Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-11-25
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1905
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

(FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 90
There is all adage that large bod
les move slowly" This adage is
negatived in the example Of thu
greatest in one sense OF Presidents
of the United States. After 1900
miles of railroad travel, 900 miles
OF automobiling, mingled with sever
al hundred dinners, luncheons ano
breakfasts and spiced by variety Of
speeches, the President of the United
States is still on the move and is, al
the present time, in Norfolk, Va.
whittier he went in the yacht May
flower and where he is entertaining
Mr.. Carnegie and other distinguished
guests. After this week, however, hi
will be at home. The time is very
close for the beginning OF the mex
session of Congress. Home at the
White House means more to the
President Of today than it did to the
Presidents prior to Mr.. Roosevelt, OF
even to him, for during the absence
of the President this summer his
offices have been greatly extended and
much has been added in space and
comfort and convenience. The en-.
tire area Of Mr.. Roosevelt's tennis
court, made famous as the arena OF
his kitchen cabinet, has been built
over and is now occupied as recep.
ton hall where the President will re.
ceive members of Congress, foreign
ministers and other by appointment.
1t will be remembered that the White
House offices were extended during
Mr.. Roosevelt's second term and that
extensive alterations to the Mansion
were made. These Improvements
gave rise to much criticism, but after
a practical test, both as residence
and as place for entertaining a
great number Of guests, it was recog-
nized that the changes had added
much to the comfort and convenience
of the Executive Mansion without in
terfering with its its original archi-
tectural effect. The criticisms of the
New White House offices were main
ly directed against their enormous
cost and petty architectural accom-
plishment without regard to the fact
that their virtue and value consisted
in the fact that as edifices they We're
minimized or almost effaced in order
that they might not interfere with
the architecture of the old Executive
Mansion or White House. The arch
fleets, McKim and White, were those
who built the Boston Library and the
new Union Station in Washington.
They are, perhaps, the most distin-
guished architects in America.
1t has been said that man must
serve his time at every trade but crit
les are already made, and the average
senior or member of Congress is not
always competent to intelligently
criticise works of art or architecture.
A Senator, speaking OF the additions
to the White House, made the re-
mark that they had but one advant-
age and that was that they were not
fireproof.
Much hard work has been accum-
ulating during Mr.. Taft's absence
and, in addition to the writing of his
annual message to Congress, there
are many pressing and perplexing
problems to be solved during the
early winter. The Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy is one of these. The
Sugar Trust frauds have assumed an
enormousness from Mr.. Loeb's in
investigations unimagined before.
Many important appointments must
be made as for instance, Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, the Ambassador to Great Brit
ain and ministers to other important
posts. Important, if not serious COM
plications are likely to arise from the
execution of American citizens during
the last week in Nicaragua.
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