The Washington times., 1910-06-30
Republicans Jubilant Over
Taft-RoOsevelt-Lodge
Conference.
DECLARE UNITY
Is NOW ASSURED
Politicians Resent interference"
In Hughes Behalf-Narrow
Escape In Motor Trip.
By JAMES HAY, Jr.


/ the North shore IF Massachusetts,
where witches were once burned 10
death for dark and dismal deeds and
where buccaneers once Jhrived on the
gentle art Of smuggling when the
moon had set and the stars had gone
TO sleep.
But the secrecy and mystery OF
those old days were as nothing COM
pared with the inscrutabIe and sphyuX-
/ like conduct Of the Executive offices
( here in dealing with the meeting %
President William X. Taft and Col
/ Theodore Roosevelt this afternoon AZ
/ the Taft cottage
If sherlock HOLMES had been AS
signed 90 run down all the rumOrs
/ that were ahoat here today and yes
( .srday regarding tine conference. he
would have been running up and down
the automobile road barking in dis
/ trcss and wishing Dee had hydrophobia-
: From the reliable information avail
able. the Sylph wiil bring the colonel
I 90 the Taft cottage from Senator
Lodges home II Nahant. where the
4 former President has been a guest.
Heads For Nahant.
From Nahant IL has been learned
( that Senator Lodge this morning said
that he and Roosevelt would leave
: there with the expectation Of reaching
/ Beverly between and 4 o'clock
] The yacht steamed around Burgess
Point headed for Nahaut at noon.
/ The President put in the morning
/ playing golf with his friend. John Hays
Hammond on the Essex County Club
links. and he returned 10 his cottage IN
! time TO have lunch before the co.2nei
. arrival.
along the North Shore comes the .u-
formation thar they viii discuss The
political situation in the c2Gutry as "A
whole. and that they viii have much 10
saw I'm uarJiCula- about the lines on
which the coming Congressional cleo
ti0us viii be fought II Is SeneE-ilE
understood that the visit or Colonel
+ Roosevelt lis not merely a social and
In has been decided on after the ex-
. change OF communications and messages
. between the two men
Friends of Taft Jubilant.
Friends OF the Administration are
fi.bHaut- declaring that the coloueI's
visit puts a dnal and inevitable end 70
. the many reports that there was friction
between the two. and that this was
J reason why insurgency should flourish
/ IN the ranks OF the party. They insist
that from this very conference will re-
suit victory for the Republicans at the
DoIs next autumn and that II will mean
/ that the Republicans Will put up win
ming fight, which was only few weeks
. aE0 regarded as next 20 impossible
B They believe that the Roosevelt visit
B corains. as it does only after ne EdS held
/ lony Consultations with both the in
/ surEeuJs and the regulars lS all Luc
! more significant and Will have more
; weight with the country tGan II II nad
/ occurred Immediately following the
t cOlOueTs return.
The friends OF Taft say he has never
} mad any doubt OF what Roosevelt =
attitude woulu finally be The President
I has merely stood pat on his assertion
I that he had made good on the ROoSe-
welt policies, thar he had done what dp-
I DaareG 10 him TO be the wise and the
( right thing and that, therefore, he was
! willing &C let subsequent events take
/ care Of themselves.
Advances By Roosevelt.
/ No matter how he may feel, however,
! there is a general feeling Of delight
among the regular Republicans that
/ situation which might have been eX-
] tremeIy dangerous TO the party'S -Inity
viii be averted by the conference today.
II can auJhOritaIively be stated that the
\ conference between Taft and Roosevelt
J comes about as the result of advances
/ from AIr Roosevelt and not from Mr..
/ Taft. q
/ When the proposition for the interview
| was advanced, the President expressed
/ his great pleSure at having the OppOr-
tunity 20 talk with the colonel
/ Colonel Roosevelt and senator Lodge
! had narrow escape as their auto was
at Park street, Cambridge, last night on
/ the way TO Nahant- The gate tender
/ lowered the safety gate dire city in front
/ Of their automobile on the opposite side
Of the road
Raises Gate In Time.
Not 100 yards away an express train
was coming Persons near by called to
the gateman, who raised the barrier just
in time 20 allow the Lodge automobile
20 move out of the way of the train.
! There was much speculation regard
| ing the meeting. Todays is the first
/ meeting that President Taft has had
with his predecessor in office since
the memorable farewell in the White
House March 4. 1903. while a bliz-
zard was raging. Roosevelt then
/ turned his back on American affairs
with promise that he would keep out
Of the political Iimelight for a long time
a promise that he kept
Swings Big Stick
! Roosevelt swung the big stick in New,
/ York State last night when he came
out with an Endorsement of the Cobb
/ direct primaries bill, and the legislative
! leaders Immediately resented what they
/ termed his ''unWarranted Interference %
/ Everything at the Executive Offices is
! going along smoothly Secretary Nor
ton said that evidently the public had
! come to realize that the President is en-
{ titled 10 a vacation Absolutely no en-
! gagements are being made for two
weeks, the only break il the program
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