The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

to one who has been used t6 the close
 union of. church and state, such as was preserved in Spain. such as is pre- served in some other countries. thesreAl fthtude Of the. American government
 toward the~ church. He assumes that
 If we separate the church from ths
 ftate, It means that the state does not
 favor the church I had the honor to
 represent this country In a transaction
 of business scharscter with Leo XIII
 at the Vatican and there T. pointed
 out to him, with all the emphasis pos-
 stble, that the separation Of church and
 state was in the interest of the church.
 and that in America. he, could count
 on the sustaining Of the rigkts of
 the church and its encouragement by
 every legitimate means. on the part of
 the people. without It's assuming any
 governmental function. or having any
 government rights as It has In other
 countries
 "1t comes over me once and a while,
 when I am charged with accomplishing
 something among people, how abso-
 lutely essential 1t is that we should
 have the influence of the church behind
 everything that we do."
 The ciergymen, in their talk, re-
 ferred to negro education and at this point in his reply. MT. Taft remarked
 that his previous statement was one
 of. his strong reasons for advocating
 the maintenance of excellent universi-
 ties in the south for the education of
 the negro minister. because of then
 wonderful power over that race. These
 men had great responsibility and
 for. he added The influence of the white churches on the negro churches. he said, must continue to grow. Mfr. Taft expIafned that he was not in favor of univer- sity education for every negro, any more than for every white man.
 What they need to he taught is the primary education and the industrial education to make them better work men, better skilled iaborers and bet. ter farmers than they are today. Horace E. Adrews. a prominent. eit- izen of Cleveland. O., and Editor Rob- ert Woln, of Columbus. saw Mir. Taft today and discussed Ohio State poli- cies. Mr. Taft said that both made hearty endorsements of Myron T. Her.
 rick for Cabinet position. He add the judgment of his callers. especially Mir. Andrews. whom he had known Ion { and favorably. a Another Cabinet conference result. ed in the call of l.. H Bailey of Cor nell University. N. r.. H. C. White or the StRfe University at Athens, Ga, and Prof. L.. O. Carpenter, director sof the Colorado Agricultural Experiment station, constituting committee from the National Association of Agricul- turai Colleges, and Experiment Sta tions. Mir. Taft said he was told In general terms the qualifications that the men should have to i'll the position 1 of Secretary of Agriculture, predicat- | ed, he added. on the expressed assunp-
 ton that Secretary Wilson. with whom no fault was found. was not to serve out full term in the Taft Cabinet. The President-elect asked his visitors l "to name their man which brought the response that they were not pre-. pared to do so. A North Carolina vacant Federal ! Judgeship brought J. Elwood Cox, re- cently Republican candidatee for Gov ernor in that state, from High Point ! his home, to Augusta today. Besides 1 the judgeship matter. general political conditions in the State were talked over MT. Goa has known Sir. Taft for number of years. He Is banker by profession. 5yfse. t.
 senator Phiiander c. Knox is expect ed here tomorroT.