Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-18
Uncle Sam is Now On the
Last Lap ola Fiscal Year.
The Tedium Of Tariff Cannot
Last Much Longer.
President Will Prepare Most Of His
Message at Beverly.

Washington, d. c., June 17.-(Spec-
iaD.-Uncle Sam is now on the last
lap of June and of n fiscal year. An
era OF new things is close at hand.
The tedium OF tariff can not last much
| longer. The first important stage of
the new administration will soon be
history, no matter how tenacious the
orators of Congress may be- Eyes are
upon the opening of a new set of books
and upon the tasks and the pleasures
of the summer Capital
The multitudinous tasks of arranging
and setting in order have already been
tackled. Washington and its official
dom are accustomed to anticipate.
The diplomats are already pulling out
for the green fields and the rural pros
poets. They will daily little longer
to make sure that they have advised
their governments correctly about the
tariff. In the older days the diplomats
looked down upon activities that
smacked of the commercial. They left
such things to the consuls and the
consular agents. Now, however, tar
ifs are Of such world Importance and
have such a great bearing upon COM
mercal supremacy and upon world
supremacy that the diplomats simply
have to take notice thereof.
Tho President expected little sur
cease from other official troubles that
he could attend to mOmentOuS matters,
other than tariff, before he sped away
to the beautiful retreat at Beverly.
There has been so much tariff talk
around the White House offices, how
ever, that he has had to defer many
matters for consideration at the sum-
mer capital, rather than at the winter
capital and now it looks as though
Beverly would be the scene of many
governmental doings before the sum-
mer is over. The lawyers of his cabl-
net will certainly be going there fire.
quently to discuss corporation prop
lens that he must reach some decision
upon before the summer flies by. The
President has recently said so as ne
he went over the situation and observed
the chances for real rest at Beverly
diminishing.
OF course he is going to play golf
on the Massachusetts coast, RIDE lar
ard wide in his high power automo-
bileS, and sit under the shade OF the
big trees and sniff the salt water and
go sailing occasionally. He does not
nroncs,, to forego those pleasures But
he sees that he must have many official
visitors from time to time during the
summer. He will hold no cabinet
meetings after he departs from Wash'
ingtOn but he will of necessity hold
many conferences with his cabinet Of
ficialS Many of them intend to pass
the summer in New England. He Will
probably be able to summon half
dozen of the nine by telephone almost
any day.
His very recent statement, made TO
a couple of callers. that he could not
get away from Beverly before the md
die of September indicate something
of the Presidents determination to
stay there as long as he can before
he starts out for a tour of the West
and the South. Probably he will write
much of his annual message to Con
sress there-at least he Will block 1T
out and have it ready for revision be-
fore he leaves there. He had hoped
to write that message in the main be-
fore he leaves Washington but other
Things have occupied his time. 1t will
be very important document to his
administration. because it Will be ms
first annual message to Congress and
because it will comprise important
recommendations regarding his policies
At Beverly he will confer with nu-
merous government officials Tor IN
formation about the topics he treats
It will be supplemented by information
he gathers on his western trip but TINS
will be used when he revises the mes
sage Just before he sends it to the
Government Printing Office to be put
into type.
Above all things the President wants