Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-05
"A BUSY SUNDAY.

Candidate Taft had an exceedingly
hard time to carry out what he desired
and had planned a program of rest
today. Flo reached the city at I o. clock
this morning from Topeka and was met
by a local welcoming committee, con-
sisting of Senator William Warner,
Representative &c. Ellis and State
Chairman VS.. Dickey. They escorted
him to the Baltimore hotel, where a
private breakfast party occupied an
hour or more, and demands of local pol
tticians for lust a liandshake" con
4 sulned the time until the church hour
With MI Ellis, the candidate attended
services at the Beacon Hill Congrega-
I tfonal church and from there lunched
at the residence of Mr.. Dickey.
An automobile ride over the numer-
4 Gus boulevards Of which Kansas city
) is proud was taken after which the
real work of the day began for the
tired campaigner, Mr.. Taft had some
time ago consented to talk of the work
Of the Y. M. G. a. to an audience OF
men at the Independence Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal chudch The audience
completely filled the church, and the
crowd outside which demanded admls-
4 SION was twice the number Of that in
4 side. Windows in the edifice were
broken, SO great was the eagerness Of
y the crowd to get a glimpse of the can
didate and 1T was only after 1t had
i A's5Sli tlldl WOulu
K address the overflow meeting that the
inside meeting was allowed to proceed
in quiet. n
Mr.. Taft delivered the same speech
he made last Sunday to similar audi
ence in st. Paul. He gave his strong
est endorsement to the work the asso-
citation Is doing, particularly In the
philippine Islands, the orient and in
Panama, to say nothing of the work in
this country. He recalled that he had
participa ted In dedication ceremonies
over number OF Y. NJ. q. "A. buildings
IN the past few years. and had given
the work all the encouragement OF
which he was capable. His speech was
received with interest and enthusiasm
He made no reference in any manner
to politics. s
When the outdoor meeting had been
addressed Judge Taft was informed
by committee which had been watt
Ing for him that a large meeting of
negro men and women had assembled
in the Independence Baptist church
with the full expectation that he would
come there and say just word.
. AS Mr. Taft put it. when he stood be-
fore the negro audience: I'm Just look
tngfl In on you a moment as / go BY
DUTY OF NEGROES.
He then told his hearers that he was
friend of the race, had always been
one and had strong beliefs regarding
their condition and future They faced
he said, a problem which the race itself
must solve. He believed the negroes
of the United States would solve the
problem and solve it right.
You must make yourselves useful
members of the body politic," he said,
and to do this you must educate your
selves industrially and thoroughly. You
must learn to be frugal and husband
your resources. Your development along
these lines has been great and there
Is but one prediction that can be made
as to the future, and that is a bright
one"
What Mr.. Taft said moved the audi
ence to great enthusiasm. and the
speakers of the race who followed him
made no pretense of concealing their
political sentiments. The candidate was
roundly cheered when he left the meet-
ing, which continued with speeches
strongly endorsing him politically
1t was dusk when the candidate
found himself in his rooms at the hotel, |
the utmost quiet possible. Mr.. Taft adj
mitted that he felt greatly fatigued
with the work of the trip. but expressed |
the belief that a long nights rest would |
put him in trim for the work In Mis- |
souri,. which is to begin early tomor-
row.
An added meeting was placed on the |
itinerary today, to be held at Kansas
City, Kan, at $3.50 in the morning. The |
route then lies through Leavenworth. |
Kan, st. Joseph. Mo-; Marysville. Chill |
licothe and Brookfield, with an evening |
meeting at Macon Mo-