The National tribune., 1909-08-19

to strenuous golf in the forenoon and
strenuous automobiling with Mrs. Taft
in the afternoon. Every day some one
is packing a portfolio for Beverly.
The President wanted a rest. So he
told people when he whirled away in
his private car. He wanted TO recuper-
ate physically. He took along a dfrec-
tor in physical training to coach him
every morning before breakfast and to
help him into the best of trim before
the long Western journey. He is work
ing as induStriously as a priZehghter,
not particularly to keep his weight
down, but to get his muscles hard.
Public business however, encroaches.
The President has been successful In
fighting off the invitations of hundreds
of local organizations in New England,
but he has not been able to fight off
matters of pressing mportance-poli-
tics, appointments, correspondence and
the like. His Cabinet officials find they
have business of which the President
should have knowledge, and away they
go Beverlyward OF course, the Presi-
dent cannot keep them at distance.
They are getting a part of his time be-
tween the luncheon hour-which varies
from 1 to 2 o'clock-and the start on
the automobile ride with Mrs. Taft.
Officials and Others Visit Beverly.
At least five of the nine members of
the Cabinet have already sought the
President at Burgess Point or are seek
ing him, and he has been on his vaca-
ton only about 10 days. First was
Postmaster-G General Frank H. Hitch
cock. He has lot of Southern politics,
in which the President is interested,
and especially in connection with the
announcement of Census Supervisors
for the South. 1t was understood that
Mr.. Hitchcock might remain on the LID
in Washington for awhile, but it deyel-
oped that he would go to the North
Shore and be the guest for month or
more of J. B. Waller, who has cottage
not far away from that of President
Taft.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagei has also been to see the
President in connection with those same
Census appointments, and incidentally
desired to talk Southern politics. Sec
rotary of the Treasury MacVeagh left
Washington speedily for visit to his
Summer home at Dublin, n. H, but
he had hardly arrived there before he
found it necessary to communicate with
Burgess Point and speedily to make a
date to talk business with the Presi-
dent. That made Cabinet official No. 8
who had pressing business. Mr.. Mae
Eeagh has been commissioned to look
up the names of qualified experts who
could serve on the Tariff Commission
of fiye of which the President was au
thorized to designate in connection with
the new tariff law. But Secretary Knox
has also been commissioned to take uI
some work for the President-the reor-
ganization of the Bureau of Far East
ern Affairs. Congress appropriated
100000 to be used in considerable part
in that reorganization work. So the
head of the State Department was df-
rected 20 effect the reorganization and
find suitable man to take charge OF
the Bureau. Secretary Knox, dividing
his time between Washington and hi!
Summer home at Valley Forge, has beer
working out the very important matter
of getting the Far Eastern Bureau or
good footing. His felIow-townsmar
and personal friend, Henry Clay Frick,
of Pittsburg, has a beautiful Summer
home at Prides Crossing, just about a
stones throw from Beverly. He has in
vfted Secretary Knox to make a visit
there, and it is expected in the course
of few days that Secretary Knox will
make the visit and that he will journey
down to Burgess Point, where the Pres
idents cottage is. and that he will re-
port about the Far Eastern Bureau and
also talk over quite lot of Diplomatic
and State Department affairs.
Try Their . tdIl at Golf.
OF course, it is unlikely that Secre
tary KnoX will get away from Burgess.
Point and from Beverly without having
a trial of skill on the links with the
President They tried their skill oftel
at Chevy Chase during the early Sum
mer, and sometimes Vice President
Sherman was present. Up at the Myo-
pia links and at the Essex Club links
where the President has been playing
since he left Washington, he has been
having bad luck. John Hays Hammond
beats him at twosomes, and w. j
one OF Washington and the other o
Lowell, who was a civil war Major.
General and a United States Senate
from Mississippi in reconstruction days
have been putting it all over the Presi-
dent and MIR. Hammond in tiie four
somes. So the President is likely e
want to fix UP some arrangement witt
Secretary Knox by which he can win :
little game once in while.
Still another Cabinet official is head
Ing that way in the person of Secretary
of the Navy Meyer. The fishing season
in Canada ends this week; and the Sec.
retary can no longer kill salmon on the
Restagouche. He will get into toucl
with important Navy reorganization
work as soon as he returns to tn
States, and will be consulting with tn,
President forthwith about certain plan
he has in hand.
Even others in officialdom are streak
ing it northward to Burgess Point. AS
sistant Secretary of Commerce and La
bor McHarg has been one of them. H
had something to do with the Censu
Supervisorships. The Department O
Commerce and Labor rather than tn
Census Bureau appears to be namin
those somewhat important officials. En-
bassador T. ]. OBrien, who represent
this Government at Tokyo, made al
appointment to see the President a
Burgess Point quite a while before tn
President left Washington. He ha,
some things to tell about the progress
OF events on the other side of the Pa
cific-things that the President wante
TO know.
Other officials are preparing to visi
the President on errands, and this vii
continue all thru the month of August
Even the vanguard of those who inigh
be called solely politicians is passin
thru Washington and on North. Co
Cecil Lyon, of Texas, Is one OF the frs
to want to talk politics, altho the Pres
dent has said from his Summer resi-
dence that he is not going to allo,
any political worries to cloud his skie
while he is or his vacation. Col. Lyo
nominally wants to talk about the Pres
idents trip thru Texas in the Autumn
but in reality wants 20 discuss with hir
the selection of Census Supervisors. AZ
cording to the best information, nun
ber of Southern politicians will be has
tening Beverlyward about the Censl
SnnaryiSnrS and tho commentators q