Show WILL ACCOMPANY PRESIDENT WEST i il l John Joltn Hays Hars Hammond president of the National Republican League of Clubs who recently declined an ap I to the tho post of Minister to ChIna ha has inVited by the Pres I to him on his trip throughout the west next month Because of hi mug long experience In Inthe inthe the west and amid his hi part In lie development of its mineral and natural resources few are arc con con considered b by the PresIdent to hue a better belleI understanding or of the men and of that lint section of the Iun tn tm tItan than Mr Ir HammOnd When the famous mining engineer was as a candi candidate date ate fOI the vice presidency last year ear earsome some of those most frIendly t his delegates from tIme the Rocky Mountain states though the never neOl reached the where those these votes otes were recorded As pies pres presIdent Ident of the ho American Institute or of I anti and tIme the Rocky r lain ala club of Not New York and as chaIr chaIrman man luau of the committee on unIform laws lawso o of hue National Civic Federation lie he hunts has como come In constant and active con contact tact with conditIons in the lie Rock Mountain states stales II But Bitt It Is more as a personal frIend hint thal Jacle us as ho President fondly t terms Mi has been ed to he be one of the tho few the officIal party part who will him The Tho two were at Yale together They have warm arin frIends all their lives and their respective wives are Inti Intimate intimate mate As ent of the National Republican League last year Mr Ir Ham Hom monel did much to arouse Interest In Inthe Inthe the campaIgn Mr Ir Taft twice address addressed ed cd the national con convention on lion of the tho In Cincinnati and people crowded to heat hear hint hIm at its last sets slon sion lie Ho hints has openly stated slated that the thue League of Clubs did as much as any anyone anyone one actor to carry his own state stala de despite despite spite the success of Judson Harmon the Democratic for gover governor governor nor norMans Mans lall pertaining to the tariff and other live Jive of In Interest terest teresi toUlO to tue people of the countr country will be made In them the lie President Is expected to clearly the tho dis distinctive policies of his lie He will follow the lie Roosevelt plan of malting an appeal direct to 10 time people for thick their support In lie tho rear car Mt M i who Is an entertaining speaker will as assist Mist It is a ml fact in connection lie tho politics of time tho Tart hint thal almost Imme lately after aCter tile the ln hast t campaign hind had been concluded so b by the Republican par pal party ty the League of r Clubs with its 1 an and 1000 clubs a 1 hIatt of markIng time lime The headquarters at the thc Hotel Astor In Now Nei where incessant activity was displayed during the campaign were closed Smith secre tar and organIzer of the league antI and Mr Ir man mati in po matters returned to his hilts work as a I newspaper corro corre but bitt immediately after Mr Ir Taft had been Installed in lie WhIte House a meetIng of the tho lives tives of the league front from all tIme tho states was as held In and I ems were opened theme In the Union Trust buIlding with fr Smith In charge Shortly afterward It was an announced that Ml Mi Hammond hind leased time the house occupIed by Mr Ir Root when of state stale und unil that hunt lie he would entertaIn there thero next winter These facts and Mr Hammonds frequent vIsits to the hue White House occasionally ln the night with the lie family lent color to time growIng belIef among the lie Itoh at lie National Capital hint thal Mr Ir Hammond haul had been as a tery er prominent of the tho hitch hitchen en cabinet It Il wa soon discovered that the tho nl al bel between the ent und antI Mm Hammond was not based upon ship but bitt was sas also political The Tue President sent to Lo ho senate the or of H Fly D Davis of Cleveland or organizer for the league lii In his state last fall fail ns as United States Stales fOI lie northern district of Ohio Soon Mr Hammond was wasI I i I offered lie post Of MInister to Chum China and It was stated hint If lie he accepted the post bo be raised to an ambas ambassadorshIp As a great business man with a romantic career of doln doing things hue ho was thought to be the man manto manto to cope copo with the dIplomacy of Europe and secure for the thue States Some of those invaluable fin financial ancial concessions without which the country would be unable to gain practical practical hone III front from JoInt John Hays open door policy Dut Bitt lie he declIned as Is isnow no now well known upon time tho of ofa a desire to remain at home with his growing to manhood and woo wo Having Intel purchased acres of mineral and agrIcultural land landIn In northern Mexico In addition to his extensive Interests In the west vest whIch lie he will develop Mr Il Hammond has haa plenty to take up his time Thought Though lie he was the chief lieutenant of Cecil I Rhodes builder in South Af Africa Africa I rica anti under tinder tIme Guggenheims has had the reputation of being the lie high highest est salarIed man In the UnIted States he devotes himself to hubs his political anti and ether affairs outside business with hue tho most He has hasa a beautiful summer home ut at Gloucester ter lor Mass ilass within ten auto automobile automobile mobile ride of the summer Rummer capital to tolie lie he occupied by the president His advice Is sought hy I time the latter as that or of a great man ot affairs and not as asIt asIt It man working In the part parl fOI the tho sake of political preferment He and the are both hoth un tin to desire that the League of Clubs remain active In seasons of quiet as well as a In times of 1 contest so that hint It il may nun be of greater as a larty auxiliary In dee elec elections jolts The club chub organizations in th the various states work in liar har harmony mony wIth the regular org organizations but along alons such Independent lines as asare are arc made necessary b by the of their work vork FOr the first time LIme In the of tue tho country these clubs chubs are nrc being kept alive constantly Tile The are aro holding meetings regularly listening to ers furnished hy by thc thue league anI to theIr membership PresIdent President dent Hammond and Secretary SmIth have traveled from state to lo state meeting leaders headers of the movement occasIonal speeches and aud arous arousIng Ing enthusiasm T 1 F Turner assist assistant assistant ant to lo lie tho national organizer Mr Ir Smith having full charge of the in and const coast states has heen actively engaged In the tho organization work worl since last spring with headquarters at al the Knutsford hotel Salt Lake Lako City 1 have havo known TacIt Hammond for fOl thirty years ears said Mr Taft on one occasion His Is it a master will he has hasa 1 a marvelous control over the affairs i of men inca rhen time the members of tile the league undertake o to keep up tip with him thoy thud will ba have vo to lo tra travel vol at n a rapid Pace I You will got get sonic some live wIres from fromme fromme me Mr Ir Hammond told some or of the league workers recently I want ye re results and ancl I expect each one of you ou to lo get them That lie he succeeded in getting gelling politicians at tIme capital havo been learning for sonic lime Quietly but l clubs are arc beIng formed In Ito tho southern states where melts meats are arc made that are satis satisfactory factory to the people Southern of offices for southern men and not nOl for carpetbaggers who have havo become Re for the sale sake of the tho offices apparently Is one of the slogans of the Taft administration In this work of building up the tho part In the south as It has never neel built before Mr Ir Hammond is taking a prominent part at time solicitation of the president |