Show TAFT WILL NOT IN STATE AfFAIRS Sets Foot Down in Settling SettlingS S Squabble Over Virginia Nomination MUST FIX MATTER LOCALLY Discussion Will Be Taken Up p. p Before Chairman Hitchcock BY WILLIAM nOSTER Y White Sulphur Springs W. W Va Au Aug real for dragging 9 The Tho Tho reason Judge Taft over to this uncomfortable over-crowded over and antiquated resort camo to tho the surface toda today Ills His presence presence pres pros ence once was desired to give success to an effort to patch up peace pence In the muddied muddled muddled mud mud- died gubernatorial situation But this plan failed As Aa he was leaving tho dining room Just before midnight last night the Presidential candidate was captured and led to an upper room where a Q conference conference conference con con- ference arranged by United States Senator Scott was on between the SwIsher and Scherr factions of or the RepUblican Republican Republican Re Re- publican party in West est Virginia both bothof bothof of ot whom have nominated their leaders for governor SwIsher who Is tho the candidate of ot the regulars attended the conference In person George McIntosh of oC secretary of the Scherr state committee commit commit- tee toe represented the rival candidate and there were 1 12 other local leaders pres pres- ont ent Including Including- Senator Scott and Congressmen Con Con- gressmen Gaines and anel Hughes The chief object of ot the tho conference was to got Schorr Scherr to retire Tafts Taft's Quick Reply Taft Tan took tool in Ip tho tim situation quickly and positively refused to have any ant hand lland in lii the game Gentlemen said tho the candidate In common with all aJI Republicans I would like to seo reo penco and harmony I here In tn West Vest VIr Virginia but I do not nol think the tile situation Is one In which ah an outsider can properly Interfere It ItI I 1 Js a n matter which you must settle among yourselves ourselves With that he left the conference and anel early tomorrow morning he ho will l leave W White Sulphur returning to Hot Strings Springs Tho The West est Virginia specter will follow him however cr The conference continued until 3 o'clock this morning without any Agreement being reached and now the announcement Is made that tomor- tomor Swishers Hughes Gaines and McIntosh Mc Mc- Intosh will go bO to Hot Springs for a conference with National Chairman Hitchcock who will bo ho there to confer confer conr con con- fer r with Taft fatt Swisher goes for or a show how down He declares that as the tho regular candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date he Js Is entitled to recognition of ot the national committee which In Includes Includes In- In some foreign funds McIntosh will make maIe a strong demand of ot Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- cock for tor similar recognition Senator Stove Soye Elkins will be there to assist I In the general g effort toward peace p ace and altogether ether some lively times are promised Inasmuch as Vor Vorys s 's will vill bethere bethere be bo there for tor a conference nce on Ohio and th the general situation all over the tho country js is t to be gone pone over 01 the tho candidate candidate can can- didato and arid his hla party manager |