The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 12, 1909, Image 1
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
t)ecl?r?>M For a Continuation 0f ||,e
Politics of liu I>rcdece??or,
V UitfrH I,nin< (li?ft? Hcvlslon of tin*
Tiu-fir, Suggests I'OBtAt havings
Hanks, and an Inhrrltanib Tuy? -
Hujs Progress of Negro Depculs
Oil III* Thrift and Industry?
Panama Canal Muxt Ho llullt Ac.
cording to Present Plant.
Washington, D. C ? After having
been sworn In as President, Mr. Taft
delivered his Inaugural Address
*hlch Is, In part, as follows:
My Fellow Citizens:
Any one who takes tho oath I lmvo
just taken lAiust feel a heavy weight
of responsibility. If not. ho has no
conception of the powers niAd duties
or the o/ll ce upoiA which ho Is aboAit
?to enter, or ho is lacking In a proper
sense of the obllgotlon which the oath
lAnposes.
The office of uu Inaugural Address
IB to give a siuriniary outline of the
wain policies of tho new administra
tion, so far as they can be anticipated,
1 nave hud tho honor to be one of
the advisers of my distinguished pred
ecessor, und as such, to hold up bis
hands In the reforms he has Initiated, i
I should be untrue to myself, to my j
promises and to tho declarations of ,
the party platform Aipon which I was
elected to office. If f did not make the
maintenance arid/ enforcement of
those reforms a n/ost ltnportant fea- '
ture of my administration. They j
were directed to tho suppression of j
tho lawlessness and abuses of power i
of the great combinations of capltul
Invested In railroads and in Industrial
enterprises carrying on interstate
commerce. Tho steps which my
predecessor took and the Jeetslation
passed on his veco ni mend a t Upj lmvo i
Accomplished much, hnvo caused a !
general halt 1 11 tho vicious policies I
which ci'ea ted popular alar") nnd
have brought Shout In tho business
affected a much higher regard for
existing law. I
Mr. Taft expresses the belief that
a reorganization of tho Department
of Justice, of the liureau of Corpora- |
?Ions In tho Department of Commerce
and Labor, and of the Interstate Com- '
merce Commission, is needed to se- ]
cure a more rapid enforcement of (he ,
lawB affecting interstate railroads
and industrial combinations. I
He says he hones to subAuit, at the ,
first regular session of the incomhig ,
Congress, In December next, definite 1
suggestions in respect to the needed ,
amendments to the anti-trust and the
Interstate coAninerce law. |
It Is believed, the Address con- ,
tinues, that with the changes to be
recommended, American business
can be assured of that measiu*e of
BtablHty and certainty In respect to
thoso things that may- be done and I
' thoso that are prohibited, which i*
essential to the llfo'nhd growth of
all business. > Such a plan must In
clude the right of tho people to ava'.l
themselvcb of those methods of com
bining capital, at the bruio time dlf- 1
ferentlating between combinations '
based upon legitimate economic rea
sons and >.hose formed with the?in
tent of creating monooollei and arti
ficially contA'olllng price?. I believe
that the amendments to be proposed
are Just as necessary In tbo protec
tion of legltimato business as In the
clinching of the reforms which pron
erly bear the name of my predecessor.
On the subject of tiu'Jff revision Mr.
? Taft says: A matter of mo3t pr?ss?
ing Importance In tho revision of the
tariff. Tn accordance with the prom
ises of the plHTfornw unoAi which I wae
elected. I thall call Congress Into ex
tra session, to meet on tho l?.th day
of March, In order that consideration
>uay be at once given to a bill revis
ing tho Dlngley Ac.\ This Bhould se
cqfo an adequate revenue and adjust
the dirties In such a manner as to :
afford to labor and lo all industries
in this country, whether or the farm. 1
jnlne or factory, protection by tarjff .
equal to the difference between the
cost of production abrcac and the
cost of production here, and have a I
provision which sbc.ll nut Into fore?, j
upon oxecutlve determination of cer- j
tain facts, a higher or maximum tariff j
against thosa countries whose trade i
policy toward us dqultably requires
Blich discrimination. i
, Tho President believes there can ,
Barely be a reduction in certain ached- I
lules while advancement will ba re
quired In few, If any, The proposed i
revision disturbs the whole business j
pf (ho country; therefore, it is neces
pavy that tho bill bo drawn in good |
faith and as promnt'.y as possible,
fir, Taft because of this urges that j
po other legislation ba cqn?idered {it
X\t extra t?e??lQu, I
Tbo President states that tho r.c
tlilon of this tariff 1b for the purpoia j
Ot raising BUfitelent revenue to wlpu
Out the year's $100,000,000 deficit,!
