Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-04-01
Pres. Taft Indicates That He Has
Been rendered Appointment
and Is Considering It.
HARVARD ALUMNI DINNER
Sen. Root Made First Reference To
Eliot's appointment and the Press
ident Later Sud He Endorsed
IIim--Dr. Eliot and Pres.
Taft Given OvatiOns.


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Spe"hing at uhher 'ehocieu I"
"'nt 'harles W. Ehot ol harN"'" M
| Nerstv IN inns city to-hisht announce"
| by direct inference that Or. hllot hao
been rendered ana was CONSIDERING tne
| appointment of ambassador to Great i'r'-
tain. senator Root OF NcW YORK Hao III
dlcated the selection or l'r' Enot carrier
IN the evening ana president Ihit naue
the announcement stronger by declaring
| ne ihdorsed all that senator ROOT hau
| salu'
MY. ROOT declared th3t oc'oro Wha'-
! ever monarch ne ''"op suoI s'a"u, we
VIII KNOW our great fepuhhc III a'l 'S
eood quah'icS' is represented ny true
american Eeh'lo'han'
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a'ui''h' OIL NaSl!nsto"' rFoS'uv". i"tt
! on arriving al inc banquet ma" ia'e III
','e 'Nen'nh' was E'ee',' VIZ
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| Harvard "rahs" Dr. Eliot had earlier
received an ovation, which was repeated
when he made "A stirring plea to the
| alumni to maintain in the years to come
the prestige Of their university through
out tho width and breadth Of the land
President Eliot declared that he was Civ
Ing over the work Of Harvard to younger
| hands and looked forward confidently to
| the ever new. the ever WIDENING progress.
! the administration of his successor would
bring about Senator Root was among the
principal speakers OF tho evening
The dinner had a decided dash of col
lcgt spirit and rollcking spirit songs
and parodies abonnded. one OF these a
lparaphrase of Mr.. Doolev" was ad-
dressed to Or. II. W. Wiley, the pure
food expert OF the department or aEfl-
! culture caught the lahcE OF fre9'"eh'
laft anu ne joined IN ire chofuS "I ~
icy WIN rare eo"u n"''lor' '".
whey sat "ioctIE next 'he i'tSi"e"t
an" Hs''He" Win gee 10 u" 'aNe Va
on ms recent u'terances apout 'he TER
rors OF sou drlnKs'
Inc guests lhclud0d senator Lounge
f"stmaH'er-r'Nerai Hltc"'ocK anu Hcc
relarN OF 'he Navy Meyer
ELIOT AND ROOT FOR AMBASSADOR
DR.. Eliot was the first speaker and was
Immediately followed by Senator Root,
who, after relating several anecdotes on
Mr.. Taft, paid a forcefu and eloquent
tribute to the retiring Harvard president;
He fairly swept his audience off its feet
when in concluding he declared:
should it so befal Or. Eliot to be
accredited as the American ambassador
to one Of the great courts Of Europe, be-
fore whatever monarch he shall stand
there we shall know our great republic
in all the good qualities Of truth and
sincerity of nature In all its pious Ideals
and aspirations Is represented by man
an American gcntlom'n, scholar 2
sage indeed
PRESIDENT TAFT SPEAKS
rraside,t Taft wae last to s,o.L r,
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no declared no vo,Id NOT give Senate,
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| "It &c , great pleasure ia he with
YOU" beyap President Taft after his
health hoa heep nIedred by n standing
,oo.. "o,d osneciaIIv to- claim the
r,obt 10 no here az Harvard alum
! nus" The President received doc
. tor.s decree in law from Harvard three
years.apo at il a sorrow on the
3 other hand" he added, 'in view of
all the beautiful things that nave been
said. that shall not be able to con-
. trihute greatly to your pleasure
l what with various opinions the
tariff with considering few vacan-
0 c,es that there as in the public ser
vice and the other duties that are i'm
nosed upon the chief magistrate,
e have had no time to prepare as
1 should have liked for this august oc-
j. M TINA n DreDQre to say what