The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-29
TAFT STARTS
 IN CAMPAIGN
PRESIDENT WILL GET BUSY NOW THAT ROOSEVELT HAS DEFER
 MINED TO ENTER RACE.
Will Make Speeches in the Middle West and Throughout New Eno- land states and Will Feature
 Recall of the Judiciary.

! Washington. Feb 2s. President Taft will start soon vigorous speech-making campaign to further his candidacy for re-nolnInation.
 Before the republican national con. vention meets in Juae the president will spend many days on the road and is expected to deliver scores of speeches, He will travel as far west as Chicago. as far north as New Hampshire, and south at least as far | as ueorgla Uther engagements may be made in the next few weeks. The presidents political advisers believe he is their best orator.
 Ever since the Taft re-nomination headquarters were opened here some time ago, and Representative William D. Mckinley was put In charge, re- publican leaders have urged the pres. ident to get into the campaign. He began following this advice when he N~'tFANu aH ihhttatiOu bi year standing to attend t'le fiftieth annual dinner of the Swedish-American re. publican club in Chicago
 The acceptance of this invitation was followed by the announcement that the president had conse.1ted to stop on his way west at Toledo, Ohio. few days ago the white house let it be known that the president would go to Savannah, Ga, in April or May and might stop at Pinehurst, N. c.
 Tonight, after short conference wi'h Senators Crane, Shoot and Gal finger, it was said the president would extent his Boston trip which will be- gin March IT. to at least two New Hampshire cities.
 Although no announcement has been made of subjects for speeches, it is practically certain he will not fail to include the recall of judges. the Ire. calr' of judicial decisions, possibly the initiative and referendum, and topics touched by Colcnel Roosevelt in his Columbus speech. Probably Mir Taft will make no direct reply to that speech and has been stated with emphasis that he will not in dulge in personalities. But that he will clear his own views on many of the doctrines advocated by Colonel Roosevelt in Columbus is almost cer tain.
 A canvass of the New York political situation. made at conferences today between William barnes IT,, chair man of the New York state commit tee. Vice President sherman and oth- CTS resulted in an informal declaFa- ion that President Taft would have an almost solid New York delegation to the republican national convention. It was said today that iIhe confer ence between Mir. Taft and Chairman Barnes, which lasted until late last night. was satisfactory to both inso- far as the selection of delegates and the proposed wording of the platform was concerned.
 MT. Barnes returned to New York late today
 Congressman Mckinley. director of the national Taft headquarters, re- turned today from Chicago, where he made arrangements for the western end of the Taft campaign. President Taft wlll visit four cities in New Hampshire on March 19. The announcement of tho presidents in- tention to make whirlwind tour of this state of which Robert P. Bass, one of the adherents of Colonel Roose- welt, is governor, is made tonight in telegram from United States Sena- tor Gallinger The telegram said;
 Have arranged to have Taft give March 19 to New Hampshire"
 He will speak at Manchester. Con- corn. Nashua and Portsmouth. accord ing to the plans announced.
 Favors Agricultural Work.
 President Taft told committee from the American Bankers associa- ton today that he favored legislation to establish federal agricultural exten- sion work in connection with state. agricultural colleges, whish now re- ceive federal benefits Both Repre- sentative Mckinley, manager of the Taft campaign. and Representative ILeever of South Carolina. have bills before the house for this legislation.