The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Confers With Leaders.

Confers With Leaders.
President Taft spent eight rainy
hours in New York today, dividing the
time about evenly between conferences
with Republican leaders from New Eng
land and a session with John Drew at
the Empire theater.
At the home Of Henry ". TAFT, the
presidents brother, there was an in
pouring of leading Republican lights
which continued all afternoon and until
dinner time.
Among those who saw the president
and informed him concerning conditions
in their home states were: George Shell
don, chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee; Charles D. Hilles,
chairman Of the Republican campaign
committee; James B. Reynolds, secre-
tary of the committee; National Com
mitteemen Thomas X. Neidringhaus of
st. Louis, Estrabrook of New Hamp-
shire, Booker of Connecticut, Martin Of
Virginia and Murphy of New Jersey.
Butler Not Candidate.
Thomas NJ. Moore, president of the
Panama Pacific exposition, and Nicho'
las Murray Butler, president Of Colum-
bia college, also called on the president
just before dinner.
care you candidate for the COVER
norship of New York7n the president
asked Mr.. Butler.
"Not I, responded the college pres
ident. "I have decided to be conduc~
tor on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines;
it pays better
All the president callers expressed
optimistic views concerning the coDdi-
tions fFdown home" informing the
chief executive that things were begin
ming to swing away from the Demo
cratic candidate and back to the Re-
publican standard, ,.........
HilIes Enthusiastic.
Chairman Hilles was especially enthu'
siastic concerning the outlook for this
fall. Mr.. Hilles has Just returned from
q trip through Michigan and Illinois
and said he didn't think there was a
show for the Bull Moose candidate in
that part of the country. He conceded
that Governor Wilson would put up
good stiff fight but predicted that there
would be big victory for the Taft
FORCES in November.
Hands Off New York.
The president made it clear that he
has not changed his position, announced
from Beverly, Of keeping hands off the
New York state political affairs, He
governor and would leave the choice
TO the Saratoga convention.
The president explained tonight that
the visit in Washington of Samuel Un~
termyer, the New York attorney who
is counsel for the house Hmoney trust
in Investigating committee, was merely to
secure information now III the hands of
Comptroller of the Currency Murray re-
lating to national banks which might be
IN the committee inquiry.
The president raised the point that the
house committee was acting under
resolution adopted by orc branch of con-
further. He Will do so when Mr.. I'm
termyer S written request reaches him.
After dinner with his brother the
president, accompanie by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas K. Loughlin, Major Thomas L,
Rhoades and Mr.. Hilles, went to the
theater. going from there direct to the
Pennsylvania station. where the party
entrained for Altoona, Pa.
The president is due to arrive in AL
toonn early tomorrow morning and will
review military parade and address
conference Of the "loyal war COVER
nors'' before leaving for Philadelphia
at p. m.
At Philadelphia the president will
board the Colonial express and continue
on to Beverly. Mass, arriving there
Thursday morning,