The Detroit times., 1910-05-17
wHAr ELsE rAFT Did.

( Monday, sept. 0.--Motored to N.Y.
opia Hunt club after breakfast; soii
until lunch guests Secretaries bal-
linger and Meyer. GOV prs ,bnt
Butt. President presented trophies
10 Myopia horse show winners aIIeI
lunch. Motored home TO Beverly an
time 10 change into dinner clothes
Evening. conferred two and hali
hours with Secretary Ballinger anu
Oscar l.awler on answers TO CLAWS
charges.
Tuesday, sept. 7.-President mo-
tored after breakfast TO Brookllhy
Country club. Played golf Until
1915 with Rev, e. r. Carter, 1ale
classmate. and Others. Al 2. presl-
dent motored TO estate of sherman
l. Whipple for the field day OF the
Yale club OF Boston. Luncheon NO
was served. Watched Yale alum
nj play students at baseball until D
Motored home. dressed for dinner,
had II, and spent evening conferrlhs
with Ballinger
Wednesday, sept. s.-Played golt
from . TO IL a. m From noon un-
I'll dinner time conferred with h.
Dana Durand. census director. rela-
tive TO selection Of census super
visors. Secretary Ballinger called
at 1915. but stayed only isw'
minutes.
Thursday. sept. 0.--Played goLt
from to IL a. IN. From ii TO -:So
attended routine business, signing
letters, commissions. etc. ~
o'clock went on board yacht May
Hover to award trophies TO wth-
ners OF international sondercldsss
races and 10 preside at luncheon.
Returned home in time Tor au'o-
lobile ride with Mrs. Taft and DIM
ner, Evening at home and unoe-
cupied.
Friday. sept. IO.--Gols from 1880
to IL. Al his desk over routine bGs-
mess from noon until J y; M Al >
received Prince kinlyoshi Kun,
grandson OF the mikado. Dinrsf ana
evening auto ride with Mrs. Tau
Saturday. Sept. II.-Review Rev
erly firemen and parade OF All me
Grand Army camps or Essex county
Late In the afternoon, AFTER me
ceremonies, Secretary MacNeasn
discussed personnel OF tarln boar u
with the president. Usual program
as TO dinner and automobile ride
with Mrs TAFT
sunday. sept. AZ. - Atty. -Gen.
Wickersham caught the president as
he was starting for chuich' ana
they had a short talk,
Monday. Sept. I3--Assistant Atty
Gen Lawlera arrived. Lawier
brought documents, probnoly TIE
memoranda" with him. president
Taft spent most OF the day Wl.n
Boston speech, which he delivered
the following evening. The uslai
auto ride took place, Monday even
ing the president spent with Ally
Gen. Wickersham. Their topic was
the Ballinger case. This evening
the president signed and sent 10
Ballinger his clean bill OF health
and issued the order discharglns
Glavis
The documents which President
Taft says he carefully considered
during this very busy week cover
65l pages of the official pamphlet
In which the senate finally printed
them. They amount TO approx
mately 100000 words.
The average novel OF today con-
tains $4,000 words. 1t takes the
average individual about eight
hours TO read such novel. The
careless reading OF eight such nov
els would take at least 81 hours.
two solid days and Is hours over.
The documents so carefully con-
sIdered" by Taft were dry. sohd.
complicated, and full OF detail and
figures that had to be mastered II
judicial opinion was TO be based
upon them II Is left TO the reade:
10 figure for himself where the
president found the necessary time
for this.