Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-29
NEW WHITE HOUSE CIRCLE
Old Tennis Cabinet Has Gone
to Pieces.
IT'S Members who still Hold Once urc
Performing Their work Quietly
Inner Circle of Roosevelt I,c CLINE
Pretty We'll Scattered.

What job does Smith hold now?"
asked visitor at the White House. az
herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of
the bureau of corporations, walked in to
see President Taft.
same old Job" replied hystander
90 whom tho question was addressed.
That's queer. don't see his name in
.hc newspapers amy more and | thought
perhaps he had dropped out entirely"
was the rcloindcr.
THAT is just tho difference between
this Administration and the las, one"
replied the hYstandcr president Taft
lroltc a rule the other day when lie gave
ont that statement on his position on
tho tariff am satisfied from what
7 have learned that he would not have
done that had not that party Of Con
- ssmen mistaken his previous 81
ioure and good nature and made it an
'NcUse to try and browbeHt him into
their way of thinking. But speaking
about smith has anybody seen Charles
T.. NELL around here lately?"
yes, | saw him on the street the 9TH
~ day" broke in a third party. "He Is
another old Roosevelt standby who
doesn't seem to be getting into the news
papers as much as he did. The last timc
hoarcd of Ncill in the prints he was
down i'm Georgia trying to settle that
colorod firemen's strike. and | did not
even know he had como back to town"
Tho above conversation, which took
place in the reception room Of the execu-
tive offices. at the white House the 9TH
or dry. Is n fair example OF the way the
Roosevelt lights" have gone in Wash
inpton since March 1. Smith NELL. Law
renee O. Murray clifford Iinchot and
Ambassador Jusserand Of France. all
members Of the old Roosevelt tennis
cabinet. nrc still officially accredited
to washington. They are not members
Of the TAFT golf cabinet, ana having
little else to call them to the White
House these days. they have almost
dropped out Of the public eye.
OLD TENNIS CABINET BROKEN Up.
It was . standing Joke in days gone
10y that Alfred W. Cooley. former civil
service commissioner. and later assist
ant nttorney-gencral: James II. Garfield.
secretary Of the interior; Lawrence O.
Murray. and the others of the tennis
cabinet. had stated hour each day 10
call at the White House. When Presi-
dent Roosevelt went away people used to
first to greet him back. All these calls
at the White House got their names In
the newspnpers. kent them constantly
before the public, but now 1t Is different
The number Of "confident,als' or con-
fidantes President Taft has in the de-
partments are few, indeed.
The old Roosevelt tennis cabinet has
broken all 10 pieces. Those who are stil
here are doing inst as good work as they
eyer did; but, like the Interstate Com
merce commission. which was the cyno-
sure OF all eyes during tn" Roosevelt hd-
m'h'sI"Ooh' tneE nave i'''sn from III"
mental nevs IN give ont They are nil
as welcome at the White House as ever
bntore Inn, thew have loss excuse frr 90
ing there Commissioner Smith reports
progress on tho Investigations his bureau
Is making from time TO time COMPTROLLER
Murray has been at the bottom Of some
nf the most In,nortant reforms vet in
oururated in the comptrollers office. and
he has received his share Of credit for
thar Commissioner Neiu and chairman
Tnonn Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission d,d woman servico on the
Georg,o railroad strike and got credit
for I'm, cirord I,,nchot. chief forester
los cor,o into the unolipht again recon
~. b,, eetire into a row win Secretary
of Two Interior Ballinper over lands
,.i.,dra;r fror, th. forest reserves The
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