The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-29
Taft Is About to Start
Vigorous Speech Max
ing Campaign.
POSITION WILL
BE MADE CLEAR
No Personalities, but He Expects
to Declare His Views of Doc
trines Advocated by Roose
welt, and May Make Direct
Answer to Latter's Col
unbus Speech.

Washington. February 2s.-Presiden
Taft soon will start a vigorous speech
making campaign 10 explain his posi-.
ton on current questions and further
his candidacy for denomination
Before the Republican national con
vcntion meets in June. the Presiden,
Will spend many days on the road and
lis expected to deliver scores of
speeches. He will travel as far Yves;
las Chicago, 8 far North as New Hamp-
shire. and South at least as far as
Georgia Other engagements may be
made in the next few weeks.
The Pres!dent's political adviserg be.
lieve he is their oc5, orator. Eve.
since the Taft denomination headquar-
ters were opened here some time ago
and Representative William b. Nc
kinley was put in charge. Rcpublican
leaders have urged the President to
get into the campaign. He began fol
lowing this advice when he accepted
an invitation OF a years standing to
attend the iftieth annual dinner of the
swedish American Republican Club in
Chicago The acceptance of that in
vitation was followed by the announce
ment that the President had consented
t. stor On his way West at Toledo
Ohio. Invitations TO visit Youngstown
and Massilion have been received and
probably will be accepted. a few DAYS
ago the White House let II be known
that the President would go 10 Savan
nah in April or May and might stop
at Pinehurst. n. c.
Going TO New Hampshire
Tonight after short conference
with Senators Crane, smoo; and Gal.
iinser, II was said that the President
would extend his coming trip to Bos
ton to include Nashua and Concord
y II. lie leaves Washington for Bos
ton on March II. spends March ia
there and will visit the two New
Hampshire cities on March 19.
Although no announcement has been
made of subjects for speeches the
President will make on these trips IL
is practically certain that he will no,
fan TO include in his addresses the re-
call OF judges, the recall of judicial
oecisions. possibly the initiative and
referendum, and topics touched by
Colonel Roosevelt in his speech at
Columbus last week.
Probably Mr.. Taft will make no d.
rect reply to that speech and IL hes
been stated with emphasis that he
VIII not indulge In personalities. But
that he will make clear his own views
OF many OF the doctrines advoca ed
by Colonel Roosevelt in Columbus is
almost certain.
VIII Get New York.
canvass of the New York politi
ca! situation made at conferences to-
day between William Barnes. Jr..
chairman OF the New York Republican
Committee. ce-President sherman.
State Senator Bracket and Represen-
tative Calder. BROOKLYN leader in
congress. resulted In an informal dec
iarat!on that President Taft would
have an almost solid New York dele.
cation to the Chicago convention.
il was claimed to-day that the con-
terence between the President and
Chairman Barnes. which lasted till late
last night, was satisfactory to both
In so far as the selection of delegn ties
and the proposed working of the plat
form was concerned.
Mr.. Barnes returned to New York
late to-day
Henrd Nothing; Not Prophet
New York, February 2s.-Colonei
Theodore Roosevelt returned to New
York tonight after an absence since
Saturday in Boston. during which he
came out in n statement issued here