The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
RETURN OF TAFTS
EAGERLY AWAITED
Especial to The rimes.pisnatch.

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Washington. October 14.-Washing-
ton, to-day the quietest place on the
political map. will see an entire change
before the coming month Is many days
old. November Is the time when the
capital city rouses from its slumber
shakes off its hot weather slugg!shness
and begins a general house cleaning
Tor the next six or eight months. The
knobs to the big front door are polish
ed up. and everything is put TO rights
because that is the time when the
White House takes on Its winter habits
and 1t will be away along in summer
again before another period of quietude
comes.
Naturally all political and social life
deYolves around the White House in
Washington. There the future politi-
cal career of many man is made or
marred, and likewise there many q
bouncing belle from the backwoods gets
her first peep into real big society
II 1t Is difficult to get the ear OF
the President, politically, 1t is equally
as hard sometimes to get near the
White House along social paths but
there are many just now who will
eagerly watch for the homecoming of
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft, the former from his
long swing around the country, and the
latter from her home at Beverly. They
November. and right then will begin
one of the brightest and most attrac-
tive Aaasons in Washington's social
history.
When the President rubs the dust
from his desk when he gets back from
his Western trip and digs down into
the pile of business, which has accum-
ulated since he left, he will find a plen
ty to occupy his time for many months
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place to be filled. ranging all the way
from judges and district attorneys
and commissioners of various kinds
down to the filing of small postmas-
tershops at many cross-road towns.
Important Vacancies to FIJI.
ne of the best commissionershps
which the President will be called
upon to fill will be that held by the
late Senator Carter as a member OF
the joint high commission to investi-
gate and report upon the waterway
and boundary rights between the
United States and Canada. Last year,
when the former Montana Senator
went down in the landslide which
shook the country from end to end
and terminated the congressional
career of many Congressman, Presi-
dent Taft thought 1t would be a nice
thing to give Carter a good, soft place
Win Httle TO 90 ana with a tat salary
at the end. So the Montana man was
landed in the commissioners place and
held 1T until he died. short time ago
Now 1t Will be up to the President to
name successor to Senator Carter
and there are already number of
men in the field for it.
Another thing the President will
have to do will be to name one or two
commissioners to the Panama Expo
sition to be held in San Francisco. For
several months a former member OF
the House from Virginia has been
camping around the White House.
using all possible influence. in tho
hope of landing this place. There
will be excellent remuneration in 1t
and not a great deal of labor, with
the added advantage of being In
position OF taking advantage OF any
business opportunities which might
arise. Therefore. Mr.. Taft will have
to decide among several candidates
when he comes back which he will
name.
Thess matters. with the hundreds
OF smaller ones which must have at
tention at the White House from day
to day. will well nil the Presidents
time for many months when he shakes
tho dust of his long trip upon his re-
turn TO Washington early next month.
He has covered many thousands of
miles since he went West Meantime
vast pile OF business has accu-
mulated. 3. II, Nee.