The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-22
GOING over HIS
SPEECH AGAIN
Judge Taft Revising the Re
marks to Be Made at Gin
cinnati Next Tuesday.
MANY SUGGESTIONS MADE
PROPOSED RAINBOW CHASING"
IN THE SOUTH.
MANY SUGGESTIONS MADE

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Hot Springs. Va, July N.-Mr. Taft y
= will leave here tomorrow night for y
= Oyster Bay. where he will take lunch y
= with the president on Thursday. He y
= probably will so to New York Thurs 4
y day night and leave New York for \
r Cincinnati Friday afternoon or night. =
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Hot Springs. Va. July 2l.-Three days
more Of diligent consideration and care
ful revision will be given by William II.
TAFT to the speech he is 10 deliver at
Cincinnati Tuesday next in acknowledge
ment OF the official notification that he
is the presidential nominee OF the Re
publican party. Although the speech is
to he supplemented in September by an
extended letter of acceptance. il is the
purpose OF the candidate TO take this ear
Her opportunity 10 set forth precisely and
as concisely as may be possible his po-
sltion on the surprising multitude Of ques-
lions which must be dealt with in the
campaign.
Has Had Much Advice.
The Importance politically of thus an
nouncicS himself has been impressed
upon Mr.. Tart by the numerous political
advisers with whom he has consulted
ana he has decided 10 take the risk OF
being tedious In the delivery OF a speech
or an hour and "A half which will be
fully Illuminating. in place of the thirty
minute talk he had at first believed would
suffice But there is much consulting
Yet u be done and undoubtedly MANY
changes OF expression Will be made
For some time Mr.. TAFT has labored
over the speech until the early morning
hours. and Yesterday, instead of indulgins
IN his usual golf game. he listened to
the reading Of the speech by Frank b.
Kellogg.
Having Likeness Painted.
Meanwhile he sat gazing out on the links
with a pleased expression. while Antal
lilies. can artist. of Budapest who speaks
no English. hurried life size likeness
OF the candidate on to huge canvas
for the hungarian Republican club OF
New York.
Mr.. Kellogg has consented 10 assist i'm
the revising process until Friday. when
Mr.. Taft has promised himself that the
work shall be finished.
Delegation Of Virginians.
\ delegation of prominent Republicans
of Virginia arrived here today TO confer
with Mr.. Taft concerning conditions in
this state The delegation was headed
by Representative Slemp. chairman of the
Republican state executive committee,
who told MIR. Taft the Republicans of
this state were preparing to take adj
vantage OF conditions to make a good
showing in the coming campaign and
that they were more thoroughly united
than ever before.
Representative Gaines OF West Virginia.
chairman OF the house committee which
reported and secured the passage through
the house at the last session of a pub
licity bill which failed in the senate, had
AN interview with Mr.. Taft today. Mr..
Gaines is not an enthusiast for fed
eral publicity law.
Rainbow Chasing.
While such law would not exactly
he premium on perjury he said. lit
would put veraCity at disadvantage.
Virginia. Georgia and North Carolina
are 10 be battled for ny the Republicans
II Mr.. Taft has any influence with the
national committee in directing the cam
paign. He today said this much to the
delegation OF Virginia Republicans who
visited him.
Mr. Tart viii name the day in Au-
gust. after his Cincinnati speech has
been delivered. ..hen he will receive al
Hot Springs representative gatherings
from all parts OF tie state.
An Offer Declined.
Mr. Taft today declined an elephant o.
fered by w. W. Powers Of Rhode ISL
a..G
The offer. which came as a telegram,
was as follows:
Riverside. r. t. July 9.-Hon. w. II.
Taft. Hot Springs. Va: Would YOU ac-
cept free one of Powers hippodrome ele
plants as the Republican emblem and
mascot in the fall campaign. You may
remember seeing them at Cumberland. |
Md. Please wire reply, my expense. TO
me Providence. r. l.. care Crescent
Park.
(Signedl w. W. POWERS
The answer to thin was:
II am very much obliged to you for
your generous offer but am afraid your
elephant were | to accept il. would he
an elephant indeed. You are very much
better able To take care of him than I.
and | hope that wherever he is. he will
constitute a mascot both for you and
for me. W. II. TAFT"