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WAITING TO SHAKE THE PRESIDENTS HAND.

back Scores of such cX c.i,Eces led TO
the rule, now strictly enforced. that tie
White House steward shall buy nothing
from a dealer who will not guarantee that
the presidential patronage shall nrt he
used for advertising purposes. Mr..
Roosevelt has been strenuous also in re-
buking all concerns which have used his
portrait in advertisements. Some time
ago he went so far as 20 request the
withdrawal of booklet by the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce using his portrait
on the title page. An order of 5000 OF
the pamphlets was Cancelled and steps
We're taken 10 call IN those which had
already gone out
This magic OF the presidential name is
seen wherever it is written or printed.
One of Mr.. McKinley's autographs on
piece of paper otherwise blank sold at
auction for SGo5 a few weeks after his
death. In another generation it Will
doubtless be worth ten times as much.
Twenty-Five volumes of the works or
Theodore Roosevelt. each volume bearing
the presidential autograph, sold for 5000
in Philadelphia In 1904. And soon as
Theodore. jr., entered the plant OF the
manufacturers who lately employed him
their business is said to have realized
boom on the strength of the magic OF
even his name.
Wall street will trade on Mr.. Taft's
pulse and temperature. When they go
up the stock market will so down. Tie
daily procession of figures on the tapes
of the tickers will be altered also by
what he says and writes on Industrial
topics Men will be employed to guard
the manuscripts and proofs of his mes
sages and speeches against possible leaks
which might allow some especially in
formed stock jobber to enrich himself at
the expense of those who have not had
an equal chance of informing themselves.
When Mr.. Roosevelt made his western
tour in the fall of 1907 he took special
precautions against the furnishing of adj
vance press copies of his speeches to
Wall street publications and the ticker
service His Provincetown speech Of the
previous month had leaked In some way
and advance copies had gotten into the
hands of brokers, who profited by it.
Mr. Taft is nearly nine years older than
Mr.. Roosevelt was when the latter sue
ceeded to the presidency. But what he
may lack, by comparison, in physical
elasticity is more than compensated for py
his far greater tolerance. He knows
what is coming to him and will lose no
sleep over the attempts that will be made
to exploit, harrass and insult him.
But his proverbial good-nature Is or
the scrt which too often tempts impcSi-
tion. Rather let us reward II by trying
to be kinder TO him than we have been
to his predecessors!
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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was the first President to take the oath
of office in Washington, all the Presi-
dents have come to the office there eX-
ceptins Theodore Roosevelt for the first
time.
1t will be remembered that he succeeded
to the Office in 1901, after the death or
Mckinley.
Confident that the President would re-
cover from the shot fired by CZolgosz,
Roosevelt, then Vice President, went off
sor a hunting trip.
When news of the death of the Presi-
dent reached him he made hurried trip
to Buffalo. and there In the library of
Judge Milburn he was inducted into the
highest office In the land.
Although the early date for inaugura-
tons was chosen by a special design, the
picking of the date, March i. that has
become traditional and has resisted many
attempts for change. was purely acci-
dent.
In July. l7Ss. the old Congress then
sitting in New York. was officially In
formed that the requisite number OF
states had ratified the new Constitution.
But the Congress was IN chaotic con-
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The Fierce Light That Will Beat Upon Taft

considera BILE anxiety. When he entered The
White House he impressed upon his
children that they were in no wise supe-
rior to any other youngsters. How this
training took effect was shown once III
a reply by young Archie to a faWn!n-
society woman. who had asked him II he
did not dislike going to puolc sch0ol
with "aH those common little boys. He
answered: My papa says there are
only two kinds of boys-good and bad
boys" Again. when Quentin was asked
Are you the Presidents SOM? he re-
piled simply. My father is Mr. Cheo-
dore Roosevelt"
The Taft children will be followed about
with camera ard notebook When Miss
Roosevelt slipped down on an icy pave
nent the papers described the details
next day. and young Theodores arrest
for a college prank at Harvard was
double loaded ali over the country or
course. all of this and such like was
legitimate news. but when one paper
cruelties inflicted upon White House
turkey by the Roosevelt children the
President temporarily suspended the press
privileges accorded by government offices
to the responsible correspondent.
