The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Boston Tuesday afternoon to be the guest
of the Chamber of Commerce at dinner
that evening, he started on one of the
most notable trips ever taken by a Chief
Magistrate of the United States. After
spending the night at hotel in Boston,
the President left at 10 a. M. on Wednes-
day on the first stage of his long journey,
the first stop-of place being at Chicago,
where Mr.. Taft will be entertained part
of the day by the Commercial Club and
the remainder of his stay by the Hamilton
Club.
Leading through 80 States and both of
the far Southwestern Territories, the
Presidents trip will reach its climax at
FL Paso, Texas, on October IS, where he
will meet President Diaz, of Mexico The
meeting will be surrounded with all the
pomp and dignity which such rare
occasion demands, and after Mr.. Taft has
formally received President Daiz at FL
Paso he will cross the international bridge
to Ciudad Juarex, officially to return the
call of the Executive of the Southern
Republic.
During the evening of the 10th Presi.
dent Taft will be entertained at a state
dinner on Mexican soil, President Diaz
will be entertained at luncheon at 81
Paso.
The Presidents trip covers an itinerary
of 1879 miles, and his private cars, the
Mayhower and the Haslemere, will be
handled over ~ different railroad systems.
The Southern Pacific will get the longest
haul of 228o miles; the Maricopa &
Phoenix Railroad, away out in Arizona,
gets the short haul of IS miles. The
voyage down the Mississippi River from
st. Louis to New Orleans on the steam
boat Mississippi covers 1I65 miles, and
occupies four days and five nights.
Five of his nine Cabinet officers will at
different times be the guests of the Presi-
dent for portions of the trip, and after he
reaches the Pacific Coast there will be
from two to four with him practically all
the time.
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Senator "Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee,
pack in Washington after lecture tour
through the Middle West, brings word
that everywhere he found Republicans
disgruntled over the new tariff bill and
cold if not angry toward President Taft,
while the democrats are in good spirits
and confident of winning majority of
the House Representatives in next years
election.
He talked from the same platform with
Senator LaFollette on several occasions,
and says that the little scrapper from
Wisconsin continues to denounce the
tariff bill as bitterly as he did while it
was being forced through the Senate by
Aldrich and his gang. LaFollette's feel
ing, Senator Taylor says, seemed to be
fully shared by his audiences, and the
sharper his attacks on the tariff the louder
was the applause. The West seems to
have followed the tariff fght in the Sen
ate with the closest and most intelligent
attention and is almost as we'll informed
on all details of the measure as those who
took part in framing it. The Tennessee
Senator declares there can be no mistake
that the West, without regard to party,
is still strong for genuine downward re-
vision and will not be satisfied until it
gets it.
The President will discover this as soon
as he gets into the Middle West and will
find that he seriously injured his popu-
larity in that region by not making a
harder fight against the Aldrich- Payne
bill.
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Recognizing this unmistakable trend
of sentiment. it is intimated the President
is planning to turn it to good account by
making Speaker Cannon, who is bitterly
hated by all downward revisionists, the
scape-goat.
From an authoritative source comes the
information that in his speeches in the
West he will urge the people to elect to
Congress members who stand for real
downward revision, if they want more
tariff agitation.
Such speeches will ali initiate against
the election to the next Congress of men
who favor the reelection of Joseph G.
Cannon as Speaker of the House. All
his following is against downward re-
vision, and if the high protectionists are
ousted the Cannon death warrant is
signed by that very act.
Knowing that there is dissatisfaction
with the present tariff, the President will
instruct the new Tariff Commission to