New-York tribune., 1910-06-27
Members of Congress Crowd
Every Outgoing Train.
TAFT DEPARTS TOMORROW
President Spends Day Quietly,
Attending Church and Talk
ing with Secretary.
fFron The Tribune Bureau ]

washington. June 26.-The quiet Of "tht
day after has settled on Washington, and
the national capital is preparing for its
usual summer season of hot and peaceful
solitude. Hotel porters. cabmen and
drivers of baggage wagons were pushed to
their best efforts to-day. for the exodus
of statesmen was at it's height. Every
outgoing train was crowded with Senators
and Representatives who are anxious to
get back to their constituents to give an
account of their stewardship. Probably 90
per cent of the members of both branches
have left Washington, and most of the
belated statesmen will go this week.
President Taft's last Sunday in Wash
ington before his departure for the sum
mer capital at Beverly. was in Striking
contrast with the strenuous days or ias'
week The President followed the biblical
Injunction enjoining rest on one day out
Of the seven and felt he was Justly
entitled to it, After attending the ser
vice at All Souls Unitarian Church this
morning he returned to the White House
and sought the comfort of the back We
randa, overlooking the White lot He had
long talk with Secretary Norton NC
visitors were admitted to the White House
this morning The President had lunch
con with few intimate friends and 1T
the afternoon took horseback ride Mr.
Taft will leave for Beverly late Tuesday
afternoon. Tomorrow and Tuesday will
be devoted to saying "soodby" and to
clearing up urgent official business which
could not be considered on account of the
rush of the closing days of the session
Speaker Cannon at Office.
The Capitol was practically deserted to-
day. Speaker Cannon and Representative
Mann were at their offices for several
hours shortly after noon In his closing
speech last night Uncle Joe" said he
would go home putting behind me without
malice the contests through which the
House has passed" In this spirit OF meek
ness and good will Mr.. Cannon attended
what he called prayer meeting this
morning. and when he reached the Capt.
toI he looked as fresh as a daisy. and said
he felt like boy out of school.
Mr.. Cannon and his daughter Helen vii
start this week for Danville. The Speak
er's campaign itinerary Is now being made
up. Since it was announced that he would
deliver a few Chautauuua addresses he ha:
had more than a hundred invitations. On
July Z he will speak at Urbana, Ohio, and
the following day 1t is probable he viii go
to Saratoga Springs. n. Y, TO address the
Republican editors. On July 10 he VIII
speak at Winfield, Kan
Most of the Cabinet officers viii leave
Washington in the course of the next ten
days. Postmaster General Hitchcock will
be here month or SO longer, for on him viii
fall the burden of preparing for the estab-
Iishment of postal savings banks. Mr..
Hitchcock will be unusually busy for the
next few days. as most Of the Senators
and Representatives still, in Washington
desire to have word with him regarding
postoffice appointments which have be IN
held up awaiting adjournment. OF the
sixty-seven nominations not confirmed by
the Senate hfty-four are postmasters, and
in many instances IL Is probable recess ap-
pointments viii be made.
Postoffice Swamped with Mail.
The receiving division of the washington
city postoffice was swamped to-day with Of
fetal mail of departing members of Con-
gress. Four big mail wagons made many
trips to and from, the Senate and House
office buildings gathering up boxes and
bags. Tons of printed matter. mostly
speeches, are going forward to anxious con-
stituents for perusal before the primaries
The garden seed season is at an end, but
in it's place has come the season of speeches
and farmers bulletins. Some members OF
Congress have written personal letters to
every voter in their district. while others
have sent or are sending seeds, bulletins or
speeches to every voter. All this matter
under the franks of Senator's and Repre-
sentatives.
One of the insurgents from Wisconsin.
who is facing hard figh. in the approach
ing primary. flooded his district with
printed matter. Some of this matter is
twenty years old and will be useful for
starting fires in many Wisconsin homes
The Wisconsin Representative Heard that
the Committee on Disposition of Useless
Executive Papers had ordered the destruc-
ton of large assortment of public doeu-
ments which had been accommodating for
years in the basement of the Capitol He
put in a claim FOR these documents and in
them to Wisconsin. They relate to rivers
In Florida, sheep grazing in Texas, the
water supply of Nevada and other subjects
which breath the spirit of insurgency and
let the voters back home know their Repre-
sentative is ION the job" and hopes to be
able to return to the sd Congress
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