The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-05
TAFT FEELS REGRET
MIsREPREsENTED IN THE OHIO
 SENATORIAL CONTEST.
The President-e1ect Says His Brother Withdrew on His Own Imitf- ative and Not by His Re-
 auest, as Reported.

Augusta. Ga, Jan. 4.--Regret is felt by President-elect Taft at what both he and his friends regard as the un- fair interpretations and explanations being printed regarding the Ohio Sem atorlal contest of Charles P. Taft.
 W. H. Taft contemplates no state- ment for publication regarding the matter, but in discussing it with friends he has not been uncertain in giving an idea of his feelings on the subject.
 There seems to be nothing further to be said by the Cincinnati capital- ist. even though the reason he assign ed for getting out of the race has been the subject of adverse comment. He is thus left. in the eyes of his friends, in a false light and it Is this which the President-elect feels keenly. In this connection 1t is explained that the withdrawal was not made at the tn- stance of the President-elect, neither on he suggestion of Frank H. Hitch- cock, nor of Wade H. Ellis, as has been since printed. That Charles P. Taft eliminated himself from the contest entirely in the interest of party har- mony In the State, and on his own ini- tiative, is remarked with vigor. By remaining in the fight. 1t Is asserted. he could have made possible the cleo tion of a dark horse" at least. But that he recognized that the result of such a course would work havoc in the Republican Party in the State. ana chose rather to voluntarily take him self from the race, is regarded by his friends as exhibiting high degree 1R nriA 1nValtV and was exactly what he dehominated 1t, a move entirely In the interest of party harmony.
 Little Rock, Ark, today was added to the list of Southern cities which will claim the attention of MT. Tart, when as President he makes his prom ised tour of the South. This trip, he exnects. will be next fall. A formal invitation from Little Rock was pre- scented to MT. Taft by Chairman Tuck CT of the Republican State Central Committee of Arkansas. and H. l.. Kemma, a prominent Republican or Little Rock They received encourag- ing assurance. Incidentally they saiu something about Federal appointments, and claimed a greater Republican gain % OOO--in Arkansas than in any Southern State.
 Chorleston, $. C., is anxious that MT. r, ft nIav a game of golf in that city Ssfurday afternoon, January 23, when he goes to sail for Panama on the 25th. He had planned to reach Charleston Saturday afternoon, but will now en- deavor to leave here in the morning and get there by noon. Editor J. c. Hemphiu. J. c. Lusk, of the Southern Raiway. and P. H. Gadsden. came as a committee to suggest this change.
 Mrs. TafN has about decided she will ohandon the Panama trip, and instead accompany the c. P. Taft family to Cuba. trin which is to be taken by them shortly and wherein they will witness the change of administration on that island and the withdrawal of the Amer ican government MT. '. F. Iatt IS ex- pected here Saturday.
 Fifteen girl students of the Tuoman High School, of Augusta, obtained a promise from MT. Taft as the result of n call at the Terrett cottage today. for a visit to the school before he leaves the city. Mrs. Taft was also invited.
 Albin H. Sanders, Chairman of the Reciprocal Tariff League of Chicago, and editor of a breeders paper. talked with Mir Taft today in the interest of tariff legislation which would tend to secure larger foreign markets for the products of the farm Mir. Sanders Is on his way to Washington to place this cause before the Ways and Means | Committee of the House.
 MT. Taft is to be told tomorrow that the best constructive and directive in- duence in American country life Is the Association of American Agricultural | Colleges and Experiment Stations. L. H Bailey. of Ithica. N. r., is here in that connection. - Henry W. Taft left today for New York, after defeating the President elect and John Hays Hammond at golf