New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08
TAFT SEES LEADERS,;
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
President Gives Up Day After
Return to Consulting Visitors
on the Political Campaign.
STATEMENT BY HILLES
National Chairman Shows How
the President Has Reduced
Ordinary Government
Expenses.

Beverly, Mass, Sept. president Taft
gave most of his time to-day TO politics.
He discussed the national situation with
Chairman Hnles and Treasurer sheldon
Of the Republican National Committee.
talked over political affairs I'm Connect
cut with Charles +. BROKER national
committeeman. and J. II. Roraback, state
chairman: listened TO the Republican
news from Rhode Island from eX-Repre-
sentative Sheffield. the national commit
teeman from that state. and General
Wilson. the state chairman. and heard
what Massachusetts, is doing from
Charles Hatfield. Republican state chair
man, and Samuel Powers, Of Boston, a
member of the advisory committee OF
the national committee.
Mr.. Hilles and Mr. Sheldon were guests
OF the President OH the yacht May
flower. which arrived to-day from New
York by way of New London, and the
other Republican leaders Joined them at
luncheon at Parramatta the Taft cot
tage The Mayfowcr landed the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft and their guests at
West Beach near here. about II o'clock.
He was still suffering to-day from his
ment.
Chairman HilIes Departs.
Chairman Hiles left Beverly tonight
for New York, declaring that the Presi-
dent was confident OF success at the polls
in November Mr. Sheldon, 1t was said.
gave the President encouraging news of
the campaign funds. The statement
which Mr.. Hilles gave out tonight was
discussed on the trip of the Mayiiower
and met the approval OF the President
and Mr. Sheldon. The statement follows:
find that conservative business men
look with favor on the candidacy OI
President Taft for reelection because
they know he has been a conscientious
and successful administrator OF the
finances OF the government. Usually
public official who imposes check on
the increase of expenditure nnds that ne
has performed thankless task. IL IS NOT
Sufficiently spectacular stunt 10 .aE
hold Of the imagination. III
The situation I'm the Treasury with
which President Taft was confronted was
very different from that which confronted
Mr.. Roosevelt when he became the Presi-
dent Mr.. Roosevelt in 1902 assumed
charge of a government whose ordinary
disbursements for that fiscal year wer"
A7l.19Os5I The receipts Tor that year
were ninety-one millions in excess Of the
disbursements.
Surplus Goes Under Roosevelt
The aggregate OF public expenditure IN
creased steadily fUT several years Under
Mr. Roosevelt During the last year al
his administration the total OF the curren'
operating expenses had attained the IN
prccedented figure OF $562.3-i ~, and our
Ing that wear there was dehclt or soS'-
10000 Thus. by ignoring opportunltleS
for cffecting economies ana lnTOddcIhe
efficiency. President Roosevelt had per
become a deficit of SSOo).OD IN l@' dnu
during that period OF seven years me
ordinary EXPENSES Of government had IN
creased tlql .Oe0O)O. or 40 per cent.
Hence the increase in the cost OF cor,
Quoting the ordinary governments
operations during tae Roosevet i'glnle
was almost per cent annually; II was
per cent during tho preceding perlOd
Of ten years and approximately per
cent a wear during the decade OF nv w
Mr.. Taft might have looked with COM
placency upon this phase OF goVernlhen,
iaI operations and defended an annual
increase i'm disbursements OF or per
cent nv pointing TO the practice Of the
past twenty years But he chose TO ded-
icate himself 20 the task or scttlnE n
great business house in order. so that
Instead OF Increasing the burden OF eX-
pendjturcs 80 10000 n year during cach
Of three years President Taft's admin
istrat.on has reduced the ordinary dis
bursements from tS62, 10000 to S6JiOoWO
a wear. and the deficit OF S5S,oD,OO Tor
tho last year OF the Roosevelt admin
istratiop has been turned Into surplus
Of $3G.OO0.00O i'm the last year OF the Taft
administration.