Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-11
COLLECTOR LOEB
VISITS PRIEST. TAFT
Col. RooseyeIt's Right Hand Man
Suddenly Appears in Beverly,
Causing a Flutter.
THEY. WILL TALK POLITICS.
lie Was Sent for by sccy. Morten-
Came ns Old Friend and
Loyal supporter.

Heverly. Mass. July iD.-Bovorly was
about 10 tuck II self away TO sleep to-
night after a dtLl and sultry Sunday
when william L Deb, Jr.' right mana
man of Theodore Roosevelt 'motofed
INTO town. There nd been no warning
Of his coming and his arrival caused
nutter OF exclteme mt only second to
mat when Mr. Loeb y former chief VS.
ited Mr.. Taft at burgess Point MI
Ioeh will see the president tomorrow
afternoon. and Il WAS frankly admitted
that politics would be the subject OF
the,r interview. 1t VIII be the hrst
politics, by the way, that Mr.. Tart mas
talked since Mr.. Roosevelt was az beV-
erly. IN ,.,..,,
vacation last week. hut The re are indi-
. cations that the period OF rest Is end-
ed and that a number % lIlPoi tah'
conferences will mark the coming sew
en- days. Then Mr.. Ialt ~ go'hk 70
sail ''way down east for 10 DAYS
cruise along the shores Of Maine.
Recent incidents at Oyster BAY, Mr..
Joeb declared tonight, had nothing TO
do with his visit. In fact, ne s'liu 'nat
Mr.. Roosevelt probably knew nothing
NJ his coming TO Beverly. IL developed
ister that Mr. Loeb was sent for by
Secy. Morton, with the knowledge or
President Taft.
II came TO talk over the general poll
teal situation with the president, sllu
Mr.. Loeb when pres sed TOT an eNPi"i''-
ton as to hts visit 49,,
"As a representative OF the coloheif
he was asked.
"No. / came as the old friend and
loyal supporter Of President Taft.
During all of Mr.. Taft's torn Collec-
fro Anf
AT the White House. and has presence
there, coupled with the general mani
festat;ons of friendship between nun
and the president. has done much 10
contradict the stories OF strained rela-
tions between Mr.. Taft ana Col hoose-
S,eit During his candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination and his campaign
Tor the presidency. Mr.. Tart had no
more ardent advocate than Mr.. lsoep.
Mr.. Loeb was asked by one of his IN
reviewers II there was n posslplliiy
that his visit had something to do with
bridging a ''chasm between Beverly
and oyster Bay"
Is NO CHAsM.
Z "There is not any ohasm." he replied
! with emphasis. There never mas been
n hreak OF any sort and relations could
q not ne more pleasant Mr.. Roosevelt
3 told me he had a perfectly bully time
when he visited the president Inc
/, president and Col. Roosevelt are actins
as independent Americans. each along
his own lines, but 20 the SAME Gnu.
s. Asked II he thought Col. RooseVelt
xYouId como out with an Endorsement or
the Taft administration, Mr.. boeD tooh
tha position that the president du-
mInistration needed no lndorseihent
from col. Roosevelt or anyone else, ~
already stated a number or tlnes IN
T2everlv. the president feels that ne
helned his party make n record during
the recent session OF CongreSs-a rec
ord upon which IL can well ahoru 10
stand In the coming campaign me
question of individual Endorsement mas
not suggested itself to Mr.. Tart IN any
Nj Loeb WAS asked as 20 recent
events AT oyster Bay and the seeming
preponderance OF insurgents among
the colonel's visitors.
1CoI Roosevelt sees everybody, ne
said "The so-called Insurgents were
All friends OF his and naturally they
,,.ant 10 see him Some OF them want
him to help them In their campaigns
Mr. Loeb left the impression that
col Roosevelt might not GO 20 ueeply
into the coming campaign as mas peeh
generally supposed. The colonel has
been renorted as being anxious TO avoid
ANYTHING that looks like unfairness In
mis- attitude This fact Is SAID 10 eX-
,,latn his consent to Senator Beveridge's
request for a speech in the senator's
campaign for reelection In Indiana.
col. Roosevelt already had promised
20 sneak for Senator Lodge here IN
Massachusetts. 1t was put up 70 nm
Inv friends OF Senator Beveridge. Il rs
stated here. that this would Indicate
that ne favored the so-called conserve
lives" wing OF the party and would
leave a lot Of his old friends out IN
the cold.
some OF the reports current In Bever-
Nv tonight connect Mr.. Loeb's visit with
the govcrnorship I'm New York. The
collector Of the port has frequently been
mentioned for the Republican nominal
tlon
MIR Loeb when quest Toned declined TO
take the matter seriously. He said he
already had made his plans for a
months vacation TO be spent In the