Show LOft LOEB MAY MY ENTER NT INTO TOE THE FIGHT BEVERLY Dl Y Mass l July 12 William Loeb Jr collector of the tho port of or No NewYork Now New w wt York frankly rankly told President Taft that tha t ho would rather remain at It his post of service sen than to 10 run for tor governor o of Ne New NewYork NewYork w York this fall The president as ns frankly told Mr L Loci b that the tho Republican nomination seemed to bo be coming his wa way and that It would tako take more than a a. trip to th the Hock Rocky to stop slOp It H. flue Tho former secretary to President t Roosevelt left Beverly hills for tor New York late yesterday leaving the tho Impression hero that If It It became absolutely necessary necessary sary al' al for him to take tako the Republican n nomination nom nom- n- n ho would 1 do so BO and make mako a Il whirlwInd whirlwind whirlwind whirl whirl- wind campaign n. n The mention of or the New York situation was Incidental to 10 that lint on general politics politic between the president and ami Mr Loch Loeb They I were together all morning morning- before the tho president went to tho the a links JInks for tor a Il I game of golf with Henry G. G Prick Frick who I lives lI near here hero and they lunched lo together ether at John Hays HaR Hammonds Hammond's cottage in I t n Gloucester Alter After tr tho the luncheon the talk alk continued Mr Taft was t anxious to 10 hear something of the situation as viewed by some rate one outside of ot tho the Immediate a ad administration ministration circle Taft Not Interfering Mr IJ Taft Jart Is not interfering In the Ne New NewYork w York situation In any wa way Ho lie and Mr Ir Loch Loeb are arc close friends and whenever Mr Loeb's Loebs s name hay has heen been mentioned to the president In connection with the NewYork New NewYork York governorship go ho lie always has lias en enthusiastically en- en Il a JHo d the suggestion Mr Ir Loch Loeb has haR known this for some somo time Ho Ito has known that as far as he could le legitimately do so 0 the president would bring all nil his influence to his support h In anything ho might undertake Mr I Loob Loeb has ha counted so confidently on this support sup sup- port port- that he w was wrather rather Inclined to re resent rn- rn sent th the th Inference In ome some qU quarters quarters I lers that It was necessary for him i to tc fi come to lo Mr Taft raft to ask for tor his Indorsement Indorse Indorse- ment The rhe collector dl discussed New cw York poll poll- tics with the pr president and made no attempt at attempt at- at tempt to conceal the more serious aspects as- as a 4 of tho the situation from front the tho Republican can point of f t view H He lie expressed sed the belief bo- bo lief however that the Republicans would get ct together and that the split In their party parly would be bo offset by divisions dl In the he Democratic ranks rank It was when thc they had reached this stage stase of tho the conversation con that the president asked Mr Ir Loeb If It It would not be hc the wisest thin thing for him to tako take up tho the fight as tho the Republican cail candidate for tor governor go Mr Taft believes es Mr Loeb probably would attract support from more elements of the party part than would any other man Aside from the New York situation tho the tariff came In n for or a share of ot consideration consideration consid consid- at today's conference Both the president and Mr believe that the tariff commission and the big bib appropriation tion Uon for tor Its Us work have havo wonderfully strengthened tho the hands of ot the Republicans cans and offer a common ground round on which the factions of tho the party part can meet |