The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-27
Secretary Taft to Hold Con.
ference With President at
Oyster Bay To-Day.
CANDIDATE is READY
FOR POLITICS AGAIN
Will Close Washington House
and Establish Summer Head
quarters in Virginia Soon.
Sherman, Greatly I'M
proved, Planning y
Trip Home.

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proved, Planning
Trip Home.
Ew YORK. June 2st-secre-
i MI tary Taft has passed from
i 5llN pleasure to politics. The
4 III transition, Inevitable in
way. was really not distaste-
full to him. During the fun-making Of
commencement week at Yale he has
had pretty strenuous time. and now
is greatly fatigued. The change. there
fore, from purely personal to purely
political affairs was In the nature Of
"a recreation.
Conn, to some Of his oldest friends.
the secretary boarded the 1851 p. NJ.
u New York, New Haven and Hartford
'ltrain for New York. The trip was
\ quite uneventful. After reading for
\ time he chatted with one or two ac-
qualntances whom he met. He was
iIunaccompanied except by a newspaper
friend. Embracing the opportunity to
4 obtain little rest on the trip, he
dropped to sleep in his chair. and was
not awakened until the train had
reached the Grand Central Station.
There he was met by James I. VIII
,|llams, Jr., a member OF his political
staff in Washington, who accompanied
him to the Manhattan Hotel.
Greeted by Mig Crowd.
Il St AS the secretary left the station
q, - vfv io "
led by hundreds OF people, who had as;
!. sembled to see him. Once more he was
I a presidential candidate and not mere-
\ " "Bill. Taft, OF Yale. He was driven
4 5I.directly from the station to the Man.
haitian, where apartments for him had
been reserved. One OF the first to
/ greet him as he entered the hotel was
i Senator N. B. Scott, OF West Virginia.
Iwho presented him to Mrs. Scott. Rep
4 slresentativs William c, Lowering. of
Il llMassachusetts, hailed the secretary;
!, cordially, and chatted with him for
several minutes. Immediately after
I ward the secretary was Joined by acobs
4 l3G. Schmidlapp. He received a. few oth-
4 er friends while he. was preparing for
4 |sdinner. sS 81
; Shortly after Z o'clock. accompanied
iIby Mr. Schnlldlapp. he left the hotel
for the st. Regis. where he dined as
1.-THE guest OF Mr.. Schmidlapp.
4 It had been arranged that ex-Gov-s
I ernor Luke e. Wright, who is to sue!
ceed Mr.. Taft as Secretary of War next
"Wednesday. and General Clarence r.
Edwards. Chief OF the Bureau OF In $S
j sular Affairs OF the War Department.,
! should be guests at the dinner, but
|they did not arrive In time. Those
4 who attended the dinner besides Sec
|,retary Taft and Mr.. Schmidlapp were \
la. G.. Foffin. head Of the General Elec-
4 trio Company: Charles r. Brooker, na-
Etional committeeman from connecticut
and Ralph Peters. president o the
4 Long Island Railroad Company. They
are old Cincinnati friends of Secre-
ltary Taft, The dinner was purely in-9
4 formal. At it's conclusion the party
4 had an automobile ride about the city.
Ut was 40 o'clock when the secre-s
|tary reached the hotel. Politicians
were buzzing about the lobby lika
bees. The secretary greeted all his
j |5friends and acquaintances with corr
I diality,5 but begged to be excused from
n any extended conferences tonight.
Washington Wants Speeches.
Soon after the secretary reached his
apartments he had a conference with
president Booker T. Washington. Of
4 tho Tuskegee Institute. Alabama.
i Washington came to- New York to ats
ltcnd a meeting Of the board q Of trus-
sItees OF the institute. He asked Mr..
i Taft to deliver at least two formal ad i. 81
dresses during the approaching cam am
paign, particularly: to the negroes OF
i |America. 5 "a 3
No definite conclusion was reached
aIbut 1t is probable that one address
OF the kind indicated may be delivered
by Secretary Taft before the close OF
4 the canpai gn. fas & s935'
4 washington Is an enthusiastic ad-S
aImirers OF Mr.. Taft. He said he believed
4 the negro vote would go largely to-
lSecretary Taft as tho negroes are
4 naturally Republlcans, and In his judg.
4 I1nent their hopes lay in following their
4 natural inclinations,
i a5s"I apprehend that we may eXpectf
little from the Denver onVentton, pe-84
sicause that convention may hardly be
sIexpected to be entirely friendly to our
4!race.'., s,,55 8
EN- Governor Luke u. light arrived
lat the Manhattan shortly after s o'clock
s|directly from his home at Memphis
Tenn. A few minutes aafterWard. Cen
3|eral Edwards arrived from as mn g.
aIton, 8E 55A5
Secretary of the Treasury George b.,
4 4|Cortelyou was also a guest ut the Man &
haitian tonight He saw Secretary
TAFT late in theSeveninE, but. their cons !:
Confer With President.
Il To.morrowk morning SECRETARY Ia IT "
I en- G overnor Wright and General Ed AS
wards will take an early train for
(, Oyster Bay3fto confer With President
i Roosevelt. The purpose of the confer-
Slence sto considerquestions now pend -S5
ling before the War Department., and II
.laXr Governor Wright's new duties as
I lSecretary of War.
4 Politics surely will be discussed. par.
Eticularly the selection of a Chairman
4 OF the Republican National Committea
sEnespite the refusallo frank H. Hitch,
n nm n
SIered In connectionSjwith the chairman,
ship on neaccount4o of III health, Secretary
4 3ITaitSis in receipt OF hundreds OF lat@]
tors and ii elegrams urging Mr. Itch,
\ Ohio, Is heing strong ~ surg ged. pa tic,a
5iularly by citizens of Ohio, Vet othertg
are ndyocatins the selection of sonieg
5Iman8v very prominentai In snationai ! a ffatrs
i n Toned "a re thnStsa