The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-02
SPENT MOST OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE couN-
 TRY CLUB ON THE LINKS.
The President Has Made All of His Set Speeches and the Remainder Will Be Expansion on Those
 Already Made.

Tacoma, Wn., Oct 1.-After pass ing two days in and about Seattle, President Taft came to Tacoma to- night and received from an audience that thronged the big armory, one of the most cordial greenings of his trip. The president was entertained at dinner at the Union cinb after making the trip from Seattle on board the yacht ElPrimero, owned by ches- ter Thorne The destroyer Perry fol- lowed.
 Before leaving Seattle, the presi. dent paid visit to the exposition to view the big live stock exhibition. From the exposition grounds, the president motored to the Seattle Country clib, where he took luncheon and passed the early afternoon n the golf links. The saii oil the sound from Seattle to Tacoma occupied two hours
 President Taft promised today to at tend another exposition to be held on the Pacific coast in 1915. in celebra- ton or the completion of the Panama canal. Mr Taft said the date was beyond his term of office, but that his interest in the Panama canal and in the extension of trade on the Pa. cihc had been so great for so many years that he readily gave his prom ise to attend
 The invitation was extended by Col D. c. Collier, director genera of the PanamaCalifornia exposition, which is to be held in San Dieep. Cal, the nearest western coast citJt to the Pacific entrance of the canal, i, and George Burnham, director < the exposition company.
 President Taft's unqual%ed stato. ment in his speechsS>ere that tbe ranama M ',anai %1d be completed in A9i'' aio.<% great enthusiasm as 'ne e Pacific coast is expecting { l,Nofit greatly by the short all-water rfoute from the eastern seaboard and tae opening of the European markets to this section
 When the president left here at midnight and headed to the south, he had completed 5000 miles of his 19,G00 mile journey In matter of elapsed time, however. his journey was less than one-third completed. During the time he has been lon the load, the president has made eight notable speeches which have clearly set forth his views on nearly every question of importance and he announced tonight that he had com pleted the list of set addresses. which he had planned before leaving Beverly
 The presidents speeches during the remainder of his trip will be entirely extemporaneous in character and will consist largely of references to and amplification of those he already has made
 1 President Taft promised today to
 In making his set speeches, the president selected in the different cities visited, the subjects which he believed to be of the greatest inter- est to his hearers Starting from Boston. for instance he made there the first of his set speeches on finance and currency legislation, speaking es- pecially of the work the monetary commission appointed by congress has undertaken to do
 Ath Chicago, the president dis cussed labor and injunctions; at Milwaukee he discussed an dapproved the establishment of a postal savings bank system; at Winona, Minn., he paed plain his position with refer ence to the Payne tariff bill and the new taaFff commission; at Des Muines. la. he outlined his ideas of needed amendments to the interstate commerce and antitrust laws; at i Denver he devoted his remarks to the oorporation tax and dwelt upon what