The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-28
Called at the White House
Couple Of Times, But Finds
President Out Winding a
Few Horses.
SAYS HE Is HAPPiEST
IN THE UNITED STATES
Has Completed His inaugural
Address and It is Said to be
a Very Strong and Able
Document.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Presi-
dent-elect Taft, with contented smile
on his face, for his cabinet has been
completed, and his inaugural address
finished, reached Washington at 4
O'Clock this afternoon and went i'm
mediately to the Boardman mansion
on P street, there to remain until he
leaves to be formally inaugurated
president Of the United States. After
strenuous days OF past weeks, Presi-
dent elect enjoyed comparative quiet
here all afternoon and evening. John
Hays Hammond was awaiting him
when he arrived at the Boardman
mansion, and together the two went
riding in the new administration auto
mbile. which was put in commission
today for the first time.
Calls at White House.
They called at the White House, but
President Roosevelt was out riding.
was said that he would be back at
Wow. VMAs ali tucn S6t1u SOOU Uy0
to Mr.. Hammond and returned to his
stopping place, where he picked up
Col. Goethals, canal digger, and once
more took to the road in his new car,
this time to see the sights. Vice
President Fairbanks called to see him
while he was riding and the two did
not meet. Almost completed deco
rations for the big day next week
pleased the president-elect immensely.
Few people recognized him as he rode
through the streets: the one man
about whom all the ceremonies Of
Thursday are to center. At half
past six he returned to the White
House, but the president had not yet
returned. whereupon the president
elect gave up his effort to see Rose
welt tonight. and went back to the
Boardman place, where he spent the
evening quietly with his family. Sec
Rotary Loeb and the president-elect
had a short talk outside tht White
House in the dusk before Taft went
home. He will see the president aft
er church tomorrow.
Will Attend Church.
Taft, as is customary when in Wash
ington, will worship tomorrow at the
Unitarian church. He said today
that he had no statements to make
and would give no more thought now
to policies or appointments until aft
er March 4th. There is reason to be-
lieve, however, that there will be q
long conference tomorrow between
the outgoing and incoming
presidents over governmental
matters of importance that
are pending, in which they have mu-
tual interest. This conference will
be resumed on Wednesday night
when Taft will be the guest at the
white house. Navy matters and the
situation in the Far East are two
things which. it may be said, on re-
liable authority, win be discussed full
" and railroad and trust problems
will also be gone into.
Address strong One.
Responding to the generally under
stood agreement that the president.
elect was to be allowed to rest, there
were but few callers at Boardmau
Place this evening; bat the tide will
set in In that direction again on Sun
day and for the rest Of the time. un
til Wednesday afternoon. when the
Tafts viii disappear into the white
house as Roosevelt guests. It is un
derstood In Washington that Taft's
inaugural address. which Roosevelt
has declared to be "a very strong
state paper" will follow closely the
lines of his speech Of acceptance and
will be In the nature Of renewal o1
his pledges made then. with this DIFF
ference that president-elect will In his
address. repeat his pledges in the
form of set policies, which it will b.
the aim of the administration to carry
out. Taft makes no concealment o.
the fact that he is the happiest mar
In America. He is in first clas.
hoa1<h ond Looks forward IN Thursday