Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Taft and Cabinet Will
Come to New England.
Many High School Classes
From Maine in The CITY.
Senator Hale Fighting for Maine
Interests in Tariff Bill.

washington, -. C., March "a
tSpeclaD.-As things look now New
England will have the seat of govern
ment for two or three months next
summer, when Washington is vacated
Tor the heated term. 1t does not an
pear yet whether many of the big De-
partment officials will go to Maine. bur
1t Will be little surprise if some Of
them stray over to the Maine Coast.
even as far eaA as Bar Harbor. OF
course that resort will have its usual
diplomatic contingent
President Taft said only a few DAYS
ago that he was determined to spend
a portion of his summer on the North
Shore of Massachusetts. Secretary of
the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh said
about the same time that he was going
to New Hampshire, just as he has
been doing for a dozen years. Secre-
tary Of the Navy Meyer has a beauti-
full residence at Hamilton. Mass,
which he will occupy for time when
the weather gets uncomfortably warm
in Washington. Postmaster General
Hitchcock always likes to get back to
New England AS President Taft is
going there probably most OF the
cabinet will find it convenient to To-
cate somewhere between Boston and
Bar Harbor, where one can be within
telephone reach of the chief
1t will probably be July l, before the
official exodus from Washington be-
gins Senator Hale said today that
he doubted whether the tariff bill
could be completed before that time.
All the Maine people will be anxious
to get away as soon as Congress adj
journs. Washington weather is very
oppressive to them after June /. as it
is to most people accustomed to cold
climates. Then the waiting will be
all the more tedious, because after
about the middle of April the House
will have little or nothing to do and
will adjourn three days at a time. till
the Senate has disposed of the tariff
bill.
Ex-Gov HilPs arrival here has been
awaited with much interest by numer-
Gus politicians. He has not been here
since his selection as Acting Chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee was announced and there are
lot OF Republicans who want to talk
things over with him.
These are big Washington days for
the high school students of Maine.
They are invading the federal Capital
in force, seeing the sights and forming
opinions of their own as to how WASH
ington is getting along under the new
Taft administration. They are view
ing Congress in extra session, climb
ing the Washington monument.
tramping the corridors of the Depart
ments and so on to the end of a long
chapter
High school classes from Gardiner,
Wiscasset and Kennebunk were here
last week and went the rounds haV-
ing a gay old time indeed, THESE
visiting students were agreed that
they had learned more about their
country in few hours than they
could acquire from few months
perusal of books. Those from Gardl-
ner were accompanied by the princi-
pal Mr. L. H. Conant and by MI
Morrell, sub-principal and by MISS
Richards one of the teachers. Ihey
made their headquarters at the BAN
croft hotel where Governor Burlelsh
and his Secretary Mr.. Cony called 10
see them. Right on the heels OF those
Young excursionists came the HlSh
school students of Belfast, ana Isles
boro. under the management OF orr'h
r. Dickey, an old time newspaper
writer.
These many visitors have kept Re-
preventative Burleigh and other Mallle
Congressmen stepping h1gh' ~
course all of them wanted to see thelr
Congressmen and took pains 10 loon
the statesmen UP at the Capltoi a.,
the courtesies possible were eXteIloeu
xl&1 nit
to them in learning about the Caplt"i
and other places of moment Oh 'ie
man of the District OF Coluiiioia.
Nome of them got to snake 'lie nan,
of president Taft, but that IS spec'''
privilege these days, depenuits upo',
i,.hother the President is in town at
tho right time and also upon 'iie P'e
SIRE of public business
As this is the vacation perloo 'nou
o,,d, of students are coming az lh'9
ti,,,e Of the year and the Whlte nous.
&c besieged with requests. WI. ,
10 clad to grant them ana 10 re'ei's
.ha ,.oung people whenever ne e"'.
nossiblv spare the time An noul W
!,,.o . dav would be required 10 sian
hands with all the young scho,ais
,,.,n+ 70 see him just now. ina
,ot Of time for very busy Fres''en,
- snare. when congressman e
70 others are pressing for Few
iiians conversation with hlm anu
eren,ently he is thereby unap'e -
ar,nt requests of the KIM. -oo Cow
s Z, * n long time since the 800 Con
=. around the Capltoi "a "a, "
sanator Hale. of Maine. out II, ea,,a aht
warrior clad He mas ious,..
u u1anv a legislative battle freauen R;t
n ,,i'I has been in Senate clashes ,aanins
m usually his methods are quiet. ,eI roon,