The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-15
ATTENDED ONE TOO MANY
.BANQUETS FOR HIM
Secretary Taft Has Indigestion
In the West.
BRAVES A DOLLAR DINNER
Bore Entertainment In Cuba. Panama
and the Philippines, But Sueeuubs
IN the North Star State.

ST PAUL. June i5.-Secrctnry OF
War Taft became suddenly ~ at Fort
Smelling while witnessing the review
OF troops and fell 20 the ground. Med.
ical aid was at once summoned, aud
the secretary was Immediately brought
to this city TO the home OF ]. :. Hill. la
Virginia avenue.
The luncheon nc the Country club
was abandoned. aud Mr.. Taft was not
present nj the Y. NJ &. A. cornerstone
laying.
When Secretary Taft was standing
In the receiving room az the CONNER
clal club he gave no Indication OF feel
Ing III aud seemed 10 be- In finc spirits
aud health. hut Il was observed that
when he came down 10 the street 20 get
into the automobile which carried him
TO the fort he buttoncl his Oyercoat
tightly about him aud turned his coat
collar VI under his ears The day was
warm. aud while the other men We're
without oyercost-. Secretary Taft
showed that be was feeling chilly.
Secretary Taft was made sick OF
acute indigestion NJ result 81 long
series of banquct-. Int bravci a dollar
dinner. 90 which be- sat down az the
Auditorium with 200 diners whom
he had kept waiting fIOm O'Clock un
NJ 7i5 Ia onlcr 60 recover from the
sickness that attacked him during his
visit 60 Fort Smelling
When the secretary reached the ban.
quet hall. hooking somewhat pale. bat
smiling NJ be stn,de down the long
llne Of 2.OoO banquetcrs. the diners and
spectators arose and checrcd Justify.
Secretary Taft could not begin his
dinner speech for some moment. be-.
cause % prolonged cheering by the vast
audience While standing Il was plain.
" evident from his manner that he was
weak. lie said.
1T has come 10 be- my portion a. re-
cclye the hospitality from a grrat many
people. from those In the Philippines.
many hundreds ~ miles away: from
Panama. Cuba. Porto Rico. and Go have
run the risk OF severn winters ln Wash.
lngt0n. but u has rcmalnesl FOR me to
surrender "a the Twin cities Of the
north.
seriously. the condition In which
tlnd myself tonight i my own fault.
and ! can refer 10 Archbishop ireland
here Tor the truth Of the saying that
you may bray fool In a mortar among
wheat with a postal aud his foolishness
will not depart from him don't
know whether that h the ~. james or
the Dewey version. but the substance
Il correct be- fact IL that caught
cold aud added 60 my lndlsposltion by
eating too heartily o. the cheer provid.
ed for me NJ my various places during
my present trip. aud am confronted
with n weakness that I ought not 10
confess. ought not Ia be- here now.
but de-lrv 30 come and witness this
wonderful greeting ovcrcame the al
vice 81 doctors"
The SECRETARY then reviewed the his.
tory u the Panama canal from the ex.
petition sent out by Charles v. 900
years ago down 10 the present day.
lie also told u the work done and do
Ing by the United States. saying that
AZ tho present rate o. working we
ought 90 complete the canal In four
years. but that II We completed the
work In seven years we would do we'll
After n few words ~ excuse for cut.
ting his address short Secretary Taft
said goodby. BEFORE the cheering had
subsidized he was out n the door aud IN
an automobile ON bis way 10 the home
81 J. q. IIill.