The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-02
Taft Breaks Precedent to De-
clare His Views
TALKS ABOUT HUGHES
The President Is Hopeful for Favor
able Action on Important Bits
Of the Administration
Program.

Buffalo. n. ". May ?. President Taft
and Secretary Of State Knox a. guests
III the Buffalo "Ad' club at luncheon az
Buffalo Saturday, made two little inn
promptu speeches, which won them the
enthusiastic plaudits of their hearers.
The president spoke 81 his legislative
hopes. but declared that he preferred be
ing advertised. rather than to advertise
himself despite the criticism that he
did not sufficiently employ that agency.
Secretary Knox took decided ding at
some newspapers which he declared in
diluting the news were as guilty Of
wrongdoing as men Indicted under The
pure food act for dilnting foodstufis
Especially" added the secretary, IT
that dilntion springs from malice or an
attempt to msfepresent."
President Taft took occasion to say q
word az 70 those who have criticised his
travels lie said he was for the first
time subiecting a member Of bis cabinet
20 The same sort Of treatment at is
Just as well to cultivate the diplomatic, =
he said and that Il Knox's business.
thought | would bring him along to see
that at least while my legislative meas
ures are pending in Congress ! should
do nothing TO interfere with their pass
age
The president and Secretary Knox
reached Buffalo from Washington at 1925
o'clock Saturday morning. They break
tasted at the home Of Ansley Wilcox,
after which President Taft spent two
hours al hard work with bis assistant
secretary IN the library 81 the Wilcox
home. where in 1901 Theodore Roosevelt
took the oath 81 office as president Of the
United States, following the death OF
President Mckinley a few blocks away.
Mr., Taft is the first president to visit
Buffalo since those fatefnl days soon
after noon. the president held q recep-
ton at the chamber Of commerce. He
also visited the University club TO meet
a number Of Yale alumni, and from there
vert Ia the Gratwick cancer laboratory
for q brief visit, After speaking at
the banquet Of The chamber Of commerce
III Convention hall Saturday night the
president left for Pittsburg.
Mr.. Taft broke presidential precedent
Saturday, allowing himself 10 Sc quoted
at an interview with a number of report
era. He asked his intervicwers to keep
away from politics, but they plunged
right into the New York situation and
especially the appointment 81 Governor
Hughes to the supreme court bench. II
saw Governor Hughes AZ Albany the
president said, before he was nominated,
and We went over the question Of his
running again for governor. I urged
him 70 DO 50. He gave me many reasons
why be could rot When 4 man like
Hughes makes ~ bis mind, it's not done
without careful consideration. and it's
usually made UP for good. As to the
income tax the president aaidi Ny
views on that subject have not changed
In any way 7 am decidedly in favor Of
giving the government the right to levy
such 4 tax III time 81 necessity The
president refused to comment specifically
"a the defeat Of Aldridge at Rochester,
saying that he was not enough 81 a
politician 20 pass Judgment on such mat
tefsn Mr. Taft expressed his deep I'M.
terest in the barge eaual project ia New
York state. Asked about the tariff the
president announced bis deep gratiiica-
lion that large measure of justice had
been done to the Philippines.