Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
HE MUST DO A RUSH JOB
Correspondence So Large That Many
Letters Go Unanswered.
POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN OHIO
Arthur Vorys Declares That the Re
publicans Will Roll Up an Old
Time Majority in November.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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HOT SPRINGS, Va, July 16.-Judge
Taft tie republican nominee for Presi-
dent, has given up golf, horseback riding
and practically everything else until that
speech Of acceptance for July " IS nm
ished. He had expected TO keep up his
golf every Gay, but tie arrival OF one or
two visitors this week. including Arthur
/. Forys, the manager of the Ohio cam
paign. broke into his time so much that
now he is up against the proposition OF
doing Il rush job. Judge Taft must have
the. speech finished by the first OF next
week. as he has invited a number OF the
party leaders here to pass their opinions
on 1t.
Judge Taft was in his Office early to-
day and resumed the dictation of the
speech to w W. Mischief, his stenog-
rapher. He has gone over the documents
he desired to study before debating his
speech, and he has the subject thoroughly
In hand. He will keep close to his task
until 1t is finished.
Judge Taft's mail is constantly .ncreas-
ing. short time ago he received about
100 letters daily, and yesterday the sew
eral patches of mail delivered to him
contained $50 letters. He has many let
tiers advising him as to the policies he
should adopt in his speech of acceptance.
The labor OF keeping pace with this corre-
spondence is taxing the capacity OF his
secretary and stenographers, and he is
forced to ALLOW many letters that call for
personal replies to lie over until he can
find time to attend to them.
The Ohio Senatorial Situation.
Mr. yorys is here yet, and will probably
remain for two or three days for q rest
He can see nothing but harmony in the
Ohio situation, with at least 10000 plu.
rality for the republican ticket. While
Mr.. vorys is painting his rainbows,
though, there are numerous evidences OF
q storm brewing oyer Foraker's seat in
the Senate.
Harris. former Gov. Myron T. Herrick
and Mr.. Vorys himself aspire to succeed
the Ohio veteran. Judge Taft has re-
fused. up to this time. to take sides In
the senatorial question, and he Is going to
try to divorce 1t altogether from his can
didacy. In the opinion of Ohio repub-
licans that, however. will be impossible.
President Roosevelt's feeling against
Foraker is so we'll known that any at
tempt to drive him from public life will
surely be hitched up with the Taft can
didacy In the state.
ing among themselves. each jealous of
the other. Foraker himself is saving
wood, and it would not be surprising If
his opponents wake up one Of these days
to find that he has majority of the
candidates for the legislature pledged to
support him.
Arthur /. Vorys talked with Judge Taft
briefly today. but will defer any further
extended conference on the Ohio situation
until the candidate has practically dis
posed of the work before him.
Expects Big Republican Majority.
Mr.. vorys expects that Ohio will give
the republican ticket an old-time ma
jority next November.
This is the time he said. when the
democrats always carry Ohio in a presi-
Dental campaign Ohio republicans have
their own troubles and they always in
spire a democratic hope of an internal
split and bolt. This is the time when
these troubles are settled and over. II it
required anything to do it. the claim that
the democrats will carry Ohio this fall
has completely settled all our troubles
and cemented all republicans in Ohio in
a determination to elect the national,
state and legislative ticket by 100000 at
least
Representative Theodore e. Burton has
insisted that he would not be candi-
date for senatorial honors If such a
course should threaten a contest that will
have any bearing on the national ticket.
and Mr. Vorys has taken the position that
the senatorship shall not be interfered
with so far as the management of the
national campaign In Ohio is concerned.
When questioned today as to the posi-
bility of keeping the two contests entirely
separate he merely replied with another
question:
Hasn't it been done up to this timer"
he asked.