Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-24
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FROM WASHINGTON

FROM WASHINGTON
Thanksgiving day at the White
House for President Taft was a pro-
gramme Of work, church work, and
dinner at 7:30 with the biggest turkey
that has ever graced the White House
table. The executive was engaged
with g stcnographer by 9 o'clock and
worked steadily clearing up bis cor
rcspondence until Mrs. Taft in one OF
the big automobile came around to the
executive Offices and took him with
her TO church at ST. Patricks (Catholic).
In. the afternoon, the president and
| Secretary Norton began mapping out
the message. The Thanksgiving din
ner will be served at 1880, with Horace
Vosc's recording breaking 81 pound
turkey the piece de resistance. Those
l. who partook of the feast we're the
president. Mrs. Taft, Miss Helen Taft,
and her four house guests. Miss
Thyllis Rice, Miss Marion Crane, Miss
Isabel Vincend. Miss Gordon Hamil-
ton. Neither Robert nor Charley Taft
vas present. The former is at Harvard
and the latter at his uncle's prepare
cory school in Connecticut.
The Dix boom for president i'll 1912
was started here today by some enthus-
iastic friends of The governor elect OF
New York. The boom takes the form
OF handsome photograph Of the White
House, on which the boomers inscrib-
cl The words: Your next more-from
| Albany to Washington. This is where
We hope TO welcome you two years
hence" 1t was forwarded to the gov
crnor eject today
Theoretically speaking mo admit
taucc' sign will be displayed on the
door OF President Tails sauctum for
the next four days. This applies
particularly to lame ducks" con-
grcssmcn, job seekers, and plain visit
lors. The president is bending every
energy to complete bis message before
December /. He has already dictated
portions Of it while at sea going and re.
| turning from Panama. The document
is practically mapped out and all that
remains is It's actual dictation. In Or
der that he may he free from inter
rup,ion Secretary Norton has plastered
the 10 ?dmttance sign on the presi-
dent : room and under no circumstances
will the executive see anybody, except
cabinet officers, from now until No
vcnibcr 90. Even on Thanksgiving
day, several congressman put in an APP
pcaranco at the White House, hoping
for a conclab, but Secretary Norton
was stern and uurelenting. Repre-
scntatives Kennedy and Dwight left
without getting iuto the sanctum.
I'VE will get ready 10 do business
Immediately after the fall Of the speak
cr's gaycl, and be busy every moment
up unit! March L." This is the con-
grcssional programme for the coming
Scss OH announced todiy at the White
House by Representative Dwight OF
New York. the republican whip OF the
House. Members have been request
ed to be here ready for business and
we expect to be On the jump through
out the session, Dwight concluded"
He was unwilling to make any predlc-
ton as the programme to be considered.
Members Of the Railway Business
Association who were reported to have
said that they would 90 out of business
If the railroads were not allowed to in
crease rates were summoned by the In
rcrsta,e Commerce Commission today
to appear before it and give testimony
in The investigation which is now i'll
progress. Tho commission sent dis
patch TO The president of the assoca-
| ton at the Waldorf Hotel, New York,
informing him that they would be glad
to hear what he had to say. The Rail
Way Business Assoc;ationis composed OF
manufacturers and dealers who sell
supplies Of every kind to the railroads.
Their sales to the railroads amounts
to hundreds of million of dollars an
nua!Iy.