Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14
OUTLINING HIS SPEECH
Judge Taft Digesting the DEM
ocratic PIanks.
WILL REFER TO ISSUES
Letter of Acceptance Will Be Much
More Elaborate.
MAY CONTAIN $4,000 WORDS
WILL REFER TO ISSUES
MAY CONTAIN $4,000 WORDS
Will Probably Begin Dictation of
His Address to the Notification
Committee Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, July 14.-Judse
Taft, republican nominee for President
entered the dining room for breakfast
this morning carrying lot of planks.
They were from the democratic plat
form. and he had them pasted on slips
of white paper. He would take spoon
full of oatmeal, then read a plank. an
other spoonful, another plank, and SO
on to the bottom of the bowl and the
end of the platform. When he left the
dining room he took the planks with him.
He carried them under his arm as he
walked up and down the veranda, and
he still had them when he retired to
his room to resume work on his speech
of acceptance.
Judge Taft expects his speech Of &C
ceptance will be about $500 words In
length On account of its brevity 1t will
probably only contain reference to lead
ing issues of the campaign, leaving sub
jects of less Importance to be treated in
his letter of acceptance, which Will con-
tain about 5000 words
M. Taft dictates all his speeches and
then revises the typewriter pages. He
will probably begin debating tomorrow.
but it will be Saturday or Sunday be-
fore the speech is whipped into its final
form.
Senator Warmers notification speech at
Cincinnati will be SO brief that it will
not require over ten minutes in Its de-
livery. The speech of acceptance, also.
will be short. The letter Of acceptance
will treat public questions at greater
length.
Judge Taft's Method.
Judge Taft has at his command copies
Of speeches of acceptance of candidates
Of both parties in recent years and with
in a day or two he will receive copies OF
the platforms of both parties for many
years. He is handling this task as
Judge on the bench would hear case. He
is looking through all the documents
bearing on the subject and before finish
ing his work he will have the views OF
many leaders Of the party on the draft OF
the document. Ever since his nomination
the many conferences he has had have In
volved discussion of every phase Of the
political situation and have had reference
to conditions in all parts of the Union. All
of the Information that has in this way
been brought to him is now of service in
determining the phases Of the campaign
that should receive most prominent con-
sideration.
OF all the planks in the platform, that
relating to injunctiOns is probably the
one that will receive greatest attention.
So much has been said on this subject,
criticism from democratic sources having
been made on his record while on the
bench in respect to the process of the in
j
adopted planks on that subject which are
likely to play an important part in the
campaign, Judge Taft will declare his
position on this important question in
forceful and unmistakable terms.
Will Speak Next Monday.
The happiest man in Hot Springs today
is Jake McClintic. chairman of the board
of supervisors of Bath county. He has
obtained the candidates promise to ap-
pear at the county courthouse.at German
town. five miles from here, at the OPEN
ing of court next Monday.
You see. Mr.. Secretary" said Jake, In
extending the invitation, this is a new
courthouse. l am chairman of the board
of supervisors. and we have had some
trouble over the building of this hyar
courthouse. and I reckon it would help
to set US right If you would come on out
and speak"
but Jake added: This hyar county of
Bath. Mr.. Secretary, went republican
twice against Bryan.
Very WE'LL" said Judge Taft, II will
go over. but 1 won't make a political
speech
Thank you said Jake. as he backed
away, pulling his whiskers with pleas
Ure. I'VE will have a carriage for YOU
The news of Judge Taft's acceptance of
the Bath county invitation has stirred up
counties Ben Allen. United States mar
shEi of Staunton. hoped on a train as
soon he heard of it and arrived this
morning.
The fact that Judge Taft had said that
he hoped to be free from visitors this
week made no difference to him. 1t was
Ben Allen who jumped upon the platform
of the Taft train at StauntOn. when the
candidate was on his way to Hot Springs
and. after introducing himself asked
Judge Taft to come on out and say a
word to the boys. Allen refused to dis
close the purpose of his visit today, but
it's safe to say that in one way or an
other he has the interests of .the boys"
at heart.
Judge Taft today announced his accept
ance of an invitation to address the Vir-
ginia Bar Association. which will be in
session here the first week In August
Former United States Senator Lindsay of
Kentucky will deliver the annual address
before that body.