The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
ROOSEVELT MEN SOUGHT TAFT
PRESIDENTS FRIENDS SEE va
CtISE TO CHiNGE WINS.
Mr TAFT and TITS srcrrtar, Wake NJ Com.
went on ROOsrN eH'S statement The
situation Looked pom n Waking
TaftS NN FASTER Toward 1919.

ment On RoosrN eH's statement The
situation Looked Z pom n Waking
Taft'S WAY FASTER Toward 1919.
CINCINNATI. sept ~ col Roosevelt :
statement IN regard to the conference
with President Taft AZ New Haven was
received her" to-ng h' No comment
was made on u hy m" President ~ his
seCretarv
Persons who have heard what took
place at the New Haven conference
and the history ~ tho events l"adlnR up
20 % $50 no rotson. however. 10 change
Their opinion that the Roosevelt forces
souyh' tho cnnFerrncr VII Nr TaN
fnr No purIrs" ~ getting ard. = only
through ,ha flc' ~ IN" mra'Ing. for
their figh' IN Now York state
Nhe' her Mr Roosevelt himself took the
initiative IN p-pppeIny the conference or
whe her he mer'lv accepted the invitation
NJ l.lovd " Griscnm and OTTO 7 Barnard
20 confer WIN NJ Taft the fact remains
A. the situation l. viewed here. that Mr.
Roosevelt did 20 To Pra-idcn' Taft al
New Haven a. the result Of negotiations
init.l'ad ~ h,- supporters IN IA" New
YORK S'a'r " CHI
tn" one fc1'ura e the New Haven con-
ference thai seems mos gratifying 20
Praslden' Taft : friends L. that Mr.
Roo~rvo,' did deem II TO his advantage 20
make IA" I'm 10 New Haven for a con
florence m regard 10 tho New York state
fgh'
This Circumstance. II - believed. will
work 10 Mr. Taft's advantage m future
political developments At leas; Il will
max" y NOR embarrassing for col .
Roosevelt II n stars a CampAi On for the
1912 nomination
Details r IN" meeting h.',geen the
Pre-lden' md col Roosevelt az New
Ia IN yss f"r,iay we're sought with ~
wg,n interest no." IN Ohio a. they were .
probably IN New York stat" itself The
Orleans. and IN fact the entire middle
West lock lovcnt tho New YORK
State politics which prompted N" con
fcrenc"- ar~i inquire as 20 m" personal
relations betwern the President and Col
Roos evel; Did events AZ the COnfer"nC~
Widen tho breach between IN" PrerIt"n'
and the cA-Presidcrt. ~ the question
that - hc,ng asked most frequently IN
this part II tho country The answer. 20 7
far a. President Taft - concerned - that
Tho New Haven conference has not
changed his attitud" toward Mr.. Roo=@-
welt ~ the least
stories that the conference led
cordialty on the par ~ either MIR Taft
or Col ROo-av"l' ~ that ~ developed
open difference ~ exaggerated On the
surface az least the meeting between
Mr. Roosevelt and President Taft was
cordial Both were far sighted enough
20 AVOID the subjects that might have
led 20 Gnplcr-ru' differences - opinion
Tn" Pres.d dent himself when his Atien
ZION was called to-day 10 many stories .
81 m" lack ~ coril,lity ~ the conference /
roma RI 81 that the r'ls-ting reminded him !
AZ times ~ old Cabinet DAYS when Mr.
Roosevelt was President and h. Tafu .
was Secretary - War
While m" meeting pa S-s'd ~ with every
show ~ cordially On ia. ~Irfac" u should
be born" IN mind. however that Mr Tar
had som" very d.init. IDEAS
on the Colon"l's conduct toward hun.
especially after the meeting ~ IN. New
York State Republican committee
Mr. TRfr- friends have. said that the
anonymous statements that came from
Oyster Bay aftor that meeting charging
the Colonel go the President k"snly and
that u was doubtful II lie ever could feel
the same toward Mr. Roosevelt again
Mr.. Taft apparently kept ms feelings on
this subj ect entirely 10 himself ~ the
New Haven conference
President Taft jumped TO-DAY from the
frying pan Of the New York State political
mIxup into the nr" 81 IN" Republican
truddle IN ohio
He reached his home city the afternoon
aud found halt . dozen or more Rspubh-
can state leaders awaiting MN rho
President was tired from hiz long run
from New Haven and irnmedia tely soul ht
privacy m she home ~ Charles = Taft,
his brother
The President will hold conferences with
Republican leaders Of Ohio m the neNi
two or three DAYS that he will be N Gin
cinnati The President feels moro az
liberty ~ participant" IN the politics Of his
own state. and he viii try 10 smooth out
some 81 tho differences that have been
eft among the Ohio leaders as a result OF
the Jre-c convention fight.
lo-mCrrov afternoon 10 Pre-iden,
will deliver a speech at m. opening ~ a
big dam on the Ohio River near Cinrin-
natl. This dam ~ part 81 m" improve
eminent On m" Ohio River The Pr.-.l-
dent will avail himself - tho opportunity
10 define IN detail he attitude toward
future harbor and river Improvement
expenditure. II - Ur'.iiCfcd thar he will
strike hard blow az IN" pork barrel
kinkead q'IIets DeIeEai~s In FITih New