Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1910 — TAFT LEAVES FOR TEN DAYS CRUISE [ARTICLE]

TAFT LEAVES FOR TEN DAYS CRUISE

President Outlines His Position on State Conventions. President Taft has announced that ..he Is not going to draw any platforms for usg at Republican state conventions this fall. He has no desire to figure as the dictator of party policies and will not assume* the authority of a writer-in-chief ot these more or ss imp- riant documents. Neither he :nier.d to become the arbiter ■ o t< ra! fights. and he will not at- . i • to - elec: men from any office as . tr: :ion r. r.c.icatcs. Taft ex?s'! t: e I chef hat in most cases -•< s ' > ~ *on »e::::ons posed . . • i: ; interest arid intelli- : i. ■ ..... ; l-tforms that suited :.X it:he lnown that he had not m: e .a! a h :u cut and cut endorsement of the ‘iq platform that Senator Charles Dic k a:.d Wade E. Elis of Ohio srou?h< tip here The senator and Mr Ellis were of the opinion after seeing the president that thc-ir.plat-form would serve as a model for other conventions. The president did not repudiate this assertion to callers, but he did let it be known that he would not bother with other platforms Former Gov. John F. Hill, acting chairman of the Republican national committee, and Byron Boyd, chairman of the Maine state committee, motored down to Beverly front Augusta to Burgess Point. The president promised them to make three short visits in Maine One is to be at Eastport Tuesday; the second at Bangor on Saturday, and the third at Rockland on the 27th To get to Bangor the president will take a special train from Bar Harbor. He will stop at each of these three places an hour. The personnel of the party, which went north on the Mayflower 1 is: The president, Mrs. Taft. Master Charlie Taft, Horace D. Taft, Mrs Louis T. Moore, a sister of Mrs. Taft. ProC_ oMore, Secretary to the President. C. D Norton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy/and Mrs. Winthrop, Miss Mabel Boardman. Capt. A. W. Butt. M. P, Webster and James Sloan Jr. Announcement was made at the executive offices that President Taft was . much pleased with the reception given to Secretary of War Dickinson in Tokio. .. Here is the telegram the president sent to the Emperor of Japan:’'; ' * “I wish to express to yonr majesty my deep appreciation of the generous and ooorteoue hospitality extended to

Secretary Dickinson and his party during their visit to Japan. The expression of cordial welcome evoked strengthens the bonds of friendship between the two countries.”