Mr.. Taft will find himself the target
of many so-called reformers. There will
be constant public protests against the
serving Of wine at state banquets. Mr..
Roosevelt was censured by q temperance
convention for allowing wine &c be served
on board the special train carrying him
on one Of his western trips Whether
Mr. Mckinley drank wine or not at state
dinners was a constant topic for dis
cussion at temperance conventions. Once.
when there was a convention of bishops
in Washington. one OF them came to the
White House and cross-examined Mr..
Mckinley as to this He later reported
that Mr. Mckinley had alongside his
champagne glass n separate wine glass
from which he slipped apolinaris and
the wine remained untouched. Once.
when Mr. Mckinley was at the Capitol
signing bills. some mineral water was
carried in TO him. and spying temperance
woman reported to preacher that the
President was guzzling wine. and the
divine in turn continued to announce this
at meetings until called down by an
official in charge of the Presidents
room at the Capitol. Mr.. Cleveland
was continually harassed in this way, and
once when a minister accused him OF
intemperance before a religious confer
ence in Massachusetts he issued state
ment branding the divine "a dis
sen1inator of wholesale lies and calumnies
n sec 0-"-'" IAN thew are cruel. A
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had 1t that the President had angrily
struck the horse of schoolgirl who had
crowded him on the road while he was
riding The House expunged this speech
from the Record and the mother OF the
girl wrote denial of the story. But
this sort OF thing has been going on
since President Washington was charged
with overdraWing his account. Jeffer-
son was another of the early victims, and
one of those who abused him worst was
the Irish poet. Tom Moore, who pub
lished some almost unprintable things
about the father of democracy. Our
national resentment at these insults was
emphasized a century later by the omis-
slcn of Moore's name from the honor roll
of poets inscribed on the walls OF the
Congressional Library.
X
Manufacturers, boomers and promoters
by the thousands will fall over them
selves to exploit Mr.. Taft as an adver-
tisement for their schemes. Real estate
boomers will offer him beautiful country
homes by the score if he will only come
and live in them in the summer and
lend his name to the community. All
of these men will want to use him as
Harrison was used when given his ia
nous cottage at Cape May. But Harrison.
when he realized that he was being used
as a real estate advertisement, drew his
personal check for the value of the
property. Even as an ex-President Mr..
Cleveland found that he doomed surround
ing property, wherever he bought. AS
soon as he settled in Princeton building g
lots there took a sudden upward squirt.
Dealers in every article under the sun
will send Mr. Taft generous samples Of
their wares with the hope CT receiving
some word of praise which can be ad-
vertised as a testimonial. A mere ac-
acknowledgement from the White House
secretary will suffice as basis for a
poster. president Taft Uses Snooks'
once sent down from his hotel room a
perfectos of a certain brand. The
Mckinley was elected and then had fac
SMILES electrotyped and pasted on each
box of these cigars.
A piano manufacturer once wrote Mr..
Cleveland that oCO0 of his admiring
workmen wished to present a piano
to the first lady of the land. The
President accepted the offer. but when lie
learned that the 1000 workmen with a
band marched with the piano to the sta
ton, and that at every point en- route
the piano was featured as destined to
be played on by the fair fingers of the
first lady of the land" the CleVelands
became disgusted and sent the piano
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dition. and hesitated to pass an act which
should end its own existence. After
dallying with the subject for two months
1t was decided that the electoral college
should be picked on the first Wednesday
of January. 1883. and that the President
and Vice President should be picked on
the first Wednesday, in February. Then
finally it was determined that they should
take office on the first Wednesday in
March. which in this instance happened
to fall on the fourth.
That was all there was to the max
ing of the date to which the nation has
been loyal for such long period of
time.
But contrary to plan. the first inaugu
ration did not take place on the day set
for 1t.
The election took place per schedule.
and Washington got the total number OF
votes sixty-nine, the one time that an
election has been unanimous in the his
tory of the nation.
