Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-17

| SINaSo cCPt. III oitb
smiling his appreciation at a vocifer-
Gus welcome and the flawless weather.
arrived here at lib o'clock this fore
noon. A dense crowd restrained by
perfect police arrangements was at the
temporary depot at 55th street, where
The President alighted. The crowd
stretched for Is miles along the route
his automobile was scheduled to travel
| The reception committee which
greeted the President and party, in
Guided Theodore w. Robinson, presi
| dent of the Commercial Club. which
was the visitors host during the fore
| part of the day; Gen. Frederick Dent
| Grant, commander of the Department
of the Lakes; George w. Dixon. presi
| dent of the Hamilton Club, the prosi-
dents host of the afternoon and even
| ing; Charles l.. Srobet, chairman Of
| the Commercial Club reception com
| mittee; Frederick w. Upham, assist
ant treasurer of the Republican ma
tional committee; John w. Farwcil
and Harold +. Mccormick.
Thirteen automobiles awaited the ar
| rival Of the Presidential party. Thcse
were entered and a two-hours revi""
Of the 100000 school children in line
began. Then for miles the President
bowed and smiled and waved his hands
to the enthusiastic youngsters who
sang patriotic songs and waved Ameri-
can flags in his honor.
The school yells of the young people
| frequently stirred TIL, President to
hearty cluckles. Girls as well as boys
| participated in the uproar and they
h, k,lvIn.l nj tno SinOinpr Tho
singing was Leo by comets stationed
at intervals.
OF the many banners under which
the cavalcadc passed two attracted
particular attention. One huge affair
read: God bless our President" and
another Greetings from 100000 rail
way employees"
81 Ella Tlagg Young, the new super
irtcrtlent of the Chicago schools, the
President inquired if all the children
We're hers.
Every one replied Mrs. Young.
The police had little to do. A rail-
way lincman got into trouble through
the little tool grip which he carried at
the railway station. 1t was of the
right size nicely to contain a bomb and
the police were ordered to examine it,
They found wrench and a pair of
pliers but the lineman was led to the
outskirts of the crowd on general prin-
cirles.
At 1915 p. NJ the President reached
his hotel and retired for moments
rest before taking the seat of honor at
the Commercial Clubs luncheon.
President Taft in the evening adj
dressed an immense crowd in Orchcs-
ira hail as follows:
my fellow citizens of Chicago:
at is just about a year ago tonight
that I made speech in this hall to
some 1900 members of the railroad la
hor organizations, in which attempted
to convince them that there was moth
ing in my decisions as a circuit judge
in labor injunction cases which ought
to make them vote against me for the
Presidency. 1t was a critical time in the
campaign. 1t was a critical question
| in the campaign and as | review that
whole controversy, there was hardly
another speech in my campaign of
greater Importance to me than that
one: and in view of the result of the
| election I look back upon it now with
especial interest. This hall, therefore,
| suggests one of the subjects upon
which | shall speak to you.
| You will remember, perhaps that
| the head of the Federation of Labor.
who had declared for my opponent, was
anxious to carry the whole union labor
vote against me and as the ground for
his action was my decisions as judge.
| | was put under the burden which /
think no other candidate for the Pres
ilency ever had to bear of explaining
and defending any political contest in
the decisions which / had made as n
Judge upon the bench. 1t was assumed
by many who thought themselves ia
-niliar with the situation that ! would
lose a part of the labor vote which had
] therefore been evenly divided between
the Republicans and the Democrats.
THE result showed that hisSassump-
ton was incorrect and that labor men
Union labor as well as non-union Ia
Dor men-thought for themselves, voted