Bhould It bo impossible to do so by i
Import duties, new kinds ot tn cation
Wust' oe adopted, and among these
Mr. Taft recommends a graduated in.
- hsrltance tax, as correct in principle
ond as certain and easy of collection.
Mr. Taft says he stands for ccou
oriiy In expenditures but ajo* to an ex
tent that Will stop effective govern
ment. Ther-i moft be llher.nl ex
penditures for tho Department of
AgTicnltuA'P. tAAe MiApmvisioAA of rail
ways and iAAdiAstrinl r-?rnorat:ons, and
the putting of tav.s in force that will
ccnserve our resource*.
A permanent improvement, like
the Panama Canal, should be treated
ac a distinct enterprise, and should
be paid for by the proceeds of bonds,
the Issuo of which will distribute Its
ccst between the present and futuro
generations in accordance with tho
benefits derived. It may well bo sub
mitted to the serious consideration
Jottings About ftports.
' D. 0. H. fitunrt returned his po
SlttoD ?? attofce or the Canibrldgo
.(England) crew.
"Tom" Longboat declined to meet
'Alfred 8hrubl) at Buffalo, N. Y.t In *
fifteen mile race.
Catcher Louis Hitter, for several
yeara with tho Brooklyns, goea to
Denver this aeason.
That the Marathon erase la result
lac in evil to 111 trained youths is the
?erdlet of physicians sod athletic
tfcflllUt* ? i
of Congress whether the deepening
and control of the channel of a great
river system, like that of the Ohio or
of the Mississippi, when definite and
practical plans for the enterprise have
beeu approved and determined upon,
should not be provided for la the
Name way.
On the subject of Asiatic Immi
grants the Address expresses the hope
that "wo may Continue to minimise
tho evils likely to urlce from such
immigration without unnecessary
friction and by mutual concessions
between self-respecting government?.
? ? ? By proper legislation we
may, and ought to, place In tho hands
of the Federal Government the means
ot enforcing the treaty rights of such
alius In the courts of the Federal
Government."
One of the reforms to bo carded
out during the Incoming Adnilnjstra
<on, declares Mr. Taft, Is a change of
our monetsry and banking laws, so
as to i.ecuro greater elasticity In the
forms of currency available for trade
and tbo Incoming Congress should
promptly fulfill the promise of the
Republican platform and pass a
prnnor Postal Savings Bank bill.
The President then discusses the
Panama Canal as follows:
Tho Panama Canal will Itavo n
most Important bearing upon the
trade between the eastern and the far
western sections of our country, and
will greatly Increase the facilities for
transportation . between tho eastern
and the western Feaboard. and may
pflhslhly revolutionize the transconti
nental rates wltl^ respect to bulky
merchandise. It will olso have a
most beneficial effect to Increaso the
trade between the eastern seaboard
of the United States and the western
ccast of RouJ.h Amerlco, and, Indeed,
with somo of tho Important ports on
the cost coast of South America
reached by rail from tbo west coast.
The work on tho canal lg making most
satisfactory progress. Tbo typo of
the canal as a lock canal was fixed
],v Congress after a full consideration
of the conflicting reports of tbo ma
jority and minority of the consulting
board, and after tbo recommendation
of the War Department nnd tbo Ex
ecutive upon those reports. Recent
suggestion TTTaT somefTiing bed oc
curred on the Is.hmus to make the
lock type of the conal less feasible
tl.an It was supposed to bo when the
reports were mrde nnd the policy de
termined on. led to n visit to tho Isth
mus of. a board of competent engi
neers to examine tbo Gatun dam and
locks which aro the key of the lock
tvpe. The report of that board
shows that nothing has occurred In
tho nature of newly revealed evidence
which should change tbo- views once
formed lu tho original discussion.
Tho governments of our deneuden
cies in Porto Rico nnd the Philippine?
are progressing as favorably a?* could
be desired. The prosperity of Porto
Rico continues uunbated.
The President's uddrcss then de
votes considerably space to the South
and tho negro race question. Mr.
Taft says:
I look forward with! hope to In
creasing the already good feeling be
tween the South nnd the other sec
tions of tho country. My chief pur
pose is not to effect a change in the
electoral vote of tho Southern States
That Is a secondary consideration.
