New-York tribune., 1908-08-18
WILL ANSWER BRYAN
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college leagues campaign manager. Mr.. Ham
mond and Mr.. Meyers are enthusiastic supporters
of Judge Taft and they will devote all their en-
ergies between now and Election Day to fur
tbering the interests of the Republican candi-
date.
DR. Charles A L. Reed. of Cincinnati who is
an avowed candidate for the Senate to succeed
Senator Foraker reached here to-day, and as
sured Mr.. Taft that great proportion OF the
physicians of the country would support MIN IN
November. Dr. Reed, it may be recalled con-
Quoted the informal poll of the counties OF the
United States early last summer, which sho"ed
such preponderatng sentiment in favor OF the
nomination of Mr. Taft He sent out 1850 &c
quests to known correspondents in as many
counties requesting them to ascertain and re-
mort the sentiment Of the local leaders as be-
tween the several candidates for the nomination,
ann received something more than nineteen hun
dred replies
DR. Reed said to-day that there was a str1k-
ing similarity between the prop"rtionate num-
Der of votes fer Taft in that poll and the pro-
nortfonate votes for the several candidates at
the Chicago convention
Speaking of the political prospects, DR. Reed
said to-day:
THE physicians of the United States ac-
cording to nv informal ton, are prepOnderat-
for this. In the first place. Mr.. Taft has al
ways shown himself alive to those interests OF
the people that are represented by and through
the medical profession. While he in the
Philippines he established modern medical
education on i firmcr governmental basis than
it exists anywhere mainland. In his
administration of the canal zone he has al
ways made II a point to hold up the hands Of
Colonel Gorgas. who. by the way. is now presi-
dent of the American Medical Association,
which represents the organized medical pro-
fession of the whole United States, including
insular dependencies,
While Secretary of War Mr.. Taft iabored
zealously and was finally successful in getting
a law passed which improved the status of the
medical corps. In the preliminary platform
which with the stamp of his approval from
Washington 10 Chicago he declared for the or
ganzaton of all existing national public health
agencies into a single national public health de-
partment. and he reiterated his views in general
terms on this point in his speech of acceptance.
For these reasons, and for the additional rea-
son that medical men know fine type of sanity
when they see il. the medical profession of this
country is prepOnderantly for Mr.. Taft on this
point I know of what I speak, for 1 am in touch
with the organized medical profession in every
county in the United States. and consequently
have direct avenues Of information
Referring to his own candidacy for the Sen
ate. DIR. Reed said that he had not entered the
race until he received petition signed by $4,000
Republicans urging him to do so When asked
what Foraker sentiment there in Ohio. DR..
Reed said: Senator Foraker has great many
friends but few partisans. The fact is you
cannot find any Foraker partisans. They have
taken off the badge and come into camp"
Mr.. Taft to-day to Mrs. Joseph II.
Gaines. wife of Representative Gaines, Of West
Virginia, note wherein he expressed the hearty
thanks of himself and Mrs. Taft for the hos
pttality extended to them by Mr. and Mrs.
Gaines during their recent visit to White Sui
phur Springs
Mr.. Taft is granting further sittings 10 Antas
Hes. the Hungarian artist of New York, who IS
painting the candidates picture for the Hun
garian Club Of New York.