The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30
ARE ON WATCH
FOR OPEN BREAK
Colonel Expected to Reverse
Several of Taft's Pet
Schemes
MAY NOT TOLERATE
HIS INTERFERENCE
Swings Big Stick in York STATE
BY Sending Telegram Adj
vocating Passage
of Bill.

BOSTON, MASS, June 30.-~Gov,
Hughes said to-day to-day that he
would not go to Nahant or Beverly TO
confer with President Taft, former
President Roosevelt, Senator Lodge.
or any other national leaders. but that
he would take the train this afternoon
at the conclusion of his address at
Harvard and return TO New York.
BEVERLEY, MASS. June 30.--The
Summer Capital was invaded to-day.
The attacking force was an army
newspaper men who descended upon
the north shore early to-day armed
with fountain pens and cameras ready
for that much talked-of meeting De-
tween President TAFT and Col Roose-
welt, which was expected to take place
this afternoon. The road In front OF
the Taft cottage at Burgess point was
the camp. No one was permitted on
the grounds OF the presidents cot
tage. but Just outside crowd gath
cred that grew with every train.
Meanwhile Col. Roosevelt is still the
guest OF Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
at Nahant. where he spent the night.
The ex-president said last night that
he would probably motor over to the
summer white house this afternoon
There was much speculation regard
ing the meeting. This was the FIRST
time that President Taft and his pred
ecessor in Office were to see each other
since their memorable farewell In the
White House March 4. 1903, while a
blizzard was raging Roosevelt then
turned his back on American affairs
with a promise that he would keep
cut of the political limelight for long
time; a promise that he kept. That
Roosevelt does not endorse some OF the
acts OF the Taft administration is WELL
known and some of the politician here
profess TO believe that an open break
Ia likely TO follow to-day's meeting
Others point ont that this n unlikely
and that Col. Roosevelt can te DE-
pAnded GA 10 let Nothing leak Ont 70
indicate what he said to TAFT or what
Taft said To him until after be has re
turned to New York.
Consider New York.
There seemed TO be am excellent
chance that the New York state sit
uation might be considered. A good
part of the OPPOSITION to the Hughes
policies comes from federal Office hoi-
ders and Roosevelt Is expected TO make
1t plain to Taft that federal interior
ence viii not be tolerated If he (Roose-
v-lt) is TO be held responsible for the
ute OF His party IN MS native STATE
"a now bids fair to be the case.
Roosevelt swung the big stick in
New York state last night when he
came out with an endorsement of the
Cobb direct primary bin and the legis-
lstivo leaders Immediately resented
VIVA. they termed his 'unwarranted
interference"
This morning President Taft went
to the Myopia hunt club to play golf
with John Hays Hammond.
Everything at the executive Offices
Is going along smoothly. Secretary
Norton said that evidently the public
had come to realize that the presi-
dent Is entitled TO vacation. Abso-
lutely no engagements are being made
for two weeks. the only break in the
program being July when the Presi
dent goes TO Somerville and Boston.
Robert A. Taft left for New London
to- day where he will see the Harvard
Yale races. After the races. the pres
idents son will go to Murray Bay
where he will spend month. This
In where President Taft lived when he
was secretary OF war and where his
brother Charles p. Taft has a summer
home. a.
Lodge Responsible.
Senator Lodge, in the two-fold ca
paeity of friend Of Roosevelt and ad
wiser of the administration. 10 respon-
sibie for the meeting. Both the ex-
CONTINUED on Fourth PaEe)