But it took time before he could be
inducted into office. There were cere-
monies on the 4th OF March. and the
booming of cannon told the story of the
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served eight years as President. and Twice
swore to Of, his duty by the nation ne
founded. was not inaugurated in Wash
inSton either time.
He came to the office of the chief mag
istracy before the capital had been moved
to the city named tor him. So dd John
Adams.
After that. beginning with the .irst
Inauguration In the nineteenth century.
March I. 1901. when Tho~aS Jefferson
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day designated for that purpose. 1t was
again q beautiful day, and great crowds
once more gathered to pay tribute to the
hero of the founding Of the country.
Four yc4rs later Washington gave up
the place. \ grateful people would have
kept him in control indefinitely, but it was
the opinion of the father of his country
that control should pass from man to
man SO to get away from the Sug
gestion of a monarchy.
So John Adams was picked for the Sec
Gnd man to have the proud honor of ad
ministering the affairs of the nation.
Adams had no great personal following.
He was recognized as patriot, but he
came from New England, and the coun-
try, only lately banded together in a re-
public. had not yet completely overcome
all the sectional prejudices that had been
SO persistent even during the war. and
which had so sorely tried the patience of
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FOUR TIMES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON

pearance of the outgoing President. 1t is
said that he took somewhat 10 heart IN"
very mild welcome accorded to him III the
greatest day of his life.
During Adams term preparations had
been made for installing Washington as
the capital. 1t was during his term of
office. in 1900 that the shift was made
March 1901 occurred the first of a
long line of inausurals that have taken
place in Washington. and It was tie idol
and the patron saint OF democracy.
Thomas Jefferson, who frs took the oath
OF office there.
The sun shone brightly throughout the
day, but jefferson declined to let the oc-
casion be made a celebration. He rode
quietly 10 the Capitol unattended, and left
his carriage tied outside till he had taken
the oath of office, then he drove back,
thus creating the famous and much
quoted ideal of democratic simplicity.
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ancestors have all been dug up and care
fully scrutinized. and had any Of his
srandfathers. even with a dozen greats.
been hanged for stealing sheep we
wouiu have heard all about it long
ere this. Already We have been told
all the details of his religion. his anthro-
pometric measurements, his diet, his
clothes, even to the time of his daily
he snores at night. But his troubles
have barely commenced, and enough
money. to make you or me Independent
for life will be annually paid to a corps
lected to act as buffers 'twixt him and
the elastic-necked throng-to keep them
from tearing the very buttons off his
clothes, or even his clothes of their very
buttons, in the eager grab for presidential
souvenirs. For the President Of the
United States has been 'it" against the
whole nation in an endless game of hide
and seek since the days when George
Washington himself uttered his lamenta-
ton that the tourists surgtng through the
then presidential residence In New York
stuck their inquisitive noses even into
Mime. Washinston's bedroom.
Every freak and phenomenon who
crops up in the land will imagine that
Mr.. Taft is restless with impatience to
see him. The accompanying picture
shows In front of the White House an
old Oregon pioneer who drove all the
way across the continent to call upon
Mr. Roosevelt. Mrs. Tom Thumb has
called on every president since Lincoln
She came to see Mr. Roosevelt only few
DAYS ago. Another recent caller OF TINS
class was a man who was walking AROUND
the world on wager and who wanted
Mr. Rooseveit's autograph, which he got
Then there are the lunatics. who present
a problem much more serious. Every in
sane man with any imaginary grievance
or a pet scheme for saving the country
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will want to confide it to the new Presi-
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt has been the draw
ing card for the largest assortment of
cranks that have visited any president
in history. few days ago caller OF
this class presented his card, on which
was printed. Acting President Roose-
velt.' and some time before that there
appeared a New Yorker, Offering to sell
his leg to the President for $500 He
followed lunatc who wished Mr.. Roose-
welt to remove a hypnotic speW' which
had been put upon him. The procession
of cranks increases from year to year,
in spite of the fact that each is prompt
~ clapped into st Elizabeths,' the
awesome national bedlam and there de-
tanned until his state authorities send
for him.
