The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
LAUNCHING THE
BOON FOR TAFT
Secretary of War in Ohio At
tending Annual Conven-
ton of Yale Clubs.
GETS MANY COLLEGE YELLS
ALLUDED TO AS THE NEXT
PRESIDENT"


Cincinnati, O., April 27.-Smolzing the
pipe Of peace with vigorous whiffs, but
with his friends carrying a war bonnet
within easy reach. Secretary OF War
Taft today returned to his home reser-
walton. His public utterahces were de-
void of political import, and his private
words were those of harmony and good
will. During the afternoon. however.
he sat in political council with the wise
men, and Throughout the day dozens of
belligerent young bucks did scalp
dances and made much political war
talk.
The secretary himself was consistent
ly silent upon all matters relating TO
the presidency. Senator Foraker, the
Header Of the faction opposing the secre-
tary fn this state, sustained a deep per-
sonal sorrow In the death OF his broth
YER, James r. Foraker. It Is therefore
certain that theie can be during the
present trip no political argument or
nsbats between the secretary and tbs
Aenatog.
Dcmonstratfve Friends.
mo friends OF the secretary were
more administrative than he, and chief
among them wero the men from Yale
attend tbs annual convention Of the
Associated Western Yale club Secre-
tary Taft, as president Of the organiza-
MON, held the gavel at the business
1neetfng IN the morning and again at
lfhe banQust In the evening. Although
ths secretary said he would not ellude
10 politics, there was 70 such restraint
upon the young men from Yale. They
bsiled from nearly every state between
the AIleghenies and the Mississippi,
and many were present from the south.
Their illusions to the next president
Of the United States We're frequent and
popular. The sentiment could not be
downed, although the secretary ignored
It as well as he could.
The Next President.
The first outbreak came IN the morn
ing. The secretary, as presiding officer,
had announced the personnel OF a nom
mating committee and mentioned the
offices they were to fill. AS he finished
a voice offered the amendment OF land
so nominate the next president OF the
United States" A spontaneous yell
came from the convention, but the Sec
rotary was unmoved.
THE gentleman is out OF order" with
such a definite lack of precision that
the men who had cheered tried TO make
up for their own misconduct by glazing
WIFI CtlOu6 OlcdDpIO1dL DIT Tic Ifld1l WHO
had led them astray. He sank into his
seat abashed.
AT tonight's banquet, however, signs
of the coming presidential campaign
were plentiful. The secretary himself
was at all times non-ccmnlittal, but for
the men from Yale, the bow of presi-
Dental promise was already arching the
sky and it formed a political halo for
the head of Taft Of Yale. So they rem
dered great glory to the school in that
it had sent forth the man.
Secretary Taft, as presiding officer
and POSTMASTER, delivered the first adj
dress Of the evening. 1t was substan-
TALLY as follows:
Secretary Taft's Address.
Secretary Talt pointed out that the
formation of Yale clubs and clubs of
the graduates of other institutions had
grown into a custom, and he briefly out
lined the idea which led to the forma-
ton Of the Western Federation of Yale
clubs, which mad It's first meeting in
Chicago two years ago, its second in st.
Louis, and now it's third in Cincinnati
The advantage Of such an organization,
TO his mind, is that it makes for the
good OF Yale and that II arouses inter
est IN the university the country over
and binds together In sweet memories
The members of the organization.
efaay, "of an association which speeds
the evengel of the Yale spirit through
the country by bringing to the rniver-
sfty students from all over tina cCun-
try continues and adds TO the cosYno-
poIitan character that Yale has always
enjoyed.
Opportunity for Discussion.
-Another benefit which follows from
TIA organization of a club, or an asso-
citation of clubs like this. is the fact
that It furnishes. an opportunity for the
Disqualification and expression OF opin-
IONS by the alumni OF the university
upon the broad policies 10 be pursued in
the progress which the university
makes.
Like, every good thing II the world,
Yale is a growth, and It is growing
moro today than ever In its history.
The expansion in the university during
the last twenty years has been much
greater than In the previous ono hun
bred years.
TT. ia not true that because hazing
has disappeared, because drunkenness
IS very much less, that therefore men
may not develop rugged practical quail
ties fitted to resist temptations of aft
er-life; and all of US ought to rejoice
that the material growth OF Yale since
we were there has been paralleled by an
Improvement IN the moral tone of the
student body and in the standards set
by that public opinion which Is even
stronger as an influence in the college
community of New Haven than in the
body polite at large. The change has
not affected the spirit of independence.
of self-reliance or democracy that we