The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-06

be their guest. The functions varied
greatly in character and if the Presi-
dent had yielded he would have been
attending by this time all the big af-
fairs from Martha s Vineyard to Port
land, Maine. A Republican County
Club of New Hampshire sent a distin-
guished man here, endorsed by Senator
Gallinger, to invite the President to
come with them ON their annual ont
ing. The G. A. R. of the Granite state
have an important annual reunion at
the Weirs. The President did not like
to decline their invitation but he also
knew what was in store for him if
he made an exception These invita-
tions kept coming in all along the line.
One was from the Public Improvement
Association of Boston, great organ
ization working for the betterment of
the city on the broadcast possible lines.
The committee to extend that invita-
ton did not even see the President.
Their request was carried to him by
Mr.. Carpenter that very afternoon and
that very afternoon declined
One invitation he has accepted, how
ever, and that an invitation of the
JOctotA &udhipCA u 10 d
banquet in his honor on the evening of
September IA, which is the evening
before he starts on his long transconti-
mental trip. The committee of promi-
nent Boston business men, Awho came
to extend or rather TO renew that in
vitation, had no difficulty reaching the
President and their invitation was
promptly accepted. But it was given
out as a renewal of an invitation ex-
tended to him at Hot Springs, Va, last
winter while he was President-elect,
The banquet promises to be a great
affair, where 1000 people will be present
in Mechanics Hall. Elaborate prepar-
ations are being made and the Boston
business men hope to make it the star
occasion of the entire autumn tour.
They may succeed, for the President
seems to be entering into the spirit of
the affair. His speech will probably
be an important one, forecasting in
some particulars the tenor of his
speeches through the West.
The President puts considerable work
upon his cabinet officers. That gives
him more time to attend to the mat
tiers which must have his personal at
tention and also gives him more time
for his own vacation. The cabinet of
fcers, in this easy-going summer time,
in turn pass some of the work-as much
as they canon to their subordinates.
to the assistant secretaries and the
chiefs of bureaus, but the work gets
done, and there is no little summer ac-
tivity in consequence. Secretary Mac
Veagh, who is spending the last half
of August at his summer home in Dub
lin, N. H.; is looking for some capable
tariff experts The President, instead
of having many wearisome sessions
himself, asked Secretary MacVeagh to
find the men for him. The other day
Secretary MacVeagh wrote down to the
President that he was finding the job
full of difficulties and asking that he
be given plenty of time.
postmaster General Hitchcock and
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel have been toiling with the sse-
lection of census supervisors. They
named about 200 and came on to Bev-
erly to recommend the appointment of
those 200. The President signed the
commissions. They also placed before
him about 100 more cases and asked
him to decide. He did decide a few,
but the most Of the eases, including
the supervisor for Hawaii, were turned
back to them with the injunction to
work out who would be the most ca
pable men and at the same time be
pleasing to the President IS best po-
litical friends in the various States.
Many of the names have not yet been
determined. The politicians are not
taking tremendous interest in the
work because the President has warned
them in public letter that if a census
supervisor or census enumerator is
caught being politically active he will
be dismissed forthwith.
In like way other cabinet officers
have been given their summer tasks by
the President, which is keeping the de-
partmental wheels rotating. Attorney
General Wickersham has Just left Bev-
erly after an important talk, which the
President said was not only about par
don cases, but about the legislation that
the President contemplates asking of
Congress this winter. Considerable of
the investigation work is on subjects
the President intends putting into his
annual message. He will not write it
till he returns to Washington in early
November. By that time his cabinet
officers will have completed inquiries
into certain matters, the results will DE
laid before him, the President can pass
judgment upon the facts as presented
and incorporate into his message what
suits him. 1t probably viii not be
long document The President is averse
to such outputs, preferring to sum up