The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-24
P R E 81 DEN 7
ARRIVES IN
UTAH
GOVERNORS AND OTHERS MEET
HIM AT HELPER.
Protestant Ministers of Salt Lake OBJ
ject to Taft Talking In Taber.
naele, Sunday.

President Taft's westward journey
brought him into Utah today TO be vel
coined by the governor, the senators
and representatives in congress and a
committee of citizens, who went from
Salt Lake City TO Helper In a special
car which was attached there TO the
Taft special train.
The Presidents first scheduled step
today will be at Provo. where he Will
spend forty-6vc minutes. He will ar
rive at Salt Lake at 80 p, m. to re-
main there until Sunday noon.
Word has been sent indirectly to the
President that a protest has been
made in Salt Lake City by a number
of Protestant ministers against the plan
to have the President mako an address
In the Tabernacle. Sunday morning.
II is said that Protestant ministers be-
lieve that he should go to a Protestant
church on Sunday. 1t Is possible the
matter may be arranged by having the
President make his address In the
Tabernacle at the time of the organ
recital. although the matter is still in
the hands of the Salt Lake City com
mittec.
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken by all the western railroads for
the Presidents safety. On the long
ride over the passes and steep grade
of the Rocky mountains and in fact,
ever since he left the Denver the pres.
idenual train has been preceded by a
pilot train and followed by "loose
| engine" c. II. Schlacks, vice presl-
dent and general manager OF the Den,
yer & Rio Crane system, attached his
| own car TO the Presidents train al
Denver and came through with him
| 10 Salt Lake City
When he left Grand Junction early
| this morning the President bade fare.
| we'll TO the picturesque escort OF thir
! ty-two Colorado Sheriffs. He paid the
sherifGs very high compliment and
declared to one of his audiences yes
| terday that the friendship OF the sher
if Is always good thing TO cultivate
President Taft on the eve of his
| departure from Beverly little more
than a week ago. said that he expect
ed TO make seventy-fve speeches OF
his trip OF eight weeks When he
made a short address in MontroSe
| Colo, last night. his total speeches
had reached fifty. Car-end stops have
been far more frequent than was an
ticipated and the President has re
sponded wherever possible to the new
ericeasine calls for speeches
AdVices received this morning b!
local Rio Grande officials state tina
the presidential train arrived at Pro
vo on schedule time this afternoon
and, after the exercises there, con
tlnued on TO Salt Lake.
The presidential train is preceded
by a special train with General Man
ager Martin and other Rio Grand
officials. Then comes President Taft
special and this is followed by a thirC
special containing division superin
tendentS. roadmasters and other Off
cials of the system, who are prepared
10 take charge if an accident occur
TO the presidential party The tim
schedule over the Rio Grande road 4
limited TO 40 miles an hour and tn
Presidents train is not allowed t
exceed that time. Every precautiol
possible is taken to guard the Pres
dents train and to protect it from th
invasion of crowds.