The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
When He Gets Back This Evening
President Will Find Much
Work to Do.
SEVERAL VACANCIES TO FILL
Besides Appointing Officer Holders,
Executive Will Have Plenty Of
Other Business on His Hands-Will
Not Get Comfortably Down to Work
Until First of Next Week.

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 10.-Wear-
led by his fifty seven day trip across
the continent and return, President
Taft reaches home tonight to and his
! desk piled high with matters demand
ing his attention. First of all he will
have TO fill great many vacancies in
public office. Next i'm Importance 70
the appointment of an associate JUS
tice of the supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of JUS
tice Peckham is the appointment of
minister to China. Then there is
new assistant secretary of the treas
ury to be selected and also an assist
ant secretary of commerce and labor.
Since the beginning of the present
administration senator's and repre-
sentatives have not Jared very well in
their quest for places in the govern
ment service for constituents, and
there are plenty of indications that
as soon as the president gets back %
work he will be besieged by the place
hunters.
New Tariff Law on Hands.
But the president will have plenty
of business to engage his attention.
aside from that connected with the
filling of offices. For one thing, he
has the new tariff law on his hands.
When he departed on his $4,000
trip. the indications were that the
law would probably go into effect
without a great deal of friction, but
before he had turned his face home
ward complications OF an important
nature had arisen. He returns to
find the country on the verge of a
tariff war with Germany. France AMI
Canada, with the prospect that com
plications with other countries may
arise. The new tariff law provides
the president with a so-called tariff
board of three members, which is to
assist him i'm arriving at a decision AS
to whether the maximum rate shall be
applied against any particular prov
ince or country, but after all the re-
sponsibility will all fall on the chief
executive. So IL is evident that Mr..
Taft will have to give close attention'
to tho situation that has developed
since he started on his long trip last
September.
To Wesleyan Tomorrow.
The president is not likely to get
comfortably settled down to work be-
fore the first of next week, as he IS
scheduled TO leave Washington to-
morrow night for Middletown, Conn
to attend the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Shankln of Wesleyan University.
lt was originally intended that
the president should visit New
Haven on this trip. but in his
anxiety to get back to work as
soon as possible the arrangements for
the New Haven visit have been can
celled After his return from Middle
town the president is likely to remain
in the capital until congress assem-
bles. with the exception Of brief
trip to Norfolk At the end of next
week to address the waterways con-
vention there.
Has New Private Office.
Following his long absence from the
capital, the president will resume
work in the new executive offices Of
the white house. His new private Of
fee Is a circular room, plain In ap-
pearance, but light and attractive. II
Is fitted 'out to n large extent with
woods from the Philippines. The new