The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

nations are identical, their sympathy
mutual and lasting, and the world can
be assured Of n vast neutral zone Of
peace, in which the controlling aspira-
tion of either nation is individual and
human happiness. ! drink to my
friend, the president Of this great re
public, TO his continued long life and
! happiness, and TO the neYer-ending
bond of mutual sympathy between
Mexico and the United States
Royal Service Used.
service used tonight at the presidcn-
tial table in Juaroz is valued at ST..
200, 900. More than 100000 worth of
cut glass was also used, Three train
loads of flowers were gathered at
,Iuarcz from different parts of the re-
public to decorate the patio Of the GUS
toms house. a temporary room con-
strncted over the patio, or open court,
where the dinner was served, was to-
night mass of vari-colored blossoms.
In his speech al El Paso this after
noon, President Taft said;
Gel Paso has been the scene today
of a function that ! hope may weld
even stronger than at present the great
bond of the great republic south of
the United States, and the United
| States
cit has been TO me n personal pleas
ure and honor to meet that great man
to whom, more than to any other one
person. is due the greatness Of the
Mexican republic, General Por6ro
DlaZ.
Historic Event.
'fFor the first time IN history, cx.
| ccpt once, and that was when Theodore
Roosevelt stepped over the border In
Panama and then we were so mixed up
on the zone with Panama that it did
not seem to be quite stepping ont Of
the country, a president of the United
States had stepped upon foreign soil
and enjoyed the hospitality of for.
eign government.
81 am glad to have taken part in
an event significant Of the union with
our powerful neighbor. You know and
know better than ] that the prosperity
of the United States is largely de-
pendent on the prosperity of Mexico,
and MeXico's prosperity dependent on
ours, at least in this region of the
country, and you wish for her all the
happiness and prosperity that can pos
sibIy come to a republic, as she does
for us. Therefore, an event like this,
that marks the undying friendship of
the two countries, is one in which any
person who takes part may we'll have
pride
Just Like Americans.
"And now, my friends. as / look over
this great assemblage. it looks TO me
like au audience of Americans. l dis
cover that you do not differ much from
the millions of people whom | have met
IN the travelling across the country from
Boston TO California and Washington,
and then down the west coast and
swinging around the territories,
"You are all contented with the stu
alton because you think you have it in
hand. il is not that you have achieved
everything but it is that you are living
in the happiness of the prospect of
achievement You think, and II is right
that you should think so, if you will
excuse colloquial expression, you
think that you have an "inch" in this
corner of the United States, that these
plains, that to tenderfoot look as God
forsaken as possible, have In all of them
source of wealth that has already
made you comfortable homo and that
in the future is going to build up here
great metropolis and the state of
Texas and In New Mexico great COM
munities to which we of the older cast
will always look with the greatest
PRIDE
President Taft returned from Juarez
at S:35 p. III. and left for San Antonio
at o'clock. The president 8 cavalry
escort got lost in il Paso and could
not find his train for fifteen or twenty
minutes, finally being sent in the right
direction by a surprised citizen who
saw the parade passing up d dark street
in an opposite direction from the depot.