Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
PRESIDENT AND WHITE.
HOUSE.

4 national campaign for election OF
President. in which William Howard Taft
met defeat at the polls: foreign relations
focused upon the troubled conditions in
Mexico. where many Americans have lost
life and property: suggestions to Congress
on matters of national polity conveyed in
many messages. and, as regards AFFAIRS
in the District of Columbia, the selection
Of successors to the incumbents on the
board of commissioners. have occupied
most of the attention OF the chief magis-
trate Of the nation during the year
passed.
To the Canal Zone. as far north as
south as Florida. has the President trav-
eled in the course of the year. Much OF
his Reorganization was In the interest OF
his candidacy for reelection to the presl-
dency. Enunciation Of his views on socio-
logical questions Of moment in the de-
velopment Of the republic obtained even
more Of his attention in speeches made
over the country.
Economy in Administration.
A message on economy in the admins
tration of the business Of the United
States government was the subject of an
early April message to Congress. Gov.
Marshall Of Indiana was a visitor at the
White House. Judicial appointments was
the theme Of President Taft i'm a speech.
He laid the corner stone Of the University
Club House in Washington. Maj. T. l..
Rhoads was selected as personal aid to
the President, succeeding Maj. Archibald
Butt. lost in the Titanic disaster.
President Casts His Ballot.
The THANKSGIVING procla ms zion WAS is
sued as one Of the first incidents OF No
vember. the President then proceeding to
his home at Cincinnati. Ohio. to cast his
ballot at the polls in the presidential cleo
ton at which he was a candidate for re-
election. He heard the results of the cleo
ton at his home in Cincinnati, where he
spent the night, returning to Washington
the following day. Secret service men
were detailed as guard to DR.. Woodrow
Wilson. the President-to-be. Reorganiza-
ton of the republican party. split by the
detection of the progressive element. was
considered by the President and his ad
visers. The President made a speech in
New York city on his way to attend a
meeting OF the Yale trustees in New
Haven. Conn. At the banquet of the
Lotus Club, New York city. the President
in happy vein discussed the results of the
election and his own defeat.
Returning to Washington, the President
lOOh up the WU II OL preparing Ills IlcS-
sage to Congress. Medals Of honor were
presented to five soldiers. No work was
done by the President Thanksgiving day;
he ate dinner with his family. Two Unit
ed States marshals in Texas were re-
moved for partisan activity during the
campaign.
Discusses Foreign Relations.
The President submitted his annual mes
sage to Congress on the subject of foreign
relations. on the assembly Of the national
legislature early in December Bills for
pensioning ex-Presidents were introduced
in House and Senate. In a second mes
sage to Congress the President opposed
freedom for the Philippine Islands. Rural
credit was the topic Of a conference at
the White House with the governors OF
states following their meeting in Rich
mond The President accepted the tender
Of the Kent professorship at Yale as an
following the expiration of his
term of office. A delegation Of Kitikak
Indians called on the Great White Father.
The President and party went to Pana-
ma before Christmas. returning to WASH
Ington the last day Of the old year: the
canal was inspected and the President Of
Panama entertained the distinguished Wis
itors.
President-to-be Wilson declined an offer
Of the President to provide a warship to
convey his prospective successor on an
inspection trip to Panama.