Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-08-15
PRESIDENT To
STOP OFF At
PHOENIX
ROUTE THROUGH ARIZONA
NOW INCLUDES CAPITAL
Golf Game and Dispute Over
Census Patronage in South,
Days Business at Summer
House.
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President Taft had a long talk with
Postmaster General Hitchcock, this af-
| ternoon, regarding some disputed cen
sus places, announcement of the
names of more than 200 supervisors
lNet to be commissioned was withheld
until tomorrow The delay in announc-
| ing the successful candidates was due
to the inability of MIR, Taft to com
plete today. the signing of the com
missions Secretary Nagel of the de-
partmcnt of commerce and labor ar
fixed his signature to all of the com
missions before leaving today Colone
Cecil Lyon, republican national com
mitteeman from Texas. who hurried
back to Boston last night when the Be
verly curfeW bell began to toll, re-
turned to town this afternoon and ac-
companied Postmaster General Hitch
cock to the Taft cottage. Colonel Lyon
said he wanted to talk over the presi-
dents trip through Texas next Octo-
ber. but if the president should bring
up the question Of census supervisors
he would be glad to converse ON the
subject with the chief magistrate.
As a matter of fact Colonel Lyon Is
urging that all the sixteen census sup
ervisors in Texas be republicans and
his protest has held up the announce
ment of the names of the eight demo
Gratis and eight republicans agreed Oh
for the Texas offices.
Colonel Lyon thinks the Mason an,
Dixon line ought to be pushed fal
enough south to include Texas IN tho
list of states entitled to fun list o
Republican supervisors At the con
clusion Of his conference with th'
president tonight, when asked If h'
had succeeded in moving the lines, h'
declared that he had pried one enc
loose anyway
The president altered his previously
announced route through Arizona t.
include Phoenix ana Prescott in tn
places to be visited on his western
"trip. According to the revised sched.
ulc. the president will leave Los An
geles on the evening of october |.
instead OF the morning Of the 18th
After brief stop at Phoenix ON tho
18Th, he viii proceed to Prescott
whence he win resume his journey to
the Grand Canyon, whore he vii
spend october II. Postmaster General
Hitchcock who is going to the far west
for an outdoor vacation, will join the
president at Los Angeles and make the
trip with him through Arizona and
New Mexico.
At El Paso the president viii be
joined by Secretary OF War Dickinson.
President TAFT took his brother
Charles i Taft. of Cincinnati ont ON
the Essex Country club of links today
and beat him to frazzle The
president declared he had too much
love for his brother to say what the
final score of the match was, bun an
nounced proudly that he made the
course himself in 93. The president
has learned the Essex links and now
is striking his golf form. As the links
are rated : to strokes harder than
the Chevy Chase course at Washing
ton. the president felt that his showing
today was the best he has ever made.
Mr. Taft has found Myopia links al
most too difficult and he Will play at
Essex again on Monday.