New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.

.-rou .,a ,Aw Dnots at the wheel" said the
Busy Man. .p-..,dort
yes" returned Constant Reader Presiuenl
William Howard Taft and Vce-Presldent James
schoolcraft Sherman were Inaugurated ana AlIo ,
dore Roosevelt and Charles Warren FairoahhS
hava retired to private Iife the former going TO MS
home at oyster Bay Immediately after the llaus
ural ceremony For the first time III se'entS ''A
wears a President took the oath or once lhuoCiS .
A blizzard which swept over washington ioi
the abandonment of the outdoor ceremony ana l'S
transfer to the Senate chamber. Thus both the
President and Vice-President were inducteo iH'o
office there. The blizzard upset the piaHs ~ MAJ
the Taft inaugural OF the most spec'a1u
ever held Thousands of sightseers from al P1i''
Of the country were held indoors by the STORM
and the decorative effects along the line OF march
were robbed of all their beauty. Nevertheless '"e
programme was adhered 70 so far as possiDie' az
those who braved the slushy streets saw an I'M
nosing parade of regulars sailors, national guards
man aud civic bodies reviewed by President anu
Mrs Taft and Vice-President and Mrs. sherman
The parade was three hours in passing tle review
ing stand. Two persons died as the result OF eA
posure and the hospitals were filed Win peopie
suffering from the hardships Of the weather.
Thousands of persons were held IN "aShlis'o 'oii
against their will by train blockades-
IN his inaugural address President Taft mus
outlined his chief policies: Relief Of railroads
from certain restrictions of the antitrust law 10
be urged; Roosevelt reforms to be maintained ana
necessities; prompt revision OF the tariff fmpera-
tively necessary; every effort should be made TO
prevent humiating ami degrading promoltlon
against any American citizen temporarily sojoufn-
ing in foreign countries because of race or regloh
aliens in the United States be protected. and
the means of enforcing their treaty rights should
be put in the hands OF the federal courts; postal
savings banks and mail subsidies recommended
completion Of the Panama Canal expected early III
the next administration. II not before II Is not the
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government to interfere with the regulation by
Southern states OF ;heir domestic affairs; further
legislation for the benefit Of labor recommended
business a property pecuniary right which
should be protected by equitable injunctions
For two days previous to inauguration day the
White House was besieged by friends of President
Roosevelt and the public. All wished to say good
bv to him and his days passed in shaking
hands with those whom he had met in official and
civil life Thousands cheered him in the Union
Station when he left Washington after stepping
out OF office.
THE soth Congress went out Of existence after
Messrs Tawney and CuIoerson had denounced the
increase in government expenditures and Speaker
Cannon had defended his course presiding OFF,
Ger of the House II was finally agreed TO make
President Taft's salary $4,000 year Mr. Tawney
declared that the expenditures of the government
have at time except in war increased as rapidly
as in the last eight years and that at the end OF
the present fiscal year there would be a deficit or
s15Ooc0O00 He placed the appropriations of the ex-
pirinR administration at 044O14 29S Senator Cul-
berson submitted a statement covering the last
years stating that the increase OF appropra-
iions for 1910 showed increase over those for
1903 Of more than sS2s OOO000 about 81 per cent
and that the Treasurys estimated expenditures for
1910 exceed 1907 by more than $575.ooAOoo. an In
crease OF So per cent IN eight years.
Anything else OF interest About all saw was
Inauguration plans