Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-14
Injunction Planks Will Receive the
Most Attention.
HIS SPEECH WILL BE BRIEF
Formal Letter of Acceptance Will Be
More Comprehensive.
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK
Chairman Hitchcock selects suite of
Rooms in metropolitan Life
BuiIdinE--CRmpRign BE-
gins August 1,

HOT SPRINGS, Va, July lS.-Beehhlhs
the work of, writing his speech OF accept
ance of the presidential nomination to b.
delivered in Cincinnati on July IS Judge
william II. Taft today made a careiu'
study and comparison of the democratic
and republican platforms adopted by the
recent conventions. He has at his command
comics of speeches of acceptance OF candi-
dates of both parties Of recent years and
within a day or two he will receive copies
of the platforms OF both parties for many
years.
Mr.. Taft is handling this task as judge
on the bench would hear case. lie Is
looking through all the documents bearing
on the subject, and before concluding ms
I work he will have the views of many lead
ers of the party on the draft of the doc
| ument.
! OF all the planks in the PLATFORM that
relating to lnjunctions is probably the one
! that will receive the most attention. So
much has been said on this subject, crlti-
cism from democratic sources having been
made on his record on the bench in re-
spect to the process OF the injunction and
the two parties having adopted planks on
that subject 1t is liable to play and Inn
portant part in the campaign. Mr.. Taft
| will declare his position on this important
question in forceful and unmistakable
terms Senator warmers notification speech
will be SO brief that It will not require
over ten minutes in its delivery. The
speech of acceptance also will be short.
The letter Of acceptance will treat public
questions at greater length and will not
be forthcoming for several weeks after
the ceremony of notifying the candidate
has taken place.
Plays Game of Golf.
lA.lr
ing over his mail and debating a few let
ters after which he went to the golf links.
Even with the necessity of finishing the
pressing task before him, he does not in
tend to set aside his favorte game.
II will play golf every day." he said. as
he started out this morning. ''just as
q would take medicine"
Q He had an expert player against whom
= TO contest in the person Of George ingalls,,
t a son of NJ. f. Ingalls,, whose cottage faces
= the Homestead.
g A delegation to ask Judge Taft to be pres
t ent at the dedication of the new court
5 house at Germantown. five miles from Hot
d Springs came here today and Mr.. Taft
n accepted the invitation. He said he would
" not make a political speech, but that h6
Il would possibly talk about the administra
e tion of justice. The dedication will tak'
II place next Monday.
le Headquarters I'm New York.
It NEW YORK. July l3-Frank IL. Hitch
.e cock, chairman of the republican nationa
.e committee, today selected quarters for tn
committee in the Metropolitan Life buildiol
here which has been the local headquarter
| in the last two campaigns.
The home of the committee will be on tn
at tenth floor of the new eMtropoltan tower
Mr. Hitchcock came here today from Wash
ington to make teh selection. George X
Sheldon, treasurer of the committee, con
il ferred with the chairman during the da
b. and aided in the selection of the new head
r quarters. Mr.. Hitchcock will leave earl
a. tomorrow for Utica to confer with MI
le Sherman, the republican candidate for vic
he president
n The active presidential campaign will
40 inaugurated on August /, when the con
"a mittee will open its headquarters her
:, During the netx two weeks Mr.. Hitchcoc
~ will hold several conferences to map o'
as the lines of action.
Plan of Campaign.
- Mr. Hitchcock said tonight:
:" ut is my intention to spend most of Il
> time during the campaign in this city al
- direct the fight from here. l came tods
VA to select headquarters and make other q
rangements, including the installation of
~ telephone and telegraph service. The Me
N ropolitan Life building Is centrally loeat
for our purposes and quarters in the ne
tower were selected. We will open the
on August l. Mr.. Taft will not make al
speeches until after the first of Septemb'
at least that was my understanding VIII
'nS m saw him in oHt Springs. l expect
W see Mr.. Sherman in Utica late tomorrC
1u and will be in the olty on Wednesday.
shall return to Washington on Wedensd
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