What I look forward to I3 an In
crease In the tolerance of political
views of all kinds and their advocacy
throughout the South, end tho existence
of a respectable political , opposition
In every State: even more than this,
to an increased" feeling on the pari
of all the people in the South that
this Government Is their Government,
and that its officers in their Stater
are their officers,
On the to'jio of labnr Mr." Taft
noted; that Congress had passed the
bill fixlne the liability of interstate
carriers to their employes for Injury
sustained it> tho course of en?nlo>
mettt. abolishing the rulo of fellow
Rorvaut and the common law rule as
to contributory negligence. and sub
stltuting therefor the so-called rule o'
comparative negligence, and a mode!
child labor law.
I wish .0 say, ho continued, t Uat
in so far as 1 can. I ho:>e to promote
the enactment ot further leglslatloi
of this character. I am strongly con
vinced that the Government should,
make itself as responsible to em
ployes Injured In Its emnloy as an;
Interstate railway corporation Is made
responsible by Federal law to Its em
ployes: and I shall be glad, whanevor
any additional reasonable safety de
vice can be Invented to reduce the
Ions of life and limb among railway
employes, to urge Congress to re
quire Its adoption by interstato rail
ways.
- In conclusion tho Inaugural Ad
dress says:
Tho Issuing of a temporary re
ntraiuing prder without notice has In
several Instances been abused by Its
lnoonslderato ?xercise, and to remedy
this, the platform upou which I was
elooted recommend# tho formulation
In it statute of the condition* under
which such a temporary restraining
order ought to lisuo, A it&tut* can
and ought to bo framed to embody
the best modern practice, and can
bring tho subject so closely to the
attention the court as to make
abuses of tho process unlikely lu the
future. American people. If I under
stand them. Insist that the authority
of the courts shall be sustained and
are opposed to any change In the
procedure by which tho powers of a
court may be weakened and the fear
less nnd effective Kdmintsiration ol
Justice be interfered with. ,v
Having thus reviewed tne questions
likely, to recur during my Adminis
tration, and having expressed in a
summary way the position which 1
I expect to take in recommendations
I to Congress and TO my conduet as an
Executive, I invoke the consider, at?
I sympathy and support of my fel!*- '
j citizens, and the aid of Almighty Gat
I in the discharge of ray responsible
duties*
The Field of Labor.
Italy claim a trade union member*
ship of 150.000.
A union of ladiea' garment cnttert
was established in Boston, Mast., re
cently.
Stationary firemen at Ban Francis
co, Cal<, hare decided to establish
a death benefit (and.
The Federation of British Tradea
Unions expended about 9280,000 oa
benefits during the cotton trade dls*
m The federation beftn the new
rm -1160,0 00 to fcnnd,
LIST OF NEW LAWS ENACTED
List of Acta Enrolled by Qeneral
Assembly.
Tlio following import unt act# if
general interest were ratified, by tho
gone ral assembly ut the session just
clc-ccd :
To incoi point* the Edisto Power
company with certnin right*, pli \'i
l.pgen, immunities and liabilities.
To amend section 2012, volume 1,
code of lawa'of South C arolina, con
ferring power to condemn land*,
streams and watersheds, and for
sewerage.
To umond -sections 2383 and 233-1
of the code with reference to renunci
ation of dower ond the record there
of.
To amend the luw in inference to
and to regulate the sale, u ?, con
sumption, manufacture, possession,
etc., of ulcoholic liquors, in ho far as
the surae applies to the counties of
Choileston and Georgetown.
To prescribe the punishment for
rape itnd assault with attempt to
rape ond to provide for taking po
positions of females in such cases.
To aiuend 301) of the code of laws,
so as to make u verdict of the jury
and an order of the court in the
county where rendered a lien upon
the real estate of the person against
whom it is rendered from tho rendi
tion thereof till tljc expiration of
live days from the rising of the court
at which same was rendered.
To require electric street railway
companies to affix inclosed Vesti
bules to their cars.
To tl$ the fees of the clerk of court
of Sumter county.
To, make it unlawful to pay divi
dends on stock in any corporation un
less the same are actually earned on
the cifpital sto.'k 'of such company
and for any false statement in. regard
lo such cOmpanyT
To declare the soliciting of orders
oiv offer to sell liquors or beverages
containing alcohol a misdemeanor
and to provide punishment therefor.
To repeal section 3059 of the code
relating to the lien law. _
To incorporate Marboro and South
ern Hailway company.
