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Show , Pevcrly that Mr. Ireo will $ot; Gov-; Gov-; crnor -Hughes' tomorrow before the , latter goes to Oyster Hay. It will le for the governor, the. Col" oocl and the other Ne-w York leader" to Bay whether Mr. Loeb Is to havo ' the nomination thrust upon hini. j I gtther at John Hays Hammond's cot-i cot-i tige in Gloucester. ATter the lunch-f lunch-f con, the talk continued. Mr. Taft i was anxious to hear something of tho situation as viewed by some.ouo out-! out-! side of the immediate administration circles. Taft Wants Loeb to Run. Mr. Taft is not interfering 1n the I New York situation In any way. He and Mr. Loeb are close friends and whenever Loch's name has been mentioned men-tioned to the president In connection I with the New York governorship, he always has enthusiastically approved the suggestion. Mr. Loeb has known this for some tltn. He has known that as far as he could legitimately do so. the president would bring all his Influence to support in any thing he might undertake. Mr. Loeb has counted so confidently on this support that he was rather Inclined to resent re-sent today the inference ln some quarters that it was necessary for him to come to Mr. Taft to ask for hl endorsement. en-dorsement. . The collector discussed New York politics with the president and make no attempt to conceal the I more serious aspects of the situation from the Republican point of view. He expressed the belief, however, that the Republicans would get together to-gether and that the split In their party par-ty would be otiest by divisions in the Democratic ranks. Loeb Would Attract Support. It was when they had reached this stage of the conversation that the president asked Loeb If it would noi be the wisest thing for him to take, up the fight as the Republican candidate can-didate for governor, Mr. Taft believes Iyeb would probably attract support from more elements of the party than would any other man. Aside from the New York situation, the tariff came In for o share of consideration con-sideration at today's conference. Both the president and Mr. Loeb believe that the tariff commission and the big appropriation for its work have wonderfully strengthened the hand.? of the Republicans and offer a common com-mon ground on which the factions of the party can meet. There is a strong Impression In LOEB PREFERS TO REMAIN COLLECTOR j BKVERLY. Mass.. July 11 William ! Loeb, Jr., collector of the port of New York, frankly told President Taft that ho would rather remain at his post of service than to run for governor gov-ernor of New York this fall. The president as frankly told Mr. I I.eb that the Republican nomination sremod to be comlDg his way and that it would tako more than a fishing trip to the Ror.ky mountains to stop It. The former secretary to President Roosevelt left Beverly for New York this afternoon leaving the Impression j here that if It became absolutely necessary nec-essary for him to take the Republican ! nomination he would do so and make whirlwind campaign. ' The mention of the New York sit- uatlon was Incidental to that of gen- j eral politics between the president 1 and Mr. Loeb. They were together this morning before the president went to the Myopa links for a game of golf with Henry C. Frlck, who lives near here, and they lunched to- |