The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-13
He Finishes His Is, 600
Mile Trip Exactly
on Time.
ARDUOUS TASKS
AWAITING HIM
Message to Congress to Be Writ
ten and Successor to Associate
Justice Harlan Appointed.
No Selection Yet Made for
Place on Supreme
Bench.

4
Washington. d. C., November -
The White House Is occupied again
President Taft swung down from h,s
I private car in the Union Station here
this morning at 6.i5. exactly on time
at the end of his $4,000 mile trip. and
I hfteen minutes later the glass doors OF
the Executive Mansion opened for him
IL was the Presidents first call there
since August 22. excepting only for q
stop between trains two weeks ago
There were few persons IN the sta
tion when the presidential train pulled
in. only few policemen and q mum
! Der OF Whtse lIouse employees. Mrs
4 Iaft. who was expected here before the
| President, came tonight. The Presi-
dent had breakfast and luncheon alone.
| attended church and spent the remain
der of the day in resting and receiving
callers. He took a long walk through
the streets OF the capital In the rain
| late In the afternoon.
| There are two matters before Mr..
TAFT that he regards as most important.
! His third annual message is yet to be
I written. and although data for 1t hos
/, been assembled, he has not written any
part of IT. In addition to writing the
message. the President intends to give
much consideration to the appointment.
| OF successor to the late Supreme
Court Justice Harlan and to the naming
OF men 10 MI other important judic;a.
! vacancies.
! For the Supreme Court vacancy alone
there have been more than forty rec
ommendation. but the President has
| made no determination as to whom he
shall name. nor does he expect to do so
| for several weeks.
| Still After the Trusts
| As forecast In his speech TO the
Chamber OF Commerce of Pittsburgh
| several weeks ago. Mr.. Taft expects
| TO recommend in his message .'con
structive legislation" to strengthen
and to make more certain the regula-
tlon of trusts" Federal incorpora.
| tion. which he has recommended here
tofore. probably will be put UP to Con-
gress. What additional legislation the
| President may suggest he has not de-
| terrnined.
| Professor Emery and A. II. Sanders,
of the Tarin Board. conferred with the
President a the White House to-day
about the report on the wool and cot
ton schedules of the tariff the board
promised to make by December /.
The tariff Will hgurc in the Presi-
dents message. and his desire to rec
ommend reduction in the wool and
cotton schedules. IL the Tariff Boards
Investigations warrant such reductions.
was told on many a platform during
| the trip
| Two other reports that may figure
In the message have been place. before
! the President One IS from the Rail
road Securities Commission. of which
President Hadley, of Yale. Is chairman.
dealing with. the question OF stock wa
| tering and overcapitalization: the other
is from the Postal Commission. on
| which Supreme Court Justice Hughes
is chairman. and deals with second
class postage rates. These reports
| have not been examined by the Pres.
I dent. Among other subjects that may
be discussed in the message are con-
servation. currency reform, reorganiza-
| tion OF the navy and government econ
| omy.
Get Together Movement.
| President Tafts return was the sig
+. nal for get together movement on
/ the part of many politicians and 9TH
ers who have been anxiously awaiting
the time when they could get in hand
ception of his regular summer vaca-
tions at Beverly, this is the longest
time which the President has been
away from Washington since he enter
| ed the White House. He has now come
| in touch with the people of every part
OF the country. except the far South,
since he left the national capital in
September, and should. and probably
is, we'll acquainted with the public
/ pulse
| No sooner had the big doors of the
| White House swung open to receive
the President from his long trip than
| the executive mansion took on rs
winter-like appearance. with Mrs
| Taft and Miss Helen Taft both with
| the President and with the big White
House full of visitors, everything will
| run along in regular style until the
leaves on the trees outside announce
| that another summer is at hand, and
| with 1t another vacation.
| The coming social season at the
| White House will be interesting for
a number Of reasons. especially SO in
| view of the fact that 1t may be the
| Taft's last one in that historic place
For this reason, 1t Is said. everything
| possible Will be done to make Miss
Helen the real White House daughter
! get every possible bit of pleasure from
\ this winters entertainments. The
small social affairs which this young
woman and her mother will give from
time to time will be eagerly coveted
Just as much on in fact as the formal
stately dinners and receptions which
will come also at various times dur
Ing the next few months. !.
KILLED BY PARACHUTE DROP