Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-03
''Cash for Conversation"
Says Chairman Hitchcock.
STUMPS'LL BE BUSY OCT. !
And Some Of the Real Spielers Will
Start Earlier
SOME COLLECTORS CHos
Taft Hasn't Changed His Mind
About Using His Cincinnati Front
Porch During Campaign.

CHICAGO. September 3.-Most OF the
speakers of national prominence who will
take the stump for Taft and Sherman will
not be available until about October l.
and until then the campaign In the doubt
full states will be waged by local speak
ers. Senators Beveridge and Borah and
Leslie NJ. Shaw. former Secretary OF the
Treasury. and perhaps Secretary Garfield
of the Department Of the Interior. will BIO
ready by September 10 y few speeches
by these men will be made earlier.
Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker
Cannon are expected to make political adj
dresses outside of their own state begin
ming October l. and Senator Foraker.
Senator La Toilette. Senator Knox and
Gov. Hughes will start out the same week.
In addition to these practically all of the
members of Congress, who will make up
the volunteer speaking force. have agreed
to arrange their plans as to speak for
the last month of the campaign wherever
they may be wanted.
oh. They'll Pay Some.
Chairman Hitchcock today corrected
the impression that the volunteer speak
ing force is to be used to the exclusion
Of paid speakers. He said today that
negotiations are proceeding to secure tho
best republican speakers in the country
and that many of these will be paid for
their services, They will be used during
the last two weeks. The speakers bureau
in the west has been besicged by demands
from every doubtful state that Mr.. Taft.
President Roosevelt, Mr.. Sherman and
prominent senators be sent into the cam
paign at once. This Is taken as q healthy
indication of political interest.
There has been no change In Mr.. Taft's
determination to remain In Cincinnati
during the campaign and address such
delegations as call upon him at his home.
1t is possible. however that late I'm the
campaign, perhaps the last two weeks I'm
October, he may make number of
short speaking trips into middle western
states. The Ohio political situation was
considered further by Mr.. Hitchcock
when he received call from State Au-
ditor Gilbert Of that state today. II was
said that while there was dissatisfaction
in some portions of the state over nomi-
nations made for some of the state Of
fees, the national ticket would not be
seriously involved.
Collectors Appointed.
Assistant Treasurer Cpham of the ma.
tional committee today appointed COM
mittee of Chicago business men to assist
him in gathering campaign funds in this
city. The committee follows: e. =. But
Ter, Charles r. Crane. John v. Farwell,
Franklin McVeagh and J. C. Shaffer All
of the chairmen of the middle west state
executive committees have communicated
with Mr.. Hitchcock during the past two
days by using the long distance teie-
phone. There will be a gathering of these
chairmen in Chicago when Mr. Hitchcock
comes here again soon after September
Is. Until this date Mr.. Hitchcock expects
to remain In the east giving direction
personally to the campaign in Maine.
Hitchcock Changes His Mind.
Mr. Hitchcock decided today not to leave
for Indianapolis to confer with Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks until tomorrow morping.
He will remain In that city until tomor-
row night and then start for Toledo, ar
irving there Saturday morning, for a con-
ference with Mr.. Taft. He will reach
Chicago Sunday morning.