To amend an act granting to the
Uuited States of America the title
of tliis Stnte to and- the jurisdiction
of this State over certain lands on
Sullivan's Island.
To amend an act entitled "An act
to limit the hours of labor in cotton
and woolen mills."
To prohibit tho manufacture, sale,
barter, exchange, giving away to
induce trade, the furnishing at pub
lic. places or otherwise disposing of
alcohol, spirituous viuouus Or malt
liquors or beverages by what soever
name called, which a drunk to ex
cess will produce, intoxication, ex
cept for sale of alcohol in certain
coses upon certain conditions and ex
cept the sole of wines for sacramental
purposes and to provide penalties for
the violation thereof.
To amend an act to moke term of
office of county superintendents of
education and county supervisors
and registers of mesne conveyance
four years.
To authorize masters to administer
oaths, etc.
To amend sections 1, 3 and 0 of
an act to provide for tho manner in
which owners or projectors of any
railroad company incorporated under
the laws of other States or counties
may become incorporated in this
State.
To release beneficiary students at
tending State college# from the obli
gation to tench school if appointed
to naval er qailitary of the United
States or to position in the army of
the government services of the Unit
ed States.
To incorporate the offices and mem
4)ere of Marboro lodge of Free and
Accepted Masonary of Bennettsville
under and by the name and stylo of
Marlboro lodge of Masons.
To amend an act to declare the
law in reference tp and tp regulate
the manufacture, sale, use, consump
tion, possession, transportation and
disposition of alcoholic lipuots. so as
to change the compensation of. the
members of the county dispensary
board for Richland and Chester
counties,
To amend chapter article 1, of
tho code of laws o ( South Carolina,
1002) in relation to State insurance
of publio property,
To regulate the manufacture, sale
and delivery of commcrcial fertili
zers and to provide penalties and
punishment for violation of this act.
To further protect the public
health and the health of domestic
animals by providing for tho inspec
tion of live stock imported into tho
State of South Carolina for brooding
dairy work or feeding purposes and
to provide for the eradication and
exclusion of contagions and infec
tions diseases of live stock from the
Stato. ?
To amend section 2223 of code so
as to further define and extend tho
liability of telegraph companies in
.cases of mental anguish or suffering.
To provide for the purchaso and
presentation of a silver servioe to the
.battleship South Carolina and to
make an appropriation therefor.
To authorize the governor to par
ol* prisoners on conditions.
To provida certain conditions to
be imposed itpn certain foreign in
surance companies and eertain other
foreign companies for the privilege
of entering and doing business ?in
this State.
i To prohibit persons owning oi
keeping sheep-killing dogs.
I To tmpoirer the grand jorjr tp em
ploy expert accountants and to pro
vide for theij compensation.
To amend section S or" tin act on
lit led "Am net to provide for (he
appointment of ? bank examiner and
to define the duties ?>f his uOlee. "
To exempt certain property be
longing ( o Young McnV Christian as
sociations* in i his State from tax
ation.
To amend an act requiring rail
road companies to put cinder deflee
tors on passenger c<>j\<hes,
'1 o provide for a monument to the
heroism, fidelity and fortitude of the
oWmen < f South Carolina during the
war bet weeu the ?oi) federate States
ami the United Statin.
Jo require county treasurer* of
the State to deposit in chartered
banks surplus or unused funds at
interest.
To ratify the amendment to sec
tion 7, article H, of the constitution,
relating to municipal bonded indebt
edness.
To prohibit the frndulcnt use of
credit of corporations.
To repeal section J 205, /volume J,
code of laws of li)02, relating to the
| Cqlpred Normal, Industrial,' Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of
^outli ( aroliaa, and to enlarge th<>
powers of the board of trustees of
said college.
To amend section ,'J78, volume 1,
code of laws of South Carolina, 1902,
so as to detini.tely tlx amount of
mileage to be paid to county boards
of equalisation.
To amend an act entitled "An act
to incorporate certain religious anti
charitablo societies lor the advancc
ment of education, and to renew and
to amend the charters of others here
toforo granted."
io declare the willful or w.infon
burning of any building which is in
sured a felony and to provide pun
ishment therefor, ?
-To nrnondirrrTmr entitled"" Ail nct~
lo provide for the issuance of bonds
in public school districts in South
Carolina. ' '
To fix the salary of the mayor or
intendant of any city or town here
tofore or hereafter incorporated un
der the general laws of the State.
To make article 7 of chapter 11 of
volume 1 of the code of laws of
South Carolina applicable to banks.
