Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08
HOME ON WEDNESDAY
But President Will Be Off
Again the Next Day.
TRIP TO CONNECTICUT
Leaves Thursday Night to Attend
Wesleyan University Installation.
EN- ROUTE TO WILMINGTON, NC.
Spends Tomorrow in That City and
Part of Wednesday in Richmond.
Work on His Message.

AUGUSTA. Ga. November S.-President
Taft brought his stay i'm Augusta to a
close today. after officiating at the open
ing of the Georgia-Carolina fair. Gov.
Brown of Georgia and Gov. Ansel of
South Carolina also were present. and
made brief addresses. Following his
speech al the fair grounds the President
was driven through the city for a short
time and then took the train for Florence.
S. c., where he will stop for an hour and
a half this evening, on his way to VIII
mington, n. c.
The President will spend Tuesday in
Wilmington and Wednesday in Richmond,
reaching Washington at the end of has
thirteen-thousand-mi journey at $50
O'Clock Wednesday evening. While We'd
nesday night officially marks the end of
the western and southern trip. it will
not, by any means be. the end of the
Presidents travels prior to the opening
of the congressional session i'm Decem-
Der.
Going to Connecticut Thursday.
Mr.. Taft will be in Washington less
than twenty-four hours. being scheduled
to leave the capitol at 5:35 pm. Thurs
day for Middletown, Conn. where he will
Shanklin of Wesleyan University. The
President will 90 to Norfolk the 10Th and
to Hampton, Va, the 10th, returning TO
Washington the morning of November II.
1t Is not likely that the President will
90 any work on his message to Congress
until after his Norfolk trip. He has the
message pretty we'll in hand, so FAR as
ideas are concerned and ii will not take
him long TO dictate the document once he
gets down to ii.
The President already has outlined the
essential points of the message in his
speeches during the present trip. The de-
tails of his recommendations as to the
amendment to the interstate commerce
and trust laws, however, have Yet to be
formulated, for he will not receive the re-
port of Attorney General Wickersham
and his other advisers on this subject un-
til after his return to Washington.
Financial Legislation,
The matter of financial legislation, if
brought to the attention of the next Con-
gress at all, undoubtedly will be treated
in a special message. There is strong
likelihood that i'm view of the many other
matters that are pressing for attention in
the Presidents program of recommended
legislation the financial and currency
measures can wait until the session be-
ginning i'm December, 1910 There also
has been much talk of an extra session
for the fall Of 1910 to take up the subject.
President Taft had a game of golf this
morning over the links of the Augusta
Country Club, where he spent so much
time last winter while waiting here for
his term of Office to begin. 1t was the
first golf the President has had an OPP
portunity to engage in for weeks, and he
seemed thoroughly to enjoy the privilege
of swinging the clubs again.
II was after the golf game that he
went to the fair grounds TO open the
show which the people of Augusta de-
clare is to be the best they have ever
had.
Yesterday was the first Sunday since
he has been ION the road that Presi-
sermon or an address of some sort, and
he appreciated the novelty of the change.
Given a Loving Cup.
After long nights sleep the President
arose late yesterday and attended morn
ing services at the Church Of the Good
Shepherd, where he heard a sermon by
Rev. DIR. William Johnson, the rector.
Mr.. Taft attended this Episcopal church
when he was here last winter. The Presi-
dents entertainment in Augusta has diff
fered but little from that extended to him
as President-eIect. He had luncheon at
the home of Landon Thomas with twenty
FIVE residents of the city. During the
luncheon Mr.. Taft was presented with a
silver loving cup as a remembrance of
his golf days on the course Of the Au-
gusta Country Club: The cup was in
scribed Eighteen Holes-SS," indicating
the Presidents best record on the local
links.
After luncheon the President had an
automobile ride and returned To the home
of Mai. Joseph b. Cumming. his host.
for an afternoon tea arranged by Mrs.
Cumming. The day ended with a quiet
dinner for twelve at the Cumming home.