New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
MIR. TAFT AT HOME
TELCOME IN CINCINN4II.
City already Decorated for Not'tca-
ton Ceremonies Tuesday.
LRr Telegraph to The Tribune.I

Cincinnati. July ga banner STRETCHING "
way across the big trainshed and bearing 'he
legend NO place like home" greeted "lihaiii
n taft this afternoon when he alighted from
the sleeper which brought him from New YORK
A friendly crowd that required the attention OF
q dorbIe line of policemen was massed behind
tho ga+es under the welcoming banner as Nv
inc evidence that his townspeople are enthusias-
tic over his homecoming, and the cheer lrdl
burst forth when he came down the platlorih
was in the words of one of the bluecoats'
good enough for a President.
Charles p Taft the candidates brother. was
the first to grasp his hand as he left the tram
They then went arm in arm through the Sieu
and station to the carriage that was waiting TO
take them to the home of the elder brother
where the younger will receive formal nottfica-
tion on Tuesday that he has been chosen by his
Marty AS candidate for President of the United
States.
GREAT DEMAND FOR SEATS.
The usually good memory of the oldest fnhao-
liant fails to recall any event IN Clrcliliia.i
,is+o~,, when there was such a scramble fer
so.+s nc is now going on for Tuesdays cere-
rnonv There will be fewer than two hohoreu
chairs available on the platform beside the ven
a-oh1a Colonial mansion-the old Longw0rth
homestead by the way-and CHali man
,,o,.roI7. : the citizens arrangement committee
has
forr thousand At least three thousand oi 'iisS
II. better he termed demands. Tor airiioS'
-. MON If voting age that ever met MI Ia
- ,o,.s any member of the TAFT FANNY ieeiS
that he ought to have a front seat inc "
hat a large number of Democrats VIII pe ~
ont a+ the ceremony adds interest 10 Tue '''''
&C. ,.a1 as trouble for the arrangements O'''
mittee. -. ,,iscarry,
It +be mans of the committee do not iiii
fTAyV
500 900 worth of bands. bunting III -,
-,17 o,eer will he devoted to the ceieora'loh 'ii
Tuesday and it is small wonder ti,"' ~ .;t+,o
be affair IS we'll under way, the commune
cd i,eaIf svamped with applications Aiiei'
,iu he space for 1900 standing spectators 'i
Tho lawn of the Taft home, so a smair p'i 'ioii
of the insistent ticket demanders VIII d. ie'''
get within hearing of the speeches
An interesting figure on the PLATFORM VII! p
Miss Louisa D. Horseley. teacher IN the H"'n
District school, under whom MT 1dlI to'N HIS
first public school work.
ONLY TWO ADDRESSES
There will be only two addresses. the speech
of notification by Senator Warner. chairman OF
the notification committee, and Mr. Iafts re-
ro,sa or as one of the visitors to-day summed
II nm "onlv the surprise and the astonishment
Mr. Taft's speech. he said to-day. Will require
less than an hour for delivery
If IS Mr.. Taft's intention 70 leave Cincinnati
as soon as possible after the notification. and
unless he is detained for some reason not now
known he will leave the city for Hot Springs
on Wednesday
Although the notification ceremonies are still
three davs distant the city is already showing
brave display of flags and bunting. The towns
folk are keepin~ open house for the visitors and
different clubs have extended the courtesies Of
,bair rooms TO all strangers WHO look the least
btt
Mr. Taft contempates spending quiet Sun
dav and will pass most of the day at his
brothers home. In the afternoon he will attend
service at Christ Church. Episcopal as the Uni
TARTAN which he usually attends. is closed for
the summer. In the afternoon he Will take din
ner with the family and receive Informal visits
from a number Of his old friends and acquaint-
ances The first political business to claim his
attention will be the meeting Monday of
the State Central Committee which he will at
tend in person.
Mr.. Taft denied tonight "in the interest OF
simple truth and not OF campaign literature
story printed here soon after his arrival that
just as he stepped from the train he caught up
and delivered from frightful death a little
girl who had fallen under the wheels.
In it's enthusiasm for Mr.. Taft and for Gin
c:nnati the local arrangements committee sent
invitations to be present TO many Governors in
CludinS Democratic as well as Republlcaa ex-
scutives. Among the answers that have been
received and which were made public to-day is
one from Governor Conner of Alabama. who told
the committee that ne would not be able TO be
here, but hoped the affair would be a success
He then added But. mark you, want 10 see
Mr. Bryan elected but with the least possible
damage 10 Mr.. Taft. we Ike him
Governor Fort OF New Jersey is engaged at
Aoatinued on second paH