The Washington herald., 1908-02-11
TAFT DEFENDS CHIEF.
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and discrimination. and has enabled rail-
road men 20 look their fellows in the
face without Il consciousness that they
are conducting a business in violation OF
law. It has put every railroad man IN
The country on his good behavior ana
created a complete change of attitude on
the part of him and Of his subOrdinates
in respect TO the statutes Of his country.
Reception Interstate AFFAIR.
Kansas City's welcome 20 Mr.. Taft to-
day turned out TO be thoroughly an inter-
state affair. The Secretary came In early
this morning bur long before he had iin-
ished breakfast. at o'clock. the lobby OF
the Midland Hotel and the rooms of the
Missouri Republican Club were filled with
men and women waiting TO see him They
came from many parts OF Missouri, par
ticularly the Fourteenth district, which
elected Taft delegates yesterday, and they
poured in from Kansas, Ckahoma, Ne
braska. and Iowa There were even a
few from Illinois. but they were. travellers
who went 10 the reception as q mark OF
respect to the Secretary.
The first delegation 20 be received by
the Secretary was made up of army
officers stationed i'm Kansas City and
Leavenworth. That took place In the
Secretary's rooms. AT 10 o'clock he went
to the Republican clubrooms on the
ground floor of the hotel Then the pub
lie was admitted. and It came with a
rush. The receiving line included Romer
Il. Mann, r. b. MiddlebrOok, II. b. Top
ping. president of the Commercial Club;
W. S, Dickey. chairman OF the Repub-
lican State central committee; Mayor IL.
NJ. Beardsley. and Lawrence NJ. Jones.
Bishop Is Presented.
Bishop =. T. AtWell was the first man
introduced to Secretary Taft In the pub
lie reception.
Then there came man too big to be
jostled by the throng, J. F. Dunwoody
Of Joplin, a miller. Mr.. Taft's smile
broadened when he saw Mr.. Dunwoody's
massive figure
Glad to see you. DunwOody, the Sec
retary cried My. my. wasn't that a
hot trip we took that day? II certainly
boiled pounds of me-"
Mr.. Dunwoody was with Secretary Taft
on his trip 10 Oklahoma last August.
A. L. Perry. Of Oklahoma, the first Taft
delegate elected in the United States, re-
ceived cordial attention He came with
an escort Of men from his oWn State and
from Kansas and right behind him was
Lee Koehler. president Of the Taft Club
Of Kansas City All were kept for a
moment to hear a few words of thanks
for their work for Mr. Taft
In the Taft party were men who had
Travelled with the Secretary from Co
lumbus. others who met him at TeTre
lIaute and some who boarded the train
at various points in Missouri The
secretary was accompanied from Co
lumbus by c. S Watts. assistant sec
Ietary to Arthur l. Vorys. Taft's Ohio
campaign manager; Representative r.
G. Ellis. Of Kansas City, and w W.
Mischler, assistant secretary to Taft.
Dining Hall Crowded.
The dinner In Secretary Tafts honor
began at o'clock. but every one who
was 10 be a guest al the dinner was at
the hail at $50 o'clock +. T. McJim-
sey. president Of the Young Republi-
cans Of Missouri. was toastmaster az
the dinner. l,250 guests were at the
tables and more than 5000 occupied
seats in the galleries. The streets
about Convention Han were nIed with
crowds, who could not find place in
side
With the exception OF Mr Tafts
speech, none occupied more than ten
or fifteen minutes.