The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30
PRESIDENT SENDS
CRANE OUT WEST

BEVERLY, Mass. July Ex-senator
Winthrop Murray Crane of Nassa-
chussets, who occupies in the senate
a position similar 10 that of the Re.
publican whip" in the house. was
summoned to Beverly today by Presl.
dent Taft and had a long talk with
the chief magistrate
Senator Crane was asked by the
president TO make a trip through the
west in the near future, going as far
as Seattle He viii inquire into po-
lltlcal conditions. The president is
said to desire this Information first
hand He has the utmost confidence
In Senator Cranes political sagacity.
The senator Is noted for the quiet
manner in which he accomplishes the
most difflcult tasks In the last SeS-
sion of congress Mr. Taft relied abSo.
mtely upon the junior senator from
Massachusetts and often made him
the means of communicating the adj
ministratiOn' views to the upper
branch OF congress In selecting an
cnissary 10 the west. the president
naturally turned 10 Senator Crane.
The senator already has made few
quiet trips of observation and dis
cussed what he learned with the
president today. The senator's visit
was surrounded with the greatest So
crecy Not until the senator was seen
was II admitted at the executive Of
flee that he had been anywhere in
the vicinity of the presidents cottage
II was denied that Mr. Cranes visit
b. the president had anything to
do with the Ballinger- -PInchot contro-
vcrsy II is stated. with authority,
that the president never had con
sidered and never Will consider ask
ing Secretary Ballinger to retire from
the cabinet
Another significant move made by
the president today and OF almost
equal Importance with the proposed
mission Of Senator Crane was the an
nouncemcnt that Mr.. TAFT had can
celled all Of the engagements, ten
tatiye and otherwise. that he had
made In different parts of the country
for this fall Important affairs of the
administration II was said, would
keep the president busily engaged
at Beverly and Washington until
November In November. 1t was an
Eounced, the president will make
tEree-weeks' trip TO the lsthmus OF
Panama to observe the progress of
the work on the big canal. Whether
the cancellation of the numerous cn-
gagements for the fall means re-
versal of the presidents travel policy
OF not could not be learned. Political
consideration may have had great
deal TO do with the presidents dc
csion. 1t would be difficult for tho
president to travel through the doubt
ful states In September and October
without being drawn into the cam
palgn or at least having his speeches
To Unvell Puritan Monument.
In a speech at Rockland Ne. the
other day, Mr.. Taft said he did not
believe q president OF the United
States had a right to talk politics.
In the list of wholesale cancellations
announced today there were three
omissions. The president viii go To
ProviDcetown. Mass. on August To
review the Atlantic battleShip fleet
and to speak at the dedication of the
Pilgrims monument, He has left open
the question OF whether or not he VIII
speak at the National conservation
congress which meets In ST. Paul
September or. and AT the unveiltnS
OF the Reed monument at Portland,
Me. Oh August IL. The chances ARE
that the president Will go TO 81. Paul.
Whether MIR Taft VIII leave for
Panama before or after election day.
November S. hns not boon decided.
The chances arc that he VIII leave |
Immediately after. He probably VIII i
sail from Norfolk on one of the ar
mored cruisers or battlcships OF the
Atlantic fleet