The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-21
TAFT LIKELY TO
TAKE THESTUMP
Front Porch Campaign May Be
Abandoned by Repub-
IiCan Candidate.
ENJOYS MAKING SPEECHES
FORAKER DITCHED BECAUSE OF
ATTACK UPON ROOSEVELT.

Hot Springs. Va, Aug. 20.-"After the
first week of my speaking campaign has
been gone through with. and one finds
himself as il were. talking without diff
Guilty on all of the various subjects of
discussion. 1 do not think there is any
thing more enjoyable than making at
least one speech a day
This utterance by Judge Taft today pre-
sents his attitude toward campaigning
He added that in the 1904 campaign ha
made speeches during a six weeks tour
of New York and New England and Il
enjoyed every minute of IT,"
When asked If il were not a possibility
that a change might be decided upon in
the announcement that he would not leave
Cincinnati during the campaign, Mr.. Taft
replied:
May Take the Stump.
"Of course, there is nothing to prevent
a change of these plans"
Mr. Taft admitted that perhaps the
strong reason for the official announce
ment that he should remain in his native
city was to forestall the deluSe of appli-
cations for his presence in various parts
of the country, but these applications
are coming just the same.
Any change of plans affecting the cam
didate, however, II was stated, was
matter entirely with the national com
ing to accommodate himself to anything
but a whirlwind campaign. as he put ii,
was made plain. There is no harder
work" he added than making hurried
speeches from the rear end of a train, and
l doubt if such work is effective"
Hot Springs Rally.
Hot Springs is in readiness for the Re
publican rally tomorrow. Colonel s.
Brown Allen of Staunton made a final in
nj "a
the arrangements committee. at the close
of the day. and placed his approval on
what had been done. CoIonel Aliens es-
innate of the crowd to come includes
1900 from the Shenandoah valley. 1000 or
I.500 from the James river division, from
Richmond another 1000. and from High
land, Bath and Allegheny counties 100 to
/ 800 more.
Robert Mather of the Rock Island rail-
road reached here today and paid his re-
spects to Mr.. Taft.
Why Foraker Was SheIved.
Judge D. d. Woodmansee. Judge of the
common pleas court al Cincinnati. presi-
dent i'm 1896 of the National League of
Republican clubs, and a cousin and an
old friend of Judge Taft, was an arrival
today and gave out an interview regard
ing the decision of the Ohio state COM
mttee not to invite Senator. Foraker to
speak at the opening of the national cam
paign at Youngstown, Sept. 3, in winch
Aside from the fact that we have had
many campaign openings in Ohio with
out our senator taking part. II can al
once be understood that a very important
question of party policy arose this year.
Every one can appreciate that 1t was an
embarrassing situation. Senator Fora
ker. in his chamber of commerce speech
delivered in Cincinnati only short time
ago, made a severe attack upon the poll
cies of President Roosevelt. How could
the party. which intends to wage the fight
standing sQuarely on these policies as de-
clared in its platform, consistently invite
him to take the most conspicuous part in
the campaign? 1t was practically impos-
sible. and most of Senator Foraker's
friends sec 1t that way.
Likes Foraker, But
Il will yield to 70 one in my admiration
for Senator Foraker. The splendid serv
ices that he has heretofore rendered In
behalf of the Republican party cannot
and must not be forgotten, and no one
shall regret more than myself if he finds
il impossible to serve the party during
this important campaign"
Judge Taft's engagements for Saturday
include conferences with Postmaster Cen
eral Meyer. Chief Forester Clifford Pin
chot Theodore p Shonts president of the
Metropolitan Securities company of New
York and G. w Painter. an American