The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-23
KEEPING N TOUCH
WITH MR. TAFT,
White House Must Know Where
to Find Him at Any Time.
DIFFICULT TASK SOMETIMES.

Telegraph and Telsphons surssu In
Executive Mansion Works Night and
Day 70 Keep Lins Of Communication
Open.
One OF the q .,st difficult tasks In CON
nectIon with the carrying out OF pres
idential tour and one to the absolute
necessity for which the general public
seldom gives thought IS that Of main
tainlug constantly uninterrupted com
munlcatlon between the White House
at Washington aud the president wher-
ever he may be.
Ii Is when the president sets out on
a prolonged journey such as the pres
ent transcontinental tour that the In
telllgence officers at the White House
are put to their wits ends to forge an
elastic communicative chain thar will
always link the White House on wheels
with the executive offices overlooking
( the Potomac.
II is mot merely the distance. al
though. TO be sure. that does consti-
tutes handicap when the chief mag
istrate is upward or 5000 miles from
home. Much more serious is the cir
cumstance that the president is con
stantly jumping from place TO place
sc the behest or whirlwind Itinerary
and has at no time what could be dig
nihed as permanent address,
President Always Kept Informed.
Finally. in the case of tours such as
that Of this autumn. the fact that the
presidential party spends days now
y and then In isloated localities further
complexities the chore Of keeping the
presidential finger on the pulse Of the
nation.
Presidential business is transacted
through the White House even though
the boss be thousands OF miles away.
1t IS because vast volume OF mall
often numbering 1000 letters day.
pours into the White House and by
reason OF the desirahility OF having as
much Of it as possible disposed Of at
the executive otices that the president
leaves at his base OF operations his
trusted secretary. Mr.. Fred w. Carpen-
ter aud contents himself for the time
being with Assistant Secretary Wen
dell w. Mischler as his immediate aid
aboard the train.
Lettsrs Forwarded Every Day.
or course there are some letters that
require a personal reply from the pres
ident and cannot well await his return
TO Washington. aud these. together
with the commissions to be signed aud
other government documents requiring
the presidents autograph. are forward
ed once a day to the presidential train.
] With the system working smoothly the
White House each day dispatches
batch Of mali to the presidential train
and receives FROM the traia bundle
OF Communications.
Such mail 10 or from the White
house can be dispatched by special
poueh IL it is deemed desirable. and
Postal authorities keep the White
House fully advised as 10 the time re-
ouired for transmission. 50 that the
mnD from the White House 70 the
president is always sure to make con
a nections with the presidential train
For an that there is this continuous
\ interchange OF mail the nain reliance
4 for keeping the president in almost
3 mo4nentary touch with the White
& House IS placed. Of course. upon tele-
> graphic and telephonic means The
responsibility for the maintenance q
thls electrical bond rests with what j.
known is the telegraph and cipher
harpaE of the executive nansion--ln
eject the nerve center OF American OF
6claldom.
The Official IN charge OF this teie-
phone and telegraph headquarters de
tails one or more OF his expert opera
tons 10 accompany the presidentia
train ana keep open the communicative
system az that end. whereas at the
White House the telegraphers, worS
ing in shifts" maintain an ever sen
sftiye receiving staFion-an institutiot
that L open for business every minute
a. the twenry-four hours. seven days
week. IL Is the only institution OF M
kind under the government that !
] never closed.
Telesrsphie Speed Rsscrds-
By means Of chart and Thorough
system Of reports from train dispatch
ers the exact location OF the presi
! dents train is always known Al 10
White House. and in an emergency
message can be placed in the hands
tie chief executive almost at me
ment's notice.
. Something ike two dozen teiegrap
I wires enter the White House. and X
consequently possible 70 secure a d
+, rect wire to any city at any time. r
. serving Il for presidential business
long as desired double wire IS pr
vlded for direct communication vii
the president wherever he may bs
4 and in days gone hy some renlArkabi
records were established for speed
work in establishing direcg comma
cation with a presldentia pArty aneid-
4 The president has private teis