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Show night, connect Mr. I-oob's vlalt with1 the governors In New York. The collector of the port has frequently been mentioned for the Republican nomination. Going on a Vacation. Mr. Loob, when questioned, declined declin-ed to take tho matter seriously. He said he already had made his plans for a month's vacation to be spent in the Rocky Mountains hunting ana fishing. This vacation will bo taken about the time tho state conventions meet in Now York, so if the Republican Repub-lican nomination seeks Mr. Loeb it will have to cross the great divide to catch up with him. Mr. Loeb insisted in-sisted his talk with the president would have to do with general politics; poli-tics; not so much with New York state. Mr. Loeb expressed the belief, be-lief, however, that the Republicans In New York would get together olec-tlon olec-tlon day and be successful "as usual." Secretary Norton was with Mr. Loeb until late tonight He was anxious, anxi-ous, be eald, to get Into touch with the political situation as seen by Mr., Loeb. So far as the probability of Mr. Loeb's candidacy for the governorship governor-ship Is concerned, it was stated here tonight that it was not necessary for him to come to Mr. Taft for an endorsement en-dorsement for it, for It had been known all along that Mr. Taft has looked with favor upon the reports that Loeb might be the successor to Governor Hughes. Loeb to Succeed Hughes. Mr. Taft Is anxious that the candidate candi-date in New York shall be a man upon whom all Republicans can unite and who will have the unqualified support of Governor Hughes. He hag told several of his visitors, it rs said, that Mr. Loeb seemed to fill the bill. Oddly enough. Mr. Loeb's visit to Beverly Is coincident with the arrival here of an interesting 6tory In connection with Colonel Roosevelt's consent to make a single speech in Indiana on behalf of Senator Sen-ator Devcridgo. The story goes that Senator Beve-ridge Beve-ridge and Mr.. Loeb met by chance on a train. It bad been announced that Colonel Roosevelt would speak for Senator Lodge In Massachusetts. Senator Bevorldge was concerned at this. Ho declared that it would be taken as an endorsement by Colonel Roosevelt of "the reactionaries," for he declared, "people always spoke of Aldrich, Hale and Lodge in the same breath." Senator Beveridge declared that If the colonel would also Rpeak for him It would indicate that he was standing by his real friends. Beveridge Stood by Roosevelt. The 'senator from Indiana declared that he stood by President Roosevelt Roose-velt through thick and thin, that he had been summoned to the White House on many occasions during the Roosevelt administration and hod never failed to respond. As an evidence evi-dence of the renewed activity in Beverly it is said tonight, tbat President Taft may see three members mem-bers of hla cabinet thin week. Attorney At-torney General Wlckcr6ham and Secretary Sec-retary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor, are at the lat-tor'6 lat-tor'6 home in Marlon, Ma Both these cabinet members are to start for Alaska the latter part or tho month and they will come here to bid good-bye to the president. Mr. Taft is particularly interested in Alaska and has been anxious to visit the territory ever since he became be-came president. He planned a trip there last year but the long tariff fight In congress made it impossible. The president has a bill for a new form of government in Alaska, which be will urge at the next session of congress. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeogh Is expected here during the week. POLITICAL GOSSIP WITH PRESIDENT BEVERLY, Mass., July 10 Beverly was able to tuck itself away to sleep tonight arter a dull and sultry sul-try Sunday when William Loeb, Jr., right hand man of Theodore Roosevelt, Roose-velt, motored into town. Thore had been no warning of his coming and his arrival caused a flutter of excitement excite-ment only second to that when Mr. Ixjeb's former chief vi6lted Mr. Taft at Burgess Point. Mr. Loeb will sc. the president tomorrow afternoon and it was frankly admitted that politics would be tho subject of their interview. inter-view. It will be the first politics, by the way, that Mr. Taft has talked Hnce Mr. Roosevelt was at Beverly. The president started in on a ten days' vacation last week, but there are Indications that tho period of rest is ended and that a number of important im-portant conferences will mark tho coming seven days, then Mr. Taft is going to sail "way down oast'' for a ten days' cruise along the shores of Maine. Recent incidents at Oyster Bay, Mr. Loeb declared tonight, had nothing to do with bis visit. In fact he said that Mr. Roosevelt probably knew nothing of his coming to Beverly. It developed later that Mr. Loeu was sent for by Secretary Norton, with the knowledge of President Taft. "I came to talk oer the general political situation with the president," presi-dent," said Mr. Loeb when pressed for an explanation as to his visit. "As a representative of the colonel?" was asked "No, I came as the old friend and loyal supporter of President Taft,' During all of Mr. Taft's term. Collector Col-lector Loeb has been a frequent caller call-er at the White House, and his presence pres-ence there, coupled with the general manifestations of friendship letweeu him and Prebldent Taft, has done much to contradict the stories of strained relations between TaU and Roobevelt. During his candidacy for the Republican nomination and his campaign for the presidency, Mr. Taft had no more ardent advocate than Mr. Loeb. No Trouble Between Taft" ana Teddy. Mr. Loeb was asked by one of his Interviewers if there was. a possibility that his visit has something to do with bridging- a "chasm botween Beverly and Oyster Bay." "There is not any chasm," he replied re-plied with emphasis. "There never has been a break of any sort and relations could not be more pleasant. Mr. Roosevelt told me he had a 'perfectly bully' time when he visited the president The (Continued from Page One.) president and Colonel Roosevelt are acting . as independent Americans, each along his own lines, but to the same end." Asked if he thocght Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt would come out with an endorsement, endorse-ment, of the Taft administration, Mr. Loeb took tho position that the president's presi-dent's ' administration neoded no endorsement en-dorsement from Roosevelt or any one else. As alrfndv staK'i n --"i of times in Beverly, the president feels that he helped his i-a.i, mae a record during the , recent session of congress, a record which it can well afford to stand on in the coming campaign. "Tho question of individual endorsement en-dorsement has not suggested Itself to Mr. Taft In any way." "Insuraenf Visitors Common. Mr. I-fieb was asked as to recent events at Oyster Bay and the seaming seam-ing preponderance of "insurgents" amon gthe colonel's visitors. "Colonel Roosevelt sees everybody," every-body," ho said. "The so-called Insurgents were all friends of his and naturally tbey want to see him. Some of them want him to help them in their campaign." Mr. Loeb left the impression that Colonel Roosevelt might not .go fo deeply into the coming campaign as has been generally supposed. V The colonel has been reported as being anxious to avoid, anything that look? like unfairness in his attitude. .This fact is said to explain his consent to Senator Beveridge's request for a speech In the senator's campaign for re-election In Jndiana. Colonel Roosevelt alrendy har promised to speak for Senator Lodgf In Massachusetts. It was put tr to him by friends of Senator Beve ridge, it is stated here, that thl would indicate that bo favored the so-called "conservatives" wing or the party and would leave a lot of bis old friends out in the cdd-Souu tj dv; reports current in Beverly to- |