Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
TAFT ACCORDED
GREAT WELCOME
AT SACRAMENTO
STATES CAPITAL RECEIVES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MAKES SPEECH ON SUBJECT OF
CONSERVATION
President viii Arrive in San Fran
cisco Early This Morning.
Says He Is Overwhelmed
by Vests Hospitality
IRv AssoeIated Press. ]

By Associated Press
~ ACRAMENTO, Oct. AFTER maxi
ing one of the longest jumps of
~ his trip and travelling for twen-
ty-tive hours through the STAGE Of
Oregon and the northern half of Cali
fornia, President Taft arrived here to-
night at 7:10 o'clock, to remain Until
4 o'clock tomorrow morning, when he
will proceed to Oakland and San
Francisco.
The president was met at The sta
ton by another of the large crowds
that have marked his advent into
every western city he has visited.
During his stay here Mr. Taft was
entertained at dinner, was taken for
an automobile ride through the city,
to be cheered all along the route, and
made an address in the state capitol
grounds.
The president selected for the prin-
cipal feature of his speech the con-
servation of natural resources, in
which he declared anew that before
many of the Roosevelt policies of con-
servation can be carried into effect
confirmatory and enabling legislation
must be secured, and he pledged him
self to use all his power to induce
congress to pass the laws that are
deemed necessary.
Will Review Details
Having already made a number of
set speeches covering the various sub
! jects he expects to incorporate in his
message to congress in December, the
| president during the rest of his tour
| will take up for discussion in more or
less detail many of the phases of the
| larger questions, for he believes that
| the details count more than a mere
general declaration of policy.
While to the average mind the
thought of a day and night of unin-
| terrupted travel suggests discomfort
| and fatigue, the twenty-five hours be-
tween Portland and Sacramento
proved to be a period of real rest and
! enjoyment for the president. The
only, stops made on the way were at
division points-stops necessary to the
| operation of the train.
! There were crowds at each of these
/ places, and the president appeared on
the rear platform of his car to shake
/ hands or to make d few pleasantly in
! formal remarks.
At Dunsmur, near the foot of
Mount Shasta, the president declared
that a night of solid sleep and the
! bracing air of Northern California had
/ entirely knocked out" the cold he
contracted in Seattle.
| Mr.. Taft thoroughly enjoyed his day
on the train. He read little, lounged
about the car, played friendly game
of bridge" with members of his party,
! and during the five or six hours Mount
Shasta was in sight admired that tow
ering peak in all the changing aspects
the winding railroad brought to view.
Saw Few Peaks
| Shasta was really the first of the
great mountains of the west the presi-
dent has seen on this trip. When he
was in Colorado Pixies Peak was hid
den in a cloud bank.
While he was in Seattle the weather
was cold and gray and the peak which
is known on the Seattle side as Mount
Rainier and on the Tacoma side as
Mount Tacoma, was nowhere to be
! seen.
Today, however, while crossing the
! Siskiyou range, Mount Shasta. rising
more than $4,000 feet above the sea,
burst into view and remained in sight
until we'll into the afternoon. A fringe
of white clouds clustered about the
snow line, adding a touch of beauty
and separating the green verdure of
the lower half of the mountain from
the dazzling white above.
The president declared today that he
! had been overwhelmed with the re-
ception everywhere on the trip. He
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probably those that every president re-
ceived on such tour, yet this fact
made them none the less welcome and
none the less inspiring to him who
happened for the time being to be the
central figure in the picture-the tenn
porary chief magistrate of the nation
Will Tour Yosemite
After spending tomorrow in San
Francisco President Taft heads for the
Yosemite valley and is looking forward
to that feature of his trip with the
greatest pleasure
dust going into and coming out of the
park this time of the year is fairly
suffocating, but his enthusiasm in the
trip has not been in the least dimin-
ished.
Special khaki outfits will be used by
the president apd his party for the
three days trip.
President Taft was welcomed into
California at Red Bluff by Governor
Gilett, Lieutenant Governor Porter.
Senator Perkins, former Secretary of
the Navy Victor Metcalf, NJ. II. DE
Young of San Francisco and other
members of a. committee from differ
ent sections of the state.
Members of the committee from san
Francisco represented supporters of
both factions of the graft prosecu-
ton"
KnowIand also extended California's s
welcome to the chief executive. Sen
ator Bourne of Oregon accompanied
the president all the way to Sacra-
mento.
Speech at Dunsmuir
Speaking from the car end at Duns-
muir. cal. today. President Taft said:
'T am on a tour of some $4,000 miles
and | am trying to gather information
as we go with reference to the con-
dition of the country, and at the same
time to give you a superficial aspect
of the man whom it has been vour
good or bad fortune to elect president
of the United States. I think that
nersonal touch between the people and
those whom you honor by delegatins
authority temporarily is good thing
all around, so that YOU may know
when I make my mistak~ S. and ey
are represented to YOU with a great
! deal of emphasis. that I am still a
poor mortal praying for assistance
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