Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-27
CAPITAL CHAT.
Number Of Callers Upon
President Is Owind|ing.
Good Many Maine People In
Washington This Week.
Senator frye's Bill Of Interest To
All Life Saving Officials.

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ciaD.-These are the days when the
number of callers upon the President
at his White House offices is dwin-
ding. Senators and Representative
| come of legislative errands but not as
numerously as when the season was
younger. The pressure of business
| grows less and the President has more
time for the daily grind of business
which pours over his desk in unceas-
ing volume.
June almost invariably marks a let
up in official activities at Washing
ton. AS the weather becomes warmer
the thoughts of the public at large
seem to be less upon the Capitol city
They weary of the Washington date
line in their daily newspapers ana
crave for lighter summer reading than
Congress and the Presidents execu-
tive departments can give them. And
as the attention of the country is less
upon Washington and people are d.
verted from various enterprises under
way there II falling off occurs in the
amount of business disposed of. Some
analysis and planning for the new
fiscal year, beginning July /, on the,
basis of the appropriation bills which
Congress has been enacting, must he
done. But the appropriation bills have
been disposed of earlier than usual
and consequently most of the Depart
ment have their work pretty we'll out
lined for next year
Therefore it is that the long dull
Washington summer promises to begin
early this year almost from the mo-
hat aIi nnrnc nn
President MES away to Beverly. No,
only will it begin early but it will
continue till late this year. The
President will hardly be back in Wash
ington till along i'm October. Members
of the cabinet have not announced
their plans yet but several Of them
Will spend two or three months at
country homes. Secretary of State
Knox will go early to his farm at VAL
! Icy Forge. PENN Attorney General
| Wickersham will hasten away to New
York; Secretary Of the Treasury Mac
| Neagh has already made plans for
spending much of the summer on his
| farm at Dublin. n. H.; Secretary of the
| Navy Meyer will go to his country
place at Hamilton. Mass. There he
will be within close touch of President
| Taft. Secretary Of Commerce and La
| Dor Nasel has already opened his sum-
| iaer home at Marion, Mass, on Cape
| Cod.
| AS three or four members of the
| cabinet will be within easy reach OF
| Beverly. the summer Capital, it is eX-
| pected that an unusual amount or
government business will be transacted
| from there during the summer Prob
| ably there will be occasional meet
| ings OF the cabinet at the President
| summer residence and many officials
will be called on from Washington
| from time to time for conference.
The Maine members of the House
| are anxious for the last day of the
session of Congress to be at hand.
| Their work is practically all done, be-
yond staying around to vote whenever
| there is roll call Gov. Burleigh has
recently returned from Maine, where
he and Mrs. Burleigh went upon the
death of their son, Clarence. He is
taking UP some of the work that ac-
cumulated during his absence. There
is still a little work to be done upon
! the omnibus public buildings bill and
Gov. Burleigh's subcommittee is hav-
certain odds and ends of business.
Governor Burleigh is also making
round up this week and next of the
pension cases that have accumulated
upon his books of late. 1t is well un-
! 6erstood in the Third District that
| he makes point OF looking after the
claims of the veterans which are
pending before the Pension Bureau.
He spends days at time in going over
the papers of third District veterans
on file there to see what can be done
| to hasten adjudication and the pay
ment of the claims. AS the Maine
members very rarely come down to
| Washington during the summer. Gov.
| Burleigh tries to have every pension
case on his books disposed of before
| he leaves Washington at the close of
session of Congress. He has also been
going over the Congressional situation
| in the East with the officials of the
| Republican Congressional Committee.
of which he is member and advising