The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-16
TAFT SAYS
Continnad from Pace one.

Taft earnestly, ~ would he inclined
TO say that my greatest pleasur.
IN the prospect of the presidency lies
u the good hope TO do the Philip
pines and the people there"
The stand pat statesman, then
and the sugar and tobacco people
have fight cut out for them in
the campaign chat they have planned
to beat the president-elect on those
Philippine tariff concessions. Domes-
tic revisionists. however, must
make their own case. IL was brought
to Mr. Taft's attention that these
rI9itators fer reform in the sched
rles have been conspicuous by thei'
absence at the ways and mean
hearings so far, and also in the pub
lie prints. No revisionist has comt
forward with program or an at
tack On any schedule
~ think It IS time they camo
forward" suggested the president
elect, and he then spoke particu-
larly of the attitude taken last year
| by the Manufacturers association
and the comprehensive report gath
cred bv that body on which its de.
mand for revision was based. The
nresident-elect will apparently as
sumo a judicial position rather thar
that OF an advocate toward the
whole revision proposition.
"As for the Democrats he laugh
I nn uthn,, cnfnahn1,,
'vou can depend upon It that the'
viii be inconsistent as usual wher
II comes to the tariff. They ar.
free traders for everything in the
next county"
The president-elect himself intro
duced the cabinet topic. II supposr
every one of you has cabine'
ready made for me-" he laughed
looking over the crowd OF forty o.
fifty correspondents whom he haA
received in the east room of th,
White House. He laughingly dodg.
ed or evaded all questions as tr,
the cabinet, however
Sunday morning Mr. TAFT attend.
ed the Unitarian church alone. The,
ne lunched with Root and the presj
dent. Ambassador White. Postmaste,
General Meyer and Beekman winth
rop, assistant secretary Of the treas
rry, called durrly the afternoon.
81 don't know whether any mar
Of their call belongs TO me. thoue,h'
said Mr. Taft with smile. t'Tbev
ore going ont with the president
this afternoon Whether they ar.
Going swimming, or not I don"
know"
The presence OF Meyer may have
all sorts of cabinet significance. bu'
one mans speculation on that Is as
good as anotber's.
| Mr.. Taft will be in Cincinnati for
several days whence he will return
to Hot Springs. On Dec. Z he goes
to New York to speak before tn
North Carolina society, which wiz
discuss for an evening the topic o
which is hest for the south. MI
Taft has undoubtedly accepted thi
invitation to preach his one pollti
cal hobby, new division on party
lines in the south. From New
York he will com, to Washington
to be the guest of Mr.. w. j. Board
man, the former Cleveland man. fo
several days, After this Mr.. and
Nrs. Taft will visit his brothe.
Henry In New York for severa'
days On Dee. 40 they plan to g,
70 Augusta, Ga, for the balance oI
the month at least Plans for Feb
Iuory have not been completed. Mr.
Tart commented on the Cuban elec
tion as follows
81 had no doubt they would hav
satisfactory elections under the laws
adopted and the measures taken
considering that the "measures
taken" included plenty of Unite
states marines placed where the,
would do the most good and Gov
Wagon in the background with
Dig stick this comment is not Sc,
n'nNh OF compliment, perhaps Mr.
Tat undoubtedly meant II to he
taken In the most favorable sense
however.
Whether the president-elect lool,a1
over the mansion that viii be hi.
after March 4 with a view TO mat.
ing changes today was not in evid.
ence' He said the automobiles bougb,
Tor him In the newspapers wero
surprise to him. Tf he means +,
replace the grizzly bear heads IN
me state dining room with stnNe
peace doves and hang yolf sticks on |
Inc walls In the place of weapons
ne does not say so. He Is havIn,
enc trouble characterize of h,s
new Office already IA accordanc, |
win tradition the seret service ba. |
put trusted man on the iob ., |
dog his steps everywhere.
'He Is having the chase of his
me- too'' laughed Mr. TAFT