The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-19


ihai iie President selected f0 80 fo iHf
isihmus with Nr Taft engineers who
would strongly adrisa ihn construction
I NJ lock canal a. tho story INNS ilU
I President bad limitations that Mr Tar
| was inclined CD favor n sea Lowell
project and hoped hy che influence %
I distinguished engineers t0 dissuado hm
from recommending it
Furthermore enc story goes that Mr.
/ Taft comrrshendcl fully Inc prcs
dent IS purpose In the selection Of eng
uccra bout ihnt be- rather welcomed The
/ company of advocates Of the lock
/ canal ll0 wanted to learn during OBJ"
I visit to the isthmus reasons iu fun rc.
gariiug that form 90 project and d.
iormiuo whether be was warranted n
urging the sweeping change involved.
This representation Of convictions
held hv the two mcn-which Is prob.
ably true in essentials. although, known
hero mostly through The channels ~
gossip-is being cited as evidence Of
barriers that. IL is claimed, are rising
between the two men. II does not
mean that they have quarrcled or are
likely TO quarrel. But MIR Taft, as Wis
/ itors from the South have recently been
noting, is making MP his mind about
numerous matters affecting the conduct
Of his administration. When he once
| forms his opinions Mr.. Taft is very
| tenacious of them. Those who have
visited him recently say he is not only
becoming more Independent but also
more cautious, as might be expected Of
one who finds himself approaching the
great responsibilities of the presidency.
| Although he knows as does the coun.
try, that he put away a denomination
which could have been his without the
asking and which in all probability
would have been as good as a reelec-
ton, President Roosevelt does not al.
together enjoy the contemplation of re-.
| tirement to private life He did not
altogether relish Mr., Taft's failure to
| honor his request in behalf of Mr..
Loeb The President has not been par.
ticularly sensitive about it, although the
realization that Mr.. Taft was not to
bring Mr.. Loeb TO his cabinet table
was rather new sensation for man
who has been accustomed TO having his
own way for over seven years
The President IS enemies and those
who do not approve of his administra'
ton have been filling the public eye
ever since last November with predic
tions that Mr.. Taft would be more con
servative than his predecessor and that
the country would have a much needed
rest. OF late the President has not
been unmindful that there are intluen
tial men in Congress and out of it, who
feel so intensely, that they are offer
ing mp thanks at he close of every
day because the time till March ha
been reduced by twenty four hours. III
fought Congress vigorously in the hop'
: of impressing its members with TIL
: fact that they could not regard him n
: n dead lion during the short session
: He stirred mp n deal if hostility am
y the country rallied to his side of tn
controversy, hut after all the Prcsiden
y accomplished nothing in the way o
u legislation. Congress has enacted n
reform laws this winter. It's leader
never intended to.
5 Cooling Towards Successor.
g The President believes in Mr. Taft
b ms he always has, and leaving Wash
0 ington, will wish him well. But, afte
z all is said, he is not so enthusiastic nov
\ about the work of his successor in of
1 flee as he was three months ago. Thi
10 may be due quite ms much to the prais
G that Mr.. Roosevelt S enemies have bee
?, extending to Mr.. Taft as to anything
c Mr. Taft has done himself.
r Credits Tennis Cabinet.
> Testing the country over at the ex
. pense of the tennis cabinet finds n
-, responsive chord with President RoosC
:. welt. He has not hesitated of late {
4 let people know as much. To the meT
=, who have been playing tennis with hin
!, at the rear of the White House Office
. for several years, the President at
= tributes much of the success he has ha
in urging forward reforms that hav
8 been feature of his administration.
OF course some members of the tenni
= cabinet have been members of the rca
cabinet but it is quite possible that tn
, President would ascribc to the fOrme
: body quite MS much credit as to tn
=, latter, who are his constitutional aG
:. viscrs. Some of his words of late woul
. indicate as much. He picked them fo
=, the tennis cabinet for two reasons. On
- was that he wanted to keep in clos
/, touch with men who We're thorough,
=, loyal TO him and 20 his ideas and VIII
~. We're rcsourceful in putting into opcri
tiOns the plans that he and they favo
~ ed. The President has stated that d
- course the members Of the tennis cab
p net had to know how TO play tennis q
i, least little. That was the secon
- consideration he had in mind in invi
" ing them to the White House tenn
- court.
NJ The last member of the tennis cab
;, net to become member of the ret
# cabinet is Secretary of State BncO
4 who is to be the premier of the la
p month of the Roosevelt administrator
n. He is already holding office, having bee
- nominated to the Senate and confrmC
10 there, the same as all Secretaries {
= State are. Mr., Bacon wanted the hon'
=, of being Secretary of State, whiC
q he will now enjoy all March 4. Wi
II, his entrance into the cabinet there a
NJ really four members of the tennis cal
a. net sitting around the table at Il
% biweekly meetings in the White Hon
ho offices. Secretary of the Interior Ga
4, field, who is soon going back to oh
na to resume the practise of law, is Of
~ of them; Postmaster General Meyer
4, another, and Secretary of the MAJ
~ Ncwberry is the fourth. The last tw