Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-20
ALL TRUSTS BAD TRUSTS,
SAYS TAFT AT DES MONIES

president declared he knew of no way
in which distinction could be made
between good" and bad" trusts, for
he regarded all combinations to sup
press competition and to maintain a
monopoly TO be in the same category.
Special Arrives Early.
Des Moines, Sept. 20.-President
Taft's special over the Great Western
arrived here shortly before Z this
morning. Thousands were at the sta
ton and gave the nations chief a
noisy welcome. With the presidents s
review of $500 federal troops here this
morning the greatest military tourna-
ment in the country began.
Great ThrOngs in Streets.
The president was taken in charge
by a committee. and in automobiles
the party was driven through the main
streets. Never did Des Moines see
greater crowds. 1t is conservatively
estimated $4,000 persons thronged the
streets, which were gaily decorated.
Guest of Cummins.
The president was entertained at
breakfast at Senator Cummins' home,
to which had been invited men prom
inent i'll republican politics in Iowa.
After reception. the party reentered
the automobiles and proceeded to the
reviewing stand opposite the state cap
itol. At 9:45 o'clock the review began
lasting a full hour. Soldiers from all
over the west were under the command
of Brigadier General Charles E. Nor
ton, commanding the department Of
the Missouri and stationed at Fort
Omaha
Declines Further Invitations.
After the review Taft delivered 10
minute speech Though urgently re-
quested to attend army maneuvers at
the state fair grounds. the president
was compelled TO decline because of
lack of time. About II O'Clock the
president boarded a train and left for
Omaha, the next stop of the presiden-
tial party.
Pail Over Festivities.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 20.-Presi-
dent Taft came to the twin cities of
Minnesota Saturday and with the shad-
ow of death hanging over the governor
Of the state, received a cordial but not
a demonstrative welcome. The eriti-
cal illness of Governor johnson, prob
ably the most popular executive Min
nesota ever has known. entered deeply
'iHto=eife- iFit-ofStAcrriay and dreaded
cventualities threatened for a time dur
ing the morning seriously to curtail
the program of entertainment both
here and in st. Paul. The president
fulfilled the program outlined for his
reception, but at every pause in the
rushing from place to place he made
anxious inquiries as to the latest word
from the bedside of the governor,
whose life hung in the balance at st.
Mary's hospital in the little city of
Rochester.
The president many times during
he day, in making little speeches here
and there in Minneapolis and st. Paul,
referred to the governors Illness and
expressed anew his distress to have
been met that morning by the despair
ing news from the patients bedside.
Prays for Recovery.
At his Auditorium speech in st. Paul
the president called out prolonged ap-
plause and cheering when he, declared
of Governor Johnson:
Il unite with you in a fervent prayer
TO God that he may be spared to you
and 10 the country; with his ability,
his courage. his great common sense,
he cannot be spared. He is too valu-
able. not alone to the people of this
state, but to the people of the nation
who doubtless will insist in time that
he shall serve them"
President Taft also aroused enthusi-
asm with his audiences during the day
| with his many happy references to the
| civic virtues of the neighboring cities
declaring them TO be so much alike
that they should combine as one city
with a borough of Minneapolis and a
| borough of st. Paul.