New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
important Political Message
from President Taft to the
Ex-President.
TALK AT OYSTER BAY TO-DAY
News from Summer Capital In
terests Mr.. Roosevelt-New
Trip in Spring from
Coast to Coast.

Oyster. Bay. Aug. 14-Ex-President
Roosevelt announced to-day that LLOYD
c. Griscom. president Of the New
York Republican County Committee.
would come to Sycamore Hill tomorrow
morning for conference Mr.. Griscon
spent last night with President Taft at
Beverly, and, although Mr.. Roosevelt
would not say so. il is known that Mr..
Griscom will come as the bearer Of an
important message from President Taft
The conference. therefore will be OF
more than usual Importance
Mr.. Grfscom took luncheon with Mr..
Roosevelt in New York on Friday, before
departing for Beverly. and they dis
cussed. among other things. the county
presidents approaching visit TO the
President; and as soon as Mr.. Grtscorn
returned to-day from the summer capt
tai he telephoned to Mr. Roosevelt an
urgent request for a conference with
him as soon as possible. Mr.. Roosevelt
asked him to come to Sycamore Hill to-
morrow morning.
Interested in Beverly News
Mr. Roosevelt would add nothing TO
the bare announcement that Mr. Girls
com was to come, except to say that he
had read with great interest the dis
patches from Beverly fntimating that
the President was expecting Secretary
BaIlinger to resign, and that Senator
AIdrich and Speaker Cannon in the fut-
ure were to be in less direct contact
with the administration
He refused to give his views on this
subject. or to say whether the message
which Mr. Griscom bears constitutes an
other step in the adnninistra TONS pro-
gramme for readjustins conditions with
in the party. II is believed here. how
ever that as a result Of Mr.. Griscoms
visit the exact relations between the
President and the ex-President will be
more clearly defined, even though no
public announcement be made
Since Mr.. Roosevelt's return from
Africa he has resolutely avoided placing
himself on record in regard to the Taft
administration. He has seen the Presi-
dent only once. and then for a short
time. during his visit 10 Boston for the
Harvard commencement
So far as is known no messages have
passed between them since that time.
and it is believed that President Taft
desires to ascertain where his predeces-
sor stands particularly. in view Of the
national campaign which is soon to get
under way
Will Soon Go on Record
Colonel Roosevelt's Western trip is TO
start on Tuesday of next week. During
the trip it is expected he will place him
self on record in regard to a number OF
matters Of great interest TO the country
and the Republican party. One Of them
will be the conservation Of national re-
sources. which has been the subject Of
so much discussion during the months
which President Taft has been in the
White House.
While il is believed that Mr.. Roose-
Welt will not have one word of criticism
of the administration in any of these
speeches. there is good ground for the
assumption that he will not depart from
the vigorous stand for conversation
WHICH he assumed While he WdS EIcSl-
dent
Whatever may be the tenor of Mr..
Griscom's message from the President.
il may be said that Mr.. Roosevelt will
proceed with the programme which IL IS
known he has mapped out for himself.
Third Trip Planned.
Mr.. Roosevelt also announced to-day
that he had decided on third long trip.
Starting some time in March. he will go
from coast to coast on a trip which will
occupy about one month
He said to-day that while he was IN
Africa eight months ago he had accept
ed an invitation from DR. BENJAMIN Ide
Wheeler. president of the University %
California. to speak at the university on
Charter Day next March He Will go by
the Southern route.
ONLY one other speech has been def
niteIv settled on-at the Southern COM
be made in March on the westward trip
From Atlanta Mr.. Roosevelt will travel
through the South making one speech
in each state which ne traverses- He
probably will make a short stop at the
Texas ranch of Cecil Lyon. Republican
national committeeman. who is an old
friend The return from California IN
all proba bility will be via the northern
route. The exact time of the trip and
the places at which speeches viii be
made have not been decided upon.