Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-17
TAFT TO MAKE
LONG TOUR
Will Circle the Globe
Before Returning to-
His Work
s.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. IL
Secretary of War william H. Taft will
tomorrow set forth on one Of the trips
which have been so marked a feature
OF his political career. According to.
his plans he will make a circuit Of
the globe before returning to Wash,
lngton the latter part Of November or
early in December.
Secretary Taft is to represent tha
administration at the opening of the
Philippine congress on October rs, and
from the Philippines he will return by.
the Trans-Siberian railway to st. Pet
ersburg, returning from there to the
United States by way Of Paris ana
London.
The trip across the continent to Se-
attic, from which port the secretry win
sail for the Philippines, will be a leis..
urely one, with stops at a number OF
places to deliver speeches. These
speeches will be of a political charac-
ter and will mark the real opening OF
the Taft campaign for the presidenti-~
al nomination.
The first of these speeches is to be
delivered at Columbus, Ohio, next Nom
DAY night. He will speak at that time
under the auspices Of the Buckeye Re-
publican club of the capital city OF
Ohio. This speech is awaited with
Keen interest in political circles, as it
Is expected to sound the keyenote Of
the Taft campaign. The secretary of;
war on this occasion Is expected to an
sWer the attacks upon himself in con-
nection with the tariff revision question
to defend the position of the adminis-
tration with respect to the Brownsville ,
aHalr' and appeal to the voters as the
representative of Roosevelt policies.
The speech will be a direct replv to
the challenge recently ssued bv Sem
ator Foraker.
After leaving Ohio Secretary TAFT is :
scheduled for speeches in Kentucky.
Oklahoma, Missouri and at Denver.
Portland and Seattle. He will arrive
at the last named place in time to saii
on the Manchuria September 10.
The trip to Manila will be made by
way of Japan and China The stay in
the Philippines will be short. The re-
turn from the Far East will be made
by way OF the Trans Siberian railway
ana Europe. 1t is stated that this,
route has been adopted in order that a.
week or more may be saved in getting
pack to washington. But as the SEQ
retary travels through China and then
up through the battHfields of Manchu-
ria. he will be traversng a region
where at the present moment CONNER
cial and political problems of the first
are being worked out. Mr.
Taft will travel unofficially as soon an
he has discharged his mission in Ma
Mia, but the tour through the Far East
or man so high in the administration y
will be watched with interest by the
competitors of the United States.
On his journey around the world Mr.
Taft will be accompanied by his Wlfe.
his son and his secretary. A fourth
member Of the party win be Montico.
Taft. Filipino who adopted the Sec
retary as his father year or so ago.
Apart from the political results OF
MS trip. Secretary Taft VIII have es-
tablished a record for cabinet minis
ter's wander.ngs. Very few men of
his position have ever travelled around
the world while in office, and it is CAL
eulated that when he seos this city
7gatn he will have concluded 1Too
miles of journeyinEs to and fro on the
face of the earth since he became a
11lmhpr nf hn
'amily.