The Washington herald., 1909-08-19

Beverly. Mass. Aug. 1S.-Capt Daniel
A. Killian, who followed the life OF sailor
man on the bounding billows Of the seven
seas before he settled down to spend the
remainder Of his days in the quietude of
Beverly, found to-day a solution OF the
climatic hysteria that has been troubling
his neighborhood. II appears. according
TO The captain. that the wind has backed
In. II that is not enough 10 put any
bright blue sky on the piazza. the wise
acres can't think OF anything that Is.
That was the diagnosis this morning,
but later in the day there was a turn for
the better. Some said that the wind had
backed right in and turned around and
backed right out again.
AT any rate, Il was good enough 20 let
MI Taft take his elder son Robert out
20 the Myopia course for the purpose
OF teaching the young idea how to put.
Meets Norton and Dawes.
Charles D. Norton. Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury. was with the President
a long time this afternoon With him
was Charles G. Dawes. president OF the
Central Trust Company, Of Chicago. and
former Comptroller Of the Currency.
Both declared their business with Mr..
Taft consisted in merely saying hello
and good-by. There are at least two
other guesses.
One is that they came 10 talk about
something Of financial interest TO the
West. supposedly something to do with
handling the crops. The other is that
there has been departmental matters
which the President has been anxious 10
talk over with AIr. Norton The latter
doesn't explain Mr.. Dawes presence ex-
actly. hut you can take your pick. Mr.
Norton is going right up to see Secretary
MacVeagh. anyway. at his place in Dub
lin. n. II. Mr.. MacVeagh is coming
down next week
He has been having some difficulty in
finding the right kind OF men 10 compose
the board OF maximum and minimum
tariff experts. The President Is anxious
10 have this commission get started in
It's work with as littel delay as possible.
and the reason for MacVeagh's visit az
this time. is said to be to give the Pres
ident an opportunity 10 find out just
what progress he has made. and who are
the available men for the posts.
Justice Holmes Visitor.
Mr. Justice Holmes. Of the Supreme
Court. drove over from Beverly Farms
to-day 10 see the President and TO pre-
sent his guest, Sir Frederick Pollock.
Sir Frederick is taken as an authority on
Jurisprudence, particularly in contracts
and tOTts. on which his writing has been
considerable. His uncle, from whom he
inherited the baronetcy, was justice Of
the court OF exchequer, in London. His
son was with him. It was purely a
courtesy call. but Mr.. Taft found much
20 talk about with the English jurist.
Mr.. Taft was interested to-day when
no was told that there Is one class OF
men, at least, who are pleased that the
new tariff bill was passed They are the
lawyers whose practice deals 10 a GER
tain extent with customs cases. It seems
that the one thing which would please
these lawyers was n new law. Whether
it was downward or upward tariff revision
was Of little moment, so long as II was
new.
Decision for Every Cnse.
The explanation is that the old Law
had been in force so long that there
were decisions to cite in almost every
case. Right there was the trouble. It
seems. There was not the opinion for
litigation when things were pretty well
cut and dried. But now they have a
completely new field in which 10 exercise
their energies.
One Boston firm which has en- extended
practice IN this sort OF work. has pr,.-
pared and thought out more than 200 ar
t1cles on which the duty could be con-
tested under the new law, because OF the
uncertainty Of class in which they fan.
The President seemed 70 be glad that
somebody was thoroughly pleased.
Mr.. Taft isn't at all surprised at the
reports that there is going 70 be hard
work enforcing the corporation tax He
goes on the theory apparently that no
Individual is willing 70 consent to a new
tax without struggle against, and he
seems to feel that the same principle
holds good for a bundle Of individuals.
AS far as Beverly is concerned. the Bal
linger-Pinchot controversy might as well
not be going on. The President continues
20 hold his position OF silent neutrality
IN the matter
The latter part OF this week Mr.. Taft
is going to play golf at Myopia exclu-
sively. There is to be a tournament
going on at Essex. and he doesn't feel
that no is quite far enough up on his
game 70 travel with the cracks.