, db-'J signed to hold 3,500 people, President Taft declared his opposition to tho recall of judges apdthe recall of Ju- dlcial doclBlons. 'it was the fii;st .saC speech of tho .president's -trip 'to Qhfo and Illinois, and Ohio politicians and' citizens listened with apparent Interest In-terest to a speech that had been heralded her-alded from Washington as an answer to that which Colonel Roosevelt mado In Columbus a few weeks ago. The president made no mention, of Colonel Roosevelt, or to his Colum-Jjus Colum-Jjus spqech. but he assailed somo of the doctrines therein named by hlB predecessor in. the White .House": - Practically every person In the audience aud-ience carried an American flag. Mr. Taft'B declaration that the recall of Judicial. deciBlous was without ,merjr, reactionary Instead of progressive, was uifstable, was heartily applauded. He was compelled to wait nearly a minute while the audience expressed its approval of his views. Before "beginning his set speech, Mr. Tart referred briefly to the failure of the senate to ratify the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. His .reference to tho .hqrrors of war called fortri lalmost as .much enthusiasm as did his political utterances utter-ances about the Judges', TOLEDO, Ohio, March S. After a day spent for the most part on the rear platform of his private car, President Pres-ident Taft, concluded his brief "campaign" "cam-paign" through eastern and northern Ohio tonighfwlth a speech in tho Coliseum. Co-liseum. . T On the way north from Pittsburgh to Toledo the prosldent made more than a dozen speeches from his private pri-vate car Although most of the day rain or snow was falling, the Ohloans turned out In good numbers to hear tho president and his friends aboard tho train professed tonight to be moro than satisfied with tho greetings that began at Alliance early In the day and continued Into this city. President Taft spoke on all sorts of subjects, prosperity and peace, the tariff and business, farming and conservation. con-servation. None of his talks wbb long. Twice he referred to the refusal of tho senate yesterday to ratify, aB thoy were framed, tho arbitration trcatlos with Great Britain and France, making mak-ing it plain that while bo had been disappointed at the senate's action, ho had not given up the fight for tho treaties. "The causo is a just ono and we are bound to win," said the president at Mansfield, and later at Tiffin he Amplified Am-plified this statement by saying: "I havo not, given up, but 1 am going go-ing to rely on tho people to help on."' The prosldent did not indicate how he intends to ask the people to help In the fight The president reached Toledo late this afternoon, driving from the station sta-tion to the Commerce club over muddy mud-dy streets between sidewalks filled with people. His reception wap not cordial at one or two towns, although there was enough cheering to cauBQ Secretary Illlles and other Ohio politicians poli-ticians who traveled with him through the state, to say they were well pleased. Leaving Toledo late tonight ' the president is due In Chicago early tomorrow to-morrow for a two days' stay. |