Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1916 — T. R. TO MEET TAFT [ARTICLE]

T. R. TO MEET TAFT

ROOSEVELT AGREES TO SHAKE HANDS Wl+H LATE FOE. .1 » ' Two former Presidents Will Meet and Bury Hatchet October 3 in New York. New York, Sept. 22. —Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft will shake hands, for the first time since their 1912 quarrel, at the Union League club October 3. Simultaneously, Charles E. Hughes, Republican candidate for president, will be given a reception at which Root will preside. From the day that Roosevelt and Taft were defeated for the presidency four years ago mutual friends have sought to induce them to forget animosities and meet socially, if not politically. Two weeks ago Frank H. Hitchcock and George W. Perkins visited Colonel Roosevelt. They besought him for the sake of Hughes to come half-way toward a resumption of friendly relations with Taft. The colonel agreed. Hitchcock saw Taft. So did Chairman w’illiam It. Willcox of the Republican national committee. He promised to meet his former rival.

Immediately after the 1 reception Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft will resume their stumping tours for Hughes.