The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03
HALTS TO REST
Taft Will Be at Hot Springs
Until Monday.
Has Made a New Record for
Trips by Presidents.
COVERS 13,436 MILES
Will Add 1884 Miles before
Swing" Is Completed.
Greatest Number of Stops Were
Made in Kansas.

Hot Springs. Nov. 8.-AIthough
President Taft had planned a four
days stay in Hot Springs with the idea
Of resting, he will do some work here
on his annual message to congress.
Mr. Taft reached Hot Springs today.
mrs TART met him at the station and
tney were driven to the hotel that
VIII be the White House" until Mon
Gay. Almost as soon as breakfast was
over Mr. Taft hurried out to the golf
INKS TO play his second game since
ne left Beverly on Sept. Is. Secretary
H1IIes stopped at Washington. Mr.
HllIes will collect data from various
government departments for use of
the president in writing his message.
Mr- Taft will devote much attention
IN the coming message to a discussion
OF tariff reform with reference to the
forthcoming report of the tariff board
on the wool and cotton schedules. He
will discuss the trust question: and
recommend that the federal incorpor-
ation Dill drawn up and presented to
congress two years ago be enacted in
to law.
The reports of both the Hughes
commission which is investigating sec
Ond class postage rates and the rail-
road security committee which is
looking into the question of stock
watering will be in Mr.. Taft's hands in
few days and they will enable him
to treat these matters in his message
Conservation, some discussion of
Alaska, a naval organization as
suggested in the presidents state
ment issued on the yacht Mayf1oWer
yesterday after the naval review at
New York and currency reform are
among the matters which will be
brought to the attention of congress.
Has Set a New Mark.
According to the official figures OF the
swing around the circle kept under
the direction Of Secretary Hilles tho
trip has been the longest ever taken
by president. In going from Beverly.
Mass, to Hot Springs by way of Seat
tie, San Francisco, Los Angeles Wash
ington and a few hundred other cities,
Mr. Taft has Travelled 13, ,436 miles, beat
ing his own previous record by about
800 miles.
Before he returns to Washington Cor
the winter the president will visit Ohio,
Kentucky and Tennessee and will add
1884 miles to the record. Mr.. Hilles'
Swing" figures show that Mr.. Taft
passed through 26 states and made
speeches in 20 of them.
The governor of each state gave him
a welcome and Governor Colquit of
Texas, a state which was not visited.
met him in Kansas. United States SEN
atOrs to the number of q met the
president at various times, six of these
senators were Democrats and seven
were acknowledged insurgents
About a dozen senators pledged their
the trip. Seventy-seven members of The
house were on reception committees or
welcomed Mr.. Taft c1 his car.
The president has been "on the road"
4S days since he left Beverly and start
ed west. In that time his train stop
ped at 205 cities, towns and villages.
He made 306 speeches Of all sorts and
lengths and according to M. Hilles'
record he spoke to more than one and
a half million persons, while almost five
million caught a glimpse of the chief
executive.
The greatest number Of stops in any
state was made in Kansas where Mr..
Taft delivered 33 addresses, four more
than he made in washington, the near
est competitor. Chicago heard him
speak eleven times, Los Angeles ten
times and ST. Louis six times, but many
cities got but one address and at scores
of stopping points it was only a good
morning and goodby'' from the rear
platform.