The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
TAFT WILL SPEND NEXT
SUMMER AT BEVERLY


solicitor 81 the Department OF Justice.
Nj. Knox Was very anxious 60 have
Nj. Hoyt in the Department OF state
with him, and plan Was framed Of
authorizing the establishment Of the
Office Of Under Secretary of State,
which MIR. Hoyt was to have had. The
House Of Representatives, however. de.
INJURED and the scheme fell through.
In the meantime there was vacancy
ON the United States circuit bench for
the district which comprises Pennsyl. |
vania, Mr.. Iloyt was offered the place
but declined it, which gave rise to
report, probably with some foundation, |
that he was destined before the end
Of President Taft's administration for
the Supreme bench.
In his new office of State Depart.
ment counselor, Mr. Hoyt's first task
of moment will be the framing of the
new japanese trade treaty to take the
place of the enc that expires in about
two years. He will be paid from
fund of 100000 which Congress voted
for the support of the Far Eastern
Bureau. The reorganization of that
bureau is part of President Taft's
| comprehensive scheme for encouraging
States and the Orient.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
paid still another visit TO the President,
fitting out to Burgess Point in a fleet
automobile and returning with APP
proval of his plans TO reorganize much
o fthe work of the Postofiice Depart
meht That is very important, because
the Postoffce Department has disbursed
vast sums of government money in re-
cent years, as the charges 90, with some
extravaganza, and Congress has been
disposed to step in and show its hand.
But it is difficult for Congress to cur.
tail expenditures for the postal service
is very close to the people, who prefer
to have what they want, no matter what
the cost. If Postmaster General Hitch
cock can make the service self.sustain-
ing, which he claims to be feasible, he
will accomplish what none of his more
recent predecessors have been able to
do. For which reason his plans to re-
duce the cost of administering the reg.
istry system, the rural free delivery
service, and to restrict the abuses Of
the franking privilege and that sort of
thing will be followed closely by OBJ
servant citizens.
Almost any hour nowadays, Secre
tary Ballinger is looked for on flying
visit to Beverly. His arrival promises
to make quite as much of thrill al
the summer capital as that of any
other cabinet officer this season. liz
has dashed from the West to Washing
ton, announced that he intends to "kil
few snakes" and given evidence o.
his intention to deal vigorously will
his critics in the country toward tn,
setting sun. The President has beer
utterly silent about the Ballinger
. Pinchot controversy which has beer
y waged so violently in the West blu
= Beverly has reason to believe that tn
President is with Ballinger.
Ia any event the President will III
doubtedly hear detailed account fror
his Secretary of the Interior about th
warfare in the West regarding conser
, walton policies. The report will hav
something to do not only with tn
water power trust and national forests
which latter come under the Depart
: ment of Agriculture and are OF interes
= to the Department Of the Interior be
: cause it has charge Of public land
!, from which national forests are organ
. . lied, but about the Reclamation Ser
> vice. That comes directly under Sec
=, rotary Ballinger's supervision and tn
. controversy over the government ad
a ministration of its irrigation project
a has really been very lively, in fact live
y lier than any other branch of th
. controversy growing out of Secretar
l. Ballinger's administration of his d.
= partment. But it has not been so we
y. advertised as the Pinchot controvers
!, and accordingly the general publ
=, knows less about IL.
"a From his visit to Beverly Secretar
a Ballinger, having informed the Pres
n dent in detail what the western situi
~ ton is regarding conservation policie
N will hurry back to the West to con
plete his tour Of inspection and obse
h walton of enterprises which the Intcril
a Department has in charge there. II
a. expects to have that task rounded OF
"A in time to meet the President ns SOC
n. as the latter reaches Denver and
n travel with him through the Northwes
70 AS plans stand now the President
in going to have a pretty big cabinet col
a, tingcnt with him as he journeys b
IL You'd the Mississippi. Some one of h'
w VI BIN HfHnDtIb VI lHt chDlHtl u
lr travel with him Mt some stage of h
lg long journey and nearly all Of the
40 will be gathered ut III Paso, Texas,
at the occasion of the meeting with PREF
st dent Diaz Of Mexico. The Preside
ut has invited Secretary Of State Kn'
ct to meet him in California and to jou
OF ney enst through the two territori
50 ms TO be present during the Ger
Mt monies at El Paso, Secretary Of W
d. Dickinson, Postmaster General Ilte
X. cock, and Secretary Of Commerce Al
a Labor Nagel will be other cabinet q
ut fcers to attend the President duril
lls the international exchanges.
OF One Of the sadder notes Of the WEI
70 has been the coming 10 llaYerhill, ne
In here, Of Mr., Justice Moody, Of the :
70 preme Court, very III with rheumatls
~ He and President TAFT were cabin
he colleagues under Roosevelt The Pre-