The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-02-29
TAFT'S TOUR
To BEGIN
MARCHI7
Party Managers Know Chief
Executive Is Most Effective
Orator
PRESIDENT TO MEET
EACH ISSUE SQUARELY
No Crowds Await Roosevelt on
Return From Boston or in
New York
DEMOCRATS WILL NOT
POSTPONE CONVENTION
DEMOCRATS WILL NOT
POSTPONE CONVENTION

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.-President
Taft soon will start a vigorous speech
making campaign to explain his po-
sition on current questions and further
his candidacy.
Before the republican national con-
vention meets in June. the president
is expected to deliver scores Of
speeches. He will travel as far west
as Chicago, as far north as New Hamp-
Georgia. Other engagements may be
made.
The presidents political advisers be-
lieve that he is their best orator
Ever since the Taft denomination
headquarters was opened here. with
Representative William B. Mckinley
in charge, republican leaders have
urged the president to get into the
campaign. He began following this adj
vice when he accepted an invitation
of years standing to attend the ff-
tieth annual dinner of the Swedish
American Republican club in Chicago.
Acceptance of that invitation was
followed by the announcement that the
president had consented to stop on his
way west at Toledo.
A few days ago the White House let
1t be known that the president would
go to Savannah, Ga. in April or May.
and might stop at Pinehurst. n. c.
Tour Begins March II
Tonight. after short conferences
with Senator's Crane, Smoot and CAL
linger, it was said the president would
extend his coming trip to Boston to in
clude New Hampshire. He leaves
Washington for Boston March II.
On these trips. it is practically GER
tain, the president will not fail to dis
cuss the recall of judges, the recall of
judicial decisions" possibly the initi-
ative and referendum and other topics
touched by Roosevelt in his Columbus
speech.
Probably the president will make no
direct reply to that speech and it has
been stated with emphasis that he will
not indulge in personalities, but that he
will make clear his own views on doc
trines advocated by Roosevelt is almost
certain
A canvass of the New York political
situation. made at conferences today OF
William Barnes Jr., chairman of the
New York state republican committee,
Vice President Sherman. State Senator
Bracket and Representative Calder, a
Brooklyn leader in congress, resulted
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president would have an almost solid
New York delegation in the national
convention.
1t was claimed today that the confer
ence between the president and Barnes
was satisfactory to both
President Is Gaining
Congressman Mckinley. director of
Taft headquarters. returned today from
Chicago, where he made arrangements
for the western end Of the campaign.
Mckinley had short talk with the
president. To visitors at the Taft head
quarters he expressed the belief that,
the president was gaining in Illinois.
It. r. Boosters Busy
SEATTLE, Feb. 28.-A Roosevelt state
committee of 81 met today and organized
by the appointment of George H Walk
er of Seattle as chairman; DR.. Dennis
w King of Wenatchee, G. L Langford
of Tacoma and Lloyd E. Candy of Spo-
kane, vice chairmen; Rufus r. Wilson
of Seattle. secretary. 1t was decided to
open headquarters in Seattle and to
meet in Tacoma March H. One dozen
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