The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-07-18
TAFT WILL NAME
NOCANDIDATESIN
HOME STATE
Neither Will He Attempt to
Dictate Platforms
FINDS OWN JOB ENOUGH
President Makes II Plain That He
Does Not Want to Be Asked
About Ohio Contests

Beverly, Mass, July lS.-President
Taft yesterday stated with. more EN-
phasis than he has heretofore en-
ployed the position which he is TAX
ing with regard to republican state
platforms and candidates. The presi- |
dent does not think he should be call
ed upon to write the party DECLARE /
tons in the different commemorative |
or to name men for any of the cleo |
tive Offices. A president, II was in |
timated, has a pretty big job on his |
hands when he undertakes to fulfill |
the pledges in the national platform |
and to bring Congress around to the |
same way of thinking AS to planks |
IN the state platforms indorsing the |
administration the president feels
that unless they can be written upon
what he has said and done since TAX
ing office, nothing he could add in a
personal way would help matters out.
The Ohio conferences of the past
three days have served to bring out
the presidents attitude. He has
been informed of the general tenor of
the platform to be adopted at the Col
umbus convention the latter part of
this month, but he did not go into the
details of the different planks. Under
Inc circumstances, the president let
it be known, would he express an OPP
inion as to candidates. He hopes
that the best possible man will be
chosen to head the ticket in his home
state. The fight this fall in Ohio, It
&c lad will hn
hard one. But Mr.. Taft feels that a
convention made up of 1900 delegates
can well be trusted to choose its own
candidates in its own way
Mr.. Taft has been told that none of
the three ayowed candidates, Carmi
Thompson, Warren G.. Harding and
o. b. Brown has a majority of the
votes. This has led to the opinion
that compromise candidate must
be found. The friends OF James r.
Garfield are hopeful that the dele
gates may turn to him, but the state
leaders who are friendly TO the adj
| minstratlon, and who will write a
strong Endorsement of Mr.. Taft and
all of his acts In the platform, declare
, that Mr.. Garfield cannot be nomina-
| ted The only other strong" candl-
date who is much talked OF is Repre-
sentative Nicholas Longworth. IL is
said, however, that Mr.. Longworth
much prefers to remain In Congress.
and 1t will take a great amount OF
, pressure to get him into the state
fight.
Judge Reynold Kinkade OF Toledo
spent an hour or more with the pres
ldent yesterday Judge Kinkade was
strongly urged for the gubernatorial
nomination some weeks ago. but he
let II be known that he preferred his
place on the state bench. Like all
other Ohio leaders who have come to
Beverly recently. Judge Kinkade
Just happened" to be in Boston and
ran out to pay his respects" Sen
ator Burton Is due today. Senator
Dick is still In Beverly and Wade II.
Ellis, chairman OF the Ohio executive
, committee, is within a few minutes
ride. They all expect TO have a final
word with Mr.. Taft today.
, The president yesterday consented
to make three speeches In Maine
during his 10 days cruise in the nor
thern waters. The Maine elections
are held September 12 and are gener-
, ally looked upon as indicating the po-
litical trend of the times. Mr.. Taft,
! however, will keep away from poll
: tics. The leaders feel that his pres
q ence In the state and his appearance
! before the people will arouse enthu-
! siasm and have most desirable
! moral effect on the campaign. The
, democrats are making a strong bid
!. for the state this year and the re-
! publican leaders admit that the stu
: alton is giving them much concern.
q Former Gov. John f. Hill OF Maine
> who is chairman OF the republican
!. national committee, and Byron Boyd
= OF Augusta, chairman of the Repub-
!, llcan state committee. were In Bev-
! erly yesterday and had an extended
: conference with the president. They
. made no attempt TO conceal their de-
light when Mr.. Taft accepted invita-
tons to speak at Eastport, the ex-
tremely northeast corner OF the Uni.
> ted States; at Bangor and at Rock.
$ land. Mr.. Taft will spend an hour OF
u more at each of these cities He VIII
/ go ashore at Eastport from the yacht
: Mayhower about 2 o'clock tomorrow
: afternoon. The speech at Bangor
n will be Saturday. and at Rockland on
o Tuesday, the Goth. Mr.. Taft will 10
9 TO Bangor from Bar Harbor by spec.
u ial train. He will spend the night
9 OF the 2Srd with Senator Hale at
s. Elmswmth.
+ Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts,
,, lunched with the president yesterday
u The Massachusetts, situation was
u briefly discussed, and both the presi
y dent and the senator seemed pleased
y with the prospects. Archbishop o.
= Cornell OF Boston paid call of res
y pect and sat with the president on
. the piazza for half an hour. There
y was an amusing incident in Beverly
" yesterday morning as the president
II was about to enter the First parish
Unitarian church. GIUSEPPE De Wiz
: cenzo recently naturallzed, becam,
n excited over seeing the president ans
N set on a firecracker which he IA,
L brought along for the purpose. Their.
Dr. was some excitement among the wat
10 chers near Guisscpe. but the maj
n was not molestod. II n said tina
ID during the presidents absence from