Although the system CT espionage
which will perpetually protect Mr.. Taft
from these cranks is as perfect as human
ingenuity can now make 1t. 1t is doubt
full whether, when outdoors, he can ever
Danish the suspicion that some deluded
person. hidden in the cheering crowd or
along the roadway where he drives, may
be laying for him. Since LincoIn's time
all presidents have doubtless felt this
dread, although none would. of course,
admit it. Mr.. Cleveland was long haunt
ed by it. and had a sort OF superstitious
dread of the old 9Th street station, with
its brass star marking the spot where
Garfield stood when shot Mr.. Cleveland
for some time alighted from trains out
side the station yard. where his carriage
awaited him.
Secret service espionage over Mr. Taft
commenced as soon as he was nominated
but it's full force will not be felt until
he rides in the inaugural parade with
detectives lining his carriage on both
sides. But 1t will grow so oppressive
that he will soon come to feel like a
prisoner with a death watch set upon
him. and then he will try to kick over
the traces and escape his guards. Once
he steps out of doors he will never be
out of reach of these inquring eyes,
for even If he wishes to hike out for a
solitary stroll in the woods the secret
service men must keep watch on him
whether he likes it or not. Such an In
cessant suggestion of danger must indeed
be nerve-trying Even within the private
confines of the White House there will
be guards watching every corridor and
hallway leading to the room in which he
happens to be. Should he slip out into
the sleeping-rOom corridor in the middle
OF the night there will be guard even
there to witness the presidential pajama
parade.
MIR. and Mrs. Taft have had to nerve
themselves also to the realization that
their children, too, will be continually in
this lmelisht glare for the next four
This danper carso6 NJ
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T@AR WORSE THAN THAT WHICH BEATS UPON
THRONE - MUST NERVE HIMSELF
AGAINST INCESSANT STARE OF THE MADDEN
ING THRONG-EVERY FREAK AND LUNATIC IN
LAND WILL TRY TO SEE HIM-ESPIONAGE
OVER HIM A CONSTANT SUGGESTION OF DAN
GER-THE LIMELIGHT ALWAYS ON HIS CHILL
DREN ALSO-HE MUST PREPARE TO BE CALUM-
MATED. INSULTED AND EXPLOITED-HIS AD-
VERTISING VALUE-MAGIC OF HIS NAME
WALL STREET WILL TRADE ON HIS PULSE AND
TEMPERATURE.
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lTH the mention of
inauguration d a Y
the mind instinc-
lively turns 10
Was hington, a n d
yet il Is a fact that
not less than four
times has the oath
Of Office been ad-
ministered el S e.
where.
George Washing
ton, though he
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true, save for the fact that Mr. Rcose-
welt does not smoke, and that there are
no liveried White House lackeys. And
now various associations Of busybodies
are passing resolutions protesting against
Mr. Roosevelt's shooting game in Africa.
* <
Like all Of his predecessors Mr.. Taft
must expect a generous share of in
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IERCER than the
proverbial fierce
light that beats
upon q throne" Is
that which glares
upon the Office into
which Mr.. Taft
will be inducted
Thursday next.
No crowned ruler
upon earth Is so
much the victim of
the inquisitive mob
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suit and abuse. Some time ago the
postal inspectors were trying to ferret
out the sender of grossly obscene card
mailed to the President from Richmond
Willett the New York representative who
recently abused Mr.. Roosevelt in the
He use, repeated a cruel calumny which
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Washington and the other generals who
had borne with him the brunt of the
struggle In the field.
Hence the inauguration of Adams was
no great triumph for him. Instead the
citizens of Philadelphia made II the occa-
sion for once more testifying to George
Washington the undying place lie had in
their regard.
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Again he rose, and receiving the oath,
said:
IT swear, so help me. Cod
He then bowed and reverently kissed
the Bible Next moment flag was dis
played on the cupola of the hall. This
was the signal for the beginning of the
artillery salute.
