The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-19
TAFT A BUSY MAN
Tax on His Strength viii Re
Severe.
Spending the Day in New Jersey
and Delaware.
TO HAVE DAY OF REST
VIII Remain in Cincinnati Over
Wednesday.
VIII Then Make Whirlwind
Trip Through Indiana.

washington early today Judge Taft
discussed the future demands of the
campaign with interest saying that
while the program maped out for him
VIII De extensive he hoped to be able
10 complete the work by conserving his
voice as well as he might
his itinerary for today covers New
Jersey and Delaware, ending with a big
lneetlng In Baltimore tonight at which
secretary Garfield will preside. During
the DAY he will speak at Newark. Tren-
ton and Wilmington, with probably
shorter addresses at several smaller
PAGES on the line of travel. Tuesday
viii De devoted to Maryland. and West
Virginia, beginning with a speech in
the early morning at Cumberland in
western Maryland and closing the days
work with speech at Parkersburg, w.
va, at night. Tuesday night Mr.. Taft
VIII spend In travelling to his home in
Cincinnati, where Wednesday will be
given to complete elaxation The
last three days of the week will be de-
voted to a whirlwind dash through In
prnaidoni qaana IN ~ company with Vice
eridge and other leading Indi-
ana Republicans. The last week of
the campaign will be given to New
York and the last speeches will be made
at Cleveland and Youngstown, O., on
xhAI. Gil way nOIIG IQ6 QaY DGIOr6
election.
DR.. J. j. Richardson. the Washington
throat specialist, has accompanied Mr..
Taft throughout the campaign. When
asked regarding the condition of his
distinguished patient the doctor replied
that his general health had remained
good throughout and said that while he
had considerable difficulty with his
throat 1t was no worse than when he
started and that there was no reason
to believe he would not be able to
complete the strenuous work of the
campaign with comparatively little in
| convenience. He admitted that there
| had been times when conditions had
been far from good but he congrat-
ulated himself and his patient on the
| fact that he had not missed a single
| engagement to speak.
! In addition to DR.. Richardson, Mr..
| Taft's party consisted of former Secre-
| tary of the Treasury Shaw, United
States Senator william Alden Smith of
Michigan; Judge H. G.. Stone of Chi
| cago; James T. Williams, representing
the Republican National committee
and Colonel Dan Ransdall. sergeant-at-
| arms of the senate wtn is executive
| officer of the ex- ~ n. Secretary
| Shaw has been on the train for several
days, but left it here.
The members of the party including
the candidate himself, were quite dis
posed to congratulate themselves on
| the record made since the beginning of
their itinerary on September 80. I'VE
have been on the road less than four
weeks" said one of them, "and we have
traversed % states, covering about TO-
| 600 miles. Mr.. Taft has made 251
speeches, an average of almost IL for
each working day and he has never
| made the same speech at any two
places"
Denver and Cheyenne marked the
| farthest west points visited, while the
southern tour extended well into Ten
nessee and North Carolina. The Sec
retary is especially pleased with his
excursion south of Mason and Dixon's
| line and with the fact that he is the
first Republican presidential candi-
date to visit that section of the Union.
with pleasure the cordial reception that
they have received throughout the
| country.
Taft Is Confident.
"I expect to be elected to the presi-
| dency," said William H Taft, stand
| ing in the east room of the White
| House last evening facing the thirty
gathered to meet after he had spent
the day as President Rocsevelts
guest.
The answer was in response to a
question after a brief discussion OF
| Mr.. Taft's recent tour through the
southern states, of which he had
spoken as a pleasing experience. With
reference to that tour he would only
say he thought 1t would open the way
| for improved Republican conditions in
| future campaigns.
| Mr.. Taft expressed a delicacy in
revealing the issues which he and the
president had discussed, and when
| pressed for statement as to the
| presidents view of the situation he
would only say that "the president is
/ not naSsirr1ist
"Nor am t. he added.
/ Mr. Taft's special train arrived at
| the Union station at 2:10 o'clock
| Sunday morning, his rest not being
| disturbed for five hours afterwards. At
s o'clock he arose. dressed, had his
mobile, proceeded alone to the White
House, where at 9 o'clock he took
breakfast with the president and the
latter's household.
| President Roosevelt had invited to
| take luncheon with himself and Mr..
Taft a number of former members of
the cabinet. They were Elihu Root.
| secretary of state; Senator Philander
i c. Knox, Pennsylvania, former attor-
ney general, and Associate Justice
william H. Moody. former attorney
general.
! During the afternoon a number of
callers visited Mr.. Taft after the
luncheon guests had departed. John
Hays Hammond, president of the Ma
tional League of Republican clubs.
and Frederick N. Judson, of ST. Louis,
were the first to present themselves
4 About o'clock the president and
4 Mrs Roosevelt took leave of their
distinguished guest and went for a
horseback ride, leaving Mr.. Taft in
full possession of the White House
for the afternoon Robert Oliver, as
sistant secretary of war; Brigadier
General Clarence Edwards, chief of