Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-16
President Taft Plans to
Take Fewer Trips.
Insurgents "Cut Up" as Soon
As He Leaves Washington.
Remainder Of Session Promises TO
Be More or Less Tempestuous. +,

Washington, d. c.. May l5.-(Spe-
clal).-PrcSident TAFT is surrendering
MS title as the greatest American
traveller Whether this will be hernia.
hehl Is open To question. But he plans
TO travel but little more. beyond going
10 Beverly after the adjournment Of
Congress, till the autumn and perhaps
TIL after election
me insurgents in Senate and House
are IN good part responsible for this
deciSlon which will deprive many
thousands of the American neople OF
an opportunity to see and hear the
hrst oficial Of the land Business has
dragged IN Congress all the winter as
the whole country knows The In
sufSents have been busy putting up
barriers. But whenever the President
started out of town for a few DAYS,
e'e insurgents planned mischief most
"ctiNely ana the deuce was to pay.
II VIII be remembered that Speaker
cannon was put through the supreme
ordeal by Democrats and Insurgents.
When President Taft was in Chicago.
HIS train had hardly gotten out of
the city before the coalition began to
put INTO operation well-laid plans of
previous weeks. These opponents cut
nigh jinkS for several days, upset the
program. and probably delayed the
work of the session fully two weeks.
The Senate insurgents seemed to
nave taken note of the success of high
Jinks IN the House when the President
started away and so he was no more
than on his way to st. Louis before
they started cutting up with the rail-
road bill and gave the regulars the
worst scare known at that end of the
capitol since the word inSurgent was
coined.
The House long ago was straightend
out little, so that Sneaker Cannon
felt little more secure. The Senate
IS being Strengthened out, but it has
taken days of very strenuous work and
no one is quite certain yet how eff
fectiVe the Strengthening process has
been. But no other man can do quite
as much TO steady the situation, when
the insurgents start to raising cain.
He can send for people to come to
the White House offices and the sum-
mons even to a rantankerous irsurgent
is calming. The Regulars feel a little
then it is easy to run up to the White
House of an afternoon or an evening
ard talk things over in the light Of
IN" most recent developments. And it
ityis rcaSsuring to have the Presi-
dents judgment upon given question.
For in the last analysis the RESPONSE
hility is the Presidents and the lead
ers dc not like to follow a course Of
action. which will commit the Pres-
dent in any particular unless the
President has first approved it
so II has come about that a num-
Der of the Presidents most influen-
tal friends in Senate and House have
advised hnn against travelling any
more Will" Congress is in session. 1t
was in compliance with this advice
:hat the President cancelled dates to
go out of town this week and next
week He was to have done consid-
cradle travelling in the month Of May
but has decided To go no where after
the completion of his trip to PaSaic.
y. j., ana to New York City. His trip
t" New Jersey was planned as some
thing al "a political feature. Quite a
campaign is already ON there I'm antici-
patton of big Democratic struggle
to reclaim New Jersey this autumn.
and elect a Democratic Governor ANA
United States Senator.
The President has been figuring on
practically one long trip a month this
winter and he expected to make an
other trip Of about weeks duration
into the West during June. He does
not expect now to take that trip for it
is quite probable, as the signs now
read, that Congress will be in session
well into June. In any event about
as soon as Congress adJourns the
President will start for Beverly to re-
main till into September.
His decision to remain in Washing
ton from this time on till he starts for
the summer capital means that the
President plans to cooperate to his
utmost with the Republicans in Con-
gress, who have remained faithful to
him. He will keep an eye out con-
Stantly upon the Insurgents and make
the activities against them a proml-
nert feature of his administration
For the President has shown anew OF
late his determination to further ms
ciplinary measures within the party
But his cancellation of travelling trips
will also blanket the fire OF the Demo-
Gratis in Congress who have been crlu-
Ching the President for travelling so
mucb and who are planning to- attack
an appropriation on the Sundry Civil
Annronriation bill increasing the
amount of money the government
shall pay for the Presidents travelling
EXPENSES The Sundry Civil bill car
ries an item of $4,000 for that pur-
pose and the purpose is said to be to
make up any deficit there would other
wise be in the appropriation of SIS
600 for the current fiscal year.
The remainder of the session prom
ises to be more or less tempestuous
any way and therefore it is that all
all hands are preparing for constant
and unusually hard work. There is
a deal vet to be done, if all the Presi-
dert has fixed upon as necessary for
this session is disposed Of, While the