The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-30
Massachusetts Senator Gives Taft Some Ideas of the
 Present Situation
OBSERVATION TRIP ID
 THE WEST IS PLANNED
President Taft Cancels Many Engage ments Which He Had Made for His Fall Trip in Deference to
 Political Outlook

| Beverly, Mass July 29.-Senator Win | throp Murray Crane of Massachusetts, who occupies in the Senate position sim- liar to that of the republican whip in the House of Representatives, was summoned to Beverly today by President Taft and had a long talk with the chief magistrate at Burgess Point.
 | Senator Crane is perhaps the closest poe litical adviser the President has. He was asked by the President to make trip | through the west In the near future, going | as far as Seattle. Wash. He will inquire
 into political conditions in the states
 through which he travels. The Presi-
 dent is said to desire this information | first hand. He has the utmost confidence in Senator Cranes political sagacity. | The senator is noted for the quiet man.
 ner in which he accomplishes the most difficult tasks. During the last session of Congress MT. Taft relied absolutely upon | the junior senator from Massachusetts, ana often made him the means of com- | municatng the administration views to | the upper branch of Congress. Despite | the important part he played and the
 great influence he yielded in helping the
 Presidents programme through Congress.
 Senator Crane rarely, if ever, uttered a word on the floor of the Senate. Confidence in Crane In selecting an emissary to the middle
 and far west the President naturally
 turned to Senator Crane The senator al-
 ready has made few quiet trips of ob-
 servation, and he discussed what he had learned with the President today. | MT. Taft is anxious to have an impar- | tial survey made of the field. He believes
 that an outsider can get and give a better Understanding the different states than
 the leaders actually engaged in the poli- | cies of the various commonwealths. | Today's action Is regarded one of the most important politically that MT.
 Taft has ever made. The senator's visit
 was surrounded with the greatest se-
 crecy. He slipped into Beverly by mak- ing a large detour around Manchester. Not until the senator was seen was it admitted at the executive offices that he had been anywhere in the vicinity of the Presidents cottage.
 The report that Senator Crane is to in- clude Seattle in his journeying if he ac- cepts the commission given him by the
 President today brought out the flat de-
 nial that MT. Cranes visit to the Presi-
 dent had anything to do with the Bal linger-Pinchot controversy Bnllinger Will Stick It was stated with authority that the
 President has never considered, and will
 never consider. asking Secretary Bal fn atf ooh Inc When Secretary Norton was questioned
 today as to Senator Cranes plan he re-
 ferred all inquirers to Senator Crane. The senator had long since departed by au- tomobile and 1t was stated would not
 reach his home at Dalton until late in the night.
 Another significant move made by the President today and of almost equal importance with the proposed mission of Senator Crane was the announce ment that MT. Taft has called off all of the engagements, tentative and oth- erwise, that he had made in different parts of the country for this fall. Im- portant affairs of administration, 1t was stated would keep the President busilv engaged at Beverly and Washington until November.
 In November. 1t was announced. the President will make three weeks { tour to the thmus of Panama to observe the progress of the work on the canal. Whether the cancellation of the numerous engagements for the fall means reversal of the Presi- dents travel policy not could not be learned. Political consideration may have had great deal to do with the Presidents decision. It would be diff ficult for the President to travel through the doubtful states in Sep tember and October without being drawn into the campaign or at least having his speeches construed into po- litical utterances. In a speech at Rock land, Me- the other day. Mir. Taft said he did not believe a president of the United States had a right to talk politics and that his only platform should be "pRtriotism. love of country, and prosperity for all"
 Dates Cancelled
 In the list of wholesale cancella tions today were three omissions The Press ident will go to Provincetown, Mass. on August to review the Atlantic battleship fleet and to speak at the dedication of the Pilgrims monument. He has left open the question of wheth- CT or not he will speak at the na- tional conservation congress, which meets in St. Paul, September to z, and at the unveiling of the Reed mon ument in Portland. Me-. on August Il. The chances are that the President will go to St. Paul. There has been so much said and written on the subject of conservation that desire to place himself on record once for all may yx conservation congress. If he attends the congress he will have the first say
 Col. Theodore Roosevelt will speak on September or 2. Governor Eber- hardt of Minnesota will be at Beverly on Monday to urge the President to speak at the St. Paul gathering. Concernin1 the cancellation of hia