The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-10-07
1HE PRESIDENT
/. WILL KEEP OUT
Of CAMPAIGN
His Mckinley Letter and New
York Speech His Political
Contributions
THESE EWtTHCoNsERvAT|oMSpEECH
At St. PAUL ARE VOTE GETTERs
Republican Congressional Candidates
in the West Are Writing Him That
Voters Are Turning to His Policies
and Party Fealty Is Asured.

Beverly, Oct. Tt is doubtful II
President Taft will speak again in
the congressional campaign. He feels
that he has done his share in having
made his appeal for harmony in the
letter sent Chairman Mckinley of the
Republican congressional campaign
committee, and having delivered his
speech last Saturday in New York
city. The president will leave it now
to the Republicans of the country to
er If possible.
Mr.. Taft's friends point out that he
has done everything that he could do
with dignity to bury the factional
fights of the last session of congress
and heal the breach in the party.
When the president, in his Mckinley
letter. delivered his invitation for all
Republicans to get together, two
things seemed to stand in the way of
a response. One of these was the
presidents own previous attitude to-
ward the insurgents in regard to pat
ronage, and the other was the. presi-
dents failure to give them any credit
for legislation enacted at the last ses-
sion of congress.
Invitation Backed Up
The president set out to remove
both Of these objections and he be-
lieves that he accomplished this pur-
pose. He announced publicly his de-
cision to restore federal patronage to
all insurgents, and then, in New York
on Saturday night, frankly admitted
the progressives to a share of the
credit for the legislation enacted last
session. The presidents political ad-
visers feel now that he has extended
his harmony invitation, and has back
ed it up by removing the obstacles
for which he was responsible; that he
has gone as far as he can consistent
ly go.
The president believes that he has
and the regulars to get together in
the coming elections and work only
as Republicans. Having paved the
way, the president is likely from now
on to hold himself aloof from the
political fight, and to leave it to 9TH
ers tn build on the foundation he has
laid. The president has been receiv-
ing some very encouraging reports
on the effect Of the concilatory at
titude he has taken. Many repre-
sentatives have written that his re-
cent speeches, including his conser-
walton speech at ST. Paul. have given
them fresh foothold, and they are
hopeful of pulling through.
Good News Received
Reports that have reached the ex-
ecutive Offices here recently from the
middle west lead the president and
his advisers to take much more en-
couraging view of the situation there
as regards the congressional fights.
The presidents friends say he feels
that the progressive movement is so
strong in the west that it is not only
going to carry its own candidates to
victory, but that it will sweep in with
it some of the regular Republicans
who have been renominated. 1t is
the territory east Of the Alleghenies
that is causing the president and his
friends the gravest concern. There,
it is feared, the Democrats will make
inroads on Republican congressman.