The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-18
TAFT NOT MAKING PLATFORMS
VIII LET STATE CONVENTIONS
SPElk ~ THEIR OW NWsI.
WIN Net Act A. Arbitrator Of PaetisaaI
Deputies aud VIM Pick No Admins
tration Candidate, for Once al
Ready for the Trip 10 Maine To-day.

! tratioa Cansitdates for Once I'll
Ready for the Trip 20 Maine To-day.
BEvERLY. Mass. July i7.-President
Taft Ia not going TO draw any platform for
use at Republican State conventions
| this fall. He has no desire 20 figure az
the dictator Of par ~ policies and will not
assume the authority of n writer in chief
Of these moro OF less important documents
Neither does the President intend 10
become the arbitsr in factiouaI fights
and he will not attempt 10 slect men for
once a. Admin istrstion candidates
The President made II clear TO friends
to-day that II platforms were TO be- dra wn
10y Republicans indorsing his admins
tration he preferred that they be drawn
in conformity with what he has don. and
what he has said. as one man phrased II
Mr.. Tar expressed the belief that in
most cases delegates to state conventions
Possessed sufficient interest aud intel
ligence To dra " platforms that suited them
He let II be known that he had not given
an out and out Endorsement % the Ohio
platform that Senator Charles Dick and
Wade II. Ellis brought up here ON Friday.
He did take a brief look a. some OF the
notes that the senator and the Republi
can State chairman carried. but that was
about all The Senator and Mr. Ellis
were OF the opinion after seeing the Presi-
dent that their platform would serve as
a model for other conventions. The
President didn't repldiats this assertion
TO callers to-day, but he did le' u he known
that he would not bother with other
platforms
Former Governor John p Hill. acting
chairman OF the Rsph bican national COM
mittee, and Byron Boyd. chairman OF
the Maine Republican State committee.
motored down To Beverly from Augusta
~ do bit 81 missionary work at Burgess
Point to-day. After some psrleyinE with
Secretary Norton while the President and
Mrs. Taft were at church they were taken
ont to the Evans cottage
The President promised them TO make
three shore visits in Maine on the trip
north which begins tomorrow one 10
to lie At EAstport Tuesday. the second At
Bangor on Saturday and the third az Rock
land on the 27th
To get To Bangor the President will
take a special train from Bar HArbor.
He will stop ~ each % thrae towns only
an hour. but the Maine politicians are
hoping that he will do SONS political
talking
There isn't any great factipnAl fight
in Maine. it was said tonight. but the
Democrats are battling hard for victory
i'm the fall and IL Mr. Taft c,,,ld And ,irna
To make a rousing sTeech or two Il might
help out Immensely and have great
moral effect on the voters.
senator l."dge OF Massachusetts and |
Judge REYNOLDS kinkads ~ Toledo. OHIO |
w"r" w" other visitors AZ IN" Taft cot
tage this afternoon who talked politics.
'"hse hinkade a. On" Time was mentioned
A. candidate Tor the Republican Guber.
natonAl nomination. " present he IL
-aid 70 tie out OF IN" race Mr. Lodge was
ta.kihg about state affairs
Friends OF hr. Az reiterated TODAY
u" statement 'hAt IA" IL out OF the cam
Iaign IA ono. SENATOR burton ~ coming
20 s"" MN to-morrow morning. but ~ was
PLAINLY Indicai'd that no s'ttI"ment va.
~ u r"achcd her" a. 10 candidates Tor tHs
''oNerrorShlp.
senator Dtk hnd Mad" II Fills are
''"I hoNerihS "a the oning. but they are
nov Hk"iy '" lie 81 t"-morrO" confer
-hCe
lh- personnel 81 the party which will
20 norm on the Maynow"r tomorrow
vas made pubhc to-nisht. Here ~ the
list The Pr--'deht, Mrs Tart. Master
harle tart. h"rac" ID TAFT. Mrs Louis
More Si"'er OF Mrs tart. aud Prof.
'ior"' secretary - IN" President {. ID.
Norton. assistant Secretary Of the Navy
md Mrs winthrop. Miss Mabel Boardman.
apt " Butt y. y. Webster and James
sloan. Jr
Announcement was made AZ the execu-
I'VE OfIlgeN 10 -nlHht fnnt PTesaidauf Taft |
vas much pleased with the reception given