The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-04
TAFT PARRIES
SOME QUESTIONS
Won't Talk About Possible Presiden-
tial Candidacy.
TALKS ABOUT Fl. DOUGLAS
NOTHING WILL STOP COMPILE
TON OF TRIP.
TALKS ABOUT Fl. DOUGLAS

Ogden, July 3.-'I am simply interested
tn Philippine politics and Philippine poll
cies," was the deft answer given by Sec
Rotary Taft of the war department to a
leading question asked by a newspaper
man yesterday during the stay Of the
secretary's train in Ogden
From this the distinguished secretary
went and on. talking on the proposed
development work. which he hopes TO
further in the island possessions. His talk
was bland and childlike. Judging simply
by the talk and the smile, the secretary
has never heard that his name had been
mentioned as the next presidential Candi-
date on the Republican ticket
During the course of the talk with news
paper men, however, the secretary parrleu
every effort to draw him into a discus
sion of such a possibility, and his parry
ing was so evident that 1T was easy to
surmise that he has heard of the matter
before.
The special train pulled into the depot at
ar r. S. Rube. formerly travelling pas
eenger agent for the Union Pacific with
Headquarters in Ogden and who was i'm
charge of the Taft train, was one OF the
first to alght and he pilOted the news
paper men to the rear car, where Secre-
tary Taft was engaged with three ladies
game was abandoned. the ladies with
drawing and the secretary chatUed pleas
antly with the newspaper men Tor twenty
Won't Succeed Hay.
In reply to a question about the posi-
btltty of his becoming secretary of state,
he said: 'T do not expect to become
secretary of state ] know nothing about
graphed asking him for instructions when
heard of the death OF Secretary Hay and
was told to continue the trip. Great prep
arations for this trip have been made ana
we are going to make IT. We viii be alb
sent until some time in September Here
the secretary gave an account of the itin-
eTary of the proposed trip and continued:
on senaf6r 80 and many men in
official life to the islands is that they
may become familiar with the conditions
rived from legislation in the interest of
the railroads and other industries of the
ISLANDS / hope for the construction of at
least 1000 miles of railways with the
bonds guaranteed by the government Of
bonds OF the Union Pacific"
Have you any further plans for the i'm
Provement of Fort Douglas? Mr.. Secre-
Discusses Fort Douglas.
Fort Douglas-Fort Douglas''-0Ier
the speakers voice took on a reminiscent
tone and his eyes far-away look)-.'Who
about Fort Douglas in Washington? Was
u Senator Kearns? Yes, it was Senator
asked for a great deal and that we prom
ised and are doing about all that he asked.
provements. has he not?' consulting his
secretary who promptly answered in the
This led the secretary Of war to remark
that he had noticed there was always
large Appropriations. the Willingness be-
ing especially noticeable in the commune
ties themselves and that there was al
ways desire for economy in the ap-
preparations for posts that were far
away
western forts
Have you anything more to say con-
cerning the wallace resignation ~
No That is closed. We have got a
good engineer. Fortunately we had in
Vestigated his qualifications and were
prepared TO assign him to other import
$rtT wO S %n ,i Inc inc Ohpott9h1ty came 70
1sthmus."
Hobo on the Special.
In speaking of the Philippines. Mr..
aaft said: The best report have yet
heard from there Is this; The number Of
school children has increased in the past
seven months from 362 600 to 81 600 in a
population OF 100000 children of school
He was considerably interested in the
Lucin cutoff and recalled that trains
half ago. when ne went through Ogden
en- route east from the Philippines
The train had no sooner stopped in the
Ogden yards than squad of men, trained
as thoroughly as any company in the
army. went TO work to put the train in
Every wheel and coupling on each of the
nine cars was inspected and tested An
other squad supplied ice, fresh water and
other neCessaries to the cars, another
train crew and another engine were taken
on and IN lust half an hour the nsrt1-
started on westward. There was but
= small crowd at the depot. and consid-
cradle interest was manifested in Miss
Alice Roosevelt. who appeared with other
ladies in an incOnSpiCuOuS manner. Just
n the train pulling out of the depot
"a tramp was observed in the vestibule
of Of the cars. The train was
stopped and he was hauled off with a
Buddenness that dazed him He was
4urned over TO Officer Al Herrick who
gave the name of John Lyons r1'- and is
booked on a charge of drunkenness. He
IS Of the opinion that he "butted in to
the wrong crowd, he thought he was
boarding the regular train