The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
HE HAS LOST OUT
WITH THE PUBLIC
That Is Opinion of Observers
Who Have Followed Him on
His $1,000 Mile Journey
Over Countrywide Will
Start Message This
Week.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch. !

swing around the circuit. with the
loop 20 the South, is over. Presiden.
Taft turned away from here to nigh, to
go back to washing,o ton. there to s,rug-
gle in reality with the problems nc has
| been discussing on his l5.270-mile trip.
President TAFT. during his nifty seven
day jaunt. the longest trip ever made
oy President. talked to more than
100000 people in thirty one States.
TO this immense audience he discussed,
/ ais tariH vetoes. the handling OF the
| trusts, the governments relation to
business. the Supreme Court, conserva-
! ton. peace and many other issues. II.
VIII spend tomorrow IN Washington,
! resting up. When he gets TO the
White House on Monday 1t will be the
| FIRST time since tho Adjournment OF
Congress, August 81. that the Pres.den,
has been at his desk. In the mean.
time the affairs of the nation. whatever
nave come UP. have been disposed of at
beverly on this extended whirI over III.
| continent.
! Dips Into Politics.
1 While President Taft insisted before
he left Beverly on September 10 that
| this trip was TO be free from politics.
he had not got very far along before
nc was found vigorously defending, his
administration and dipping deeply into
the political situation. Soon the trip
assumed the aspect OF an apology for
! ms administration, and particularly
with respect 10 his vetoes Of the three
tariff measures put through by Con-
! gress.
Everywhere the President wen, the
impression obtained that he was Oh a
trip OF administrative defense. as
the President left Bristol Tonight on
the 500 mile run 10 Washington, the
question as 10 what had been accom-
! plished by the long trip forced Itself.
| Impartial observers. who have trailed
along with the President. sounding the
crowds all along the line. say the Pres
| tdent has failed TO get in tho siightes I
advantage for himself. II political re-
habiiitat!on was the purpose OF the
| trip. then. 1t is said. the trip in that
respect has been q fiat failure.
II political savants know what they
| are talking about. and this expression
comes from men in both dominant par
ties, President TAFT has "lost out" with
the public, and 1912 looms up darkly
for him on the horizon.
HIS tarih vetoes when the country
expected some decisive revision urged
| from the White House did more than
! anything else, according TO comment.
| TO put the President in this plight.
The Presidents vague promises TO urge
! some variety OF tariff measure after
his tariff board had reported TO hin,
have been accepted with # show OF i'm
patience on the part of the multitudes.
| The time for definite action, they have
argued. came when Congress passed
| the tariff reform measures
There Is no genuine feeling manifest
| that Mr.. Taft Will be able this winter
| to get Congress TO pass legislation he
wants. even IL his board does report
| in time
| Business World Upset.
| President Taft has before him as he
goes TO Washington. not only the tariff
bugaboo. but his attacks on the big
business interests. which have aroused
| the country. His hammering awak IL
Is agreed. has upse; the business weld,
and much uncertainty exists as 10 what
the outcome that so concerns business
| stability Is to be.
| The President has committed himself
| on the problem of dealing with the
trusts, and his next message TO Con
Eress is expected to reiterate his pur-
| pose TO keep at them.
Mr.. Taft will get down to his mes
! sage early in the week. Congress
! convenes December 8. and the message
| TO be sent by the President, IL Is an
| ticipated. Will be the most importan,
he has prepared for that body. Ger
FANNY lie mas enough Sltally important
| matters to discuss.
The President has stood the trip re-
markably we'll. He likes travelling
and the sight of immense crowds com
| ing out TO see him gives him lnrnit,
delight. He declared tonight that he
felt no fatigue from the trip, and he
looked physically fit.
| AS to the Presidents own ideas OF
| the political success of the trip. he
| has given no indication excepting that
conveyed in his speech before the
Hamilton Club OF Chicago, two weeks
| ago Then he lugubstously informed
the Republican throng that he realiz
ed the party faced a crisis. but that II
beaten next year, he hoped the people
would turn back to the G.. o. p. in
1915.
AT all ether times when efforts were
made by leaders introducing him to
audiences In various cities 10 get an
expression concerning 1912. the Presi.
dent persistently lodged It.
Expects Renomination.
He expects the denomination; that
he has never allowed to remain in
| doubt, but not a word on his expec-
tatfon of gaining reelection. His ut
teranees in response to oft-repeated
declarations OF those introducing him.
| that he would be reelected in 1912.
have always been as vague as that
he made to-day replying to Congress-
man Austin. Republican Representa-
tive. at Knoxville. when no said:
i am not talking politics. All 1
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