The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-08-28
GOOD news FOR
JUDGE TAFT.
Political Information of An
Optimistic Character.
Candidate Is Wanted by Party 10
North Dakota to Makea
Few Speeches.

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 25.-While
the announcement cannot be definitely
made, Mr.. Taft to-day gave 1t as his
belief that Wade H. Ellis, Attorney
General of Ohio, will accept the posi-
ton of assistant to the Attorney Gene
raj to succeed Milton ID. Rurdy, who
has been promoted to Federal Judge
ship in Minnesota.
This opinion was expressed after a
conference between Mr.. Ellis and Mr..
Taft here to-day. Mr.. Ellis preferred
not to make a statement at this time.
He came here after a conference with
Attorney General Bonaparte at Lenox,
Mass. and said that he had entirely re
covered his health
He was offered the position shortly
after the Chicago convention, and 1t
was stated at the time that his decis-
ion IN the matter would rest largely
on the condition of his health
Optimistic political information was
brought to Mr.. Taft from several
sources to-day. Though he participated
in several conferences none of them,
he said, was at his initiative.
Senator Albert ]. Hopkins, of Illi-
nois, who has been in Washington to
attend the meeting of the Burrows
committee of the Joint Tariff Com
mission, wanted Mr.. Taft to be pres
ent. September 8. at the Republican
State convention at Springfield. Ill.
platform is to be adoptd at this
convention and Trustees of the State
University nominated. II Mr.. Taft
would attend, Mr.. Hopkins said ar
rangements would be made to open
the State campaign at that time.
The national candidate however
said 1t would be impossible for him
to accept the invitation but II q
speechmaking, tour for Mr.. Taft Is
decided upon, Illinois will be Included.
Senator P. ]. McCumber of North
Dakota, bringing with him James Ken
nedy, Republican National Committee
man lTOu thut oe"N0' WV
nounced visitors. Mr.. Taft was made
to know that North Dakota wanted to
be included in any speech-making itin
erary that might be arranged for his
execution.
Speaking for his own State as we'll
Minnesota Montana and South Dakota
Mr.. McCumber gave it as his predic-
ton that very little If any change
would be found in the electoral vote
IL had been demonstrated he said,
that State issues and local differences
in a party on their account had lit
tie If any effect on the national situa-
ton.
Senator Hopkins who is Chairman OF
a subcommittee of the Tariff Com
mission. having to do with the fixing
of schedules on articles OF import
which come in competition with Ameri-
can manufacture, said he should call
his committee into action in the near
future.
The tariff,he believed, would develop
into the chief issue of the campaign.
1t was also his opinion that the revis-
ion which was to be prepared this
summer and enacted at special ses-
sion would result in the reduction OF
many schedules and the adoption OF
maximum and minimum tariff which
would include in the latter class sur
ficient number of articles to make
this method of dealing with foreign
nations much more effective than is
the case under the present Dingley
tariff
Mr.. Hopkins believes the Republican
national and State tickets will be sue
cessful in Illinois to the extent of
100000 majority, although he comedies
that Mr.. Gompers may be effective in
turning some labor votes to Mir. Bry-
an.
But" added Mr.. Hopkins, my opin-
ion is that Bryans record as a free
trader will more than offset in loss
the votes he will get from Gompers.
Bryan's public career is limited to his
four years membership in the House
of Representatives, where he was a
member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee which repealed the Mckinley
tariff law and substituted the Wilson
) German free-trade measures OF the
Z country, destroyed the market for all
farm products and pauperized labor.
AT the end Of his period, Mr.. Com
pers said In his annual report to the
Federation Of Labor that II was the