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Show ffiisir I ISTJETBUSf I President Cancels Nearly All I Engagements for Proposed H Autumn Trip. H WILL SEND CRANE OUT I 1 TO FEEL PUBLIC PULSE H Will Rely Upon Junior Massa- H chusetts Senator for Knowl- H edge of Conditions. H BEVERLY, Mass.. July 29. Senator jH Wlnthrop Murray Crane of Massachu- IH setts, who occupies In the senate a posi-tlon posi-tlon similar to that of the Republican "whip" in tho house, was summoned to Beverly today by President Taft. and had jH a long talk with the chief magistrate. Senator Crane was asked by the prcsl-dent prcsl-dent to mako a trip through tho west in the near future, going oa far a3 Seattle. He will inquire into political conditions. IH Tho president Is said to desire this Jnfor- IH matlon first hand. Tie has the utmost IH confidence in Senator Crane's political sagacity. Quick and Effective. The senator is noted for the quiel manner In which he accomplishes tho tim most difficult tasks. In the last session of congress Mr. Taft relied absolutely upon the junior senator from Massachu-setts Massachu-setts and often made him the means of communicating the administration's views to the upper branch of congress. In selecting an emissary to tho west, the president naturally turned to Senator Crane. The senator already lias made a few quiet trips of observation, and dls- H cussed what ho had learned with the "1 president today. 1 H The senator's visit was surrounded with the greatest secrecy. Not until tho senator was seen was it admitted at the, jH executive offices that he had been any-where any-where In tho vicinity of tho president's , cottage. It was denied that Mf. Crane's iH visit to the president hail anything to do with the Ballingor-Pinchot controversy .H It is stated with authority that tho presi- 'H dent never has considered and never will consider asking Secretary Balllnger to re- IH tire from the cabinet. IH Cancels Engagements. IH Another significant move made by tha IH president today and of almost equal I111-portancc I111-portancc with the proposed mission of Senator Crane, was the announcement that Mr. Taft has canceled all of the en-gagements, en-gagements, tentative and otherwise, that IH he had made in different parts of the I country for this fall. Important affairs of the administration, it was said, would keep the president busily engaged at Beverly and Washington until .November. In November, It was announced, the president will mako a three-weeks trip to the Isthmus of Panama to observe the progress of the work on the big canal. Whether the cancellation of the mimer-ous mimer-ous engagements for the fall means a re- ; vcrsal of the president's travel policy or 1 not could not be learned. Political con- I IH sideratiou may have had a great deal 1 to do with the president's decision. It would be difficult for the president to v travel through the doubtful slates in ) September and October without being K drawn into the campaign or at least hav- f B lug his speeches construed Into political 1 utterances. In a speech at Rockland, H Me., the other day, Mr. Taft said ho did f not believe a president of the United 1 States had a right to talk politics. Possible Exceptions. f jH In the list of wholesale cancellations J announced today there were three omls- , jH slons. The president will go to Province- f H town, Mass., on August 5, to review the ; ll Atlantic battleship tlect and to speak at JH the dedication of the pilgrims' monument. jH He has left open tho question of whether ' H or not he will speak at the National Con- H servation congress, which meets in St. ' VmmA Paul, September 5-7. and ut the unveiling ll of the Reed monument at Portland. Me.. ; on August 11. The chances are that the ' president will go to St. Paul. jH Whether Mr. Taft will leave for Pana- jl ma before or after election day, Novem- H ber S, has not been decided. The chances . B arc that he will leave immediately after. He probably will sail from Norfolk on one 1 'H of the armored crulsors or battleships of H the Atlantic fleet. Among the engagements officially can- ecled today was tho Transmlsslssippl H congress. San Antonio, Tex.. Novem- H ber 22-25. .Mmm |