To fix the "place of trial in all ac
tions to recover a penally fixed by
statute for delay, loss or dirrrnvge to
freight by common carriers.
To incorporate the Watcrcc Power
company.
Kegqjating appropriations made to
meet the ordinary expenses of the
State.
To require all school warrants to
be approved by fhc county superin
tendent or education.
To provide for the investigation
of the State Hospital for the Insane.
To amend the law in relation to
the names and location of the voting
precincts in this State.
To amend sections 29S, 400, 400,
260 and %75, volume J, code of laws,
A. I). 1002, relating to powers and
duties of county treasurer and the
collection and assessment of taxes.'
To requiro the comptroller general
to draw his warrant in favor of cer
tain Confederate soldiers and the
Stato treasurer to pay the snme.
To amend chanter 43 of volume 1,
of the code of laws of South Caro
lina, 1902, by inserting therein:
"One additional section to be known
as section 1774a, relating to banks."
To amend section 1555, volume 1,
code of laws of South Carolina, 1002.
To prescribe the manner in which
the State treasurer shall pay out the
income from the funds of $.">0,400
hold by him pcrsuant to an act of
congress for the benefit of free pub
lic schools in I lie parishes of St.
Helena and St. Luke in Beaufort and
Hampton counties.
Declaring it a misdemeanor to
draw and utter ?ny check, draft or
order where the drawer has not at
the time sufficient funds to meet t he
name, and providing punishment
therefor.
To amend seel ion 2 of an act en
tit jed "An act to make the term of
oftico pf the rpunty superintendent
nd register pf mesne conveyance
our years. '<
Tq amend the iaw relating tp mag
istrates and their constabjoR, their
powerii duties, jurisdiction, nalarie*,
etc.
To regulate tho collection and dl?*
tribution of dead bodies for scien
tific purposes.
To authorite the payment of cer
tain back pensions.
To amend sections f>0fl, .r>0S and
513 of the code of criminal laws, vol
ume 2. relating to gambling.
To increase Hie average length of
the school term and to improve the
efficiency of the public schools in'
thrs State.
To provide for the closing of the
several dispensaries in this State
and for tho sale of all stocks of
liquors, beverages, fixtures and other
property belonging to the neveral dis
pensaries.
To provide for the levy of taxes
for the fiscal year beginning Janu
ary 1, 1009.
To mako appropriations to meet
the ordinary .expenses of the State
government for the fiscal year com
mencing January* 1, 1909, and to pro
vide for a tax sufficient to defrtfy the
same.
To amend the law with reference
to compensation and salaries of conn
ty officers. ' . 7 . . j
To amend an act entitled "An act
to establish a department of agri
culture, commerce and immigration,
?nd to provide for the appointment
and compensation of a commission
***," ifFOTtf ths 23*4 &*J ot Ft*
unity, A. 1). HH>4. >o ut> to eliminate*
the word " immigration " and
1 1n uses relating thereto, subst tinting
in lieu thereof ^he word "indus
tries," and to in< oi poi ale provision*
r?? I ; 1 1 i n thereto.
To amend sect ion volume I.
of the code, relating to tin* leeord
ihg cf deeds, limiting time to ten
iiavi) titer May, lOtiO.
General Items.
Scrvia baa withdrawn her demand
for territory! from A n si ri n - 1 1 u 1 1 k >* **>
and will lu* good in the future.
The man who tried to get $10,000
in jewels in London and cut his
throat when caught bos not been
iden tilled.
Home 75,000 visitors were in Wash
ington to attend the inauguration of
Will:nm*H. Tnt'i as President.
? The Man lend and Virginia <' n | >i i a I
h i'.n <la!n s wi re stiickcu out fof tin
(Jri't'itil. Pcft.Mcucv bill, who ll we.f ?
pa. f?'?l Tl nihility.
SPECIAL SESSION GALLED.
President Taft Issues Call For Spec
ial Session of Coujr^BB For March
lMh.
Washington, Special. ? President |
Taft Saturday issued u call for a
special wFsfon of the Sixty-llr?t
Congressi to oonvrno March 16th.
The following is the text of the
oull : - . .. .. ~. - . . .
By the President of the United
States of America-- A Proclama
tion.
Whereas, public interests require
=Hnrt--t4te Congress of the United
States should be ronvened in extra
Spiasion at 12 o'clock noon the 15th
day of March, 11)00, to receive such
communication as may he made by
the Executive.
