Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
Taft Enjoying His Sojourn in
Utah City.
HAS CHANCE TO PLAY GOLF
TO SPEAK THERE TOMORROW
Protest Of Christian Clergy Of No
Avail-Will Attend Uni
tartan Service, Too.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. September
25.-President Taft is spending a day OF
comparative quiet in Salt Lake land en-
joying the rest from railroad travel
which his stay in this city is affording.
The days program began with a break
fast, attended by 300 citizens. at the
Commercial Club. This was followed by
an organ recital in the Mormon taber-
nacle arranged especially in honor of the
President. who is making his first visit
to Salt Lake. After the recital. which
was of forty-five minutes duration. the
President was driven to the Salt Air
bathing resort. on the shores Of the great
lake. for luncheon.
From Salt Air the President drove to
the country club for a game OF golf He
has greatly missed the golf exercise since
he started on his trip. Tonight the Presi-
dent will be the guest OF honor at a din
ner at the Alta Club. and later will hold
a reception.
He leaves Salt Lake Sunday noon, after
speaking briefly at the Mormon taber-
nacle. reviewing a living flag Of school
children and attending services at the
Unitarian Church.
GcdCUIcS Tue o6OlcA
The President made q feature OF the
babies yesterday afternoon in his speech
at the Mormon Tabernacle In Provo.
Utah. They had cried all through Sena-
tor Shoots remarks and did not pay any
attention to the Taft smile. The Presi-
dent spoke in his greeting to My friends.
infants and adults" In the midst OF
serious statement on compromising legis-
lation the baby chorus again tuned up.
and Mr.. Taft paused and laughed.
Il observe you do not have race suicide
in this vicinity" he said. and added
after the prolonged cheers had ceased:
Il don't object at all, IL their utterances
can be interpreted as approval. for out
Of the mouths of babes. you know. we
get the facts
Politically the subjects of interest in
this state now are Mormons to the front
in the entertainment led by Senator
Smoot; reclamation. with Secretary Bal
linger and Clifford Pinchot both present.
and the tariff.
On the last-named subject Utah is with
the President and Senator Aldrfch. Utahs
products affected by the tariff are wool.
lead and beet sugar. Utah got all Ii
wanted on lead and WOOL as the Dingley
rates were not disturbed, and the Philip
pine tariff on sugar does not make any
difference to the producer here. AS the
President said in a speech yesterday:
When l listen to a man from out here
that is, when he is not thinking of the
tarin-he tells such tales OF your beet
sugar industry that / want to invest what
money l have in it,
Utah is with Pinchot on the reclama-
ton and conservation subjects in that
this state wants all OF both that it can
get. and is not particular how IL gets
them; but the speeches that the President
has made, promising that the Roosevelt
policies will be carried out, have satisfied
the people here and they welcomed the
Secretary of the Interior heartily.
Row Over Mormonism.
1t had been arranged that the Presi-
dent review the children Of Salt Lake
City tomorrow morning, and then speak
at the Mormon Tabernacle here. The
Ministerial Association of the Gentle
churches protested. and made such rep
reservations that Mr.. Taft at Montrose
Cancelled the tabernacle speech. When
Senator Shoots party boarded the train
the original program was restored and
will be carried out. The only change is
that after appearing at the tabernacle
the President will attend services at the
Unitarian Church.
He was taken from the train here to
Fort Douglas. three miles out of town.
where he reviewed the 18th Infantry, and
was guest of the post at dinner. An
interesting even of the day was the stop
at Provo, in the Utah valley, and sur
rounded by the Wahsatch mountains. 49,
OOO feet high. On the mountain side near
the town was the name Taft and be-
low it a ~" sixty feet across and 35l
feet high. Mr.. Taft saw 1t from the top
of University Hill, from which he viewed
the valley, which is sixty miles long and
twenty broad. He was told that the "Y'
is OF stone, and il the insignia Of the
Brigham Young University that will have
it's future home on the tops Of the hills.
The students had built the Taft name just
for this occasion. 1t was 300 feet long.
but didn't look II at the distance Of two
miles up the mountain side.
President Taft said to the president OF
the university. 'I'l bet the boys were
glad have short name"
The President was taken to the Provo
Tabernacle and spoke from the pulpit,
the Blue Danube" waltz. The singing
SO affected Mr.: Taft that 10 "a subsequent
speech he said:
Il congratulate you on the beauty Of
your choir. / don't know how ii affect
ed a good many Of you when they sang
the blue Danube" but could not keep
my heels STILL
Senator Smoot was master of ceremo-
mics and was devout in his introduction.
He referred to an immense sign I'm the
hall, God Bless Our President" and in
closing said. II thank God that William
Howard Taft was elected President of the
United States" When he said God bless
our President" many in the audience re-
sponded Amen"
"A Community Of Law"
The Presidents only reference to Nor
monism yesterday was:
II congratulate you on every evidence
that you are a community of law, abid-
ing by the laws OF your country and de-
termined that every community Of
which you are q part shall be q lawful
community. l cannot speak too emphat-
ically on this subject, because at times
there Is a disposition to trample down
law with the theory that We reach some
greater object: but on the whole 1t will
be found that the best way to do If
the laws are not right Is to obey them
and repeal them. but all the time hold
ing the law up as something to be re-
spected until by the popular voice you
shall change 1t: because If you destroy
the effect of the law. then you might as