The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-02
VERY FEW SPEECHES
TO Be MADE BY TAFT
President Will Not Recall His
Cancelled Dates
INVITED TO CONGRESS
Delegation From st. Paul Calls Upon
the President To Ask Him To FIJI
Date But the Answer Is
Postponed
INVITED TO CONGRESS

Beverly, Mass, August 1.-President
Taft followed up today the recent can
collation. of his western and southern en-
gagements by announcing that his
speeches in the future will be few and
far between. He politely but firmly told
a committee of citizens from Providence,
r. l., that he could not reconsider the
cancellation of his engagement to speak
before the Atlantic Deeper Waterway
association in that city in September
Mr.. Taft said he regretted having to say
no, but that important matters of public
business would claim his attention from
now until the converting of Congress.
The President did not give a definite
answer today to Governor Eberhard of
Minnesota and a delegation of 10 repre-
sentatives of st. Paul. who came to
urge him to accept the invitation to
speak before the national conservation
congress in that city. September 8. Mr.
Taft is inclined to accept this invitation.
Conservatism seems to be the theme of
the hour, and the President is anxious
tAat his position on the subject shall be
fully understood. He oontemplates de-
voting large proportion of his coming
message to Congress to this subject. If
he goes to ST. Paul he will simply write
the conservation feature of his message
in advance and deliver it in an address
before the conservation congress. In
this way the st. Paul engagement would
interfere little with the Presidents plans
for the next three months.
Mr.. Taft announced positively today
that II he goes to ST. Paul it will be
on a flying trip. and he will make no
speeches either going to or returning
from the Minnesota city.
The Presidents only definite speaking
engagement, as matters now stand, Is at
Provincetown on Friday, when the Pill
grims' monument is unveiled. This ad-
dress will be brief and will be devoted
wholly to the Pilgrims.
New York state politics brought Vice
President Sherman and William L. Ward,
republican national committeeman for
the state, to Beverly late today and they
were in conference with the President
for an hour or more. They came
unheralded, there was no attempt to
conceal the fact however that the visit
had to do almost wholly with the situa-
ton in New York. General politics also
was discussed and the President found
his visitors quite optimistic, he said Can
were talked over with the President.
Among those mentioned were Clark Will
lams of Albany, state superintendent of
banking and Henry l.. Stimson, former
United States district attorney and in
charge of the sugar trust prosecutions.
It is said that the talk was not confined
to these two, but they were the only
names recalled by the parties to the
conference. The President is said to have
confirmed to his New York callers the
position he took in the Ohio state fight,
that of keeping hands off, The Presi-
dent said he vas interested, of course, in
the chance of man to head the state
ticket. but he would leave the selection
to the state convention.
AS to the influence of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt in New York politics, there is
every reason to believe that the state
leaders fully recognize its potency This
phase of the situation entered in today's
conference at Burgess Point and Presi-
dent Taft was told 1t is the hope of the
New York republicans that a candidate
may be selected upon whom all factions
can unite and will command the approval
and support of the President, Governor
Hughes and Col. Roosevelt.