The San Francisco call., 1908-08-23
LOOMS TELLS OF
TOKYO EXPOSITION
Commissioner Will Gather Data
for Benefit of Manufacture
ers and Merchants
Confident Taft Will Garry Labor
and Negro Vote by Big
Majority

Francis B. Loomis, who has been
commissioned by the state department
to represent the United States at the
court of the mikado of Japan in COM
nection with the coming International
| exposition at Tokyo, yesterday dis
cussed at length the purposes of his
coming visit He is preparing to leave
on the Manchuria in a few days.
I'VE go to Japan for the purpose OF
getting better understanding OF the
scope and character of the proposed
worlds fair to be held in that country"
said kLoomis yesterday, and to get all
the data we can for the Information
of the manufacturers and merchants OF
the United States. l can say nothing
as to what this country will do in the
way of exhibiting at that exposition,
for the reason that as yet we do not
| know what Japan wants us to do and
! whether or not the conditions are such
as would be of interest to the business
! individuals and corporations OF this
! country.
| WILL NOT SPEAK ON VENEZUELA
"Venezuela? No, you must excuse
me from saying anything about that
country or it's affairs
| "Ohio, my native state and the state
| In which / now have my legal resi-
dence, is certain to- be carried by Taft
| by from $4,000 to 100000 plurality.
| There is no trouble for our party in
! Ohio at all. OF course, there has been
| some sentiment among the colored peo-
| pie growing out of the Brownsville in
cident, but no serious break. The col
| ored people understand that the re-
| publican party is their best friend and
| if they leave it they have no other
place to go, SO they will be back in line
| on election day. They realize they
have nothing to fear from Taft. Taft
| is just, strong man with broad
conception of conditions and persons.
As jurist he was always fair and all
conditions of men who ever came into
contact with him or have studied him
from an outside viewpoint realize his
greatness. Regarding his labor deci-
sions there is no feeling among the so
called laboring element against him
that amounts to anything, for they re-
alize that Taft is an absolutely honest
| man and fearless in his endeayor to
see honesty prevail.
TAFT ABSOLUTELY HONEST
Taft sometimes does things to which
the politicians take exception and which
they think are not wise, but it would
seem that his is the greater wisdom,
for the things that he does different
from others frequently turn out to be
the things that bring him the greatest
number of friends. There seems to be
a wrong idea about the relations that
exist between Roosevelt and Taft.
Some people consider Taft a sort OF a
messenger boy for the president, when
as a matter of fact their relations are
organized on an entirely different ba-
sis. Taft is really Rooseyelt's chief
adviser and much of Roosevelt's
strength is due to his having acted on
Tafts suggestions in matters making
for the public good.
Il have been around Ohio great
deal lately and 1 found no opposition
whatever to Taft among republicans
Take my home town, for instance;
there the sentiment among republic
cans is not only all for Taft, but many
democrats will vote for him as we'll
1t looks to me as If Foraker would not
be returned to the senate There are
several avowed candidates to succeed
him, but as yet there is no combination
in favor of any man. Burton &wants
the office, but he is from the wrong
end of the state; Senator Dicks home,
you know, is not far from that of
Congressman Burton"