The Washington times., 1908-08-25
Taft Declares for Won1en's Rights,
But Qualities His Statement When
LnterUieqUed BY dolly and r
Big Candidate Busy Every Minute Although Campaign
Has Not Begun-Finds Time to Be
Courteous.

manner but an air OF responsibility
( which greatly impressed US He can, 1
/ imagine hold his tongue in seven Ian
! guages.' More than that ne Is exceed
/ ingly tactful. holding OF impOrtunate
| visitors with equal skill and diplomacy.
Son Charles Comes In.
While the conference between the cd
! itor and his companions and Mr.. Taft
was going on, Charles Phelps Taft, Mr..
J Tafts younger son. came through the
han and went into Mr.. Carpenter
room. He is a sturdy youth, with an
| interesting face and a bang"
| Where's papa?' he asked, and hung
/ around for some time, apparently want
| ing an interview with his paternal par
! ent on his own account.
] IL was quite $50 o'clock when Mrs.
/ Taft came. She wore an afternoon
| gown Of black lace over white silk, and
| a NAT trimmed with black plumes and
| she, too, disappeared within Mr.. Car
/ PenterS office, apparently seeking in
| formation about her husband for di-
/ reetiy mans voice was heard over
/ The telephone giving an order that the
/ horses be sent back 10 the SsSable.
/ There was a call ever the lOng-dis-
| tance phone from New York, and more
/ newspaper men stTayed in and out. and
! arc md, asking questions ana preparing
| copy.
! i thought the campaign had not Vet
/ com nenccd,' said Dolly, discOntentedly.
/ liminaries' % / returned.
Almost Dark
It was almost dead dark when a
cherry voice was heard bidding the last
visitor gOOd-by. and thep there was a
( quick step across the han, and Mr. Taft
I entered the room Ia which Dolly and
/ / sat, feeling almost that We had been
/ born and raised in il. we had been
there 50 long. The candidate came mp
/ to us acd Mr.. Carpenter introduced us.
/ He took my hand in his and held it with
a firm grasp.
why, madame" he said in his deep
| and kindly voice, Il don't give inter
! VIC VS."
I / felt that the end had certainly come.
/ Don't give interviews L cried. And
l have been waiting for you all these
/ hours "
Have you?'' asked the candidate. anu
| listened to the explanation Of why
| had come. I'm that case he said when
4 1 had nnlshed- 4 am going 20 let you
! Put the gimlet !ntO ne" And accord
J ingly be sat down in an easy chair near
! a window and prepared 10 Cltk.
Taft Still in Riding Clothes.
/ II was now 7 o'clock. and Mr. Taft
was stiH IN the riding togs which he
! had assumed with the idea. evidently.
| OF taking a ride during the afternoon.
q a
minutes; he had been at his desk since
| early IN the afternoon. discussing very
| important issues with some Of the most
prominent men in the country. He must
/ have been very much faigued; vet ne
turned to me now as courteousIy and as
amiably as If l were a Cabinet officer
or, al the very least, an issue Of I"Ine
sort.
Where shall we beging" he asked.
raE Wit fa rsaH I e-rlFH
| Are YOU in favor of won ans suf-
| fTage?''
Mr.. Taft has a very judicial and delib-
crate utterance, and IL was particularly
| judicial ana deliberate when he replied.
Il have been asked that question be-
IOre- spoke once TO the Civic FEEDER
alton, or some such organization, at
Carnegie Han. and after my address I
answered such questions as were written
/ or slips Of paper and sent up 10 me.
| one OF the questions was about suffrag ge
| Tor women. and answered that I did
believe in it"
DO YOU, reaIly?'' I asked. eagerly, s.
| the judge paused. for here srtainly was
great news.
For Woman's Suffrage, If
THAT IS" he went on. not noticing
.sny ejaculation. Il believe that women
should have the suffrage as soon as a
| sufficient percentage Of them have inc
! dlcated that they desire It. TO make Ger
tain that the feminine vote will indicate
( the wishes Of the majority OF better
class women in the country. You see
1 am afraid that a number OF very
/ good women viii feel that they do not
I care to vote and that this will lower the
| average Of intelligence OF the woman
/ voter"
(which means that YOU don't believe
! in suffrage at ALL" 1 complained, disap-
| pOintedly. and Judge Taft merely smiled
DO you think that woman is to be
I reckoned with as factor in the affairs
1 OF this country nOw2'
How can I help thinking so when my
| family is run by women, and so are
/ many others that 7 know ?" asked the
/ Republican candidate.
! rs Mrs Taft learned in pOlitics2"
| NO, not learned; but she takes an in
| terest In politics. She Is" he began and
| then paused. T didn't mean to enter
| into a discussion OF my WIFE," he said,
| apOlOgetically.
But we are all very much interested
/ in her. l protested.
| well what I started TO say was that
! she has executive ability. She was for
! several years the president Of an asso-
J citation in Cincinnati which had for its
| object the maintaining of an orchestra
| She is a great music lover, you know.
] This association had TO raise $4,000 a
year above its subscriptions. and-it did
Mrs. Taft an Organizer.
"She is certainly money-getter," Z
I observed: but this description did not
! please the nominee
mo, she is not that: but she Is an
organizer he corrected.
rs she a born Republican or a con-
vert2''
! "Oh. one by biTthTight, Her father
/ was first 8 Whig and then a Republi-
can; so she has always been in the
| Tarty.'
| do you believe a wife ever influences
/ her husbands vote2'
| Perhaps occasionally, when the wOm-
|
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