Now, therefore, I. William Howard
Taft, President of the United States
of - America, do hereby proclaim muL.,
?declare that an ext inordinary orca*
?on requires the Congress of the
United Stales to convene in extra
session at the Capitol in the City of
Washington on the loth day oi
March, 1000, at 12 o'clock noon, of
which all persons who shall at that
titne be entitled to a<il ns motnh"*?
thereof are hereby required to tako
notice.
(jiven under my hand and the seal
of the United States of America the
(5th duy cf March in the year of out
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
nine, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
thirty-t bird.
WILLIAM U. TAFT.
By the President: P. C. Knox, Sec
retary of btate.
_ SUFFRAGE IN AUSTRALIA.
Victoria Is tlio last of tho Aus
tralian States to give women the
right to vote for members of the
State Parliament. Fourteen times
the wor^an suffrage bill was thrown
out by the Legislative Council after
It had been passed by the lower
house. Each time the hostile major
ity Bteaillly dlmlnlshod, ami the worn
pn kept up their courage. At tho
last meeting of tho Houso tho bill
went throi gh by a majority of more
than 4 to 1. the opposition breaking
like the giving way of a dam. For
years the women In other Statos "if
Australia have stood on the game
footing with tho men. Tho gaining
of the ballot by the women of Vto
torla has been tho causo of great ro
Jolcing among the suffraglBts both In
England and America. They point
to It as a proof that had the pre
dicted disasters befallen the other
Australian States the ballot would not
have been given to tho wtimen of
Victoria even at this late dato-?
Charleston News.
CONG R VIAL WORK
And Strength to I'crfo'.n It.
A porson In good health Is llkoly
to have a gonial disposition, ambition
and enjdy work.
On the other hand, If the dtgestlve
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
"Until recently," writes a Wash*
lngton girl, "I was a railroad steno
grapher, which iqeana fu)l worfc
every day.
"Mko many pther (Irii alone in %
large city, I lived at ft boarding
house. For breakfast It was mush,
greasy meat, soggy onka, blaok oof
feo, eto,
"After a few month! of thla diet 1
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings. My work soemed a terri
ble o3or\ and I thought the work
was ts> blame ? too arduous.
"At home I had heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances In the cold on Orape
Xuts and cream and nothing more for
broakfast.
"I concluded If It would tide him
over a morning's heavy work, It
might help me, so on my way home
one night I bought a package, and
QfXt morning I had Grape-Nuta and
milk tjr breakfast.
"I stuck to Grape-Nuts, and Jin less
than two weeks I noticed improve
ment. I can't Just toll how well I
felt, but I romomber I used to walk
the 12 blocks to business and know
how good it was simply to live.
"As to my work ? well, did jroo
ever feel the delight of having con
genial work and the strength to par
form it? That'* how I felt. I truly
believe there's Ufa and vigor in every
grain of Qrape-Nuta."
Name given by Post um, Co., Battle
Owk, Mich. Read "Tho Road to
Wellvliie," In pkga, "There" a a Roa
?on# >
Ever read the abofs lettee? A aew
oao appears from time to Uaae, They
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TAfT A RIDER TOO
Mis first Sunday in the White
House Spent With Simplicity
fOLLOWS ROOSlVtLT tX AMPLE
Refute a to Etc Any Cellcra Who
Have Busiiicas in fland 'lhe First
Lady of the Land 'lutes Up Her
Duties Without (Mentation or
Ceremony Already Mftkinj the
Change Bho Desires in ? 'ilouec
holi*. Cabinet."
Washington, Special. -Democratic
simplicity < huitii'U'iiml tin* tils'
Sunday in the White House <?t the
Tii ft fum) I,'. l'lvddcnt Taf*. , oc<om
| >11 ni cm i hy his hrotiiei, (hails 1',
Fj?ft, wr.lLcd to ilie I'uilariaii church
ur iioinnm sci x it civ 'I'll;' c!i|> U'ity of
the edifice IiixkI to its utmost
with xxorshipeis and s '.rangers whose
curiosity impelled their ptesenee.
1 ! i n tin ned tu I )i?* \\ Inte House on
fi ot and lifter luncheon In, s. rode
"Stcnett," his nvxy|\ -acquired horse,
|inicli?>?(l ut I'ot Spring, \ a., mnl
w i i 1 1 ('en. ( larcnee If. MdwiirdK, his
m litaiy aide. < 'i. j?t Ar liibnld I tut I,
and President h'lisexclt's ordeilv, -
Md lent o; t , went I ?> i: a 12 mile ride
over ti e r.ewly < oii;>l ruclcd I'otomae
speed wax .
