The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-05-04


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fstensiVef un and down ana nffust
lht country aufiHr She autumn Save
hn important political ana adminsifa.
Nuu aspect No. proposes tn kraU ar
uuainted with the people end io ne
Quaint them win ihr frnlnosnUt ~
Nhat hn has dome and pfopoars ta 90
Visiting south aud West on an timer.
arv. which VIII undoubtedly he greatly
enlarged as the summer progresses
DE win have splendid opportunity %
ullny much of the opposition which
new administration almost invariably
aronscs ana to make new friends.
Thus Gar she West has been most
critical NJ the President II was not
about him during the
campaign. His majorlties west or the
Allegheny Mountains were much
smaller than along the Atlantic sea.
board. And in the six weeks OF his
administration that have already pass.
ed. continuous limitations have been
coming from the West that there has
been slump from the progressive pol.
always proddlng his cabinet officers to
follow up reform programs, whereas
Taft not only has chosen several re-
nowned corporation lawyers as his ad-
visors. but has left them to conduct
their departments as they please, and
many more criticisms of like import
These criticisms are not disturbing
the Presidents friends. who say that
his administration viii be the best an
swer AS he travels West even to the
Pacific Coast, he viii penetrate those
states that are the strongholds OF the
progressive Republican ideas. By thai
time he will be prepared to outline
in some detail the corporation reform
legislation that he contemplates ask
ing Of Congress at its next session.
| The President likes to travel, he likes
TO meet people, he has already made
many friends during his numerous
trips through the West, and he will
be In position In all probability TO
| entrench himself and his administra-
ton in their regard when his train
starts west from his summer home at
| Beverly.
BY the same token the President
wants to hold the confidence of South
ern people, which he won during his
soiourn among them last winter. He
does not have to worry about the East.
Evidences of the approval of his ad-
mlnistration in that section multiply
daily.
1t has come to be almost a neces-.
sity that the country have travelling
| Presidents, and the attitude which Mr..
Nv
ly to establish a practise so firmly In
popular approval that 1t will be
adopted by his successors in office.
When President Harrison swung
around the circle It was something OF
a novelty to the country. But Presi-
dent Mckinley recognized the value OF
getting acquainted with the people by
frequent trips over considerable dis
tances from Washington, and the pol
itic.ans saw quickly that these trips
helped in winning support for him and
the measures he advocated Pres-
dent Roosevelt went even further than
his immediate Republican predeces-
sors in going into many States. The
popularity OF his administration In
the first years of his incumbency was
immensely strengthened by these pub.
lie appearances and was subsequently
sustained by the same methods.
Now President Taft intends follow
ing these presidents. Men familiar
with the plans around the White
House say that Mr.. Taft may de
velop into a greater travelling Presi-
dent than was Mr.. Roosevelt, and they
predict that he will come back to tee
White House next October or Novarl.
, Der with ideas clearly defined as Il
the latest developments of public sen.
timent and with an increased popular
support.
t In recent years the members of the
5 cabinet have figured less and less as
r public speakers. yoicing the views oil
{ the administration. President Roose
6 vent sent members of his cabinet oul
e frequently, but, all tine same. pre-
e ferrcd to voice his views In person
= According to indications. President
$ Taft will not only speak frequently IN
r his own behalf, but will also utilize
G the members of his cabinet in tht
0 same direction. There are a numbe,
= of good public speakers in the pres
c ent cabinet-men who have been ac
: customed to presenting a cause force
fully and to holding the attention o.
/ large audiences on important occa
> sions.
: Secretary of State Knox has Away
: been ayerse to public speaking, bu
has consented. when member of for
,, mer cabinets, to an occasional speech
: which invariably carries great weight
y He viii continue this practise durlni
," the Taft administration. 1t now look
!, as though Secretary of War Dickin
g son would become one of the popuIa
cabinet orators and as though h
:, would be in considerable demand a
is an Interpreter of the Presidents poll
% cies. He will be used extensively II
!, the South. Attorney General Wicker
e sham is tolerably forceful upon hi
g. feet, as is Secretary OF the Treasur,
c. MacYeagh. Both will be promlnen
v, cabinet orators az the administratio!
IL progresses. and promise to be stroni
e in conducting the campaign of educa
s. ton which Will be necessary in con
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