The San Francisco call., 1908-10-07
ST. LOUIS WARM
GREETING OF TAFT
Enthusiasm Runs High and
Cheering Crowds Throng
About Candidate
Makes Clear His Views on the
Trusts and Methods for
Curbing Them

ST. LOUIS, Oct 6.-With a 12 hour
demonstration of cordiality political
enthusiasm and intense interest this
city today and tonight furnished an
appropriate climax to the western cam
paign trip of William H. Taft, which
ended here today
The candidate spoke to an immense
audience in the nearly finished Coliseum,
from which as many We're turned away
as were admitted He followed this
suburb and county seat of ST. Louis
county, and then rushed to East ST.
Louis, where he addressed a large
gathering of employees of the stock
yards. The local afternoon papers esti-
mated that fully $4,000 strangers came
to the city just to say Hello, BIZ to
the Ohioan. Certain it was that wher-
ever he went or stayed Judge Taft was
the center of immense crowds.
The line of march from the station
to the Planters hotel through two
crowd of people who blocked side
walks and street. A local reception
committee of 400, in white caps and
badges, headed by detail of mounted
police and a band, preceded the car
riage of the candidate. He was COM
PEELED to stand with his hat in his
hand the entire distance of more than
a mile, acknowledging the salutations
of his admirers.
RUSH OF THE CROWD
The plans for an orderly reception
to the public at the Planters hotel were
upset by the crush of men and women
who swept aside the guards at the door
and pushed their way into the lobby
and up the big staircase. Taft was to
have stood at the head of the stairs
and receive in single file those who
wished to shake hands. But as soon
as he stepped into the corridor he was
beset by the throng, and despite his
weight and the efforts of his personal
assistants he was swept down the cor
ridor 100 feet. 1t was seen at once
that nothing could be done with the
crowd and passageway was cleared
for the candidate to get away.
Later he was escorted to the
Coliseum by a committee in a long
line of carriages, of which his was the
| last.
ADMINISTRATION PLANS
! After the speeches had been made
| Taft was escorted to the hotel. from
where he reviewed the parade of the
veiled prophet whose carnival has the
city firmly in its grasp. The ball of
the veiled prophet, which is the great
society event of the carnival, was made
decidedly more popular tonight by the
announcement that the candidate would
be there for an hour. Taft visited the
ball for few minutes, but did not par
tfcipate in the festivities.
The speech he delivered to the
audience was comprehensive, the trusts
and how best to deal with them
being the subject discussed. He
made it clear that he was not opposed
to any aggregation of capital for the
purpose of effecting economies. Such
aggregation. he said. lis to be com
mended rather than condemned. It is
not inconsistent with competition and
is an aid to our material progress. He
continued:
The function of the next admins
tration is not to be spectacular in the
enactment of great statutes. Iayinr
down new codes of morals or assertin 2
a new standard of business integrity
put It's work lies in the details Of fur
nish1ng men and machinery to aid the
hand of the executive in making the
supervision of the transactions so close.
SO careful, so constant that the busi-
ness men engaged in 1t may know
promptly when they are transgressinr
the line of lawful business limitations
and may be brought up standing when
ever this occurs, and may be prose-
cuted where the violations of law are
fragrant and defiant. and promptly re-
strained and penalized.