The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-07
TAFT ANXIOUS
TO BEGIN WORK
Asks National Committee to
Arrange Dates for
Grand Tour.
READY TO START SEPT. Fl
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AGAIN
FOLLOWS BRYAN'S LEAD.

Middle Bass Island. O., Sept. g.
William H. Taft will leave here tOmor-
row morning for the activities of his
lican national committee to arrange for
him a speechmaking itinerary and has
suggested that the states of Missouri,
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa. Illinois, lndi-
ana and New York be included in any
tour that may be decided on. Mr..
Taft has also expressed the view that
his stay in Cincinnati might be ter
minated as early as September p, thus
permitting the extension of mis- serv-
ices in the general political field to a
period of nearly six weeks and make
possible a trip from coast to coast.
Taft Finally Aroused.
assigned speaking dates. looming as it
does directly upon the visit here yes
terday of National Chairman Hitchcock
and his desire to hasten the time when
he is TO take 10 the road is regarded
as showing his fixed determinat ton to
be personally in the fight wherever ii
may be the thickest. and also his de-
termination that no doubt shall exist as
to his attitude.
II can't conceive of anything more
depressing than to be denied participa
ton in an active campaign, or to be
kept quietly in one place, depending
wholly upon necessarily fragmantary
reports as " what is going on and as
to what conditions are
This was the recent summing up by
Judge Taft of his personal feelings in
the situation.
Leaves the Island Today.
The Taft party will leave here at &c
o'clock tomorrow on Commander Rich
ardson's yacht Jessemine for Port in
ton, the nearest shore port There au-
tomobles Will be taken for sixteen
mile drive 10 Spegele Grove. near FIRE
mont. there to be entertained at lunch
con at the Hayes homestead. as the
guests of Colonel and Mrs. Webb
Hayes. Sandusky will be reached by
trolley before dark. wher:. they will 20
to the home of Edward Marsh tor tho
night. The trip to Cincinnati. which
begins Tuesday afternoon. viii be
punctuated with at least ten speeches
from the rear platform az he rain
Before leaving Sandusky. MIR. Taft viii
address the old soldiers and make Il po-
litical speech al the local theatre. When
Tiffin is reached an)' heT speech will lie
delivered. and then on down the state.
moulding Kenton. Beilefoutaire, I'r-
bana, Springfield and payton.
Speeches viii Be Short.
These speeches win necessarily be
short. as the TaIt cIr will BE- attached
TO the regular rain on the Big Four
and no changes in the running time OF
the trains have beel arranged. for Mr.
Taft has not prepared the remarks lac
is TO deliver on the "trip and will in each
instance speak extemporaneousiy. ]IC
will handle diIfertr- topics Of The cam
paign in different speeches.
A. l. Vorys, chief os staff of the can
iidate. returned here Today from
where he presided at Tho
opening yesterday OF the campaign
We selected Youngstown for the open
ing of the campaign Mr. Vorys SAID,
BECAUSE IL is great industrial cen
ter. The idea has been promulgated
that union labor rs against the Repub-
lican ticket. and we wanted 10 show
the falsity OF these statements More
than 12.0G0 mechanics were III line in
the Youngstown parade 10 reply to the
being more than thrse-tOurths
Of all the mechanics in that great in
1ustrial CENTER
The men were given a holidaJ by the
steel corporation.