Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-04
LAME DUCKS GO To-
SPORT OR AFFAIRS
Mr.. Taft Leaves at Once for At
lanta and Mr.. Knox TO
Golf.

WASHINGTON, March SIX
President Taft and the majority of
his cabinet left Washington this aft
ernoon to take up the various voca.
tions they have selected to follow
after retirement from office.
Mr.. Taft's destination was Atlanta.
Ga. where suite in a winter resort
hotel has been prepared for his party
at the expense of the municipality.
A long program of entertainment
has been arranged for the ex-Presi-
dent. who has fixed upon March % as
the limit of his stay in the South. On
that date Mr.. Taft has arranged to
leave for New Haven, Conn. where
he will assume ibis duties as Kent
professor of law at Yale University
Knox to Play Golf.
Philander Chase Knox, who was the
ranking member of Taft cabinet, and
secretary of state for four years, has
decided upon golf as his immediat e
future vocation.
After noon today said the ex-
secretary of state. I intend to play
golf. Only that and nothing more,
Politics. both local and International
will be forgotten while l listen to the
thud of the driver and the click of the
cleek."
Mr.. Knox, baggage packed and
ready for transportation, stated that
he had fixed upon Southern California
as the ideal climate for the pursuit
of the great Scotch game. Mr.. Knox
intimated that later, after the click
of the cleek and the thud of the driv-
er have permeated his soul in salts
| flying sufficiency. he would return to
the practise of law and possibly re-
enter politics. if his party calls.
Ex-Secl etary of the Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh stated, after the
Inauguration today that he also
would seek a complete rest. Mr.. Mac
Veagh, formerly a wholesale grocer
has turned over the major portion of
his business to his son. and does not
| intend to take an active interest in
| it in the future.
Stimson TO BE Lawyer.
Henry L. Stimson. secretary of war
1 in the Taft cabinet, stated that he
| intended to resume the practise OF
| law in New York city. Mr.. Stimson
denied a rumor that he would take
an active part in the politics of New
York.
my political experiences in New
York" said Mr.. Stimson. were moi
such that | care to go through then
again. The law win claim me, for .
time, at least"
Former Attorney General George
Woodward Wickersham announced
that he would resume his affiliatior
with the New York law firm of Cad
wallader & Strong. with which NJ
has been associated since 1883.
Walter l.. Fishers who held tn
portfolio of secretary of the interio
under President Taft, returns to Chi
cago ID resume the practice of law
Ex- Secretary of Commerce ant
Labor Charles Nagel also stated tina
he would resume the practise of law
He leaves for st. Louis. Mo-, where
he formerly practised. Mr.. Mage
stated that he was through with poll
tics. for the time being.
Meyer a Broker Again.
George Won L. Meyer, ex-seeretar!
of the navy. announced that he would
return to Boston to resume contro
of his brokerage business.
Former Postmaster General Franz
II. Hitchcock. of Massachusetts, wa
| undecided as TO his future course II
private life. After a brief vacation
however. Mr.. Hitchcock regarded !
as reasonably certain that he woul'
enter the New York financial field.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
dean of the Taft official family ant
the last ranking member of tina
body, announced today that he woul'
divide his time between the hom
of his daughter, Miss Flora Wilson
in Washington, and his farm a
Trear, Iowa.
You can say for me, said the eX
secretary of agriculture. that
/ will be mighty glad to get back home
Politics is all right but on the farm
is where l want to be-"
Fifty Years In Office.
Mr. Wilson closed a fifty-year ten
ure of Office today.
So anxious were many of the mem
bers of the Taft cabinet to hastei
their return to private life that the.
did not even wait to see the com
pletion of the inaugural parade,
Mr.. Taft himself was one of the frs
to leave. After attending the in
auguration ceremonies in the Senat
Chamber shortly afternoon today. h
rode back to the executive mansion
with President Wilson, where tn
party took luncheon. Shortly atte
the start of the inaugural parade, Mr.
Taft boarded a train for Atlanta.