Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-12
BUSY WEEK FOR
TAFT AND TEDDY.

| Washington, Aug. l0.-NeXt week
will be a busy one for both President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft The
chief executive, 1t is announced, will
temporarily abandon the summer capi.
tai at Oyster Bay for a trip to New
England. to be made on the presi-
Dental yacht Mayfower. According
to reports, the president and Mrs.
| Roosevelt will first visit Newport next
Thursday, where they will be the
| guests of Commodore and Mrs. Cor
| nelius Vandebilt at Beaulieu for sew
| eral days. The New York Yacht club,
of which Mr.. Vanderbilt Is commo-
dore, will visit the Rhode Island re-
sort on its annual cruise during the
presidents stay, when the races for
| the time honored Astor cups and the
second contest for the kings cup will
be held. From Newport the president
will go to Provincetown, where he will
play a principal part in the ceremonies
attendant upon the unveiling of the
monument TO commemorate the land
ing of the Pilgrims. This affair will
take place a week from next Tuesday
and the president is now at work on
the address he will deliver on that
occasion. The chief executive and
Mrs. Roosevelt will be the recipients
OF as many social entertainments as
they care to accept during their stay
in New England.
Word comes from Murray Bay. Can
ada, where Secretary Taft has been
spending his vacation, that he will
leave tomorrow for Washington, ar
riving here Monday. The coming week
will be spent in disposing of all i'm
portant war department business re.
quiring the secretary's immediate at
tention. and week from tomorrow he
will leave for Ohio to keep an engage
ment to address the Republican clubs
of his home state at Columbus on the
evening of August 10. Aroused to the
serious condition of his candidacy for
the presidency, the Buckeye friends
of the adipose secretary have advised
him TO get into the open and fight for
the nomination in a strenuous style,
IL he hopes to win the prize. Many
of Taft's friends have been INDUCING
in criticism of his attitude before the
people, being that of Roosevelt de-
pendent rather than of an individual
Independent candidate standing on his
own platform, with his own ideas and
issues. This advice, it is stated on
good authority, has had vital effect
on Mr.. Taft and he has decided to
rate an active and aggressive cam
paign.
From Ohio the secretary will blaze
a campaign trail to the Pacific coast
sailing from Seattle for the Philip
pines early in September. Material
changes have been made in the itin.
erary. providing for many additional
stops where political speeches will be
made. Leaving Ohio, he will go to
Kentucky. speaking probably at Louis
vile on August %. The new state
of Oklahoma will next be visited, okla
homa City having been selected as the
place and August "a as the date of
Tafts appearance. A strong Taft sen
timent is said to exist In the territories
and the secretary will attempt TO fan
this into flames, as well as to give aid
and comfort to the Republicans in
their struggle with the victorious Dem
ocrats In the September elections. On
August &c Secretary Taft will attempt
to "show" the people Of Joplin, Mo.
that he is the logical candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination,
and on the following day is scheduled
to repeat the operation at Springfield,
Mo. On August 25 Secretary Taft will
beard the lion In his den by visiting
Bryan's home town, Lincoln. Neb. Den.
yer Is next on the schedule, August 3.
Portland will be visited September 6.
Tacoma on September Z, and the sec
retary will complete his political tour
in Seattle on September 8. when he
will sail for the Philippines.