In one respect this Inauguration carried
a sentiment that only one that came after
1t has rivaled.
Washington must have had feelings that
alone in years to come were possible to
Lincoln Washington took the oath OF
office to govern the nation he had made.
and some sixty-five years afterward,
Abraham Lincoln. taking the oath OF Of
flee for the second time, came near shar-
ing the same feelings. for he was taking
a new grip on the control Of the people
he had saved.
Washington's second Inauguration took
place in Philadelphia. for after only two
years of location in New York the capital
of the nation had been removed to Phil
adelphia, which was at that time not only
a center of population, but was the chief
commercial city of the nation, and the
center Of it's wealth and influence.
The second inauguration of Washington
took place on March t. 1893, and there
fore was the first occasion in which a
President was inducted into office on the
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Moreover. Adams suffered in compari-
son with Washington in all the eXternals
The father of his country was six feet
two inches tall, and every contemporan-
eous record comments on his superb, Sc
renely dignitied face and his impressive
bearing. Adams, while not insignificant,
yet completely lacked in the heroic ap-
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(Copyrisht. 1909. by John Elfreth Watkinso
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French journalist who visited Washington
some time since wrote a story which set
forth how Mr. Roosevelt, while seated
with him in one of the White House
parlors. smoking cigar was reminded
by liveried lackey that smoking was
not allowed In the apartment. This was
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passing of the old govern rlent and the
beginning of the new, but it was not un-
til April IA, at Mount Vernon. that Wash
.ngton was informed officially that the
nation had picked him to be the first
leader in it's principal place of power.
Washington made d triumphal trip to
New York, then the capital of the ma
ton. All the way he was acclaimed
with the widest enthusiasm.
1t was at noon April 80. 1883. that the
system of republican government for
which Washington had fought on the bat
tlefield had its practical beginnings when
he was inaugurated as the first chief
executive of a free people.
Unlike many inauguration days that
have followed It, this was a perfect Gay,
sunshiny and warm.
A wonderful throng had gathered in
front of Federal Hall to see the wor-
SHIPPED leader given the oath.
Historians tell of the proud military
step and the grave and serious face
that marked Washington as he stepped
forth OH the balcony. In windows and
streets and on the housetops were his
fellow citizens, and n shout of thrilling
welcome greeted the most distinguished
of all the nations statesmen.
The shout that came from the nations
heart disconnected even the rigid dignity
Of this man of iron. He trenlbled, and
then sat down somewhat abruptly in an
armchair The people. instantly dviniug
the excess Of his feelings. silenced.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Taft have had to nerve
themselves also to the realization that
their children, too, will be continually in
this limelight glare for the next four
years This danger caused Mr.. Roosevelt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-02
WILL BUILD BIG
PLANT IN JACKSON

Jackson, June 1-(Special.)--A mil
lien dollar company mas been organ
lied under the laws OF Arizona for the
purpose OF establishing and operating
a FERTILIZER factory and cotton seed
oil mill at this place.
The company is capitalized at ST.
100000, divided into 100000 shares
of 81 each. J. B. Savage, of Arizona,
who Is said to be a several times mill
nonaire, is president; Rudolf Dolive,
vice president; Ben 3. Whisenhunt,
secretary; J. S. Whisenhunt, treasurer.
The style of the company is The
Clarke County Fertilizer and Oil Com
Mr.. Savage is here today with his
architect. z. c. Butner. of Atlanta,
Ca. is here to figure with these gen.
tlemen on machinery to be purchased
for the factory and mill.
Twenty or more men who are inter-
ested in the enterprise. will be in
jackson the last of this week.
C. w. Renau. the architect. will re-
move his family at once from Jackson.
Miss, to this place.
A noted chemist will be here this
week to examine the phosphate bed
owned by this company. This deposit
Is situated about ten miles northwest
of Jackson and a railroad will be
built from the factory to the mine.
There is talk Of running an electric
railway from Jackson to Grove Hill by
way of the phosphate bed.
The company has secured a site on
the river front at this place near the
railroad The town donates the site.
which contains four or five acres of
ground.