See- No Cillers.
Prcsidint Tall saw no callers xvlio
iiad business to transact during the
day. this hcgiuniu? Ins administra
tion with liifs heretofore enforced
maxim that S.v.nday sl-onld bo a day
of nst.
Mm. Taft Fits In.
Mrs. William Howard Taft, "tiist
lady of llie l.a.ndi", lina_ji^uumd_iu. r_
duties xvith.out public ceremony or
oatti el' i fib e, whic h, in weivrlit of re
>) *m ibility, niauiiit udc of impor
tl'it'Mv ?!< I'eaey <f execution- ami ab
xolu e I i< !< of co ndensation, except
ii lex {? for 1 . ? r hush, mihI, the Presi
dent, and loyalty to the nation, as its
(list xxi man, have no eumparison.
Mis. Talt is chained with admiu
sioiii'jr the social and domestic af
fails <f the White House in a man
ne emission. with allowing that
i reVcied and historic p ie to he the
public. prrperty of the nation, and
at tie :a*r.e time the ellieial plaee
of eiitertainmeut of the representa
tives of foreign nations and domes' ie
dignitaries. As tiie wife of Mr. Taft,
she xx a s "first lady of the land" in
the I'll lippine I; lands; she was his
wife as a Federal judge and as a
Cabinet minister. In the latter pos
ition Mrs. Taft learned the require
ments i>f Washington society.
Removed From Ofticialdom.
That the main entrance of the
White House may present as nearly
as possible the appearance of a pri
x'ate residence, the uniformed police
oillcejs and frock-coated doorkeepers
have been eliminated and in their
place are negro footmen in livery.
Mrs. Taft has abolished the posi
tion c f Btexvard and will conduct her
domestic arrangements through a
xvomnn housekeeper.
Plans Social Functions.
While the season of proscribed of
ficial dinners i k over it may bo pre
dicted that the new tenant of tho
White Houso will conduct a series of
informal social functions during the
special session of Congress, which
will bring renewed animation and
socirl 1 ft* to the sedate and sonYbro
structure during the tlrst few months
of the Taft regime.
Mrs. T aft is ?!(> years of ago, al
I hough her appearance and natural
animation would not indicate that
fact. To relieve the President from
domestic cares and social adjustments
seems to be the platform of her ad
ministration, and her first few days
of duty indicate that she is as com
petent for the rank an is her hus
band for the duties to which he has
been called by tho nation.
Negro Burned at Stake.
Rockwell, Te.v, Special. ? After
having 'been identified by Mrs. Ar
thur McKinncy as the negro who at
tempted a criminal assault upon her
Friday morning, Anderson Ellis was
taken from tho Rockwell county jail
Sunday night and secured to An iron
itr.ko driven into tho earth and was
burned to death in the presence of
about a thousand persons.
Baltimore Emerges.
Baltimore, Special.? Tho isolation
from the outside world of which this
city has been a complete victim prac
tically siuco early Thursday moaning
was broken Sunday and the city be
gan to see the end of the difllculty.
The Associated Press oQlco here mau
ege<l to secure direct wire communi
cation with the .New York headquar
ters by the cordial co-operation of
tho Chesapeake ami Potomac Tele
phone Company at this end and the
American Telephono and Telegraph
Company at the other.
Arkaneaa Tornado Swept.
Little Rock, Ark., Special. ? Four
Grsona are reported dead and a nura
r injured as the result of a violent
?form whteh swept through western,
eastern and southern Arkansas late
Monday afternoon and night. Three
are reported to have ben killed at
Brinklcy and despatches at midnight
on its only wiro in operation bo
tween that place and Little Rock, a
railroad wire, were to tho that
town ww in lam
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MEMBERS OFTHE NEWCAUINET
Statesmen Who Will Be Taft's Coua
wJlor?.
Of groot interest to the country at
this time in t bo Cabinet which is to
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60 President Taft's official fuipily tor
the present administration. The
following sketch? of the men chosen
by the incoming president, arc taken
from a recent article in the Phtladcl
phia Record.
Eccretary of Ijtato.
Philander Chase Knox was born
?t BroWusivIle Pa., in 1835. U ??
graduated at Mt. Union College,
Ohio, in 1872; was admitted to f ho
bar in 187/). From 1 ft VO to I H77 lio
was assistant United Stutos district
attorney. In 1001 he was appointed
Attorney (Jrnerol of the United
States by President MeKinley and
retained tho post under Presidents
MYKinlay and Roosevelt until 1004,
when be was appointed by Governor
Pennypaeker to succeed (lie l:)te M.
