The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05
TAFT STIRRED UP BY NEWSPA FRS Comment on Ohio SsnatOrship
 Is Not ReIished STATEMENT ID BE MADE 2 esident-Elect Feels That Much Of the Newspaper Talk Has Put
 Him in False Light on
 the Subject.
N9 STATEMENT ID BE MADE

Augusta, Ga, January 4.-Regret is felt by President-elect Taft at what both he and his friends regard as the unfair interpretations and explanations being printed regarding the withdrawal from the Ohio senatorial contest of his brother. MT. Taft contemplates no statement for publication regarding the matter, but in discussing 1t with friends he has not been uncertain in giving an idea of his feel ings on the subject
 There seems to be nothing further to be said by the Cincinnati capitalist, all though the reason he assigned for get ting out of the race has since been made the subject of adverse comment
 He is thus left. in the eyes of his friends, in false light and it is this which the President-elect feels keenly In this connection it Is explained that the withdrawal was not made at the instance of the President-eleet neither at the sug- gestion of Frank H. Hitchcock, nor of Wade H. Ellis, as has been since printed That Charles P. Taft was eliminated from the contest entirely In the interest of party harmony in the state. and on his own initiative, is remarked with vigor By remaining In the fight, it Is asserted, he could have made possible the election of a dark horse" at least But that he recognized that the result of such course would work havoc in the repub- lican party in the state, and chose rather to voluntarily take himself out of the race, is regarded by his friends as exhibit ing high degree of self-sacriheing Ioy- ed 1t, a move entirely in the interest of party harmony.
 Little Rock Wants Taft.
 lN Dock, Ark, was today added to taa southern cities which will
 a M attention of MT. Taft when he
 E promistd trip of the south. This
 expects kll be made next fall
 q invf&Asn from Little Rock Ie-- scented to MT. Taft by Chairman ] Tucker of the republican state central committee of Arkansas and H. l.. Remm, a prominent republican of Little Rock l They received encouraging assurances. h. cidentally they said something about fed eral appointments and claimed greater republican gaih-25000-in Arkansas than | in any southern tate.
 | Charleston is anxious that MT. Taft play | game of golf n that city Saturday | afternoon, Januaryl2S, when he goes there | to sail for Panama on the 18th. He had planned to reach Charleston Saturday aft ernoon, but will now endeavor to leave here in the morning and get there by noon.
 Editor J. C. Hemphill, J. c. Luck of the | Southern railway and P. H. Gadsen came | as committee to suggest this change Mrs. Taft's Plans.
 | Mrs. Taft has about decided she will | abandon the trip and ins,ead accompany l the c. P. Taft family p Cuba, a trip | which is to be taken bS them shortly, l and wherein they will witness the changs | of administration on that island and the | withdrawal of the Ameridln government | MT. c. P. Taft is expected here Fifteen | girl students of the Tubnhn High school | of Augusta obtained prtmise from MT. | Taft, as the result of tall at the Ter rett cottage today, for k visit to the school before he leaves thecty. Mrs Taft was also invited.
 Albin II. Sanders, chairI1an of the Re- ciprocal Tariff league of flChicago, and editor of a breeders papel talked with MT. Taft today on the evens of tariff leg islation which would tend Insecure larger foreign markets for the pHducts of the farm. MT. Sanders is onlhis way to Washington to take this calte before the ways and means committee f. the House MT. Taft Is to be told tomotow that the best constructive and directEe influence in American country life is The Associa- tion of American Agriculture Colleges and Experiment Stations. L. H Bailey of Ithaca N. Y., is here in thatconnection Henry w. Taft left today fd New York l after defeating the Presidet -elect and | John Hays Hammond at. golfi