New-York tribune., 1908-07-30
TAFT OFF FOR VIRGINIA
GETS HIS UNION PAPERS.
ShoUellers Make Him Honorary
Member-His Boat Fired Upon.
[By Telegraph 70 The Tribure.I

Cincinnati, July 29.-Judge Tart ended his
busy five days in Cincinnati at 9:10 o'clock this
evening. when he and Mrs, Taft boarded train
for Hot Springs. Va. where the candidate ex-
poets to remain about a month before return
ing to take up his front porch campaign for
the Presidency.
Like the four previous days. this contained
few idle moments for Mr.. Taft. He was up early
and engaged in a two hours conference with
Arthur l. Vorys. his Ohio manager. At II
o'clock this morning he received delegation
from the International Brotherhood of Steam
Shoveers and Dredgemen, and made an
honorary member of their organization
Speeches We're exchanged by Judge Taft and
Thomas ]. Doan. the secretary-treasurer Of
the shovelmen.
After this several Ohio state politicians
dropped in TO pay their respects. An accumu-
lated mass of correspondence was then at
tackled by Mr. Taft and his secretary and sue
cessfully disposed of by luncheon time In the
afternoon there were more brief conferences.
more hand shakes and automobile ride to
the suburban home of Mr.. Heron, his father
in-law. Mrs Taft who had been visiting her
father, returned with her husband in the auto
mobile and on the way back they called at the
home of an old friend. who had been unable on
account of serious illness to visit them.
Judge Taft expressed himself to-day as being
immensely pleased with all the arrangements
carried out notification day.
Il feel first class to-day he said. lin spite
of the rather warm ordeal I passed through
yesterday. Much to my qualification 1 find that
my voice did not suffer in the least and could
go right out now and make my notification
speech over again if it were necessary"
The steam shoveers presented Mr.. Taft's
credentials to him in the parIOr of his brothers
home, in Pike street. to-day Mr.. Dolan said:
Our reasons for electing you to honorary mem
bershp in union are that since the year 1894
our members have been employed in the Pan
anna Canal and the officers of our organization
who have had dealings with you on several oc-
caSions as the head official in the construction
of the canal in reference 10 the employment OF
members of our order on that great work, have
always been treated by you IN a falr ana just
manner. you having always shown your ap-
probation of our efforts in originally securing
volunteers from our order IN all parts or ttit
country. it being necessary I" ask volunteers
because Of the climate conditions then existing
on the isthmus.
members engaged in the work. by going before
the committee in charge of bill the passage OF
which would have meant the reduction OF wages
pai1 10 all high class mechanics employed on the
isthmus and protesting strongly against ITS
adoption : -, ,f
alton OF our organization hereby notify you Of
YOUR election and it affords US great pleasure 10
present herewith membership cara.
TAFT PLEASED BY COMPLIMENT
In ac,epting membership in the organization
Mr Taft had this to say:
an, very glad to have at ycur hands this
expression of confidence in my efforts t" do
Justice while l was in office The work upon
which many of your members and I were en-
gagged in one capacity or another. endeaVorliS
TO facilitate the greatest constructive work or
modern times, adds great deal OF interest to
me in the compliment YOU pay me to-day
am especially gratifed because you eVince
liberal ana impartial view in thus rendering me
this comp!irnent. because in the administration
NJ work nIi the isthnus did not always decide
in favor of your cOntentions, But when / de-
cided contrary to the claim which was made by
you l tried to give reasons which. 1 think by
your action to-day. were convincing or my de-
sire reach Just conclusion
President Mckinley had the honor to be an
honorary member Of the Brickiayers Union.
president Roosevelt has the honor to be an
honorary member of the Fremen's Union With
such examples as that and with the preCedentS
In my own life in becoming an honorary mem
ber of a number of useful organizations, cannot
see the slightest objection to my accepting tins
compliment at your hands, which l appreciate
highly and which | shall always cherish rs one
of the evidences that there some men when l
have convinced through my official work Of my
desire 10 do the square thing for everybcdy
1t became known publicly to-day that the
steamer Island Queen. which last night conveyed
Judge Taft and a distinguished party. including
the notification committee, up the Ohio River
was fred upon with a shotgun by IN unknown
person IN shanty beat moored on the Ohio
side of liz, river opposite Dayton. Ky Several
shots from the spent charge hit bat did not
seriously iniure Mrs Charles b. Russell. of this
city. who was standing with her husband near
the rail on the deck directly belo% where MI
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