New-York tribune., 1908-08-21
TAFT MAY GO ON TOUR
lSpE4KING TRIP 4DVISED.
T;gt to Doubtful States Possible
ForaBer's attitude Criticised.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

,blirau Presidential candidate may alter his
-or-a-rune and instead OF remaining in his
s,ns cft,- Cincinnati. throughout September and
,ctober. make speaking tour Of az least some
f me doubtful states.
The frcnt porch campaign policy was adopted
=, .he advice Of Chairman Hitchcock ard others.
-. from numerous sources Mr. Taft is receiving
80 that he can make thousands of votes by
.,.s-i3r personally before the voters and
-, in some sections it is highly important
-sst the voters should have an opportunity to
sse and hear him
representative Kennedy, who came yesterday
~ beg ar. Taft TO attend the opening Of this
ce,,naign at Youngstown. went away sorely dis
.nnoin.cd al his failure to induce the candidate
70 deviate from his policy. but the seed he
sowed evidently fell on good ground and to-day
zsrs evidence Of sprouting. Mr.. Taft said he
greatly regretted being unable TO attend the
Youngstown meeting. and seemed himself TO
guestion the wisdom Of the policy which has
been adopted
After the first week. when you have your
subjects well in hand said Nj Taft to-day 1t
Is al extremely pleasant experience to pass
through political campaign. In 1904 I spoke
IN New York six or seven times and also
IN Indiana. Ohio Vermont Rhode Island and
Illinois Speaking three or four times
day is extremely trying but TO speak once a
day IS very pleasant II many ways. There is
Of course. nothing to prevent my changing the
programme Of staying continuously in Cincinnati
which has been adopted on the advice Of my
nanag-rs The only serious difficulty is the fact
that one is swamped with applications and il
Is impossible TO accept all invitations
MR TAFT WILLING To MAKE TRIP
Any change of plans affecting the candidate.
however rests entirely with the national COM
Giftee. That Mr- Taft is entirely willing to
accommodate himself TO anything but "whirl-
wind campaign" as he put it. is made plain.
There is harder work. he says. than
making hurried speeches from the rear end of
train. and 7 doubt if such work is effective
Should il finally be decided that Mr. Taft
shall make campaign outside of Cincinnati.
his itinerary VIII be arranged entirely by the
national committee, leaving him entirely free
from bother about details.
Nj Taft stands for the policies Of Theodore
Roosevelt which by their Endorsement in the
national platform have become the policies OF
the Republican party. Standing squarely
those policies. he was a candidate for the nom
Inaton, and the Republican party in its national
convention chose the man and adopted the poll
cies. Under these circumstances. it is at least
peculiar that any Republican whose stock in
trade has been opposition 10 those policies.
whether because of his affiliations with the
Interests which were hurt by President Roose-
vet's fearless enforcement Of the law, be
cause of conscientious conviction that tfe
policies were mistaken, should regard II as re-
EasrRable that he i not invited take place
IN the forefront Of those who are working TO
sb-iag about the continuation Of those policies
b. The election of Mr.. Taft.
Sc ATsts FoRAKER'S ATTITUDE
And Yet il is reported here that Senator For
sker has through the medium OF an interview.
pronounced the failure TO invit him 70 speak al
The opening OF the campaign at Youngstown,
Ohio. 70 b. an effort to hunllate him personally.
For obvious reasons Nj Taft is making no COM
ment on the Foraker interview In fact, COM
nent seems hardly necessary. Governor Hughes
mas been invited TO open the national campaign
with the speech OF the day. and il is a reason
able assumption that just the work OF Gov
e-nor Hughes in bringing about the creation OF
the Public Service Commission and in other
directions Is II cor,sora=2ee what for
me-ly med the Roosevelt policies now the
policies of the Republican party, so that. too
must come in for .censure from Mr.. Foraker
Judge = 4. woodmansee, of Cincinnati, a
member Of the Court Of Common Pleas, Is at
Hot Springs to-day, and he consented 70 discuss
The Foraker interview for publication Judge
Eoodrans,e is q stanch Republican He was,
:n fact president Of the National League Of Re
publican Clubs during the Mckinley campaign
Of 1896. He is also strong adrnirer of MI For
ske- but ne presents q wholly logical explana-
lion Of the failure 70 invite the Senator to speak
a Youngstown. he said to-day;
AS friend and neighbor Of Senator Foraker
! regret the impression that has gone abroad,
because OF an alleged interview with the Sen
s:or reported from New York, in which he was
nade % say that the failure 10 invite him 70
speak al the national campaign opening at
Youngstown was a personal humiliation. Al
though have not talked with Judge Taft or any
one who had 20 90 with the selection Of speakers
for that important occasion, Yet feel sure that
no personal humiliation was intended
Aside from the fact that We have had many
campaign openings in Ohio without our Senator
taking part,- Judge Woodransee continued. 1t
csa a. once be understood that very important
Question of party policy arose this year- Every
one can appreciate that it was an embarrassing
situation Senator Foraker. in his Chamber Of
Coramerce speech delivered in Cincinnati only
short time ago. made severe attack on the
Policies Of President Roosevelt How could
he party which intends II wage the fight
standing squarely on these policies declared
IN its platform consistently invite him to take
NE most conspicuous part in the campaign II
vas practically impossible. and most Of Senator
Ferakers friends il that way.
! viii yield 10 no one in my admiration for
Senator Foraker added Judge Woodmansee
Ihe splendid services that he has heretofore
rendered in behalf Of the Republican party
cannot and must not be forgotten. and no one
VII regret IL more than myself if he finds it
impossible to serve the party during this i'm
poFtsnr csuausfs,