White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08

United States, of which Wheeler is a
| representative, has highest authority.
If the president visits a town, it is
with the understanding that all the
arrangements for his entertainment
shall meet with the approval of the
secret service. This is u primarily
to the fact that the organization
has studied the problem SO thorough
ly that they know the best ways to
avoid confusion and embarrass-
ment; and the approval c. local ar
rangements guarantees a uniformity
of methods throughout the whole
trip.
Keeping the world In touch with
the president, and keeping the presi-
dent In touch with the world, are two
great problems that are never fully
solved until the Swing around the
circle" is ended. In both cases the
Telegraph companies are the links;
to carry out the newspaper reports
from the special train in the first
case, and to carry In official messages
to 1t in the second.
Sending President the News.
"If a message comes to President
Taft, U. S. A. the companies will al
most string a wire II necessary to get
1t to his special train promptly"
said a telegraph official in Washing
ton.
From the time the president leaves
Beverly until he reaches his journeys
end, he is seldom out of sight of the
newspaper men who are detailed with
him. The correspondents are a
recognized official adjunct of the
trip. Their new associations or
papers contribute proportionately to
the cost of the tour, in many cases to
the extent of almost $1,000 each.
The Newspaper Men.
A half-dozen breathless newspaper
correspondents descending upon a
wayside telegraph station with reams
of copy" has produced consterna-
ton many times in the course of the
presidents trips. The telegraph
companies resort to great expense
and elaborate preparations to prevent
congestion or delay either of official
government business or newspaper
reports. Extra operators are in
many cases sent ahead of the presi-
dents party, to help out at small
stations where the president is
scheduled to speak; and capable man.
ayers of the telegraph compinies keep
up with the train and prevent trouble.
Those who travel with him regard
President Taft as a wonderful travel
er. He never gets "peevish" or up
set, whatever turn events may take.
He may be routed out of bed at s
o'clock by shouts from a crowd at
some, small station.
III you don't come out We won't
vote for you" yells "a lusty-lunged
one.
"Hurrah for Bryan" calls an
other.
Make him come out" demand the
leader of the crowd.
Time and again the president has
slipped a ~raincoat or overcoat over
his pajamas, and appeared with
rumpled hair on the back platform to
express an early-morning greeting to
a country town. He figures that a
president only travels that way once
in two or three years, and the people
have a right to demand a word from
him.
While Secretary Wilson takes care
of all official business en- route,
Major "Archieo" Butt relieves the
president of worry over social obliga-
tons or forms. Major Butt is an
eminently capable official. He was
President Roosevelts military aide;
he has a valuable record as an officer
in the Philippines; and has been one
of President Taft's closest friends
and aids.
There is m other important Of
fetal of the presidential tour who
never appears at all. He is chief
Clerk Rudolph Forster, who runs
things in Washington when the presi-
dento Is away; keeps the channels
open to the presidents train; stops
all unimportant matters before 1t
reaches Taft, and handles the storings
that touch the special car wherever 1t
may be. Chief Clerk Forster was
assistant also to President Roose-
Volt and 10 apothor ~ tho invoI,,ohI