The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-11

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! indeed very serious one. for he had
on boa<a the representatives Of leading
/ papers in ev1-v section of the United
l States, and there were rumors of peace
/ negotiations between Japan and Rus
/ STA being arranged in Washington. 4
passing tug came to the rescue. a haw-
ser was attached TO the Window. and
with much putting and snOrting the tug
did its utmost-and broke the haWser
/ Another tug was attached, and a deal
more tugging broke it again. Still "A
third, and the waters of the Potomac
: were churned into lather. The third
! hawser also broke. Finally il was de-
: cided that retreat was the only way
out of the difficulty, so the tug trans
ported the party, seven or eight at
time, to Alexandria. where the electric
cars. not subjects of the variations of
tide. were used to get back to the city.
Most of the guests reached Washington
some time after midnight II terms of
peace had actually been arranged that
evening in Washington between Japan
and Russia, il would have deVOlved
upon "a very few men to acquaint the
country Of them. There be those who
insist that the secTetaTy's little excur-
sion was in keeping with his long cher
ished desire to be regarded A presiden-
tial candidate. In view of the large
number Of presidential candidates. es-
pecially from this city il augurs a
pleasant time for the newspaper men
during the time between now and the
next Republican national convention.
When one stops to consider that Secre-
tary Taft. Speaker Cannon. Senator
Foraker and Vice President Fairbanks
have bOOnIs well under way il seems
that life here for the newspaper men
viii be one grand series of excursions.
banQuets and other forms of entertain
meuts.
Taft's Oriental Trip.
William H. Taft is not to sail away
on his tour of the Orient without a pro-
test from the Russian government.
Count Cassini called at the White
House during the week and i'm the name
Of the car. offered a personal remon-
STRANGE, Of course, it was a futile one.
Tor the plans of the secretary are as
unalterable as the laws of the Modes
and Persians. The president treated
the venerable diplomats complaint in
Jocular manner and said that the trip
was mere excursion undertaken for
duty. but lightened of its tediousness
by inviting 100 or more friends-some
OF whom hardly knew the secretary of
war by sight. But one cannot but
smile at the progress which our Ameri-
can president IS making in the fine art
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sini's objection to the trip by pointing
out that the secretary and his party
would travel on a regular mail liner
and not on an army transport. and
would do only what all travellers did 4
go sightseeing at the ports at which
the vessel touched This is precisely
the reason the liner was chosen 1t
would have outraged all the world ac-
cepted ideas of diplomatic courtesy had
Judge Taft taken his encourages on a /
government vessel, but a mail liner !
changes the complexion of the whole /
trip.
Hitchcock Has Opinions.
Secretary Hitchcock and Judge Taft 1
are not the warm friends which one /
would like to see them, especially since /
the Philippine trip became vital is 4
sue. The secretary Of the interior has
spoken right out in meeting. when the
president and his councillors have been ]