The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-26
By Ernest q. walker.
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WASHINGTON, November 1.-THE
federal capital is once again firmly es-
in Washington. President
Taft is back in the White House. The
cabinet officers have hurried to town.
All other officials have also come sour
rying to their desks. After an interim
Of nearly three and half months, the !
of government is now run
ming at full tilt. There are bright |
for high old winter of inn
portant activity.
1t goes without saying that Wash.
ington gave the President most
cordial welcome home. Washington
likes President Taft, likes him better,
perhaps, than it has liked any of his
recent predecessors. Washington peo-
pie look upon this city as his home,
in spite of the fact that Beverly now
lists him in it's local directory as a
resident, in spite of the fact that Au-
gusta, Georgia, and Cincinnati, Ohio,
do likewise in their directories. The
President has lived longer in Washing
ton than he has either at Beverly or
at Augusta and, in fact, is expected
to live here for six or seven years
longer, which may make his Washing
ton residence longer than his residence
in Cincinnati, since he reached the
years of maturity.
The President is tired from continued
travelling and needs few days to recu-
perate from the private car habit. He
has been in private ear almost every
day for the last two months-since the
14th of September. There were two
rests-one of three days in the Yosem-
lite and another of four days on his
brothers. ranch in Texas. That is
enough to tire out the sturdiest citizen
but he is not quite through travelling
yet; for late this week he goes up to
Connecticut to attend the exercises
incident to the Inauguration of a new
president at Wesleyan University and
next week he goes down to Norfolk,
Virginia, to attend gathering for the
advancement of the cause of improved
waterways.
Pilgrims Coming In.
And the big political pilgrims are
coming in every day. Senator Albert
B. Cummins, of Iowa, was in here a
little in advance of the President, with
whom he is to confer about the plans
for revising the interstate commerce
laws. The President has asked him
to come, has asked many Others to come
and all are proud of the fact that the
President wants to talk with them be-
fore he makes up his annual message
Hardly day passes that some big
senators are not strolling through the
| Union station, opening their residences
and the next morning strolling casually
| down to the White House offices. Gen
| orally, of course, it is "just to pay
| respects" to the President, but Wash
| ington knows what that means. Either
the senator has business he wants to
take up with the President or the Pres
ident has asked the senator to drop in
and talk things over.
President in Good Shape.
The President is looking in fine con
dition and is taking up these political
and legislative parleys with zest and
interest. He stands the wear and tear
of travel splendidly, in fact enjoys
travelling so much that the fatigues
incident thereto are very secondary
matters with him. He is in good physi
cal condition and will strive to keeI
that way. He will be resuming his
golf games at the Chevy Chase Clut
within few days, when the grea'
White House cars will be steaming ou
that way many an afternoon after thu
rush of callers is over.
Message Outlined.
He has already outlined what his an
nual message will be. All the mate
rial was given to the public during
his western speeches. But he want
to get the recommendations into gooC
shape, and before long the proc
sheets will be coming up from the gov
eminent printing office SO that the.
can be shown in confidence to the con
gressional callers who will be coming
from now on in increasing numbers.
is a special mark of esteem to sen
ator or representative to have an op
portunity to read the message befor'
it is given to the public. Chairmen Of
the committees that have to do will
the more important legislation natur
ally expect to be shown the proc
sheets. Otherwise they would b,
grouchy. For instance, the chairme'
of appropriations who have much to d.
with the disbursement of the billion
dollars the government spends ever.
year. The chairmen of the interstate
commerce committees will also expec
look at the message soon after tn
President has written it out. Dit
the chairmen of the judiciary commit
tees, and the chairmen of the militar.
committees and of the naval commit
tees.
Roosevelt Policies.
II is already pretty well understoo
that the keynote Of the President
message will be for legislation to fur
Their the Roosevelt policies, One yer
important feature In that connection
that President Taft insists be IL III
most competent judge of what th
Roosevelt policies are. This Is a r.
ioinder to the critics Of the Taft al
ministration, who were formerly IN
prime fayories under Roosevelt, q
course II must be admitted that Pro'