8. Quay as United .States senator
from Pennsylvania. Ife has been in
the Senate ever since.
Secretary of the Treasury.
Franklin MneVeagh, a brother of
Wayne MarVragb, who was a mem
ber of the (iarlirld. cabinet, wax born
in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and
graduated in 18(52 from Vale and in
1S04 from the Columbia Law. School.
On account of ill-health gave up tho
profession and went to Chicago,
where ho embarked in mercantile
pursuits. II(? was Democratic coiidi
date for the Utiited Stutos senato
from Iillionois in 1804 but was de
feated, lie is president of the Bu
reau of Charities and Municipal Art
is a member of the executive com-'
mittee or I He Kajti^njjl Civic. F cdera- "
tion and is vice-president of the Am
erican Civic Afrociaticn.
fJecrctary of War.
Joc?>b Medavoe Dickinson v/os
boiu at Columbus, Miss., in lSftl,
and graduated from the University
of Nashville in 1S71. tie served sev
eral times by special commission of
the Tennessee supreme court. FrOm
lSPf> to 1807 he was assistant attor
ney general of tho United Slates. In
politcs he has generally been a Demo
crat. He will be appointed as from
Tenncsce. He i* president of tiro
American Bar Association. IIo *
weighs 270 pounds and is 0 feet 3
inolus in height. He is wealthy. IIo
and Mr. Tnft coll each other "Bill"
and "Juke."
Attomoy General.
George W. Wic.keraham is a native
of Pennsvlavnia. was horn in Pitts
burg in 1853. lie graduated at tho.
University of Pennsylvania, with tho
dearroe of L.L. IV in ]?SflO. In Martin
dale's American Law Directory he is
rated as "very good " in legal ability
and "very high" under the classifl
eation of recommendations ? theso
are tho highest and most Inudnble
-n tines contained in the directory.
' T i:. Wickershnm has been particular^
" n* eminent in corporntion law, and
) 'his respect resembles his two pre
VcoRaora ? Senator Knox and Soua
for-eJect Root.
Postmaster Goncral.
Frank Harris Hitchcock has been A
government official nearly over since
ho graduated from Harvard in 1891.
lie wo 3 born in 18G7. Ho held various
clerkship*, bureau chieftainship^, etc.
and finally becamo assistant post
master general. He took charge of
the campaign of Georgo B. Gortel
you for tho presidential nomination,
but when this boom was squelched
was invited to bccome manager fof
the Taft boom which he did.
Secretary of the Navy.
George Von Lengorke Meyer, now
postmaster general, was born in 1858,
graduated from Harvard in T670. He"
is very wealthy. IIe wns speaker of
the house in Massachusetts in 1804, v
and.wsH appointed ambassador to
Italy in 1000. In 1005 ho was trans,
ferred to Russia, nnd in 1007 wos re.
called to become a member of Presi*
dont Roosevelt's cabinot.
Eecretany of the Interior.
Richard Aohilca Bollinger was
born in Ohio in 1858, and aftei>
Graduating In 133(3 from William#
College, Massachusetts. removed to
fleettlo, Wftih. Ho hftfl written a
number of volume# upon tho Ifiw,
stvod one term r.s n superior court
judge, one term as mayor of Seattle,
and has since 1007 been commissioner
of tho general land office.
Secretary of Agriculture.
James Wils?.n is n Scotchman, and
therefore the one man in tho cabinet
who could not succeed to the presi
dent:}*. II.c was horn in 1835, and
came to the United States in 3852,
settling in Connecticut, but went to
Town, where he engaged in fanning.
He hn<* been "secretary of agriculture
since 1S07 nnd his appointment to
the Taft cabinet will give him a rec?
ord unparalleled in cabin*t?ervice.
Secrotary of Commerce anH^ Labor,
Charles Nagel, of St. Louia^ is a
nativo cf Texas end has rained A
fortune in the practice of law. His
legal practice ha? been largely for
corporations. Mr. Nagle is extreme
ly tall and slender, thin-faced, brown
hair and mustache mixed with gray* '
ne was born in 1343. II? did not
receive a college education, but spent
one year in tho University of Berlin,
where he studied Roman law, politi
cal economy, eto. After stndijrinff
abroad he returned 1o 8t. Louis in
1873 and served as a member of tbe
Missouri -legislature and as president
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