The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-18
President and Vice President
Earnestly Discuss Apparent
Crisis in Republican Circles.
AT SEA TO DETERMINE
HOW STRONG TEDDY Is
Determination of Executive
That Cannon Must Go Re-
ported UnalterabIe.

BE V ERLf, Mass, Aug. Ito o
nearly three hours tins afternoon Prcsi
dent Taft and Vice President Sherman
talked over the defeat of Colonel Roosc
welt by the New York state RcpublI
can committee yesterday and the selec
tion of MIR. Sherman over Mr., Roose
Welt as temporary chairman of the Sar
atogu convention.
Mr.. Sherman said he had no inten
tion of withdrawing III favor of Mr.
Roosevelt and he treated lightly tht
stories that there might he a fight il
the convention TO repudiate the actor
of the state committee,
The vice president also talked will
the president regarding the congress
sionnl campaign. He wants the fight
to be waged along the old lines.
\ straight out Republican fight OF
the Republican platform and the rec
ord of the party, Including tho tariff
he put it,
Taft Will Be Guide.
At Mr.. Sherman s solicitation Pres
ident Taft agreed to point the way in
the campaign by writing q letter which
is TO be a part of the campaign text
book OF the Republican committee.
While the fight apparently is to be
directed along the lines of the past il
can be said authoritatIvely that the
feature OF the party reorganization
plans which call for the retirement OF
Speaker Cannon Will be strictly ad
hered TO. 1t is even said that Vice
:, President Sherman, one of the staunch
est supporters the speaker ever had
has become reconciled to the decision
that Mr., Cannon must 90.
A statement is being prepared IN
quarters close to the administration in
which the attitude recently s&ikcn by
Mr.. Cannon in public interviews will
be deplored and in which ut Will be
made plain that there is no thought on
the part of many of his former SUP.
porters again TO name Mr.. Cannon for
speaker.
Representative Longworth of Ohio
who has been called into nearly all the
recent conferences at the president IS
home was at the interview with Mr..
Sherman today. Representative An
thony of Kansas, one of the so-called
stand -patters' In the Kansas dele.
gatlon, who succeeded in stavinp off
defeat by the insurgents in the recent
primaries, also saw the president Mr.
Anthony also supported Speaker Can.
non, but he too said today that he de.
plored the stand Mr.. Cannon is taking.
Mr.. Anthony said that Speaker Can.
non had almost been forgotten as an is.
sue In Kansas until he came into the
campaign and made himself one.
To Sound Keynote.
President Taft will begin work at
once on the letter which is expected TO
be the keynote of the congressional
campaign He will address the com.
IDunlcatlon to Representative William
B. Mckinley of illinois, chairman of
the Republican campaign committee. 1t
IS not decided whether the letter will
be gwen out IN advance of its appear.
nncc in the text book. There is every
likelihood that it will, however.
MT, sherman urged the president to
make the tariff a prominent issue.
'tOn the ground that it is the best
by an interviewer.
have never said it was the best
tariff bill ever passed." replied MI
Sherman. disability is the real fest of
a tariff act. IL the Payne law stands
longer than the Dingley law stood, then
IT Will have proved itself Il better law,
II IT does not stand as long, then it
won { be as good a law.''
With regard to the New York situ.
alton, especially the action of the
state committee yesterday, Mr.. Sher.
man said he had explained matters to
Inc President so far as he understood
them.
diplomatic Answers.
Did you explain the turn down of
Roosevelt?'
81 don t know that Mr.. Roosevelt
was turned down. l only know another
man was selected as temporary chairman
of the convention
Mr.. Sherman said he thought the
events OF yesterday would not have a
serious effect upon the Republican cam.
paIgn although he could not say they
exactly tended TO barmonze the stu.
alton.
''It has been suggested that Won
might withdraw in the interest of
harmony
"No. / am going to serve in the in
teresG of harmony"
President Taft has from the very
first cndeavored to bring about har.
mony in New York. He has fairly
pleaded with the leaders to "avoid a
fight" but apparently his advice will
not be bccded.
= Vice President Sherman ,told the
president that the Republican state
platform will carry a warm endorsement
II hls administration and all Of his acts
VIII IL be 4 clean-cut progressive
platform AS Col, Roosevelt slggested2''
The vice president was asked
~! have not digested Colonel Roosc-
velt's statement as yet. It Will be u
clean cut Republican platform. how,
ever; l can tell you that rAuch. -
Not Entirely Optimistic.
Mr.. Sherman did not give the presi.
dent very roseate vie% of the situa-
tion. Mr.. Sherman hodss the reputation
of never predicting Republican success
unle he feels sure off himself. He is
not making any prediction this year
This is what he did h9ve to say: csc
Tar as one can Judge ;it this time there
Republican party wilE be continued in
power
NRcprescntative An fhony WAS not
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