Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-28
TAFT ON THE WING
Will Receive Election Returns
While Speeding to Capital.
GOING HOME TO CAST VOTE
Starts on Return in the Evening
Of November s.
BULLETINS FROM WHITE HOUSE
Delivery Of Messages Showing Re-
suits to Be Made to President
Aboard Train.
GOING HOME TO CAST VOTE
BULLETINS FROM WHITE H0Us1

Returns from the election of next Tues
day a week-fraught with interest most
unusual for an "off year''-wiIl have to
catch President Taft on the wing. The
President will be travelling throughout
election night. returning to Washington
from Cincinnati, where he goes to ex-
ercise his right OF suffrage.
Leaving Cincinnati in the early aft
ernoon OF election day, after having
spent about six or seven hours In his
home city, the President probably will
receive the first scattering returns, show
ing the drift in the eastern states, when
he reaches Columbus shortly before 6
O'Clock in the evening. central time. BY
that hour the result in New York state,
it is expected, can be accurately fore
casted. In many of the upstate New
York cities and towns voting machines
are used, and the returns are promptly
and automatically computed. These early
returns from upstate, with scattering
districts in Greater New York, should be
sufficient to tell how the tide is running.
Facilities for Collecting News.
Arrangements are being made in the
telegraphic division at the White House
to furnish the President promptly with
all the news available in Washington.
Special wires will be looped into the
telegraph room at the executive offices,
and concise bulletins will be prepared
and forwarded from there to tho Presi.
0ent tram. so tar as known no attempt
Will be made to use wireless. The train
Will make number of unusual stops to
pick up the news for the President, and,
sitting in the observation parlor OF his
private car, Mr.. Taft will be kept almost
as Intimately and directly in touch with
the situation as though he were In the
White House at Washington.
This is the first time, so far as can be
recalled by White House attaches, that
such q novel plan has had to be devised
to inform q President OF important eiec-
ton. results. Mr.. Roosevelt used to 20
to Oyster Bay to vote at all elections,
but he always returned to Washington
IN time to get the news at the White
House. Cincinnati being more distant
makes 1t impossible for the President to
get back to Washington until the morn
ing after the ballots have been cast
Columbus is tho first stop scheduled for
the Presidents train. After that 1t is
expected that he will receive returns at
Newark Coshocton. Dennison and Steu-
benville. before reaching Pittsburg short
ly afteE Il o'clock. eastern time.
81. Inc RESIDENTS train will stop ten or
lieved that at that point the returns will
be sufficient to indicate the result in
practically all the states where the in
teresting fights have been waEed Travel
ing the greater part Of the afternoon and
evening through his home state OF Ohio.
the President will get the result Of the
balloting in that state almost firsthand.
Several clerks and stenographers prob.
ably will accompany the President to
handle the returns as they are re-
ceived.
Presidential Custom.
1t usually has been tho custom OF
Presidents on election nights to receive
the returns in the library Of the White
House. Cabinet members and other pub
lie officials Of prominence who happen
to be in the city always are invited to
spend the evening with the President
and share In the jubilation Of victory or
the sorrow OF defeat, as the case may
be. President Taft Is not likely to have
any high officials with him on the train
| returning from Cincinnati Even Secre-
tary Norton, who goes to Chicago to
vote. will not be among those present.
Reaching Washington on the morning OF
Wednesday. November 8. the President
will spend but a few hours in this city,
leaving again in the afternoon for
Charleston. S. c., and sailing from that
city for Panama at noon November 10.