The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-13
POLITICAL MECCA

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POLITICAL MECCA
Hot Springs Has Become Objective
Point for Leaders
Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 13.-Presi-
dent-elect Taft was Joined here today
by Vice President-elect Sherman who
said he had come to the Virginia
mountains to rest and play for a week.
He met Judge Taft on the veranda of
the Homestead hotel and the two ex-
changed cordial greetings. Come up
to the cottage and see me anytime"
said Mr.. Taft after the two had chatted
briefly. II will do 1t and be glad to"
responded Mr.. Sherman. The vice
president-elect occupied the afternoon
with game Of golf with William L.
Ward, national committeeman from
New York and the call was not made
today.
While no definite engagement has
been made for game on the links be-
tween the two men who are to head
the next administration, each has ex-
pressed a wish to play the other and
the interesting event may take place
tomorrow.
Speaking seriously Mr.. Sherman
said no matters of state had brought
him here. He was taking a weeks
rest and came here at the suggestion
of Mr. Taft. The son and daughter of
the vice president-elect accompany
him.
Representative Theodore e. Burton
of Ohio came on the midnight train
last night and will remain here for
ten days. Senator Burkett of Nebras-
ka spent the day here. He came for
the purpose of discussing coming
legislation. Mr.. Burkett said he found
Mr.. Taft in favor Of pushing the pos
tai savings bill at the next session
of congress-. He laid before the presi-
dent-elect plan for legislation au-
thorizing the issuance of bonds to pay
for permanent public improvements.
E Senator Scott Of West Virginia and
Mrs. Scott came to spend some time
as did Senator Jonathan Bourne of
Oregon.
All of these gentlemen doubtless
will take the opportunity to have talks
with Mr.. Taft but the president-elect
stated that as far as he knew he would
not be called upon, to make any, Inn,
portant plans for the future for some
time to come. He still insists that this
for him, 10 a. vacation time and that
matters of states he desires to be
tabooed.
1t was stated here today by those
in position to know that the Re-
publican campaign fund was made up
of between 11,00O and 10000 subscrip-
tions, but three or four of which were
in amount greater than the ten thou
sand dollar limit fixed by Mr.. Bryan.
What Senator Burkett told Mr.. Taft
regarding the necessity for the financ-
ing Of government operations was
later explained by him in this man
ner:
II would favor" he said, "the gov
ernment taking up its international
development in we'll planned, COM
prehensfve way and beginning work
on 1t just as methodically as we have
on the Panama canal or as we have
on our irrigation project and issuing
bonds from time to time to meet the
expenses of 1t. Our country is getting
larger" he continued, "and the neces-
sary current expenses are increasing
all the time while our sources of
revenue are diminishing. Our public
lands are pretty well disposed Of, the
legislation in many of the states has
tended to decrease our internal reve-
nues, we are about to revise the tariff
and undoubtedly as It should be, it
will be downward and some things
that have paid duty will undoubted-
ly be put on the free list Our inter-
est charge on the puplic debt is not
very large now and we could borrow
enough money to carry. on this work
and still have our annual interest
charge very low in comparison with
most of the other nations of the world.
The people want more public build
ings, they want river and harbor i'm
provements, they want an internal
waterway system developed, they
want our military posts built up so
as to be habitable. And take 1t that
they are willing that the government
should do as any Individual would do,
or as any business concern would do
borrow the money for these great
undertakings Just as we did when the