Show t I I TUFT TAfT AND SHERMAN nAVE LONG CONfERENCE CONCERNING MIXED REPUBLICAN SITUATION BEVERLY Mass lass Au Aug 18 For For nearly three hours late yesterday President President dent Taft and Vice Vito President ent Sherman I talked over the defeat of Colonel Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt volt by bv tho Now New York state Republican can committee and the selection of Mr Sherman over o Mr Roosevelt as temporary temporary tem tern chairman of the tho Saratoga conven con con- ven tion Mr Sherman said he had no intention intention tion of withdrawing in favor of Mr Roosevelt and he treated li lightly the stories that there might bo be a fi fight bt in inthe inthe the tho convention to repudiate the action of tho the state committee The vice vico president also talked with the president resident re regarding arding t the e con congressional res siona campal campaign He Ile wants tho right fight to be waged alon along the tho old lines A straight ht out Republican fight on the Republican can platform and the record rec rec- r record c cord ord of the party including the the- tariff he put it At Mr Ir Shermans Sherman's solicitation President President Pres Pres- ident Taft agreed to point tho way in in inthe the campaign by writing a letter lotter which is to be a part of tho the campaign n textbook text textbook textbook book of tho the Republican committee Cannon Must Go While the fight apparently is to be dir directed alon along the lines s of the past it itcan cal cah can bo be said author authoritatively that the feature tho the party part a reorganization plans which w call for the tho retirement of Speaker Cannon will bo be strictly adhered adhered adhered ad ad- hered t td It is even said that Vic Vico Preside President Sherman one of the tho staunchest staunch staunch- est cst sup supporters the speaker over ever had has become reconciled to the decision that Mr Cannon must go o. o A statement is bein being prepared in in I quarters close to the administration in inthe inI which the tho attitude recently taken by bv I Mr Cannon in public interviews will willbe willbo bo be deplored and in which it will be bo made plain that there is no thought on tho the part of many of his former supporters supporters sup sup- porters again to name Mr Cannon for speaker l Representative Longworth of of Ohio who has bas been called into nearly all the recent conferences at the presidents president's homo home was at the interview with Mr Sherman Representative Anthony of Kansas one o of the tho so called stand t. t tors in the Kansas delegation who succeeded in staving off defeat b by the insurgents in the recent primaries also saw the president Mr Anthon Anthony also supported Speaker Cannon but he too said today that he deplored the stand Mr Ir Cannon is taking Mr Anthony said that Speaker Cannon had almost been for forgotten otten as as-an as an issue in Kansas until ho he came into campaign and mado made himself one The Taft letter President Taft will begin work at once on tho the letter which is expected tobe to tobe tobo be bo the keynote of the congressional campaign He Ho will trill address the tho communication corn com to Representative William B. B McKinley of Illinois chairman of the Republican campaign committee It is not decided whether tho the letter willbe will willbe willbe be given on out in advance of its appearance appear appear- appearance ance in in the text book There Thero is every likelihood that it w will trill however Mr Ir Sherman um urged the president tomake to tomake tomake make the tho tariff a prominent issue On the gr ground und that it is the tho best tariff bill over ever enacted was su suggested b by an interviewer I have hav never said it was ws tho best tariff bill ever or passed replied Mr Sherman Stability is tho the real test of ofa a tariff act If the tho Payne law stands longer than the Dingley law stood then it will have proved itself a bettor better law If it does docs not stand as as' as' as lon long then it wont won't be as good a law With rc regard ard to tho Now York situation situ situ- especially the action of the state committee Mr Sherman said ho ha had explained matters to tho the president BO so f far r as ns ho understood them U Did Did you von vou explain tho the turn down of ot Roosevelt 7 I 1 dont don't know that Mr Roosevelt was turned down I only know another man was selected as temporary chairman of tho the convention No Serious Effect Mr Sherman said ho ha thou thought ht the events of Tuesday would not have a serious 19 effect upon the Republican campaign campaign cam cam- n although he could not sa say they exactly tended to harmonize the situ situ- It dt has has' been suggested that you yon might withdraw in the interest of harmony e No C No I am going Coin to serve sene in tho the in in- forest terest of harmony President Taft has from the very first endeavored to brin bring about harmony har in is Ne New York fork mon ninny mony few Ho IIo has bas fairly pleaded with tho the leaders to Ie avoid avoid a fight but apparently his advice nd will not be bo seeded heeded Vice President Sherman told the president that tho file Republican state stet platform will carry carry- a warm endor endorsement emont t of his administration and md all an of his acts ach e. e Will Will it bo be a cut clean progressive e c platform as 38 Col CoI Roosevelt elt Ru suggested the he vice ivies president was asked I T have o not di digested Colonel Roosevelt's Roose II welts velt's statement as yet It will bo be a clean cut Republican platform however however how how- ever I can tell teIl you ron that much Mr Ir Sherman did not give Jive tho president president dent a very verv roseate view of the situa situa- tion Mr Sherman holds the reputation of ot never predicting Republican success 8 unless he feels sure o of himself Ho is s snot not making any prediction this year This is what he did have ha to say U So So far as ns one can jud judge e at this timo time there is ground for the belief that the Republican party will be continued in power |