Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-05-20
WASHINGTON LETTER
ey Carl scnofIlLD. special CORE.

" ~NkL SCHOFIEID. Special Corre-
spondent.
WSiam Howard Taft is president of
me United States. yet be is not mas
Ter IN his own house. His servants
WIN not carry out his orders. What
boots it. one may ask. 20 be president
and YET unable 10 rule under one
own roOfg
This does not mean that President
TAFT Is treated with disrespect ny
White House servants. Only in one
hHgcuiar do they ignore his REQUESTS.
The one thing about which personal
Instructions from Mr.. Taft are ignored
concern his personal movements. He
IS never permitted 10 leave the White
House without a secret service man
arrendiag him. II the president goes
out TO Chevy Chase 10 play golf. to
nooIsday wedding or the theater at
night you may be sure that one OF
these guardians Is near.
Ths Presidents 8odyauard.
The secret service men ON duty AZ
Tue White House have one standing
order. II is never to let the president
gei out OF their sight beyond xe linn
-its Of the executive mansion. It is not
necessary for the president 10 send
word 20 his guardians when be is
about 90 depart. Every doorkeeper.
maidserVant and Hanservant in the
executive mansion is under the most
mandatory injunction TO send word at
once TO the secret service men when
the president is about to leave. He
mny be IN his living rooms late at
night and suddenly determine 70 take Z
walk. When he reaches for his hat 4
the word IS phoned to the executive /
Offices, and Chief Wilkes men are on /
the alert.
When an order IS seut 10 the garage F.
or the stable fer the Taft automobile +
or carriage word goes az the same time
10 the secret service men. The presi 4
dent accepts the situation philosophl-
cally. il is said. and has never once
suggested that be did not desire the I
attendance of a secret service man.
Probably he knows that it would be
useless for him TO make such 4 re-
quest.
Sideshows Barred.
ltincrant pugilists. champion leg
breakers. travelling ft throwers and
other freaks get little encouragement
at the White House these days. Presi-
dent Taft has little desire TO study cir {
Gus and vaudeville curiosities. The /
professional contortionists and other ]
sideshow attractions which performed
before delighted audiences in the east
room under the Roosevelt regime are
row rigidly barred not only from that
historic apartment. but from the White
House generally.
The Canal Exposition.
All efforts Of Washington business 9
men TO obtain the exposition IN com r
Of the opening Of the Z
Panama canal are now considered fu- g
tile by officials Of the chamber of com a
merce. President Taft. who has been .
sounded. is still in favor Of New Or
leans. as be promised the Louisiana
delegation several weeks ago. and his %
second choice is San Francisco. Con y
-ressional leaders, IL is stated. would u
object 10 any appropriation for an ex-
iosltiOn in Washington
san Francisco. through the Spreck-
IS financial interests. is already pre-
laring a campaign for a 100000
iund, of which one-half viii be taken
~ by the Spreckels interests them
selves. II is believed that New York
inanciers closely identified with the
jaIif0rnians will share pro rata In un-
the financing Of the expOsi-
ion. AS the plans stand now. for
very S20O0O00 Of private capital the
government will be requested to con-
ribute half as much. This plan. it is
aid has the support of influential
members of the senate and house
Washington Memorial Fund.
Business men Of the capital have
practically pledged 100000 to the
George Washington Memorial associa-
ion IA its purpose 10 erect an immense
auditorium to be used for inaugural
balls. international congresses and an
cuai conventions OF patriotic. scien-
inc. educational and other societies.
The association is striving TO raise So
I0O.C09 with which TO erect the build-
ing and provide an endowment fund
Red cros-. Protection.
Miss Mabel Boardman and Major
General George W Davis made eIO
queut pleas before the committee on
foreign affairs for the protection Of
T ne emblem Of the American Nation
al Red Cross from designing adver-
Users and Others who are utilizing
the popularity Of that institution 10
promote the sale of their wares. Miss
Boardman said that no fewer than 1876
manufacturing concerns were now US
ing the name and emblem to Increase
the popularity Of their products. Rep
-esentative DENLY has introduced
bill seeking to protect the Red Cross
came and emblem from such use.
Long IN the Service.
The oldest Democrats in the house in
point Of service are Representative ".
a. Jones Of the First Virginia district
and Representative Leonidas E. Liv-
ineston Of Georgia They began their
service at the opening OF the Fifty
second congress and have served con-
.inuousiy since. On March 4. 1911.
each viii have rounded ont twenty
wears in the house.
The only Republicans who have
served longer than these two Demo
Gratis are Cannon Of Illinois. Bingham
Il Pennsylvania. Payne OF New York.
and DalzeH Of Pennsylvania. Hull Of
Iowa has served the same length OF
zinc as Jones and Livingston. Uncle
Toe Cannon has had eighteen terms. Z