The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-28

Association holds out useful and haipng hand to hi mand encourages him to enter the circle of good cfti. zenship and christian surroundings"
 The president complimented tne people of Memphis upon their enter. prise in building such a handsome structure and, in closing. said the do- nations would return to them two fold
 On reaching the Auditorium, where the principal address of the day was delivered by President Taft, the chief executive was greeted by a tremend- ous ovation which lasted for several minutes At it's close, A. s. Caldwell, chairman of the Memphis reception. committee. introduced Governor NJ. R Patterson
 Presidents Speech.
 neplying to Governor Patterson's speech, welcoming the president to the state of Tennessee, President Taft said:
 Governor Patterson, ladies and gentlemen: I must ask you to keep as quiet as you can so that you can Near me, for my voice is just recover ing from Texas mortimer. I am de. ''shted to be here in Memphis am gtad and proud to be welcomed by such distinguished man as your gov eiHof on behalf of Tennessee.
 T knew him when he was in con- gress and am glad also, although it may ms ke me older than I appear, to be able to say that I knew his dis thguishcd father, who was also your representative in congress. 1 feel at home in Memphis. have had the pleasure of deciding cases from the bench of the federal court, thus mak. Of another. knew Mir. Justice Jack. son and the distinguished Eli Shelby Hammond, whose memory you all re- were and love.
 ~ also had one of your delightful and efficient citizens serving with me in the tropics, when we ate and slept and sweated together for our little blown brothers, the inhabitants of the Philippines. the island gems of the sea. I was proud and happy to shake General Wrights hand this morning when landed al the wharf.
 II have also drawn upon you for another man who is now serving as secretary of war. Mack Dickinson. vnu people down here have a way of calling your men by names which the congressional records do not disclose. Coming out here I heard repeated cries of Ham. It was a long time before I learned to call the secretary of war Mack
 Again am glad to be here In Memphis as Memphis represents to me the industrial and commercial spirit of this beautiful southland. Since that dreadful occasion when the city was scourged by q plague of few CT 1t has grown and thrived wonder fully. l believe you now claim that you have a population of 100000, but will estimate it al 150,o00 and be ieve that I am on the safe side. judg ing from what have see nof the city today. Your city has grown and thriv. ed in manner which is truly wonder. ful. It has become, well, since there are no people from Houston, Texas about I may safely sayit the great. est inland cotton market in the world.
 New. what has made it such. Not because of your railroad and river fa- cilities. but because you are situated fin the keystone position to three states and are fed by them. I wish to impress upon you most emphati- cally that you have grown not by req son of your river facilities but by reason of your railroad facilities. And now that is why we are here. We are here to see if we cannot add to your river facilities so that in the 5aiiie ienBtn oT time you may again double your growth, by increasing the river facilities. and as you can see. we are pretty formidable body. We have twenty-six governors and don't know how many senators and con gresmen. and we had vice president but he got away from us.
 We did not come down that river of yours simply for the enjoyment of il or because we felt it was neces- Hnry 10 accept the invitations of the Waterways Association or the St. Louis Commercial Club or for simply the pleasure of such q trip We came down that river because we be. Hove. we are now entering upon sn epoch of Inland waterways improve. ments. By coming down that river and by arousing the people, and arousesi they must be, by our party, may say our personal and even our avoirdupoits, overcome. we hope to in