The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-07
NO SCORCH|NG
FOR Mr.. TAFT
By Ernest G. Walker.


used to it during that brief passage
} of time. The natives, so-called out of
no derisive intention, but in distinc-
ton from the wealthy residents in the
palatial cottages which extend along
\ the North Shore for forty or fifty
miles. are now taking the change as a
matter of course. Cabinet officers come
and go, without stirring the city of
Beverly half as much as would an in
vention in shoe machinery. Even the
resident 3 automobile goes whizzing
through the streets of an afternoon
without making any more of an i'm
preston than it would in Washington.
a third of the Presidents vacation
is gone. He is really having the time
of his life. He enjoys the Stetson
cottage down upon Burgess Point,
which is fifteen minutes walk away
from the heart of Beverly and from
the executive Offices where Secretary
+. w. Carpenter presides. He enjoys
the golf over at the Myopia links and
at the Essex County Club links, only
he is not going to the Essex links just
now because a tourney is on and the
President does not like the publicity.
He cordially detests being on exhibit
ton. He protested against it while
he was in the 1908 campaign. Now,
that he is President and able to do
sonic things as he wishes, he insists
upon taking his vacation without be-
ing on exhibition.
Then the President enjoys immense
ly the automobile rides in the late aft
, m. when the most delightful period of
the day is beginning. Mrs. Taft ac-
, companies him. Capt Archibald w.
Butt, his aide and playfellow, sits on
he front seat beside the chauffeur and
away they 60 for forty or fifty miles.
, The President has ridden over every
! beautiful road within long radius
of Beverly and Capt. Butt is constant
. ly trying to find some new and pleas
| ant route. Now, the President has
e begun to ride over the same roads a
I second time. Probably there is no
more beautiful country of such mag
q nitude for automobile driving on this
: continent, perhaps in the world, and
: the President is approaching it fully.
4 Nowhere else does one see more auto
d mobiles. They come down the roads in
@ droves The speed mania is prevalent
n and the natives have been protesting
e They have to wage continual wal
: against the Juggernaut cars that shoot
|
some of the native warriors that the
resident ought to set wholesome
example for their benefit. Stories have
been current that his big ear, follow
ed by a smaller car carrying two
II Secret Service men, generally made
II rapid progress. The hard headed, an6
u practical Yankee up this way may love
the glamor of official position but the.
Is do not hesitate to speak out their minds
s. when they have a grievance. So let
II tiers began pouring in upon the Presi
dent, protesting against the example he
20 was setting for the rich summer Wis
Is itors who come down to the NOrtl
le Shore on pleasure bent. The President
Is was annoyed, because he claimed tina
N his automobile had not been driven il
20 excess of the legalized speed of twent,
er miles an hour and that, in fact, he haC
lie been driving SO slowly he had to tax
Sc the dust of many machines which pass
N ed him on the road.
His chauffeur now has specific or
u ders not to drive faster than from fiji
"a teen to twenty miles an hour and tn
Is North Shore natives are a little bet
ter satisfied This has not restricte
the speed of the great current of auto
A mobiles which surge through the street
of Beverly and other North Shor
towns and cities but it looks bette
to the people who make their home
tn here for twelve months of the year.
he The pressure upon the President
e. participate in local functions durin
his vacation has been very grea
ne but he has steadfastly refused. re
ee some days there was a stream of VII
is itors to the White House offices al
a pealing to Mr.. Carpenter for a chanc
to to see the President and invite him I
nd be their guest. The functions varie
greatly in character and if the Pres
dent had yielded he would have bee
he attending by this time all the big a
nd fairs from Martha IS Vineyard to Por
wv land, Maine. A Republican. Count
ch Club of New Hampshire sent a distil
ia guished man here, endorsed by Senate
in Gallinger, to invite the President
come with them on their annual on
y ing. The G. A. r. of the Granite stat
10 have an important annual reunion {
AVE- the Weirs. The President did not lih
Il, to decline their invitation but he all
Ia knew what was in store for him
no he made an exception. These invit
49, tions kept coming in all along the lin
One was from the Public improvement
q ASSOCIATION OF bosloN, great oISd
Ia ization working for the betterment
M the city on the broadest possible line
Zee The committee to extend that invit
m ton did not even see the Presider
ar Their request was carried TO him
her Mr. Carpenter that very afternoon al
in. that very afternoon declined.
an. One invitation he has accepted, no
yil. ever, and that an invitation of I
v Boston Chamber of Commerce to
Ira banquet in his honor on the evening
ma September Il, which is the event
ter before he starts on his long transcon
lng mental trip, The committee of prom
oils nent Boston business men, who ear
VA. 10 extend or rather 10 renew that
wa. yitation, had no difficulty reaching I
les President and their invitation "
dy, promptly accepted. But II was Civ
nv, out ms a renewal Of an invitation I
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