Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09

OUT HUMOR
INGRAVE ISSUES
Livened Sessions of U. S. Su-
preme Court With Laugh
Provoking Comments.

petty tricks Of the professional poll
tician, the big-hearted indulgence with
which he treats those who deliberately
miSrepresent him, his willingness to suf-
fer himself rather than use the power
of his great office against an individual
to rest under false light rather
than strike back in the heat of passion
and thus risk the chance of committing
an act of tnjustice-have won for him
the distinction Of being called a poor
politician. Mr.. Taft will never under
stand that in politics it often is nee
| esSary to be unfair unjust, and to bring
into play the ruthless rule Of the sur
vival of the flttest."
Mr.. Taft's natural bent was to be
outSpoken ut all times, and after he be-
came President he chafed under the re-
peated urgings of his political advisers
to say certain things and not TO say
others. AS n judge Mr.. Taft has rem
conflict with organized labor. He was
at one time urged not to discuss these
decisions, but he did so whenever the
occasion warranted. He was at his
best as a speaker when addressing o
hostile audience. His prepared ad-
dresses we're never so good as those cx-
temporaneouSly delivered. Under such
cate always told in Mr.. Taft's favor.
Feeling that the nature of his ONCE
limited the expression Of many Of his
real views of life and politics, Mr.. Taft
delighted to have about him Q little
circle of friends to whom he could
speak freely.
Mr.. Taft himself felt lack Of that
character Of political training which
would have thrown him into closer con-
to- wsyfkk - \ - ~
! had never been an alderman, mayor
legislator or governor; his work had
been judicial and executive, and hts CIR
Gle OF contact limited.
| He did not know the people Of his
own country as well as he would have
liked, and he sought to make I'D for
a previous lack Of intimate association
with them by his many travels. He
found. however, that meeting the people
as President was different from flgftfnp
his way up among them. At q time
J when his travels were criticized ag ex-
cessiye, Mr.. Taft once told an intimate
! friend:
1T seems to me that ought to trav-
! Ell as much as can. have seen very
little Of the people, in spite Of my long
| years In public ONCE, and the people
have seen very little of me. thought
that by travelling I could give them an
what manner Of man / am. Compare
lively few people get to Washington.
and yet cannot but feel that q ma
j0riay OF the people would like to see
the man who, for the time being, il
the head Of their Government-tfeir
choice for their highest ONCE"
Desired to See People.
In all Of his travels Mr.. Taft let it
be understood that automobile parades
through the cities were to be part
/ Of the program. He wanted to see and
be seen by as many people as possible.
Mr.. Taft liked to travel. In fact, he
had gained such wide fame as globe
trotter that when inaugurated on
/ March 4, 1909. some facetious writer's
! hailed him as the first travelling man"
to be selected President Of the United
States. His predecessor, Mr.. Roosevelt.
had been something of q traveller. but
Mr.. Taft broke all presidential records
during the four years he was In the
White House and set mark that prob
ably will stand for many years to come
His desire to travel gained impetus
after he escaped the maternal hand and
spent four years at Yale. While his
father was United States Minister at
Vienna the young student made three
trips to Europe. His honeymoon was
spent abroad and two years later he
crossed the Atlantic for the fifth time
His real of1icial travel began in 1900,
when President Mckinley made him
chairman of the Philippine Commits
sion. Later, becoming civil governor of
the islands. 1t was necessary for him to
| visit washington to appear before -
congressional committee. and he made
the trip from Manila by way Of the
Mediterranean to confer with Pope
Leo XIII on the friar lands, thus com
plotting his first circumnavigation Of the
globe.
Later Col. Roosevelt summoned him
to Washington to join the cabinet, but
he soon returned to the Philippines
with congressional party, and two
years later again visited the archipel-
ago to open the new National Assembly.
on the latter occasion returning to the
United States through Siberia and
Europe, completing his second circle
Of the world. While Secretary Of War
he visited Panama seven times in con-
nection with the construction Of the
canal, and was sent to Cuba to adjust
affairs there arising out Of the insur-
rection, becoming provisional governor
Of the island.
During his first campaign as . presi-
Dental candidate he toured the country
as far west as Denver. and as President
he made two long trips through the
country, visiting the Pacific Coast as
well as making innumerable short runs.
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