Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-27
TAFT SETTLES
into THE COLLAR.
From the Strenuous Life Of
Pleasure at Yale He Again
Enters Field OF Politics.
FINDS CHANGE AGREEABLE
Confers With Booker T. Washington,
WHO Asks Him 10 Make Campaign
Speeches TO the Negroes

New York. June 26,--secy Taft has
passed from pleasure to politics. The
transition, inevitable in a way, was
really not distasteful to him. During
the fun making Of commencement week
at Yale. he had pretty strenuous
time. He really is greatly fatigued
The change, therefore, from purely per-
sonal to purely political affairs was In
the nature of a recreation The change
came between New Haven. Conn, and
New York City. After bidding farewell
ut New Haven to some OF his oldest
friends he boarded the 3.51 p M, New
York, New Haven e. Hartford train for
New York. THE trip was quite une-
ventftil. After reading for n time the
secretary chatted incidentally with one
or two acquaintances whom he met.
He was tlnaccompanied except by
newspaper friend. Embracing the OPP
poTtunity to obtain a little rest on the
"trip he dropped to sleep in his chair and
was not awakened until he reached the
Grand Central station There he was
met by James II. Williams, Jr.. mem
her Of his political staff In Washington.
who accompanied him TO the M9nhat-
tan hotel.
"AIR. SECRETARY" NOW.
AS the secretary left the station for
the street, he was given u cordial greet
ing by hundreds of people who had
assembled to see him. Once more he
was presidential candidate and not
merely the Bill Taft of Yale. For
four days IL has been bill. BIZ, Bill"
Tonight 1t once more is Mr. Secre-
tary" and he is being GREETED not
mercy because of his personality, but
as the standard bearer of great politi-
cal party. The secretary was driven
directly from the station to the Manhat-
tan. where apartments for him had
been reserved.
After greeting a number of people
who were in the hotel lobby who de-
sired TO pay their respects to him the
secretary went TO his apartments,
There he received a few other friends
while he was preparing for dinner
Shortly after S o'clock, accompanied
by jacob G. Schmidlapp of Cincinnati
he left the hotel for the St Regis |
where he dined as the guest of Mr.. |
Schmidlapp. II had been arranged that |
ex-Gov. Luke r.. Wright. who is sue |
ceeding Mr.. Taft as secretary of war |
next Wednesday, and Gen. Clarence Ed |
wards. chief Of the bureau OF insular |
nffairs OF the war department. should |
he guests at the dinner, but they did |
not arrive in time Those who attend
ed the dinner besides Secy Taft and
Mr.. Scbmidlapp were A. C. Coffin, head
of the General Electric company and
Ralph Peters, president OF the Long
Island Railway company. Both are old
friends OF Secy Taft.
The dinner was practically an infor- |
NAL function, and without political sig |
nifcance AT Its conclusion the party |
had an automobile ride about the city |
Ut was 1929 o'clock when the secre- |
tary reached the hotel Politicians |
We're huzzing about the lobby like |
bees. The secretary greeted all friends |
with cordially. but begged to he ex- |
cused from any extended conferences
tonight. Among those who paid their |
respects TO him was John Hays Ham
mond. His conversation with Mr.. Taft
was purely personal.
SEES b. T. WASHINGTON
Soon after the secretary reached his
apartments he had conference with
President Booker T.. Washington of the
Tuskegee institute Alabama Mr. |
Washington came TO New York to at
tend meeting of the board of truss
tees of the institution. He asked Mr.,
TAFT TO deliver at least two formal adj
dresses during the approaching cam.
No definite conclusion was
reached but it Is not unlikely that at
least one address of the kind indicated
may be delivered by Secy Taft before
the close OF the campaign.
Ex-Gov. Luke Wright arrived at the
Manhattan shortly after o'clock di-
roctly from his home at Memphis,
Tenn. A few minutes afterward Gen
arrived from Washington, ac-
by Frank b. Kellogg. Re-
publican national committeeman for
and special counsel of tho
United states in the proceedings
against the Standard oil company. He
will go TO Oyster Bay tomorrow 10 have
q conference with President Roosevelt.
although he is not directly connected
with the party, of Secy. Taft.
Tomorrow morning Sccy Taft with |
sx-Goy. Wright and Gen Edwards. will
take an early train for Oyster Bay to
confer with President Roosevelt The
purpose of the conference Is to discuss
questions now pending before the war
department and ex-Gov. Wrlghts new
duties as secretary of war.
Politics also VIII be discussed, par
ticulariy the selection of chairman
OF the Republican national committee
Secy. TAFT hopes TO conclude his
talk with President Roosevelt tomor-
row IN time TO enable him TO return to
Washington tomorrow night.