Middletown transcript., 1908-06-27
WASHINGTON LETTER +

| WAoiAiNuiON LEllEN
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 2Otb, 1908.
sci am deeply grateful to my friends of
this city and to my really great
friend-the man in the White House. l
appreciate the loyalty and answering
support accorded to me, and it shall be
my duty to show by my actions and atti-
tude that an, not unmindful of the great
honor bestowed upon me-" These were
the words with which Secretary Taft
greeted the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia and some five hundred men,
bers OF the University Club of this city on
the night of his nomination for the Office
of Chief Magistrate of the nation, as he
stood on the lawn at his home 1903 K
Street, northwest, with Mrs. Taft and his
daughter on his right. The entire men,
bership of the club, of which Judge Taft
is member, turned out to do honor to the
Secretary, and augmented by an enthus-
iastic crowd of several thousand men,
women and children, rent the air with
cheers, while fireworks were exploded on
the grounds in front Of the club house on
the opposite side of the street, and band
played "Hail to the Chief"
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Associates of Mr.. Taft in President
Roosevelt's Cabinet gave out statements
for publication, expressing their pleasure
at his nomination and their view of its
significance. Three sentences in the state
ment given out by President Roosevelt,
however. voice the sentiment to them all:
'I do not believe there could be found in
all the country man so we'll fitted to be
President. He is not only absolutely
fearless, absolutely disinterested and up
right, but he has the widest acquaintance
with the nations needs, without and
within, and the broadest sympathies with
all our citizens. He would be as en-
phatically President of the plain people
as Lincoln, yet not Lincoln himself would
be freer from the least faint of demogogy,
the least tendency to arouse or appeal to
class hatred of any kind.
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Senator Foraker who has been inds-
posed and in Washington for sometime,
gave out a statement in which he said,
among other things: "It is no longer
question Of men but question of parties.
In this way Secretary Taft becomes my
candidate tor the Presidency, and while
under all circumstances can probably do
but little yet shall do all l can to
help elect him. Republicans will now
Quit contending among themselves,
and turn all their guns on the COM
mon enemy"
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An order has been issued by the Dis
trict Commissioners to the effect that
'fevery dog In the District OF Columbia
shall, for period of six months from this
date wear good and substantial muzzle,
securely put on, go as to prevent it from
biting and swapping, and any dog going
at large during said period without such
muzzle shall be taken up by the pound
master and impounded. Washington has
undergone quite "mad dog" scare and
in fact is still in the throes, hence the is
suance of the above edict for the safety of
the inhabitants of the Capital.
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The story sent out from Chicago which
stated that President Roosevelt, sitting in
the White House, heard in person, with
the telephone receiver to his ear, the
cheering which greeted the mention OF his
name by Senator Lodge on Wednesday,
has been pronounced "a fake' by Secre-
tary Loeb. According to Secretary Loeb,
the only news received at the White
House from Chicago is by the Postal Tele-
graph and Western Union bulletins.
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Secretary OF State will leave Washing
ton on Saturday for his home at Clinton,
N. Y, to join the members of his family
who left some time ago. 1t was rumored
that the Secretary was going again to
Muldoon's place, near White Plains,
N. Y, to take course of physical train
ing, but this has been denied recently at
the Secretary's office.
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Mrs. Taft was quite the happiest woman
in Washington on the day of her hus.
bands nomination though she was COM
posed. She said they had made no plans
to get away from Washington any partic-
ular day and while they had expected for
some time to 20 to Cincinnati in July she
did not know the exact date of their de-
parture.
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That change has taken place in the Of
fetal status of Secretary Taft is plainly in
dicated to all in Washington by the ap-
pearance of blue. coated policeman who
takes his station at the curb directly in
front of the Taft residence early each |
morning. He or one of bis mates will re-
main constantly on duty, day and night,
whenever the candidate is in Washing |
ton.
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Z News of the nomination of Representa-. |
tive Sherman for Vice President reached |
the White House while the Cabinet was |
in session, its last meeting by the way |
until this fall. President Roosevelt and |
his cabinet expressed the greatest satisfac-
ton with the result. Secretary Root said OF |
Mr.. Sherman, ''He is sound to the core.
He ia uniyarsallY respected and beloved |