The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-13
PRES|DENT'S
VACATION
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a critical period in the nation s his
tory and had been voting the Repub-
lican ticket ever since, not to be able
to have three minutes talk with the
President of their own party.
The Secret Service man, gently but
firmly, said it would be impossible with
,out an order from Secretary Carpenter
and Corporal Hanscom rode away on
his bicycle back to town. All Beverly,
however, knew the corporal had gone
riding to Burgess Point that morning
and what he had gone for. And when
Corporal Hanscom pedaled back TO
town all Beverly wanted to know the
outcome of his errand. Somehow or
other Beverly ascertained what had
happened The veterans were reserved
but looked somewhat mad. The con-
dition of affairs was speedily communi-
Gated to Secretary Carpenter Office
and when he went down to Burgess
Point in the afternoon to take the mail
to the President he made known all
that was going on. The President
promptly sent back word that he would
review the Essex veterans on the af-
ternoon of September IL, which is the
day of their reunion, if the hour of
about 3 o clock would be satisfactory.
It was satisfactory, although the pro-
gram had been to have the review in
the forenoon and clam bake in the
afternoon. But the President did not
want to miss his golf game and the
plans somewhat in order TO have the
~ a..
Accordingly it has all been arranged
and the Essex County Association OF
Grand Army men are to be the only
ones favored with the presence of the
President while he is on his vacation.
For while he is going to Gloucester to
present the cups in the Sender Glass
cup races, that is an international
affair, and while he is going over to
Brookline to participate in Yale
Alumni field day September 6, that IS
because he promised the Yale Alumni a
long time ago that he would be present.
The President is glad to make an ex-
ception in favor of the veterans and
the veterans are elated that he has
consented to review them.
There are three big automobiles,
bearing the national crest, in the gar
age at Burgess Point and these are well
known around Beverly as the govern
ment automobiles purchased for the
President s use. But Beverly does not
know that there are three of the ma
chimes with the national arms and two
or three more without the national
arms. The machines are frequently
used by others in the Presidents en-
ploy and the presence of any OF these
automobiles before a Beverly store or
before a building anywhere within a
vicinity of fifteen or twenty miles has
frequently been responsible for the
gathering of a curious crowd. The
Secret Service men are very careful
that no crowd gathers around any au-
tomobile in which the President is rid
ing or in which he is about to ride
and the fact that no Secret Service
men are on guard is alone sufficient
indication that the President is not
occupying the fine government machine.
AS the days of his vacation become
few the eagerness of the local people
to see the President grows in intensity
and much of the dignifed restraint
which characterized the local folk
when the President first came into their
midst, has disappeared. There is much
craning of necks and much roost1ng
on fences and along roadways, where
he is likely to come in the hope OF
getting at least feeting glimpse. No
native wants to have it said that he
failed to see the President at some
time during the five weeks and more
that the summer capital was at Bev,
,erly.
The diplomatic visits to the summer
capital have been conspicuous for their
number and for the prominence of the
visitors. They have been in the main
visits of courtesy and in some part due
to the fact that the North Shore, for
forty or fifty miles from Boston, is
great place of rendezvous for the fash
ionable world, which, of course, In
cludes the diplomatic world. One of
the latest arrivals in the diplomatic
class was Whitelaw Reid, of New
York, Ambassador to the Court of St.
James He only recently came across
the Atlantic, and it was natural that
he should pay his respects to the Pres
ident. But Mr.. Reid was also visiting
on the North Shore, a guest of the
Boardmans, of Washington, who hap
pen to be intimate friends of the Tafts.
Some folks up in these parts thought
there was great significance in the fact
that Ambassador Reid motored over
from the Boardmans one afternoon to
talk with the President, and especially
that it would have great bearing
upon the retention of Mr.. Reid as Am
bassador This was not the case.
Months ago Ambassador Reid, like
other diplomatic representatives of this
country abroad, sent their designations
to the President. That is the custom
arv thing to do because it has come to
be recognized that President has
perfect right to select his own men for
Ambassadors and Ministers and that it
does not reflect upon Republican in
eumbents if an incoming Republican
President gives their places to others.
In spite of much talk about Ambas-
sador Reid succeeding himself, there
is not the slightest doubt that the
President intends appointing a new
man. Mr. Reid has now served four
years and will be expected to retire by
In ~ ri Tho