Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
I'VE HAVE WITH Us TODAYg'
Task Of Local Speakers in Introduo.
ing the President.
PONDEROUs DUTY NOBLY DONE
Incidents Of the TOur Of the Country
Life pm Presidents Train
Forecast u Coming Mes
sage TO Congress.

Enough diversion OF the serio comic
order brightens and lightens the hard
ship Of the presidential tour from coast
to coast and to the Gulf. Most impressive
in this line is the scramble for the honor
OF introducing the president to an audi
ence and the local variations in the act.
A correspondent Of Leslie's Weekly, travel
ing with the president, sketched the impos-
ing introduction and other incidents Of
the tour as follows:
Mr.. Taft will be doubly fortunate IL he
pulls through his entire Itinerary OF in
Productions. The Introductory speech is
the nightmare, as we'll as the rearing,
bucking, stamping. daylight horse, Of the
presidential trip. The Introductory speech
is as full OF trouble. as the who-shail-ride
with-the president question. Generally, to
settle all the local squabbles over the
matter, It is arranged that every promi-
nent man In town shall have a hand In
1t. so the meeting is opened by the chair
man Of the steenth ward republican com
mittee, who makes a speech about our
gio-Teeus land, our free instltooshuns and
our noble, patriotic, high-minded, lovable,
popular and distinguished guest, the Presi-
dent Of the United States. Perhaps you de-
Jude yourself into thinking that the presl-
dent is going to speak now. Wrong!
Thu chairman of the Steenth Ward Re
publican club introduces the chairman OF
the county republican committee, who
thanks the great audience for its splendid
reception to that most loved. most honored,
most splendid, most everything else
citizen of the republic, William Howard
Taft. Ha, hal You think that the
president comes in here, don't you?
Wrong again! The chairman Of the
city republican committee is introduced,
who thanks the audience again
for its splendid outpouring, its tremendous
enthusiasm, its loyalty to country and It's
confidence in that highest type OF tree
citizenry, the man whom we all love from
the bottom Of our hearts, William Howard
Taft. Now we must have the PRESIDENT
Wrong for the third time! The mayor geta
up. You had probably forgotten all about
the mayor. Well, he fishes his speech from
his pocket--there are twelve pages of it
and reads all about how this fair city has
grown from the Wilderness, how our
sainted fathers fit the Iniuns, how our
tw~ice-sainted mothers accompanied our
fathers hand in rand down through the
years and how now, when we have reached
the zenith of our prosperity, our fair city
even Pittsburg would be called a blond
city on an occasion like thls-our fair city
opens wide her hospitable arms to welcome
the president of the United States, Will
liam Howard Taft-'Allow me, Mr.. Presi-
dent, to hand, you the key to our city. -
The key is accepted by the president. Blu
don't get excited over the belief that the
president is to have his innings at last.
Nothing OF the sort, for, as l live, here Is
the governorl It's all off now for another
quarter of an hour, because the governor
is going to rum again next election and he
has a speech that he must get off his
chest for home consumption. He finds the
manuscripts starts in with the recital OF all
his state ever did and expects ever to do,
saws the air IN front Of the presidents
face. prOclaims him. for the hundredth
time, the greatest. grandest, most inteili.
gent, most patriotic and most broad
minded citizen of the greatest, grandes;
and most patriotic republlc-''our beloved
president, William Howard Taft" Al last
the president is introduced.