The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
President Taft Will Make Only q
Short Stop
After His Return to Washing
ton on Wednesday.
HE HAS PLANS MADE
Which Will Take Him Away Tn
til November 21.
Plays His First Game of Golf i'm
Several Weeks.

AUGUSTA, ga, NOV S.-PreSident
Taft brought his stay in Augusta to
close today after officiating at the
opening of the Georgia-Carolina fair
Governor Brown of Georgia, and Gov
ernor Ansel of South Carolina, also
were present and made brief ad-
dresses. Following his speech at the
fair grounds the president was driy-
en- through the city.
He left here for Florence. S. c..
where he will make a brief stop on
his way to Wilmington, N. c. The
president will spend Tuesday in Will
m1ngton and Wednesday IN Richmond.
reaching Washington at the end of
his $4,000 mile journey, at S:35 O'Clock
Wednesday evening.
While Wednesday night officially
marks the end of the western and
southern trip it will not by any means
be the end of the presidents travels
prior to the opening of the congress
siona1 session in December.
Mr.. Taft will be in Washington less
leave the capital at 5:35 p. M on
Thursday for Middletown, Conn,
where he will witness the installation
of President Shanklin of the Wesley
an university. The president is due
to attend a meeting of the Yale cor
poration at New Haven on the 18th.
and will go to Norfolk the nineteenth
and to Hampton, Va, the 20th, re-
turning to Washington the morning
of November 81. 1t is not likely that
the president will do any work on his
message to congress until after his
Norfolk trip. He has the message
pretty well in hand SO far as ideas are
concerned and it will not take him
long to dictate the document once he
gets down to it.
The president already has outlined
the essential points of the message in
his speeches during the present trip.
The details of his recommendations as
to the amendment to the Interstate
commerce and antitrust laws, how
ever have yet to be formulated, for
he will not receive the report of At
torney General Wickersham and his
other advisers on this subject until
after his return to Washington.
Financial Legislation.
The matter of financial legislation il
brought to the attention of the next
session of congress at all will un-
doubtedly be treated in special mes
sage. There is strong likelihood that
in view of the many other matters
that are pressing for attention in the
presidents program of recommend
ed legislation the financial matters
will wait until the session begins in
December, 1910.
There has also been much talk of
an extra session in the fall of 1910
to take up the subject.
President Taft had a game of golf
this morning over the links of the
Augusta Country club where he spent
SO much time last winter while wait
ing here for his term of office to be-
gin.
1t was the first golf the president
has had an opportunity to enjoy for
weeks and he seemed thoroughly to
enjoy the privilege of swinging the
clubs again.
It was after the golf game that he
went to the fair grounds to open the
show which the people of Augusta de-
clare is to be the best they have ever
had.
A Restful Sunday.
President Taft enjoyed a real rest
Sunday. 1t was the first Sunday since
he has been ION the road" that Pres
ident Taft was not called upon for
an address of some sort.
The president arose late and attend
ed morning services at the church of
the Good Shepherd (EpiscopaD.
The president lunched at the home
of Lander Thomas with twenty-five
residents of the city. During the
luncheon Mr.. Taft was presented with
silver loving cup as a remembrance
of his golden days on the course of
the Augusta Country club. The cup
was inscribed Eighteen holes-8S."
indicating the presidents best record
on the local links.
After luncheon the president had
an automobile ride and returned to
the home of Major Jos. B. Cumming,
his host, for an afternoon tea arrang-
ed by Mrs. Cumming. The day ended
with dinner for twelve at the Cum
ming home.