The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

fully refrained from Introducing any
thing OF a political nature Some OF
Watts friends believe he VIII vote for
Taft
The bay horses which pulled the Taft
party over the last leg Of the forty
mile trip from Hot Springs were awarded
a blue ribbon and a silver cup in the
four-in-hsnd event at the horse show
| to-day The candidate was present when
the award was made and lie was pleased.
West Virginia made good to-day in e
/ way that wiped out altogether the IN
/ pleasant IMPRESSION made by the first
! days reception Of the candidate
Reception for OhiOans.
| They started in al Il O'Clock in the
morning with a reception IN the famous
old parlor in the hotel where Grant and
/ Lee and other prominent men OF civil
war days have held receptions
| Fully a thousand persons passed by the
J candidate and shook hands. Each was IN
! troduced by Mrs James H Gaines. wife
/ OF the Representative Of this district.
/ She is a real politician. Hardly a face
| escaped her memory. and If she did not
| make q lot Of votes for her husband the
/ voters themselves ought TO beg her par
/ don
/ Mrs Taft also was presented 70 the
West Virginians. and went through the
l hour-long handshaking ordeal Senator
Scott and Mrs Scott also stood in line
! and received. as did also " Cameron
I Forbes. vice governor Of the Philippines.
and Bishop Bashford. head OF the Meth
4 Odist Church n China.
Cheered Mt Horse show.
The reception for the candidate at the
horse show in the afternoon also was a
] - H--4
/ The crowd sent up a hearty cheer when
his brake appeareE on the field. and there
was some real campaign enthusiasm later
on. when Gen Watts stepped out on the
track in front Of Nr TaTt's box and
made a speech. The general said he re-
/ garded very highly the privilege OF intro
I ducing M Taft
He is a man" he said. not only IA
nous in his own country. but equally IA
nous in every other land in the world q"
/ The general thanked AIr- Taft for com
/ ing over 10 the horse show, and said that
they appreciated that the enterprise had
been encouraged by his presence
Taft Praises Horse show.
He eomplinented them on the success
OF the horse show. and said that its in
auguration was sure 10 improve the breed
Of horses in the community He was &C
corded another demonstration when he
sat down
Some West Virginia amenities We're ex-
changed between the local policeman and
a mountaineer in the hotel this morning
Z almost in sight Of the candidate The
I policeman ordered the mountaineer &c
/ leave the hotel. and he refused So the
policeman drew his club and cracked the
man twice on the head. cutting the scalI
/ Burr Mcintosh rushed in between the
two men and prevented further damage
Z The injured man left. swearing that he
/ would get the policeman with a gun as
1 soon as he could lay his hands on one
Minister Guide Piqued.
! Guests at the hotel here have been won
dering to-day why Minister Guide. OF
Norway. and his wife did not attend the
hall last night a story was going around
/ that the minister refused TO attend be
cause he did not think his sovereign
/ would be pleased unless he led the ger
4 man
The West Virginians had made arrange
ments, however. 20 have BIr and Mrs
Taft lead the grand march. and apparent
1 " the question Of precedence between a
/ Presidential candidate and foreign min
lister was settled at the ball The Minister
/ told his friends to-day that the reason he
did not attend the bah was that he and
his wife had not brought evening clothes
/ with them
Bishop BashfOrd came here to talk with
Nr- Taft about Christian missionary work
in the Orient He spoke highly Of the
! effect Of Mr. Taft's speeches and efforts
I in the far East had had on the mission
aries work. and he said that he had con
suited with the candidate in regard &c
the missionary conditions there. OF which
he has wide knowledge
Mr.. and Mrs Taft VIII probably leave
here tomorrow niEht for Hot Springs
The return trip viii be made by train