The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
Goes to Cincinnati Mon
day to Make Neces-
sary Affidavit.
READY TO WORK
ON HIS MESSAGE
He Will Have Rough Draft of
His Communication to Con-
gress Prepared on Return to
Capital-Tariff and Trusts
Among the Subjects He
Will Discuss.

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| President Taft Will get vote at the
| Cincinnati and Hamilton county cleo
! lions after all. For TWO weeks there
mas been doubt US 10 whether he
! would have an opportunity 10 cast a
ballot in his home city next TUESDAY.
J The President sent his registration
! papers 10 Cincinnati too late, and tile
{ election board decided he could not
/ vote unless he appeared IN person be-
fore next Monday night and swore
that he was a qualified elcctor. Mr.
Taft had intended leaving Hot Springs
I Monday night. arriving in Cincinnati
/ carly election day but TO-DAY ne
! changed his plans AS result he will
leave here sunday night. make the
necessary affidavit before the election
| board Monday and be prepared on
! Tuesday to register his preference,
not as the tituiar mead of the Repus-
iican party. but citizen OF Ohio.
| Mr.. TAFT arrived at Hot Springs
carly to-day Mrs. Taft and Miss Hell
| en- Taft. who arrived here Ave days
| ago. met him at the station. and he
had breakfast with them for the first
| time in ten weeks
Data for Message.
| With the arrival in Hot Springs.
| probably tomorrow, of Secretary
Hilies. Mr.. Taft will have data which
! he expects TO use IN his third annual
f, message to Congress- Mr.. Hillcs left
/ the President at Washington last
| night, intending 10 secure information
( from the departments for incorpora-
tion In the message. which friends Of Mr..
.aft believe Will be the most important
| he has had to write. An actual start
/ upon II may be made at Cincinnati
Monday. but the anal draft Will be
| made in Washington after Mr.. rafts
| return November IL.
] According to persons close to the
President. some OF the important
! questions to which he Will call the
attention of Congress are the tariff,
! the trusts. sccond-class postage rates.
stock watering and overcapitalizati ton,
! conservation. currency reform and
navy reorganization. The peace ,rea-
! ties, for which the President has
| spoken often on the trip West will not
/ be referred to in the message, 1t was
said to-day. since they are now before
| the Senate. a special message to that
body alone is believed to be in pros
pect later.
The Presidents views on tariff re-
| vision have been explained frequently.
| He has promised revision OF the wool
and cotton schedules OF the present
/ tariff, so far a. he can bring II about
II the tariff board SO recommends after
It's Investigation of the wool and cot
ton ton mdn i. The boards report. Il
in the Presidents hands shortly.
Wants No amendment.
His Pittsburgh speech showed that
ment OF the sherman antitrust law,
F, and Indicated also that he did not be-
ltcye II should be repealed. and IL is
| understood the message will discuss
| said the President again Will offer 10
| Congress his Federal Incorporation bill
/ drawn up by Attorney General Wick
! ersham and offered TO Congress two
years ago. but since untouched and
/ practically unreferred to
The report OF the commission nves-
! tigattng second class postage rates, OF
which Supreme Court Justice Hughes
| Is chairman. and that OF the railroad
securities commission, investigating
stock watering and overcapitalization
of which President Hadley. OF Yale. is
| chairman, will De at the Presidents
/ disposal within few days, and 1t is
practically certain that he will pass
| on 10 Congress such recommendations
IS these commissions may make.
! His trip West and tile trip OF Secre-
tary Of the Interior Fisher to Alaska
: of the public domain and Alaska topics
E, TO be discussed freely in this message
Navy reorganization and currency re-
| form will be given attention as we'll
and II is possible that other SUBJECTS
| Will be dealt with.
! The President los, little time GET
| ting out on the golf links to-day Mrs
| TAFT. who ads been taking long walks
J since her arrival here, went around
( with INN and watched the play FJrty-
eight days on the road. IL was quickly
! apparent. had not improved the Irysi-
dents play.
According to the official hgures of
| TIL Swing around the circle" kept I'M
de" direction by Secretary Hilles, the
! by President. In going from Bever-
| ly, Mass. to Hot Springs by way of
Seattle, san Francisco Los Angeles
! Washington and few hundred other
! cities, Mr. Tart has Travelled 1896
/ miles beating his own previous +, corl
( by Just about 500 miles. Before he
returns to Washington for the winter
the President Will visit Ohio. Kentucky
miles to the record. Mr. tIilles's
''swinG" figures show that Mr. Taft
passed through twenty-siX states and
made speeches in twenty of them.
Many COnErrSsmcn Met.
| The Governor Of each State lie en-
tered gave him welcome. and Gov
ernor Colduitt, OF TeXas. II State which
/ was not visited, met him in Kansas.
: of twenty seven. met the President ut
various times SIX Of these Senator's
were Democrats and seven ere ac-
knowledged insurgents" About a
dozen Senators pledged their support
to the arbitration treaties on the trip.
-e~enty-seveu members OF the House
were on reception committees or well
i coined Mr.. TAFT on mis- ear.
/ nc President has been ION the
road" forty-eight days since he left
Beverly and started West. In that
timc his train stopped ut EOS cities,
towns and villages. not including water
4 tanks and railroad division points
where engines were changed.
Made over 800 Speeches.
| He made 306 speeches Of all sorts
ana lengths, and, according to Mr..
| 1illes's record. he spoke to more than