Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-21
At DENVER
Mountain City En- Fete for Re-
ception This Afternoon.
SPEECH ON CONSERVATION
Mr.. Taft Expected to Declare His
Views on Important Subject.
CONFERENCE WITH BALLINGER
Secretary Of the Interior Awaiting
His Arrrival-The Program
Entertainment.

DENVER, Col. September 21-Presi-
dent Taft crossed the state line into
Colorado at an early hour this morning
from Omaha and was met at Limon by
the reception committee from Denver. He
Is due to reach this city this afternoon.
The President will be the center of at
least two formal social gatherings in
Denver in addition to being the principal
speaker at the auditorium tonight. In
the hours between these events the Pres
ident will hold a conference with Secre-
tary of the Interior Ballinger .presuma-
bly, on forestry. which may become the
main topic of his address tonight Mr..
Ballinger arrived here yesterday In re-
Spouse to summons from his chief
The days program includes a drive
through the streets, which were gayly
decorated with the Stars and Stripes
Through an arrangement made by Mayor
Speer, thousands of flags have been dis
tributed free to the people that they may
wave patriotic salute to the President
as he passes.
Guest Of Senator Hughes.
Today the President will be the guest Of
Senator Charles ]. Hughes at his palatial
home. where a dinner will be served in
his honor. Sixty-ffve other guests have
been invitedsto this function. At o'clock
this afternoon, the President will deliver
an address from the steps of the capitol
At the conclusion of the auditorium meet
ing tonight, President Taft will return to
the Hughes home. where he will spend the
night. Tomorrow morning the President
will become the guest of Thomas F.
Walsh at the latter's Wolhurst country
seat, fourteen miles from Denver. A
hrno u oC{ fv n 20 r., fr<1v
five citizens have been invited and re-
ception are features of the program
Gov. and Mrs. Shafroth will assist at the
reception.
journey westward through Colorado. stop
ping at Montrose to open officially the
great Gunnison tunnel, an irrigation
project Of the reclamation service.
Tonight in the auditorium where Mr.
Bryan was nominated for President last
year the President will probably make
known in the fullest detail his views on
the conservation of the country's natural
resources.
The President has saved this speech un-
til entering the edge of that vast terri
tory which depends largely upon irriga-
ton and reclamation projects LOT it's ag-
ricultural prosperity. 1t is Mr.. Taft's
purpose to speak to the people SO far as
he can about the subjects which are of
the greatest interest to them. He wants
to have public discussion Of the great
questions which are to be dealt with by
Congress in order that the legislative
body may have the benefit of whatever
public opinion that may become.
Last Important Speech.
The speech that the President is ex-
pected to make tonight is really the last
Of the big speeches that he set out to
make. In Boston. a great center of
wealth. he spoke Of finance and the need
Of monetary reform. In Chicago, a
stronghold of organized labor. he detailed
a new high position with regard to union
ism and the issuance of injunctions in Ia
Dor troubles.
In Winona, Mimi. the home of the
congressional insurgents. the President
boldly said what he had to say with re-
gard to the tariff, and declared that those
of the republicans who voted against the
Payne bill had abandoned their party.
At Des Moines. Iowa. Mr.. Taft went
at length into the needed amendments to
the interstate commerce act and anti
trust laws. Lastly Comes the question Of
conserving natural resources. The west
from Denver out has been as deeply
stirred over this question as have been
the states like Minnesota and Iowa over
the question of the tariff. The Presi-
dents statement Of his views has been
enxiously awaited.