Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-10-30

a score OF 6EnANOEht nunuTHnA Ol GOHHENhb-
/ men, thirty-three governors and 1,ooO dele
gates will be present.
Delegates are pouring in on every train
and the streets ar9 taking on a carnival
appearance.
4 NATcHEz, Miss, oct. 2e-Not since the
%ay the battleship Mississippi visited
Matches and won the river speed record
from this city TO New Orleans has there
been another such crowd on the bluff as
greeted President Taft on his arrival this
mdRiug on board the lighthouse tender
oleSifder at $40 a. m.
The president was nearly three hours
behind time due to the fact that the
Oioander got into difficulties last night
and could not make It's usual speed. One
OF the regular firemen had to be put
ashore at Memphis on account of illness
and green hand at the firos succeeded in
choking them. Another reason was that
the boats arriving at vicksburg after the
Oleander last night crowded into the har~
Dor canal and blocked the exit Of the
president
Just what time the Oleander win reach
New Orleans tomorrow is mot known. II
will make but one more stop on the way,
at Baton Rouge tonight, but as the boilers
are working badly. It viii not be able to
maintain Its average speed. The idea Of
waiting outside OF New Orleans for the
struggling members Of the. fleet has been
abandoned and the Oleender will enter
the city just as soon as IL can get there
what is n Junkett
In his speecn at vicksburg late last night.
president Taft had little fun with the
yeougressmen on the river trip and on
board whose steamer II is said nine poker
tables were provided Addressing the pre-
siding officer at the Elks' clab. the presl-
dent said
''You have intimated that somebody
thought il was junket Well. that depends
on what YOU mean by q junket II It Is
to be defined as the man defined his pleas
ure when he did not take his wife with
him, It is junket. II it means a journey
full OF pleasure and with no work and no
effort In It. then deny that It is junket.
'If you had seen the efforts made at
orAtory on board the congressional steamer
as It came down the river, you would under
stand they were still praeticing their pro-
fession. II you had attended the meeting
OF the governors, heard tne;r Investigation
into what is meant by the phrase that rolls
off our tongue with so much ease, the con-
servation OF our natural resources, you
could understand lnhl I've hoNNiAoiS NVAe
pursuing their constitutional duty on board
that vessel that comes with due slowness
down the river.
Cause of SIeepIessneas.
, ''If you had taken passage in those mar
row hunks. which can be compared only
to that permanent resting place towards
which we are moving with so much re-
luctance you would understand that no
orISgwould have sought that means Of pass
ink the night unless it was in the earnest
discharge Of duty.
"You could understand, sir the motive
that pro0pted a number OF the congress
sional party TO that study OF human ma
ture in which we learn so much OF the
lineaments OF the human counteRance, and
how they may be framed to deceive the
pictures that are presented to the eyes.
TTherefore, I deny that this is 1unket
~ never is junket where the winners
have gone home and the losers are gettine
even.
Il would not have you think. those Of
you. whose experience fits you to really
interpret the meaning OF my remarks, tha
our eyes, in going down the river have MOI
been properly directed 70 the waterway
before US under US and back Of us, and
to the shores on each SIDE In the study o.
the very difficult question that present,
itseff as TO the improvement OF this river