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Show TO REPLY TO TAFT Jtfj Roosevelt Will Put on j Fighting Clothes j 5 Talks on Primaries & Igc OyBter Bay, March 9. President jlca Taft's speech at Toledo yesterday 1h probably will draw an extended reply 'Ife from Theodore RoosevelL Jr After reading tho speech today, Mr. I Roosevelt declined to comment at 1 present, remarking that any thing he jlgi ml$ht have to say on the subject Jfi" would be said later, after he had time zM to consider the matter "l" Mr. Roosevelt said that juBt now he. , M was concerned chleily ith the sub- ' lnu ject of presidential preferential prl- i marlcs. His political oppononts, ho P said, "wero fighting tooth and nail" x n in Michigan and Illinois against the ill primaries." j I "If the primaries are established,'1, S J ho said, "I feel sure that we -will win. If they are noL we nave a fighting m The situation In Oklahoma, he said, 9 illustrated the difficulty which con- I " fronted them. Although the conven- gj tion In the Fourth congressional dis- m trlct Instructed its delegates to the national convention for Taft, ho said D the people of the state voted 2 to 1 for ni iloosevolt in the primaries for tho i f; state convention "I think," Mr. (?! Roosevelt continued, "that If wo had Wt presidential preference primaries wc J BJ would get 3 out of four." j, ui Mr. Roosevelt was greatly amused f rq at a statement that Andjow Carnqgio 5c had advanced $20,000 for tho Rooso,- j ,j volt African expedition. He walked 1 j ovor to ono of tho high book shelves j It, which lined the wall of his library and 1g: drew forth a thick volume, with a Hi flourish of hlsarm. itfwas his book jt on African game (rails. . 1 1 "Ah, ha." he said. "They havo dis- i covered tie secret documenL" ! Turning to tho appendix, ho placed J?M his finger on a paragraph In which 'iW he had expressed bis thanks to An- 'l drew Carnegie for giving "genorous I assistance to tho African expedition " j(Tl "At )ast they've got me," Jhe said, J j laughing. jg Mr. Roosevelt said he expected no . W visitors today. -The only thing :on j pi his day's program, he added was a j Wt long horseback ride. I fajj |