Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-12
|QU|[I 70 HELP Taft.
President Said to Have Cut
Reference to Third Term to
Help Secretary
KEEPS FRIENDS TOGETHER
Delayed Statement Precaution De-
cIined for Taft's Benefit Cruisers
Pilot Pacific Fleet Washington
and Tennessee Get Orders to Join
Squadron.

Washington, Oct. lit is learned
here on the best authority that Presi-
dent Roosevelt did have a reference in
one of his Mississippi Valley speeches
to third term, but at the eleventh
hour cut it out. 1t is believed that he
eliminated it in order to remove all di-
rect political matter from his adj
dresses.
1t is understood that the president
did not refer directly to the third
term proposition, but treated it as
matter finally settled In this speech
as originally written, he referred to his
successor, expressing the hope that he
would be strong. progressive man
who would continue the work begun In
the present administration, of compell-
ing obedience to the laws by corpora
tions and rich individuals.
1t had been rumored before he left
Washington that he would, during the
trip down the Mississippi, say some
thing on the third term. He was asked
by a newspaper correspondent II this
were so, and declared: you will have
to wait and read my speeches"
Friends of Secretary Taft profess to
see In the presidents change OF pur-
pose regarding public utterance on
this subject plan to allow the third
term idea to continue and at the proper
time declaration will come from Mr..
Roosevelt that will send most OF
the third termers to support Mr,
Taft. Against this theory comes re-
ports from the most enthusiastic
Roosevelt districts to the effect that
any attempt on the part Of the presi-
dent to influence the nomination of
man to succeed him will be resented.
{ It Is expected that some impetus VIII
be given to matters political during the
meeting here this week between Act
Ing Chairman New and Secretary DO
yer of the republican national commit
tee The headquarters of the commit
tee are here and these two officials
expect to have q consultation regard
ing some routine affairs 1t has been
decided to move the headquarters mere
from New York, which means work on
campaign plans. The date will prob
ably be fixed for the meeting OF the
national committee in this city and NIX
the date for next years convention.
AS both Mr.. Dover and Mr.. New are
prominent in political circles, their
meeting may develop something that
will indicate the trend of sentiment.
Mr.. New is from Indiana but is I'M
friendly to the candidacy of Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks. Indeed, 1t Is sala'
that he is using all his power to id
vance the interests of Secretary Tatt
in the hoosier state. 1t is also limited
that as acting chairman of the repup-
lican national committee, he has been
doing all he can to createe a Taft SEN
timent in that body. AS it now STANDS
the committee is not friendly to Mr..
Taft-that is majority is not for him
altho he has some stanch 1rlends
among the members
The activity of Mr.. New for Secre-
tary Taft has given rise to the report
that the national committee when 1T
meets in December may turn him down
for chairman and select some one else.
l. 4 q
Orders have been issued for the two
armored cruisers, Washington ana
Tennessee, that have been upon speclal
squadron service, to proceed this week
to ioin the Pacific fleet. These vessels
in q way will be the pilotships or adj
vance guard Of the big battleship flee,
that is to sail for the Pacific in De-
cernber.
The cruisers will proceed leisurely
and will travel the route to be fol-
lowed later by the battleships. A stoI
will be made In the West Indies, ther
at Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. The.
will touch also at Buenos Aires ano
thence sail to Puentas. Arenas, where
the commander, Admiral Sebree, will
report to Admiral Dayton, in command
Of the Pacific fleet. From Puentas
Arenas long, hard run will be made
to Callao, Peru, which will test theil
sailing and coal endurance.
When these big armored cruisers joir
their consorts in the Pacific there vii
be gathered in those waters all of the
vessels Of that type in the navy, which
with several first class protected cruis-
ers will compose a squadron of these
fast fighting ships such as the navy
has not seen before. When the battle
ship squadron rounds the Horn the
flower of the American navy will be
in the Pacific.
The armored cruiser squadron after
the arrival of the two vessels, viii
consist of the Colorado, Maryland
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington
and West Virginia to which will soor
be added the California and the South
Dakota, representing about $4,000 tons
displacement. These will be joined also
by three of the best protected cruisers
of 800 tons displacement each
Charleston, Milwaukee aad st. Louis
and the Chicago Of 5000 tons. There
will also be eight smaller protected
cruisers Of the Denver type.
When the battleship squadron gets
to the Pacific the United States viii
have about 400, 900 tons Of the highest
type of the modern warships, with the
exception Of the big 20000-ton battle.
ships, in those waters. 1t is the demon
stration in seas that hitherto have
seen but the smaller and older vessels
of the navy that is giving some of the
Atlantic coast "mollycoddles" the
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